this is bbc news. i'm anna foster live in washington. and i'm matthew amroliwala here in london. donald trump wins the us presidential election, saying his second term in office will be a new golden age for america. this is a magnificent victory for the american people that will allow us to make america great again. cheering. jubilant supporters celebrate. donald trump will be only the second person in history to serve as president for two non—consecutive terms. a crushing night for kamala harris and her supporters, who left her campaign headquarters in washington after the party was cancelled. over the next few hours, we'll hear from voters, we'll talk to democrats and republicans, we'll assess how donald trump might govern — what he might do. we'll have international reaction from ukraine, the middle east, russia,

china and the uk. as dollar heads for biggest one—day rally in 8 years on trump victory — we'll look at how the financial markets and businesses have responded to the result. and we'll show you how donald trump got to the white house. are republicans going to win a clean sweep with control of the senate and the house? donald trump has won the us presidential election. he'll return to the white house — an extraordinary political comeback — four years after he was voted out of office. talking tojubilant suporters, he promised a new "golden age" for america. his rival, the democrat

candidate, kamala harris, hasn't spoken publically yet, but she's expected to address her supporters, in the coming hours. let's go straight to washington and my coleague anna foster. it's a stunning victory for donald trump. is there any indication as to when camel harris will make that concession?- harris will make that concession? . , concession? that is something that will have _ concession? that is something that will have to _ concession? that is something that will have to happen - concession? that is something that will have to happen and i concession? that is something | that will have to happen and we know that kamala harris had that big victory party planned last night. people had arrived and were full of energy and hope for the night ahead at howard university where she studied, but as the night went on and as the projections came in and it looked very much like donald trump was going to take that night and take the white house, the party was cancelled. people were told that kamala harris would not be speaking to them that evening and people

took the placards and celebrations and left the venue. what needs to happen at some point, having said that, when we look at the history of 2020, i was going to say kamala harris needs to concede but thatis harris needs to concede but that is something donald trump didn't do any lost tojoe biden. but we expect kamala harris will revert to the norm and she will have a conversation and concede to donald trump. then they will need to be some sort of speech. she will need to thank the supporters and the hundreds of thousands of democrats across the country who came out and who campaigned for her. but they will also be looking at why that campaign didn't work, why that campaign didn't work, why that campaign didn't work, why that message did not resonate with voters here in the us and what went wrong and what the democrats need to do to change it. let's look back at the story of a night which will be remembered for a very long time by both republicans and democrats — for very different reasons. here's our correspondent jessica parker. donald trump's re—entry

onto the centre stage of us politics is now complete. we overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible. and it is now clear that we have achieved the most incredible political thing. look what happened. is this crazy? four years after being ejected from the white house, he is on his way back in, to thejubilation of these crowds in florida. it is a political victory that our country has never seen before, nothing like this. i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president. his running mate was among those invited to absorb the adulation. i think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the united states of america.

we are off to the races, we i have our first foreclosures... the countdown began overnight. at first the results were predictable, but then swing states started falling to the republican. north carolina projected for donald trump. - one by one... we are now in a position to protect georgia. pennsylvania for donald trump. then the big call. donald trump will be the 47th president of the united states, winning what had been expected to be a razor tight and historic race. the democratic candidate kamala harris met volunteers on election day, but on election night at her campaign watch party, there was no victory speech. she didn't even appear. we will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted,

that every voice has spoken, so you won't hear from the vice president tonight. this is the machinery of democracy in america, said by the votes of millions. including in erie pennsylvania, eastman county any battleground state within a divided nation. darlene, though, cannot wait for a donald trump return. we don't need another four more years of high inflation, gas prices, lying, cross—border murder. america comes first. but others dread it. i don't want an autocrat, i don't want someone who is convicted of a felon to be the number one person in our political environment. donald trump was convicted in may for falsifying business records.

we will never give up, we will never concede. other ongoing criminal cases include allegations he tried to overturn the 2020 election in the run—up to the capitol riot. he denies wrongdoing. the sun is coming up after a long night, leading to this country's next chapter. for donald trump as my critics, he is nothing less than an outright threat to democracy. someone totally unsuited to america's highest office. even so, he tapped into many people's concerns about the economy and immigration. once again proving to be a divisive but effective campaigner. his road back to the white house has been dramatic, even dangerous. injuly, donald trump survived an assassination attempt. beat covid. .. the same month, joe biden dropped out of the race for the democrats after that

disastrous debate performance. i accept your nomination to be president. - kamala harris taking her boss's place as the candidate. now the question for the democrats, what went wrong? where kamala harris went wrong is going to be a question with a huge amount of introspection for the democratic party. but i do think her decisions in the closing weeks of the campaign to focus very heavily on all the things she thought were wrong with a donald trump and not as heavily on why she could rebuild the us economy, that could be one area. this man's journey has infused, appalled and fascinated onlookers. but whatever feelings he inspires, this fact remains. donald trump will soon once again take charge of the most powerful nation on earth. jessica parker, bbc news, in washington dc.

