live from singapore, this is bbc news. jubilant scenes as donald trump is elected to the white house once more. he promises a "new golden age" for the united states. i will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe, i and prosperous america l that our children deserve, and that you deserve. kamala harris concedes her bid for us president — after congratulating donald trump. we'll look at how countries around the world — especially in this region — are responding to the new president elect. the latest, china's president xi, has congratulated trump on his win. hello, i'm steve lai, and welcome to an extended edition of newsday, as we continue to follow developments in the us —

where donald trump has comfortably won the race to become the 47th us president. it's been described as one of the most dramatic comebacks in american political history. reaction to donald trump's victory has started to roll in from across the world and in this hour, we have correspondents in china, japan, south korea, and thailand. we'll get to that in a bit, but first. not only did mr trump sweep the crucial swing states he needed, but he also won the popular vote, describing his victory as "magnificent". mr trump's democratic opponent, kamala harris thanked her supporters in her concession speech and said the fight to make the world a better place would continue. she said she was proud of the race she ran and that the results needed to be respected with a peaceful transfer of power. president biden will address the nation on thursday. this is what the us electoral map looked like back in 2020, when joe map looked like back in 2020, whenjoe biden won the white house. the blue represents democratic states, red

republican. now this is what it looks like now — even though three states are still to declare, donald trump is already comfortably won the race, reaching the magic number in the electoral college system of 270. he's also won the popular vote by 51%, to the kamala harris�*s 47%. 0urfirst report is from gary 0'donoghue, who was at donald trump's campaign hq as the results came in. cheering as the results rolled in, they began to believe bit by bit that they could win. what do you think? i think it is freakin�* awesome! whoo! when the key swing state of pennsylvania was called for the former president, they could barely contain themselves. we did it, man. i'm notjust happy, i am ecstatic. - we are so back! we're so back. this country's saved. this is an extraordinary political comeback. the former president and now future president has overcome scandal, court cases, even

a brush with death. and the country has sent him back to washington and the white house for another four years. he's promising a new golden age for america. the party atmosphere grew and grew as the alcohol flowed. please welcome president—elect donald] trump. but it wasn't until after 2am that they got the chance to see their next president in the flesh, flanked by his whole family and his key lieutenants. many people have toldi me that god spared my life for a reason. cheering and that reason was to - save our country and restore america to greatness. and now, we are going to fulfil that mission i together, we're going to fulfil that mission. for his jubilant supporters,

that means mass deportation of migrants, huge tariffs on foreign goods, and ending the wars in ukraine and the middle east. i will not let you down. america's future will be bigger, better, bolder,| richer, safer and stronger- than it has ever been before. god bless you, - and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. tonight has become a very different night to the one we expected. donald trump victorious without dispute. the result came quicker than anyone or the polls had expected. while they partied hard in florida, in washington, a very different mood among kamala harris�*s supporters as the reality of their defeat sunk in. so you won't hear from the vice president tonight... hours later, both kamala harris and joe biden called the now president—elect

to congratulate him on his victory, and the vice president returned to speak to her supporters. while i concede this election, i do not concede this fight that fuelled this campaign. the outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but hear me when i say... hear me when i say the light hear me when i say the light of america's promise of america's promise will always burn bright. will always burn bright. donald trump won this campaign donald trump won this campaign by hugely improving his support by hugely improving his support among hispanic voters among hispanic voters and a significant rise among prices in the shops and a significant rise among black voters too, especially black voters too, especially men in both communities. men in both communities. while the vice president failed while the vice president failed to matchjoe biden�*s support to matchjoe biden�*s support among women in 2020, among women in 2020, and was held responsible and was held responsible by voters for years of rising by voters for years of rising

prices in the shops and the highest levels of illegal migration at the southern border in decades. donald trump celebrated his victory with some key supporters, such as the world's richest man, elon musk. the scale of the victory was underlined by the man who will be donald trump's vice president. i thank you for the trust you have placed in me, and i think we havejust witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the usa.

