Trump accuses China of compromising the data of US voters

In an address to the nation, Mr Trump, who lost that election to Joe Biden, repeated his claims it had been rigged against him. Dozens of investigations, audits and court proceedings at all levels have failed to find evidence of fraud. Opposition Democrats had warned ahead of this speech that Mr Trump was laying the ground to interfere in November's mid-term elections.

In the UK the process to replace prime minister Keir Starmer is under way, the man who will succeed him Andy Burnham says he can bring hope to the country disillusioned with the rule by the Labour Party.

Hundreds of out-of-control wildfires are burning across Canada creating a cloud of smoke and raising air quality concerns across areas of the country and down into the USA.

(Photo: U.S. and China’s national flags flutter next to the Tiananmen Gate; Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)