What did 🇺🇦 Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov's video and the tweet ""Words are very unnecessary, they can only do harm" tell us about Ukraine's counteroffensive? This was Tymofiy Mylovanov's take on BBC News (World) today:

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The U.S. Olympic track star Tori Bowie died during childbirth in May, according to an autopsy report shared with The New York Times. The autopsy lists respiratory distress and eclampsia as possible complications. nyti.ms/3Prrijp

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A rare rainstorm has turned this year's #BurningMan festival into a mud pit. 70,000 people are sheltering in place and have been told to conserve food and water. But one 'burner' told me they're making the best of it:

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"We're seeing children consuming water that is unfit for human consumption," says World Food Programme's Shaza Moghraby شذى المغربي "And the situation in Gaza was already dire before this recent escalation," she tells BBC News (UK).

"Gaza is unlike any place on the planet to pull off a hostage rescue mission," Dan O'Shea, a former Navy SEAL hostage negotiator tells BBC News (UK). "There will be challenges around every corner." Israel says 212 people are still being held hostage by Hamas.