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Scene in Downtown Houston as mask mandate expires and businesses are allowed to fully reopen following Texas governor's decision despite the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that "people wear masks in public settings, at events and gatherings, and anywhere they will be around other people." IMAGES
People are seen wearing masks in the streets of Houston a day after Texas Governor Greg Abbot lifted the statewide mask mandate and allowed businesses to open at 100% capacity - a decision slammed by US President Joe Biden as "Neanderthal thinking." IMAGES
"These are all Biden trials," Donald Trump says as he arrives at a New York courthouse where prosecution and defense teams are set to present opening arguments in the former US president's historic hush-money criminal trial. "I'm here instead of being able to be in Pennsylvania, in Georgia, and lots of other places campaigning," he adds. Trump, 77, has been ordered by the judge to appear in the Manhattan court for the duration of the case, largely keeping him off the campaign trail for weeks as he challenges President Joe Biden for the White House in November's election. IMAGES
The White House attacks a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. "When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don't support any charges, you're left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president," White House spokesperson Ian Sams tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for "action to end this godawful nightmare" during the International Peace Summit in Cairo. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden warns that a nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies would be "unacceptable." Such an attack "would result in the end" of the regime, Biden tells a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. SOUNDBITE
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