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Biden defends his first year

President Joe Biden has held a rare White House press conference to mark his first year in office.

President Biden has held a rare press conference to mark a year in office. Biden has defended his administration鈥檚 response to the global economic impact of the pandemic, and concerns over supply chain problems.We speak live to the 主播大秀's Gary O'Donoghue outside the West Wing. Also in the programme, rising food and fuel prices are making daily life tougher for the people of Sri Lanka, and the 主播大秀's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports on the difficulties people in the country face. Plus, less than 10 per cent of trade involving members of the East Africa economic bloc the EAC is currently delivered by rail. Tanzania and Burundi hope to change that and are planning a new rail connection between the two countries. We hear what the countries hope to achieve with the proposal from Nuzulack Dausen, executive editor of the NuktaAfrica news agency in Dar es Salaam.

Picture: President Biden Holds A Press Conference At The White House Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Wed 19 Jan 2022 22:32GMT

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