(BBC)
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has refused to apologise for reminiscing on his work with two long-dead racist senators.
But amid a firestorm of criticism, the ex-US vice-president said he had "detested" the views of late senators who favoured racial segregation.
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It is the ugliest row so far in this Democratic race for the White House.
Mr Biden is still recovering from sims rivals have blasted him for saying working with "civility" with the segregationists had "got things done".
ilar backlashes that led him to reverse course on federal funding for abortions and praising US Vice-President Mike Pence as a "decent" person.
How did Biden land in trouble again?
The latest row began on Tuesday night when Mr Biden fondly recalled his working relationship after joining the Senate in the 1970s with two southern Democratic senators, Mississippi's James Eastland and Georgia's Herman Talmadge. Read more
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