it's just after 11am it's just after ”am in washington and it's worth saying that many people did not think we would be talking about a new president and a result at this stage. people were prepared for this process to last the days particularly after the legal challenges and the questions that were raised by the republicans in donald trump about the electoral process last time round in 2020. i'm joined byjustin roebuck, county clerk, register of deeds for ottawa county, michigan. talk us through your counting process and your electoral process, has it been smooth? i think it's been remarkably smooth as an election process. that is due to a few factors. one is the fact the state of michigan for the first time in a presidential election has experienced early voting and that has been common in many states but not in michigan before. we actually began the day on election day with

roughly 45% of voters already cast a ballot through mail and valeting and early voting. so the process on election day was very smooth. at this hour the state has not officially been called but we are definitely dealing with a lot but it was a good day overall for us.- good day overall for us. what has it been — good day overall for us. what has it been like _ good day overall for us. what has it been like since - good day overall for us. what has it been like since 2020 i has it been like since 2020 when the job but you and your colleagues do has been called into question? that must have been difficult? it’s into question? that must have been difficult?— been difficult? it's been a hue been difficult? it's been a huge challenge _ been difficult? it's been a huge challenge to - been difficult? it's been a huge challenge to be - been difficult? it's been a huge challenge to be an l huge challenge to be an election administrator in the united states but particularly in swing states over the past four to eight years. we have experienced a massive amount of distressed in the process by which we use to choose our

government in the us and its so important to make sure that we are making strides and efforts as political leaders across the board to rebuild that trust. it's a crucial currency that we operate in and we have to have it. , ., ~ operate in and we have to have it. do you think donald trump will do that — it. do you think donald trump will do that now _ it. do you think donald trump will do that now he _ it. do you think donald trump will do that now he has - it. do you think donald trump will do that now he has been l will do that now he has been re—elected? he is the person who has been responsible for a lot of the issues you have faced with the things he had said about the process. time will definitely _ said about the process. time will definitely tell. _ said about the process. time will definitely tell. both - will definitely tell. both political parties have engaged in some level of disinformation over the years when it comes to our electoral process and how they find trust or mistrust among supporters. it has been president trump in the republican party have essentially this point who are

not trusting our process and it will be very interesting to see where that is going to go in the next few years. whether it will come full circle. but i do believe the seeds of mistrust have been planted and that will take a lot of time to root out and that will be the job of election administrators and leaders across the board. thank ou for leaders across the board. thank you for being — leaders across the board. thank you for being with _ leaders across the board. thank you for being with us. _ leaders across the board. thank you for being with us. let's - you for being with us. let's hear from the democratic senator and majority leader of the michigan senedd and she told me what she was thinking when the results started to unfold. . , �*, , ., unfold. clearly it's been a very deeply _ unfold. clearly it's been a very deeply disappointing j very deeply disappointing result_ very deeply disappointing result for democrats across the nation — result for democrats across the nation it's_ result for democrats across the nation. it's incredibly disappointing that we have had returned — disappointing that we have had returned to a president who sews — returned to a president who sews chaos and other difficulties for the people of our country. so we have some challenging days ahead of us.

it was — challenging days ahead of us. it was a — challenging days ahead of us. it was a definitive rejection of your message. time and effort will be taken to look into went went wrong but what should democrats have done differently?— should democrats have done differently? they will be a lot of soul-searching. _ differently? they will be a lot of soul-searching. i- differently? they will be a lot of soul-searching. i think - differently? they will be a lot of soul-searching. i think it's| of soul—searching. i think it's appropriate that we take a very hard _ appropriate that we take a very hard luck— appropriate that we take a very hard luck at what happened and where — hard luck at what happened and where. and what issues seem to resonate — where. and what issues seem to resonate. they will be time for that as — resonate. they will be time for that as we _ resonate. they will be time for that as we get data and i am sure — that as we get data and i am sure that _ that as we get data and i am sure that we will get all kinds of advice _ sure that we will get all kinds of advice but we will definitely be digging into that and internally there is a strong _ and internally there is a strong desire among democrats to do— strong desire among democrats to do a — strong desire among democrats to do a postmortem on this and figure _ to do a postmortem on this and figure out— to do a postmortem on this and figure out what we need to do to be — figure out what we need to do to be better. i would also say there — to be better. i would also say there are _ to be better. i would also say there are things that went well last night for us in various ways _ last night for us in various ways i_ last night for us in various ways. i am last night for us in various ways. lam happy last night for us in various ways. i am happy to talk about

