Mike Pence ‘has told Trump he cannot overturn election result’

Vice president Mike Pence is said to have told Donald Trump he does not have the power to overturn the election result - just hours before he is scheduled to preside over Congress’s ratification of Joe Biden’s victory.

On Wednesday, Mr Pence is scheduled in his constitutional role to oversee a joint session of Congress, in which the House and Senate will vote to formally confirm Mr Biden’s victory. It marks the final step in the process before his inauguration.