United States President Donald Trump has lashed out as Honduras announced that it is to conduct a manual count of votes cast in the November 30 presidential election.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) called for “patience” on Tuesday as it launched the count. Earlier, it had announced that a partial digital count had left the two frontrunners locked in a “technical tie”.

In a tirade on social media late on Monday, Trump accused the election officials of “trying to change” the outcome of the election , and doubled down on vague threats of retaliation should his favoured candidate not be declared the victor of a tight race, which has been beset by problems with the results website.

In the latest update, CNE head Ana Paola Hall said Trump-backed right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was l

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