victory could mean for european security — as jeremy bowen reports. during his first term, donald trump often alarmed his allies with sometimes impulsive and naive overtures towards the world's strongmen. here, with kimjong—un, the ruler of north korea. and then we fell in love, 0k? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters. trump always wants to be the biggest man in the room, but he'll face more complicated challenges now than the first time around, since the summit in finland in 2018, when he met russia's president putin. america's authoritarian rivals are now forming an axis. putin couldn't fight the war in ukraine without help from north korea and china. trump might find the plan he pushed repeatedly during his presidential campaign this year to end the war simply doesn't work. i will have that war finished and done and settled before

i get to the white house as president—elect. i will get that done. ukraine's president zelensky couldn't fight on against russia without american military aid. zelensky will fearjoe biden�*s arms supplies might be replaced with trump's arm—twisting, to concede land to russia to make a deal. 0n social media, zelensky offered congratulations and appealed to trump's self—image as a strong leader. for ukraine, peace through strength is another way of asking for more weapons. russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine has also taught america's western european allies a hard lesson — that without us military power, they would struggle to defend themselves. trump will redouble the demands of his first term — that the europeans need to spend more on defence. if not, he might threaten, once again, to take the us out of nato. from the middle east came congratulations from israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on what he called "history's

greatest comeback". israel needed a lot of american help to defend itself against iranian missiles. the israelis couldn't fight on multiple fronts without us military and diplomatic support. president biden would not use that leverage to insist on a ceasefire. middle east watchers here in washington believe he might want to impose an american agenda on israel's. the middle east is also on the edge of drawing america into another major war in the middle east, and i don't think donald trump, based on his record, wants that. so it's not that he cares about palestinians or cares about lebanon, or cares about iran. he may very well not agree with the theory of the case that bibi netanyahu has, which is to expand the war and, if need be, draw the united states into it. china will be a major challenge in the second trump term. since his state visit

to president xijinping in beijing in 2017, china has made bigger strides towards rivalling america as the world's strongest power. 0n the eve of the election, trump repeated his plan to put a big tax on imports from china and others, also known as a trade war. i'm doing the same thing with china. we're going to tarriff the hell out of them. cheering longer—term, a real war is another risk, with growing military tension between china and taiwan. before he leaves office, donald trump might have to decide whether america will fight to defend an island 7,000 miles away, across the pacific, that's only 100 miles from the chinese mainland. jeremy bowen, bbc news, washington. here in asia — reaction to donald trump's victory has started to roll in. we have correspondents in china, japan, south korea,

and thailand to get us up to speed — but let's start in china. president xi has congratulated trump on his election win, but the world's second largest economy will be in direct comptition with the trump administration — with the us president—elect threatening to place large tarriffs on imports from china. well, let's cross live to beijing and join the bbc�*s laura bicker. we see that president xi has offered his congratulations to donald trump — how will he and beijing's viewing this victory? within the last hour, president xi has indeed offered his congratulations, and he's talked about hopefully the new us administration adhering to peaceful coexistence and win—win cooperation, he says, in his message. make no mistake — both us officials and chinese officials know that this is one officials know that this is one of the most contentious and competitive relationships in

the world. these two superpowers are battling for power and influence, and it looks likely that they'll battle over trade. during his campaign, trump has said he'll impose 60% tariffs on chinese goods. now he did fulfil that promise last time around, he imposed tariffs on around $300 billion worth of chinese goods, so china will be bracing itself for this — and it is likely that beijing will retaliate. then we have the other battle, the battle for power and influence. 0ver the battle for power and influence. over the past few years, the biden administration has built up alliances right across asia and the world, with japan, south korea, the philippines, vietnam, really elevating those partnerships. and the reason that he's done thatis and the reason that he's done that is to contain china — but in the past, donald trump has shown a dislike for this kind of diplomacy, preferring fiery rhetoric, making deals — and in

