The US election finally appears to be over after a key official within the Trump administration formally began the process of transition to a government headed by President-elect Joe Biden.
President Trump, on Twitter, said he will continue to fight to overturn the election's outcome, but he said he was authorizing the move by the General Services Administration of the US Government in the best interests of the country.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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