those — ways. i am happy to talk about those. ., . ways. i am happy to talk about those-_ here - ways. i am happy to talk about those._ here in - those. please do. here in michigan _ those. please do. here in michigan we _ those. please do. here in michigan we saw - those. please do. here in michigan we saw the - those. please do. here in - michigan we saw the election of a congresswoman to the us congress. we have still not called — congress. we have still not called the us senedd race here. but that— called the us senedd race here. but that is a toss up. we will continue _ but that is a toss up. we will continue to look at that. we did see _ continue to look at that. we did see movement towards democrats in certain parts of the state _ democrats in certain parts of the state so we will want to di l the state so we will want to dig into _ the state so we will want to dig into that and see what that means— dig into that and see what that means for us. we elected to supreme _ means for us. we elected to supreme courtjustices means for us. we elected to supreme court justices to our highest — supreme court justices to our highest court in the state that were — highest court in the state that were nominated by the democratic party and those are state—wide races. so there are some — state—wide races. so there are some bright spots. i also think you so— some bright spots. i also think you so unprecedented participation from voters in michigan. we took great efforts to expand access to the ballot

box to — to expand access to the ballot box to improve early voting, to shore _ box to improve early voting, to shore up — box to improve early voting, to shore up our things accounted. and by— shore up our things accounted. and by all— shore up our things accounted. and by all accounts we have had a very— and by all accounts we have had a very secure and fair election. a significant amount of progress over what we have seen _ of progress over what we have seen previously with so much disarray— seen previously with so much disarray and too much opportunity for people to cast doubt — opportunity for people to cast doubt on _ opportunity for people to cast doubt on things. so there is a win for democracy. | doubt on things. so there is a win for democracy.— win for democracy. i 'ust wanted i win for democracy. i 'ust wanted to i win for democracy. i 'ust wanted to take �* win for democracy. i 'ust wanted to take a i win for democracy. i justl wanted to take a moment win for democracy. i just - wanted to take a moment to ask you about the wider legislative picture as well and the impact on congress and the fact that republicans are going to be dominant when it comes to lawmaking. this country could look very different very soon and that is what the voters have chosen.— and that is what the voters have chosen. ., ., ,, ., ., ., have chosen. you make a good observation. _ have chosen. you make a good observation. from _ have chosen. you make a good observation. from my- have chosen. you make a good observation. from my position| observation. from my position as a _ observation. from my position as a leader— observation. from my position as a leader in the state senedd it is incredibly important that states— it is incredibly important that states understand their role and that _ states understand their role and that they exert their ability— and that they exert their ability to have a positive impact _ ability to have a positive impact on peoples daily lives. you're — impact on peoples daily lives. you're in _ impact on peoples daily lives. you're in michigan we have

taken — you're in michigan we have taken measures in the last two years— taken measures in the last two years to — taken measures in the last two years to secure the rights of women _ years to secure the rights of women for reproductive health, it is a _ women for reproductive health, it is a queue the rights of lgbt— it is a queue the rights of lgbt huw foulkes. as those things— lgbt huw foulkes. as those things become issues for the states— things become issues for the states as _ things become issues for the states as donald trump has said they are, — states as donald trump has said they are, then i think it's going _ they are, then i think it's going to _ they are, then i think it's going to be incredibly important that state legislators take those jobs very — legislators take those jobs very seriously and do everything they can to shore up those _ everything they can to shore up those things for the people that— those things for the people that they represent.- those things for the people that they represent. let's take a look at donald _ that they represent. let's take a look at donald trump - a look at donald trump surpassed a victory and a good way to see that is visually the red and blue on the map of the us and there are still some results to come in. louis von jones has been analysing them as they have been coming in. very interesting. this is the map. the red is the republican party and donald trump in the blue is democrats and kamala harris. the way the system works is you need electoral

