US Presidential election: Joe Biden closing in on White House

Democrat Joe Biden is close to victory as the count continues.

The number to win the election is 270.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are still on the same number of electoral votes 253 to 213.

This has not changed for several days simply because the remaining states have not yet declared a winner.

Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania are still counting ballots.

Joe Biden is leading in all four but with those remaining votes still to be counted it is not possible to call a winner in any of these states.

While counting continues President Donald Trump continues to argue that the election is rigged and that postal votes are illegal and a fraud. All the counting stations around the country maintain there is no voter fraud and no illegalities in ballots cast.