Joe Biden cancels Australian visit amid US domestic debt deadlock

President had been due to address parliament next week, the first US leader in 10 years to do so, as part of Asia tour

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President Joe Biden has cancelled a visit to Australia, the second leg of his upcoming Asia trip, due to the slow-motion crisis building in Washington over the US debt ceiling.

Biden is to attend a three-day summit of G7 leaders that starts on Friday in Hiroshima, Japan, and will return to the US on Sunday.

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