Gordon Brown is to travel to Washington tomorrow for a meeting with US President George Bush to discuss the global economy.
The unexpected trip to the White House is a diversion from Mr Brown's visit to the United Nations in New York, where he has been in a series of meetings today.
As well as the worsening financial crisis, issues understood to be on the agenda will be Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia.
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