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• "This is America's day, this is democracy's day. A day of history and hope," he said on the steps of the US Capitol after his swearing-in.

• “I congratulate President @JoeBiden on his inauguration. Look forward to working with @POTUS in building a stronger Pak-US partnership through trade & economic engagement, countering climate change, improving public health, combating corruption & promoting peace in beyond.”

• The United States faces "a rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, that we must confront, and we will defeat,".

• "Congratulations to Joe Biden on being sworn in as President of the United States and to Kamala Harris on her historic inauguration," Johnson tweeted.

• "It is a day of history and hope and I look forward to forging ever closer ties between our two great nations."

• "We need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter. We're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,"

• I look forward to working with you to further strengthen the US-Israel alliance, to continue expanding peace between Israel and the Arab world and to confront common challenges.

• "This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge and unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America."

• The orders will mark the start of a major policy reversal in the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China.
• We got off track very severely for the last four years with a climate denier in the Oval Office," said John Podesta.

• As I said when I spoke with him on his election as President, I look forward to working with him.

Trump, 74, will bid farewell to the White House hours before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. Trump and his wife, Melania departed the South Lawn on the Marine One helicopter for Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland, where he presided over a military-style sendoff before boarding Air Force One one last time to fly to Florida.

• In its weekly update, the WHO announced the strain first found in the UK was now in 10 more countries than seven days ago.

• Blinken said the United States remained "clear-eyed about the Huthis".

• Charles Michel said the moment should be seized to form a new "founding pact" between democratic powers.

• Biden's staff said he wanted to hit the ground running given the deep health and economic challenges facing the country.

• While a transition of power will occur much as it has for more than two centuries, this inauguration is unlike any other.

• Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, was up 0.6% at $56.26 a barrel, pushing Russian stock indexes higher.

• "Today is more than a transition. Today is an opportunity to rejuvenate our transatlantic relationship, which has greatly suffered in the last four years. In these years, the world has grown more complex, less stable and less predictable".

• Germany on Tuesday extended a lockdown for most shops and schools for another two weeks, to Feb. 14.

• She also received the endorsement of all former Treasury secretaries, from George Schultz to Jack Lew, who urged senators in a letter to swiftly confirm Yellen's nomination.

• The yen was little moved at 103.81 to the dollar while the Chinese yuan ticked up about 0.1% to 6.4741 per dollar.