that, president xi might see an opportunity, because he might believe that us alliances built to contain china might eventually weaken, and he might see an ability to step into the vacuum. �* , see an ability to step into the vacuum. ~ , ., ., vacuum. and is there a thought on taiwan? _ vacuum. and is there a thought on taiwan? because _ vacuum. and is there a thought on taiwan? because we - vacuum. and is there a thought on taiwan? because we know. on taiwan? because we know that's a hot button issue for china. what is trump's position on that? ~ , ., on that? well we “ust heard there in that _ on that? well we just heard there in that report - on that? well we just heard there in that report from i there in that report from jeremy bowen that donald trump will have a clear decision to make. and at this time, we don't know what that will be. in the past, he said he's to impose further tariffs on china if china does invade taiwan. but at the moment we really don't know what his position is and whether or not he will be prepared, as washington has said in the past, to defend taiwan if china decides that that's what it wants to do. thanks very much for that,

laura. we will get to those other regions in the moment. meanwhile, let's get you up to speed with what's been happening in the harris campaign and the reaction to that. i caught up with our chief presenter sumi somaskanda, who anchored the bbc�*s special election programme in washington — and asked her what got donald trump over the line. one of the points donald trump kept making over and over again at his campaign rallies was the question, "are you better off now than you were four years ago?" and the resounding answer from americans was no. people were hurting, if you look at the fact that grocery and gas prices are higher — although the economy at a macro level was doing well, individuals felt they weren't,

and as clive pointed out in his report, people didn't feel the country was going in the right direction, and donald trump was able to capitalise on that. add to that a novel campaign strategy — so on one hand, harris�*s team had this massive ground operation, hundreds of supporters knocking on doors, three million doors in one weekend ahead in pennsylvania, donald trump's team found local ambassadors who would go door—to—door, specifically to target people they knew were low—propensity voters. these are people who maybe didn't vote in 2020, who are not inclined to vote, and they got their local trump ambassadors to convince these people that they should vote for donald trump because he would make their lives better. it appears that was effective. also, think about the media strategy — here in the us, often in a presidential campaign, candidates will sit down and do these big network tv interviews. well, trump's campaign scrapped that and said, we're going to where we can reach

more people who are important to us, like young men. so they were on podcasts, they did unconventional interviews, they had donald trump all over social media as well, and that appeared to have worked. as gary pointed out, he was able to make real inroads with black men, latino men, and men between 18—29 years old, so young men. all of that added up to a decisive victory — but one more point on that, steve, donald trump isjust a unique politicalfigure, his charisma and popularity have made him more popular than his policies themselves, and that's one of the reasons why he got elected to a second term. the persona certainly does come before the man, when it comes to donald trump. but when it comes to kamala harris and the democratic party, they'll be looking inwards and trying to pick apart where they had fallen down and where they could do better. where do you think they'll find these answers? they've certainly started asking the questions right away. we're seeing also some in—party fighting

over what went wrong. look, there are a lot of points i think are being made here in washington about what went wrong for kamala harris and her campaign — of course, some that clive mentioned in his report. how can you say you'll turn the page, that you're the next generation when kamala harris was the vice president in this administration, a deeply unpopular administration if you look at polls? so that was really difficult, the fact that kamala harris didn't distance herself very much from her president is something that campaign officials have said they will be looking at as well. and you also have to look at the fact that kamala harris didn't have that much time, a little over 100 days from when she entered the race, through election day. in that middle period, in the month of september, there was a fallow period where there were lots of questions being asked about why harris wasn't out there more in rallies and also media interviews — and i think that was a period of time where she would've had the opportunity to convince people but she wasn't out there. people started early voting at that point in september. that would've been a point where harris and her campaign

could have been blitzing the battleground states as they did in october. well, they were quieter then. so a lot of those questions will be asked, but at a time when people are so dissatisfied with the country, with the way the economy is going, it was always going to be difficult for the incumbent, the vice president of this administration to rise above the record of the biden—harris administration. kamala harris has made her first public comments since losing the presidential election to donald trump. in a speech at howard university in washington, dc, she told supporters that she concedes the election — but promised not to give up the fight on issues such as abortion rights, gun violence and the protection of democracy. let's take a listen to some of what she said. while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fuelled this campaign. cheering

