US inauguration: Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States
20 Jan, 2021 11:07 PM
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Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th President of the USA. Video / PBS
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Key points:
• Joe Biden has been sworn in as the new US president.
• Donald Trump avoided his successor's inauguration, the first US president to do so in more than a century.
• In his final speech as president, Trump declared "we will be back in some form".
• Before leaving office, President Trump released a list of final pardons but did not pardon himself.
• "People around the world have been counting days and hours until this moment when voices of integrity and reason return to the White House," writes Dawn Picken here.