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20/01/2021 07:06 GMT : Tight security in Washington DC ahead of Biden inauguration

Tight security in Washington DC ahead of Biden inauguration

BBC World Service - Newsday, Tight security in Washington DC ahead of Biden inauguration

Some 25,000 troops guard the Capitol where the ceremony to swear in Mr Biden takes place

Some 25,000 troops guard the Capitol where the ceremony to swear in President-elect Biden takes place later today.

In Washington DC, Donald Trump will wake up one last time in the White House - he leaves with a raft of last minute pardons including his controversial former aide Steve Bannon who is facing fraud charges.

President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn at noon facing challenges from the start, none bigger than controlling the Covid-19 outbreak in a country where more than 400,000 people have died from the virus.

And Hungary's capital, Budapest, sees the opening of a Chinese university today, two years after the Central European University funded by George Soros was forced out.

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