Sharjah24 – AFP: US President Joe Biden calls the choice of Rishi Sunak as Britain's first non-white prime minister "groundbreaking" at a White House celebration of the Indian Diwali festival. "It's pretty astounding, a groundbreaking milestone and it matters," Biden says.

Commenting on this, Joe Biden, US president said, "And whether it's the United Kingdom, where just today we've got news that Rishi Sunak is now the prime minister. As my brother would say, go figure. In the Conservative Party. He's expected to become the prime minister, I think, tomorrow when he goes to see the King. Pretty astounding. A groundbreaking milestone, and it matters. It matters."