President Joe Biden mispronounced the name of the new UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, as he congratulated him during a Diwali celebration at the White House on Monday.
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Biden described Sunak's rise to power as a 'groundbreaking milestone', expressing surprise at the fact that he belongs to the Conservative party. The White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also mispronounced Sunak's name but corrected herself.
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