Biden ‘working with Macron’ to hold Russia accountable for ‘brutal’ Ukraine war – as it happened

• President hosts French counterpart at White House
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We're still waiting for Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron to appear for their press conference at the White House.

Elsewhere in Washington, the Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz might be a little uneasy today, as a former tax collector whose arrest led to a wide-ranging sex-trafficking investigation faces sentencing.