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The closing bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange as the S&P 500 finishes at a fresh record, with markets taking in stride data showing another spike in annual inflation last month. IMAGES
The Bank of England holds its interest rate at a 16-year high, insisting it was not yet the right time to cut with inflation staying high despite a fall to just above three percent. "That's encouraging. But we are not yet at a point where we can cut bank rates," he tells a press conference. IMAGES
The city of Phoenix breaks a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher according to weather officials. IMAGES
Images of the Apollinaire high school in Thiais, on the outskirts of Paris, where a 16-year-old teenager was fatally stabbed during a suspected brawl between rival gangs. A suspect of the same age was arrested shortly afterwards in Créteil outside his school. IMAGES
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
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