
USA
- Election set to go to the wire
- Joe Biden gives statement saying he’s ‘on track’ to win, and his camp says it has ‘legal teams standing by’ if the result is taken to court
- Donald Trump says ‘we did win this election’ – but that his victory is being prevented by a ‘major fraud’ and that he’ll go to the Supreme Court. None of these claims are substantiated
- Trump holds key states of Ohio, Iowa,Texas and Florida – but Biden gets Minnesota and could be set for significant win in Arizona, where no Democrat has won since 1996
- The other key states to watch: Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania –
- First candidate to 270 Electoral College votes wins
- Democrats projected to retain control of House of Representatives – Senate race also taking place
- Live reporting by Sunita Patel-Carstairs