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The Metro says Dr Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s coronavirus tsar, has contracted the virus. Fauci ‘is currently experiencing mild symptoms’, according to the institute, and will isolate and work from home.

The Guardian says Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys argued on Wednesday that the disgraced British socialite should be sentenced to “well below” 20 years.

TRT World says the US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, marking its biggest rate hike in 28 years.

The Guardian says New York’s highest court has rejected Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices, clearing the way for his deposition next month.

Arab News says the White House and Saudi officials ended weeks of speculation by confirming that President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia on July 15 and 16 at the invitation of King Salman.

TRT World says former US president Donald Trump has decried the congressional probe into the riot by his supporters last year at the US Capitol as a “mockery of justice.”

The Independent says the House select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 held the second of its televised hearings yesterday.

The Independent says Calfornia’s Furnace Creek is set to hit record temperatures this year at 118F or 47C as large parts of southwestern America suffer through sweltering heat, affecting over 60 million people.

The Guardian says The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on Monday scrutinized the conspiracy theories that led a group of Donald Trump’s supporters to attack the US Capitol and produced damning testimony for the former US president.

The Independent says the select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 will reconvene today for another hearing.