Gordon Brown has received a standing ovation from the US Congress after he called for a renewal "of the special relationship for our generation". Mr Brown, the fifth UK prime minister in history to address both houses on Capitol Hill, urged the US and UK to push for "essential" economic changes. Neither nation should "succumb" to protectionism "which protects no-one", but "seize the moment", he said. Mr Brown announced Senator Ted Kennedy would get an honorary UK knighthood. The prime minister paid tribute to the work of US troops in Afghanistan and said terrorists could "not ever destroy the American spirit". The partnership between the UK and the US is "unbreakable" and that "no power on earth can ever draw us apart", he also said.
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