Biden will try to close Guantanamo after ‘robust’ review

Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.Picture: Alex Brandon/AP

President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the US base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process, resuming a project begun under the Obama administration, the White House said.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said it was the “intention” of the Biden administration to close the detention facility, something President Barack Obama pledged to do within a year of taking office in January 2009.