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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levied perhaps his harshest-ever attack on U.S. President Donald Trump, telling Canadians on Friday that Trump, along with other U.S. politicians, “incited” the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election win and leaving four dead. “As shocking, deeply disturbing, and frankly saddening as that event remains, we have also seen this week that democracy is resilient in America, our closest ally and neighbour,” Trudeau said, speaking from the front steps of Rideau Cottage on Friday. “Violence has no place in our societies, and extremists will not succeed in overruling the will of the people.”

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office on Friday called on U.S. President Donald Trump and other political leaders to “disavow the false and dangerous narratives” that incited the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, when a pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol building. Ravina Shamdasani with the UN office added that the organization was “concerned” by the display of “overtly racist symbols” like the Confederate flag and clothing displaying anti-semitic logos during the violent events at the Capitol, and called on “all political leaders to do the same.”

President-elect Joe Biden said President Donald Trump’s decision to skip his inauguration is “one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on.”

President Trump has announced he won’t be attending the inauguration of his successor, Joe Biden, just hours after promising a peaceful transition.

In a Twitter video, President Donald Trump conceded to President-elect Joe Biden and condemned the violent supporters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. She adds that impeachment should be considered if that doesn’t happen.

The US President-elect Joe Biden has delivered a stinging attack on Donald Trump — accusing him of encouraging the violence in Washington when hundreds of his supporters stormed the Capitol. Joe Biden called it one of the “darkest days in US history”. He said it was the culmination of four years of attacks by Mr Trump on democracy, justice and the media. Leading Republicans are distancing themselves from Mr Trump, who has not condemned the rioters. There are growing calls for him to be stripped of the Presidency — just days before the official handover to Joe Biden.