Donald Trump: I will accept US election result if I win

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has jokingly said he will accept the result of the US election "if I win".

He added that he would accept a "clear" election result but reserved the right to file a legal challenge.

Speaking at a rally in Ohio he said: "Of course, I would accept a clear election result, but I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result."

His comments came after he refused to promise during the final presidential debate to say if he would trust the outcome on November 8th if he loses.

Claiming that she had won the third and final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton tweeted a captioned image of herself hugging her daughter Chelsea.

Meanwhile Donald Trump tweeted polls which showed he had won the debate.

ITV News Washington Correspondent Robert Moore believes Hillary Clinton won the debate: "The instant polling that was done at this venue immediately after the debate finished last night would suggest that Hillary Clinton was a clear winner.

"This was probably Donald Trump's best, last chance of changing the central narrative of the campaign, and if anything it was the opposite that occurred."

Donald Trump's refusal to say whether he will accept the result of the US Presidential Election or not is "horrifying", Hillary Clinton has said.

Speaking after the third and final presidential debate the Democratic Party candidate continued that accepting the results of "free and fair elections" is part of the US's 240-year history.

Mr Trump's refusal to say whether he will accept the outcome "is part of his whole effort to blame somebody else for his campaign... Whenever he is losing... he says it's [the system] rigged against him".

Ms Clinton also said she "didn't pay any attention" to the billionaire businessman branding her a "nasty woman".

Ms Clinton also said she was "concerned" that the Republican candidate has "refused" to "condemn" Russian "cyber-attacks against Americans".

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook described Donald Trump's closing speech in the final presidential debate as "dark".

Speaking in the "spin room" after the debate, Mook criticised Trump's claim he might not accept the result of the election on November 8.

"It's the darkest thing we've heard in this campaign", Mook said.

Donald Trump dominated discussion on Twitter during the third and final presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.

Figures released by Twitter showed that 59% of conversation about the two candidates related to the Republican billionaire.

The top tweeted moments of the debate were Trump and Clinton discussing the treatment of women and Trump refusing to say he will accept the election results.

A discussion about Russia and nuclear weapons, with Mrs Clinton calling Mr Trump a "puppet" of Russian president Vladimir Putin, also featured prominently.

Hillary Clinton said she agreed that Donald Trump is the "most dangerous person" to run for president in modern US politics.

Quoting failed Democrat nominee Bernie Sanders, Clinton said she thought "he is right" to believe Trump is dangerous.

Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of being behind allegations from numerous women who accused the Republican of sexual assault.

Trump claimed that the stories of him assaulting women had been "largely debunked".

"Those people, I don't know those people", Trump said.

"I have a feeling how they came - I believe it was her [Clinton's] campaign that did it".