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11.14am GMT

Here’s the moment again at 3:41am local time in Washington DC that the joint session of Congress announced that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be the next president and vice president of the US. Their inauguration is in 13 days time.

11.12am GMT

Welcome to our continued live coverage of US politics for Thursday, after a momentous and unprecedented day in Washington DC. Here’s a quick catch-up on where we are…

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