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hello, welcome to bbc news. president biden is preparing to address the nation, 2a hours after donald trump's decisive victory in the presidential election. mr trump is said to be considering candidates for his top team, ahead of his return to the white house. his democratic opponent, kamala harris says she will help to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. but in a speech to her supporters in washington she said that whilst she conceded the election, she would continue the fight that fuelled the campaign. the vice president said she would never stop working for freedom, opportunity, fairness and dignity for all people. donald trump's victory has been described as one of the most dramatic comebacks in american political history. he will become the first president in more than 130 years to serve non—consecutive terms, when he's sworn in on january 20th. this is what the us electoral

map looked like back in 2020, whenjoe biden won the white house. the blue represents democrat states, red republican. here's what it looks like now. even though two states are still to declare, donald trump has already comfortably won the race, surpassing the magic number of 270 votes in the electoral college. he's also won the popular vote, by 51%, to kamala harris�*s 47%. both ms harris and president biden have spoken to mr trump in separate phone calls. samira hussain in washington begins our coverage. the walk to the podium to deliver the speech that no politician wants to give. but kamala harris owed it to the country to concede the election.

a fundamental principle of american democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. that principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny, and anyone who seeks the public trust must honour it. at the same time, in our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the constitution of the united states. the party—like atmosphere from tuesday vanished. now, people unable to hide their disappointment. as the first female vice president, kamala harris has shattered glass ceilings. but one of the last remaining bastions of male privilege in america, the white house, remains intact. her history—making run for the white house coming to a crushing end. ms harris left consoling

her supporters. to the young people who are watching, it is... we love you, kamala! cheering. i love you. to the young people who are watching, it is ok to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it's going to be ok. a message of optimism they needed to hear. she did everything that she needed to do. like, she really helped me feel better about the results, as i was feeling down, i was upset. i was lost, i cried, i didn't know what to do. so she really helped me to feel better, get some sense of confidence. even though things didn't go particularly in the way that we wanted it to, there's still hopes and things still have a positive side. i'm from pennsylvania, so seeing it turn red like, oh, it broke my heart knowing that we were blue in 2020, we were progressive, we elected a democratic governor in 2023. and itjust...| just don't unders... i was lost, i was hurt, i was heartbroken that this

qualified woman, so perfect as a president, wasjust not chosen by our country. and ijust... it hurt me, it really did. chosen by the party, but not by the electorate. samira hussain, bbc news, washington. my colleague lewis vaughan jones has been analysing donald trump's path to the white house. we will take a quick look at the latest. the results we are still waiting for. then a quick look at what went wrong for kamala harris. three states left. the grey ones here we are still waiting for the results, the red is republican, donald trump, already has enough, passed 270, now on 294 electoral college votes so the presidency is secure. 0nce electoral college votes so the presidency is secure. once we are waiting on, let's take a quick look. red is republican. these were the seven swing

states that could go either way coming into the election. look at what way it looks like they are all going. the ones with the techs are trump projected winners already. we are still waiting on nevada, arizona, jump waiting on nevada, arizona, jump ahead and both of them but we don't have enough of the votes counted their for a full projection. let's have a quick look at what went wrong for kamala harris. this is this result. let's take a quick look at four years ago. by then against trump. you will see blue in these three key swing states here, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. biden won them. look at this result, all red. donald trump swept them and that secured the white house for him. the most recent one to be called, michigan. let's take a quick look inside the state. this picture is happening across states. you can pick any of these red rural

areas, look at the trump lead, 70% there, 66% of the votes. 71%. these are a smaller number of votes but that added up. traditionally democrats, kamala harris doing better in urban areas. detroit, 62% in favour of harris but that wasn't enough to overcome these types of numbers and the more rural areas. this isn't a story of huge swings. donald trump effectively keeping his vote at around the same percentage point, increasing a little, and kamala harris not being able to match joe kamala harris not being able to matchjoe biden kamala harris not being able to match joe biden from kamala harris not being able to matchjoe biden from four years ago, that led to the results we see there. all this blue for democrats turning red for donald trump. let's take a quick look at what else we are waiting for because as well as the presidential election, we have those congressional elections, house, the senate, house of representatives, 51

for a majority, still on 52 seats for republicans, they have secured a majority in the senate, thinking that from the democrats was that we still a few seats left to declare. let's take a quick look at predicted results. these are red stripe, 0hio, predicted results. these are red stripe, ohio, west virginia and montana, they are republican wins. these grey dotted ones are the ones, four, still waiting for results there. the grey ones is where no election has been taking place at this time. they are the results we are still waiting on but whichever way you look at it it has been a very good election for donald trump and the republicans. thank you. the political map. let's go to florida, west palm beach.

