Joe Biden wins the US presidential election

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has secured the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Leading US media declared him president-elect after he pulled ahead in Pennsylvania.

Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. His running mate Kamala Harris will be the first woman, as well as the first Black person and the first person of Asian descent, to serve as vice president.

Incumbent President Donald Trump has not conceded. His campaign promises to challenge the results in court in several states.

Turnout was the highest in more than a century. Because of the pandemic, millions of Americans voted early and by mail, which slowed the count.