the fiuht, fuelled this campaign. cheering the fight. the — fuelled this campaign. cheering the fight, the fight _ fuelled this campaign. cheering the fight, the fight for _ the fight, the fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness, and the dignity of all people. a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation. the ideals that reflect america at our best. that is a fight i will never give up. cheering i will never give up the fight for a future where americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions, and aspirations. where the women of america have the freedom to make decisions about their own body, and not have their government telling them what to do. we will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence. cheering

and america. _ from gun violence. cheering and america, we _ from gun violence. cheering and america, we will - from gun violence. cheering and america, we will never i from gun violence. cheering i and america, we will never give up and america, we will never give up the fight for our democracy, for the rule of law, for equal justice, and for the sacred idea that everyone of us, no matter who we are where we start out, has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld. that must be respected and uheld. �* ~ ,, upheld. applause and we _ upheld. applause and we will - upheld. applause | and we will continue upheld. applause - and we will continue to upheld. applause _ and we will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth, in the courts, and in the public square. and we will also wage it in quieter ways — in how we live our lives, by treating one another with kindness and respect.

and now, let's speak to shaima khalil, in tokyo — for japan's perspective. japan has just gone through an election of its own, so it could be dealing with new parties. could be dealing with new arties. . �* , ., parties. that's right, and the prime minister _ parties. that's right, and the prime minister is _ parties. that's right, and the prime minister is expected i parties. that's right, and the| prime minister is expected to be officially reelected, or re—inaugurated in parliament next week. we know that the prime minister has called donald trump and congratulated him, and he did say that he found him to be friendly, someone that he can speak openly and candidly with, and will have a relationship with. we also know there are reports that the prime minister could be planning a trip to the united states to speak to mr trump after eight g20 meeting in brazil. these two leaders will have a lot to talk about — japan is the us�*s strongest, most enduring ally in the

region, and there's a huge presence here, 511,000 troops in japan, mostly in okinawa. also, they are each other�*s biggest investors, so there's finance, there's military and defence in an increasingly unstable indo—pacific. this relationship is very important to japan, despite the clinical instability here in the country. there will be a lot that they need to iron out and talk about. that they need to iron out and talk about-— talk about. they have been historically _ talk about. they have been historically long-time - talk about. they have been | historically long-time allies historically long—time allies in this part of the world. four years ago —8 years ago, i suppose, when donald trump came into office, we saw a glimpse of how he had a view of world and his america first policy, is an indication or is there anything we can read from his last time in office as to how their relationship with japan might be going forward? it’s might be going forward? it's reall

might be going forward? it�*s really interesting because the relationship he had with the late former prime minister, shinzo abe, was personal. in 2016 when donald trump first won the election, shinzo abe flew to new york and was one of the first, or the first foreign leader to meet him. and since then, they had forged this close relationship — they actually discussed and i things out on the golf course because they were both big golf lovers. and there is a lot to worry about here injapan — despite this historic and very strong relationship between the two countries, the two allies, there is a possibility that mr trump will bring back protectionist rhetoric, meaning more tariffs. we've heard what his plans are for china, but also there could be tariffs on japanese steel and other goods — and again, these countries are each other�*s biggest investors, so this is something tokyo was worried about, but trump may also askjapan to put in more money to cover the cost

of the us presence here. so there are things to iron out, but i think what brings them together, especially with the threats in the south china sea and taiwan, but also north korea that continues to bolster its nuclear capabilities and test its missiles, now sending troops to russia to potentially take part in the war in ukraine — all these things are things they need to work on together, which makes this relationship more important and crucial than ever, but definitely these two leaders will need to forge a relationship and find a common language to be able to continue that alliance going forward. thank you very much for 1540 00