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The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, gives a go-ahead for an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden. "I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry," he says, announcing an investigation related to the president’s son Hunter’s business dealings. SOUNDBITE
As inflation rises, US President Joe Biden says his "top priority is getting prices under control," in his State of the Union speech. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden maintains "complete confidence" in the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a book reported that the top US general secretly contacted China amid worries that Donald Trump was out of control, the White House says. "The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism and his fidelity to our constitution," Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters during a press briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
"We believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any American who wants to get out," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters as evacuations from Afghanistan continue, with Washington's withdrawal deadline coming to a close following the Taliban takeover. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel hold a meeting in Brussels. IMAGES