Summary

• Joe Biden is to be sworn in as the 46th US president just before 17:00 GMT in Washington
• Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath of office alongside him – the first woman to hold that position
• Some 25,000 troops will guard the inauguration ceremony after a deadly riot at the Capitol earlier this month
• Donald Trump will not attend his successor’s inauguration – only the fourth president not to do so
• He will leave the White House for the last time, bound for Florida, at around 13:00 GMT
• In the final hours of his presidency Mr Trump pardoned 73 people, including his former adviser Steve Bannon
• But he did not issue pre-emptive pardons for himself or family members
  • culled from BBC NEWS