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TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL story - King touts US democracy in speech to Congress - What happenedKing Charles III yesterday spent the first full day of his state visit to the U.S. conversing privately with President Donald Trump, extolling America's democracy and trans-Atlantic relations at a joint session of Congress and charming his host at a White House state dinner. The visit, ...

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