couege works is you need electoral college votes in 270 of them as you gain those by winning individual states and you can see donald trump with 279 so he's already past that 270 number. we are expecting some results. we have these grey ones here, three swing states. we can look at those swing states, the vast majority of states, the vast majority of states you can predict well before the election but seven of them this time were basically states were both candidates had a chance and they spent lots of time and money and lots of resources, how did that work out? we have the seven states here. and you can see a lot of red. the first four here of those swing states have been projected trump wins for a while. we're still waiting on these three, michigan, and arizona. trump is ahead in all of them. so comprehensive when it comes to

those seven swing states. a lot of people asking now how big is this victory going to be the donald trump. you just need to pass 270 and it doesn't matter how further you go but in terms of the size and scale of his win, we now don't know but we do have the parameters. let's run through what happened last night. these are the swing states and you can see in grey. donald trump started there in north carolina and georgia and crucially pennsylvania. hejust crucially pennsylvania. he just needed crucially pennsylvania. hejust needed when will state and wisconsin was that state. so how do we look at how potentially things might go from here? we could be generous to the democrats and say they win the remaining three and they will win over here as expected. and you can see the potential result there, 20 electoral college vote

advantage to donald trump. that is the worst case scenario for him. the best case scenario is more like 227 to 311. so we know now the potential size of any win for donald trump. the other significant victory for republicans, hugely important for how powerful donald trump will be and how much of his legislation he will be able to pass and that is the senedd and house. let's back to how things looked before last night. 49 seats for the republicans and you need 51 for the majority. and right now they have 52, they have that majority. donald trump in a speech saying he believes they control the house as well but it's too early to tell on that. but everywhere you look at it it is a very good night for donald trump.

just a few results left to come in but the main result is clear, donald trump is the new president and of course what happens next? you spend a period of time as president—elect before being inaugurated injanuary. ijust inaugurated injanuary. i just want inaugurated injanuary. ijust want to show you something you might not be able to see of my shoulder, that give you a closer view of what looks like a bit of going up. is already preparations for donald trump's inauguration because of course it's such a huge event and it takes awhile to put everything in place and even at time of the election they are preparing forjanuary and preparing for donald trump to re—enter the white house. a lot will happen between now and then, we're still waiting for kamala to concede and make some sort of remarks. there are also questions to be asked about how donald trump plans to give in and who he will surround himself with an his top team. but the republicans will have a lot of control after these elections and of course we will

see how many of those policies and promises actually come to fruition when we get into next year and donald trump returns to the white house. these next few months are going to be fascinating in terms of an effect you have a lame duck president and an incoming president and an incoming president that wants to do just about everything differently. what are you watching out for in these coming months? that is an excellent _ in these coming months? that is an excellent point. _ in these coming months? that is an excellent point. ordinary - an excellent point. 0rdinary voters have been suggesting to me over the last two days that they know already thatjoe biden was considered not up to this electoral cycle and he was considered not up to standing for election once again and thatis for election once again and that is why kamala harris stepped in. but we have this period of time now where he does still run the country because of the way things work here. he can't make any big decisions. donald trump will start to put his team in place.

those security handovers will start to happen and he will be given that huge amount of very sensitive delicate information. all things he has had unseen before the last time that he was in the white house. but it will be very difficult because donald trump is �*s so different to the onejoe biden trad. it's kind of vacuum until that inauguration happens but no doubt the republicans and donald trump will be working very hard behind the scenes putting plans in place so that when he does have that inauguration and when he does once again have the power to do what he wants in this country, backed up by a republican congress, they could be a lot of big changes on the way. plenty more from anna foster from washington in the coming minutes. let's bring you the latest reaction from beijing. the chinese foreign minister has said we respect the choice of the american people and congratulate donald trump on

his election as president. let's talk to the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent. lots of officials and lots of different seeking capital stock. , ., different seeking capital stock. , . ,. ., . stock. they are scratching their heads _ stock. they are scratching their heads thinking - stock. they are scratching l their heads thinking should stock. they are scratching - their heads thinking should we have done more preparation, particularly in europe. they know they will do is going to change. they don't know precisely how. they don't know what donald trump has said in opposition but it's not always a firm predictor of what he will actually do in office. there is a lot of calculation of and it essentially comes down to this, everybody knows that donald trump will be more transactional, more bilateral and anti alliance and unpredictable. and therefore the question that many capitals will be calculating is what can we offer donald trump when we go into that bilateral transactional negotiation to

