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WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.

Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 07 (APP): Pakistan has urged the U.N. and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to develop common strategies and plans to find just solutions for some of the most complex and protracted challenges, including the conflicts in Kashmir and Palestine, that threaten world peace and security.

“While conflicts affect many parts of the world, some of the most complex and protracted conflicts unfortunately afflict the Islamic world,” Mohammad Aamir Khan, acting Pakistan permanent representative to the U.N., told the Security Council on Wednesday.

NEW YORK, Jan 07 (APP): American politicians and lawyers called for President Donald Trump to be impeached again, after security personnel regained control of Capitol Hill in Washington from thousands of Trump supporters who invaded the complex where Congress meets in an attempt to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election won by Joe Biden.

The violent attack also evoked a sense of shock from world leaders, including United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who said he was “saddened” by Wednesday’s events.

07 Jan 2021; MEMO: At least four people died on or near the US Capitol as President Donald Trump's supporters rioted and besieged the federal legislature, police said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

TASS, January 7: Former President of the United States Barack Obama has accused current President Donald Trump of inciting violent protests in Washington DC on Wednesday.

"History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise," Obama said in a statement, which he posted on his Twitter account.

WASHINGTON, January 7. /TASS/: The current US President Donald Trump announced that he will transfer power on January 20, although he does not agree with the results of the country's elections, which were officially approved by Congress on Thursday. The text of Trump’s statement was posted on his Twitter page by White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Director of Social Media Dan Scavino.

TASS, January 7: The US Department of State ordered its diplomats overseas to suspend all posts on social media in the wake of protests in Washington DC and attack of protesters on the US Congress building, CNN reported citing diplomatic sources.

According to CNN, "the Under Secretary for Public Affairs sent a note to US diplomatic posts overseas ordering them to ‘pause any planned context from your social media accounts’ and remove any scheduled content set for release on Facebook, Hootsuite, and Twitter until further notice."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certified Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.

Immediately afterward, the White House released a statement from Trump in which he pledged an “orderly transition” when Biden is sworn into office on Jan. 20, although he repeated his false claim that he won the November election. On Wednesday, the Republican president had seemingly encouraged his followers to swarm the Capitol.

07 Jan 2021; MEMO: Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day, Anadolu reports.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has resigned, joining a number of officials who are leaving the administration of President Donald Trump following the storming of Capitol Hill by his supporters.

Pottinger, a leading figure in the development of Trump’s China policy, resigned on Wednesday in response to Trump’s reaction to a mob of protesters who breached the U.S. Capitol, a senior administration official told Reuters. Bloomberg first reported the resignation.