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US President Joe Biden's Deputy national security advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Anne Neuberger, warns US businesses to "take immediate action to shore up their defenses" against potential Russian cyberattacks. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
The White House condemns fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine, after at least 17 people were killed in an attack on a market in the east of the country. "These brutal Russian attacks underscore the importance of continuing to support the people of Ukraine as they defend their territory," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre tells a daily briefing. SOUNDBITE
Police, security fences, storefronts boarded up: security measures have been ramped up around the White House in Washington, DC in the aftermath of the violent assault by a pro-Trump mob on the US Capitol. The Pentagon is deploying as many as 15,000 National Guard troops to protect Biden's inauguration on January 20, amid fears of new violence in the capital. IMAGES
Anti-Trump protesters rally in Washington's McPherson Square, a few blocks from the White House, dancing and holding signs, demanding vote counting continue in the US election. IMAGES