US Election 2020: Tighter than expected vote may take days to resolve

 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54791113

 Mr Trump hosted an election night gathering inside the White House with about 100 guests.

In a speech at about 02:30 local time (07:30 GMT) he said: "We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election."

He went on to allege "major fraud on our nation" without providing evidence, adding: "We'll be going to the US Supreme Court."

"We want all voting to stop," the president said, apparently meaning that he wants to block the counting of postal ballots, which can be legally accepted by some state election boards after Tuesday's election.

Millions of ballots have still to be counted and there is no evidence of fraud.