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US Election: Trump closer to accepting the reality of his election defeat

Donald Trump has admitted for the first time that he may have lost the U.S election.

It’s the nearest the president has come to a concession, since he was beaten by Democrat Joe Biden in the election more than a week ago.

Overnight many analysts predicted Mr Biden had won the state of Georgia, dealing another blow to Trump’s hopes of overturning the result.

From Washington, Sky News’ U.S. correspondent James Matthews reports.

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Written by Thomas Meneses

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