Trump claims 'major fraud' being perpetrated; says he will fight election in Supreme Court
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a "major fraud" is being perpetrated on the American people and said he will fight the election in the Supreme Court, as the counting of votes was in progress in the battleground states.
"Frankly we did win this election," Trump claimed.
Trump, a Republican, is being challenged by Democratic Party's nominee Joe Biden.
"Millions and millions of people voted for us," Trump said in a speech at 2 am on Wednesday at the White House.
"A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people," he claimed.
"We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything. And all of a sudden it was just called off," he said.
A "major fraud was being committed, the president said, without citing any evidence.
"This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country," the Republican leader said.
Trump said he would go to the Supreme Court as he wanted "all voting to stop."
"Frankly we did win this election," he said.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
