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Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has died in Kenya, four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend in an attack in her home. "She had severe percentage of burns, which unfortunately led to multi-organ failure," says Kimani Mbugua, head of the intensive care unit at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. SOUNDBITE
Exterior of hospital where Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has died in Eldoret, Kenya, four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend in an attack in her home. IMAGES
Hundreds of people in the English town of Southport attend a vigil for the victims of a stabbing attack that killed three children. The mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in northern England also left five children and two adults with critical wounds. IMAGES
Druze men and women attend the funeral of youths killed in a rocket attack on the Israeli annexed Golan Heights the day before. The Israeli military said they were struck by an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram warhead that Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group fired at a football field in the Druze Arab town of Majdal Shams. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI366F2QV_EN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a drone strike on Tel Aviv claimed by Yemen's Huthis that left one person dead, expressing concern over a possible further escalation, a spokesman says. "The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the risk such dangerous acts pose for further escalation in the region," says Farhan Haq, adding a call for "maximum restraint." SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal attends the national tribute in Caen, northwestern France, to the two prison guards killed on May 14 when gunmen attacked a prison van to free a convict linked to gangland drug killings. IMAGES