Joe Biden

On the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, the US president said the rioters “held a dagger at the throat of America and American democracy”.

A year ago, at 2.13pm Washington time, a mob stormed Congress, breaching the inner sanctum of American democracy.

As the US and Russian presidents met, Ukrainian officials grew anxious about the tens of thousands of Russian troops that have been deployed near their border.