helena humphrey is at mar—a—lago in florida. top of the agenda for donald trump is trying to decide who will be part of his government injanuary. it is a tricky task because a lot of people who said in his last government ended up turning on him. that is a good _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. day _ ended up turning on him. that is a good point. day one, - ended up turning on him. twat is a good point. day one, the trump vans campaign has already said they are working hard to make sure the promises they made in the campaign for what they say are the working men and women of america can be enacted from day one. as you point out there, this country has picked its president, half of the country roughly, disappointed in that pic, but for those people who have chosen donald trump they have also interested in him picking also interested in him picking a cabinet. what will that look like and when will we start to know some of those pics? potentially in the coming days.

we already have some indications because as you were saying there, for some of donald trump's loyalists it hasn't turned out well for them, serving with him, and then ending up serving prison sentences for example. some of those loyalists we know, very clear, big backers on the campaign trail, the likes of elon musk, the billionaire owner of x and tesla ad space x and already he has featured in and already he has featured in a photo which was tweeted out by tiffany trump, one of donald trump as my daughters, in a family photograph and donald trump said on the campaign trail he could have a role in clearing up government waste although we answer what that means at this stage. another name that has been mentioned, rfkjunior, the former rfk junior, the former presidential candidate rfkjunior, the former presidential candidate who went on to back donald trump. donald trump has said he could have a key role in a health agency. if you look at some of his past comments when it comes to health, he has spread some conspiracy theories. he is a

known vaccine sceptic. he has spread misinformation when it comes to hiv, aids, and he has already said he would ban certain vaccines and take out fluoride from drinking water. donald trump has said he would give him free rein to do what he wants. 0ther give him free rein to do what he wants. other key names that are being watched, but the us secretary of state or secretary of defence wrote, particularly at the time of so much global tumult on the world stage, one name that has united is the potential of the florida senator marco rubio who has expressed doubt with regards to further aid to ukraine and donald trump for his part has said he would be able to solve the war in ukraine within 24 hours without saying how he would achieve that but i think from the ukrainian side there is concern that this could result in territorial concessions towards russia. in terms of those domestic pledges as well, whilst donald trump was here delivering that victory speech in west palm beach, he said campaign

promises would be promises kept and that is important because has been speculation as to whether he would carry through some of these measures or whether these are things he said simply to get elected. in terms of some of those promises they sent on the economy and then also a mass deportation of undocumented migrants.- undocumented migrants. thank ou. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in washington. president biden is due to address the american people later today. any idea what he might say? we later today. any idea what he might say?— later today. any idea what he miahtsa ?~ . �* ., ., , might say? we haven't had any indications _ might say? we haven't had any indications of _ might say? we haven't had any indications of exactly _ might say? we haven't had any indications of exactly what - indications of exactly what president biden may say. i think perhaps you might hear some of the language reflected from when kamala harris made her concession speech. she talked about amongst other things how important it was to

see the peaceful transfer of power in a democracy. perhaps joe biden will refer to that. i think democrats are keen to make that point particularly of course after donald trump back in 2020 refused to concede that he had lost that election to joe biden. i think it will be a difficult moment for the outgoing president. joe biden wanted to run in this election, reluctantly pulled out after a disastrous debate performance. now he faces the prospect of handing over power to a republican. he himself is a democrat. a republican who could really start to demolish or change or untangle some of joe biden�*s legacy, whether thatis joe biden�*s legacy, whether that is on green policies, joe biden�*s approach as we were just hearing, to the war in ukraine. a painful prospect probably bejoe biden as he hands over power. the mechanics

of that are already getting under way in the sense that you see world leaders calling donald trump to congratulate him because they know this man will soon as of january the 20th be taking residence in the white house, taking over the most powerful nation on earth. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

turning now to news from the middle east, and lebanese officials say 55 people were killed on wednesday during israeli raids in the eastern baalbek—hermel region. southern beirut was also hit, about an hour after the israeli army called for residents to leave four districts, including an area near the capital's international airport. meanwhile, a rocket fired by hezbollah fighters from lebanon killed an israeli man in northern israel. let's head to the middle east —

our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is injerusalem. just bring us up—to—date on what we know. in just bring us up-to-date on what we know.— just bring us up-to-date on what we know. in the midst of this earth-shattering - what we know. in the midst of this earth-shattering news - this earth—shattering news which has affected developments here in israel and across the middle east as well, watching the election which will bring donald trump to power in the white house injanuary donald trump to power in the white house in january for the second time, the other major news continues unabated, and as you mention to the israeli attacks in lebanon focusing on the east on the historic city of baalbek where the east on the historic city of baalbek wh