PM tweets that US and UK share priorities on climate crisis and Covid, as Labour MP says congratulations half-hearted
Boris Johnson has spoken to Joe Biden to congratulate him on his victory over Donald Trump, as world leaders lined up to speak to the US president-elect.
Johnson was the second world leader to reveal he had spoken to Biden, after the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, did so on Monday. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, French president Emmanuel Macron, and Irish taoiseach Micheál Martin, said they had also received a call on Tuesday.
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