get him onside so that we can agree something? because that is how donald trump will want to do business. irate is how donald trump will want to do business.— is how donald trump will want to do business. we know there is concern _ to do business. we know there is concern about _ to do business. we know there is concern about exactly - to do business. we know there is concern about exactly what l is concern about exactly what he might do but officials close to him again making the point that they think the rhetoric from donald trump is different to the policies he actually put into place. to the policies he actually put into place-— to the policies he actually put into place. you always have to look at what _ into place. you always have to look at what he _ into place. you always have to look at what he does - into place. you always have to look at what he does rather i look at what he does rather than what he says because quite often what he says is part of an opening gambit of the negotiation. he threatens the worst and brings it down to a more manageable position. that could be threatening tariff in china or talking about withdrawing support from ukraine or any of these policy decisions which will be huge and will make a huge difference to many people around the world. on that everyone will look to see when does he start rationing it up and what priorities does he make? that's why everybody will be focusing

incredibly hard on waypoints for his key positions and what signals he sends during this lame—duck period before he becomes president. fine lame-duck period before he becomes president.- lame-duck period before he becomes president. one of the thins becomes president. one of the things people _ becomes president. one of the things people have _ becomes president. one of the things people have said - becomes president. one of the things people have said over. things people have said over the years is that in the previous administration there were people likejohn kelly his chief of staff, adults in the room the phrase used, this time concern about perhaps the guard rails being off. concern about perhaps the guard rails being off-— rails being off. they will be fewer so-called _ rails being off. they will be fewer so-called adults - rails being off. they will be i fewer so-called adults around fewer so—called adults around him restraining him in the early years. they all fell by the wayside pretty soon. the difference this time is that he has learnt about this and he will have his supporters and his allies in key positions. you will tell people vary because he thinks they are good at theirjob. counter to that is the rest of the world is understood that too. the rest of the world has realised, they know they have four years of dealing with donald trump and they have learned from the

process so when they come to start negotiating and talking to him they too will be away of the way he does business. british officials are looking at how the then japanese british officials are looking at how the thenjapanese leader got on really well with donald trump in the early years in a way that's a chancellor merkel of germany did not. she expressed her mind and the relationship was poor but proud mr abbie did really well and getting onside with donald trump and he spoke to him and he deals with them and managed to get japan's he deals with them and managed to getjapan's agenda onto the agenda of the white house. thank you for taking me through all of that. let's go to some of the issues in so many different capital. ukraine being the obvious one.

0ur correspondent in ukraine, james waterhouse, has been telling me about the reaction he's been hearing to the result behind the scenes in kyiv. soldiers, civilians, all the way up to president zelensky�*s cabinet, they are analysing different shades of the unknown. a kamala harris victory would have provided some relative certainty. if you looked at what she'd said about giving ukraine support for as long as it took. with donald trump, you had his claim of wanting to resolve this conflict in as little as 2a hours. so what does that mean? is he going to come and visit kyiv? is he going to visit moscow? is he going to announce a withdrawing of support? is he going to present a peace plan to vladimir putin? will the kremlin accept that peace plan? or will he if anything, as is hoped here, will he step up military support for ukraine? everything is up in the nawr as a result of this us presidential election, such is the nature of geopolitics. america's pendulum between isolationism and interventionism is felt acutely in a country that is under a full—scale invasion and needs help from the westjust to be able to sustain its fight. when you look at president

zelensky, a leader who has grown to be a political operator, he has suddenly found himself on the world stage with a full—scale invasion, he will no doubt try and turn this into some kind of opportunity to make his case. if you look at the language of his post online this morning to donald trump, congratulating him, describing a great meeting they had when he travels to new york and laid out why he thinks he should continue supporting ukraine. he is also trying to pitch his country as an opportunity in terms of business, investment as well as military aid. the other side of this is that war drives innovation. there are western companies as we speak having equipment used and tested by soldiers who are giving feedback. so that will no doubt feed into what kyiv will try to present to the president—elect in the coming weeks and months. but in short, there are a lot of unknowns being looked at right now.

huge questions for nato now going forward. huge questions to about whether this might usher any sort of change of policy for the biden administration in these last few months, that issue that president zelensky has pushed him on about changing the rules of what he's allowed to target using western weapons. if you are ukraine, any kind of change or a thing of the state is welcome. they need all western hands to the pump. we are going straight to a live press conference with republican leader giving a statement.

they ran a spectacular race. with regard to the senedd, you guys know how long i've been around. i had really hoped i'd be able to hand over to my successor. i've been a majority leader and a minority leader and majority is a lot better. and i think based on the fact that we haven't got all the results in, week certainly know we are going to be in the majority and we are hopeful that might actually grow some and i want to give particular credit to steve daines. i had thatjob credit to steve daines. i had that job a few credit to steve daines. i had thatjob a few years back and i have never seen a better performance. he focused on

getting quality candidates and