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Good morning.

From the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Wednesday, February 6th, and this is your FT news briefing.

Madam Speaker, the President of the United States.

Last night, US President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address

to a joint session of Congress.

As expected, the President referred to a, quote,

National Crisis at the Southern border.

As we speak, large organized caravans

are on the march to the United States.

I have ordered another 3,750 troops to our southern border to prepare for this tremendous onslaught.

While there's no evidence of an invasion on the US-Mexico border,

the F.T. has reported on the humanitarian crisis of migrants seeking asylum.

Mr. Trump spoke for more than an hour on Tuesday. crisis of migrants seeking asylum.

Mr. Trump spoke for more than an hour on Tuesday evening, addressing increased

defense spending by NATO allies and his decision to pull troops out of Syria.

He also announced that he would meet again with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Vietnam later this month.

And God bless America. Thank you very much.

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