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Live: Joe Biden addresses joint session of US Congress

One line in President Joe Biden's speech today, where he deviated from the prepared text, stuck out because it was so obviously wrong.

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Welcome to our live coverage of US President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress.

Technically, this was not a State of the Union speech, but played out in much the same way: Mr Biden stood in the House of Representatives, with Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi behind him, and laid out his agenda in a nationally televised address.

Read on for all the highlights and reaction from the US.

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