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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sworn in as US President and VP in ‘odd ceremony’

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Joe Biden has been sworn in today as the 46th President of the United States, as has Kamala Harris become Vice-President, taking the reins of a country divided after four years of Donald Trump. Biden is expected to take a different approach to Donald Trump from day 1, after a scaled-down inauguration ceremony, as FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani reports from Washington.

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