Trump has won 278 electoral votes so far - he needed 270 out of 538 for victory
Winning Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset
Trump told America: "It is time for us to come together as one united people"
Clinton phoned Donald Trump to concede
Republicans have kept control of both the Senate and House
To watch or listen to our special election programmes, see links above
Trump voters in Pennsylvania cheer in a new era
Donald
Trump pulled off a one-point win in Pennsylvania, making him the first
Republican to win the state since George HW Bush in 1988.
The BBC's Jessica Lussenhop was there to watch Trump supporters reacting to the surprise victory. As
news rippled through the room that AP had called the state of
Pennsylvania, which would have put the final nail in the coffin of the
Clinton campaign, the partygoers grew jubilant. "Call it!" they began shouting at televisions mounted on the walls, "USA! USA! USA."
What did Trump mean by 'Brexit, plus, plus, plus'?
Donald Trump is a hugely effective communicator.
Sir
Elton John apparently said of him he's the best live performer who
doesn't sing and doesn't play a musical instrument. He communicates
brilliantly clearly.
But one thing that might have been lost on some of his audience was his promise to deliver "Brexit plus, plus, plus".
The
reasons why Britain pulled out of the EU have not been a central
concern to many Americans, but what it signified to Donald Trump was
something important.
Listen: Will Trump's presidency be 'isolationist'?
Jonathan
Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair, says his "biggest fear
under Trump is the United States will become more isolationist, it will
be less willing to intervene in the world than it has been."
He
discusses with the former ambassador to Washington, Lord Renwick, what
Donald Trump's presidency will mean for the country's foreign policy.
UK PM congratulates Trump, pledges to build on special relationship
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has congratulated Trump on his victory. Here's her statement:
I
would like to congratulate Donald Trump on being elected the next
president of the United States, following a hard-fought campaign.
Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship
based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise. We are, and
will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence. I
look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, building on
these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the
years ahead."
Iran urges US to stand by nuclear deal
Iranian
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US president should
stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, the official Irna news agency
reports. "Iran and America have no political relations, but it is
important that the future US president realises his duty to uphold the
multilateral obligations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and
we expect the international community to require this of the United
States of America," he told reporters.
Party night for Trump supporters
In pictures: Republicans celebrate their big victory across the US
Five questions on the economy for Donald Trump
"It's
the economy, stupid", or so the saying goes. Markets have reacted
nervously to Trump's victory, with falls across Asia and Europe.
BBC New York business editor John Mervin has five questions for Trump about how he plans to handle the economy.
"Financial
markets were counting on a Clinton victory right up until the polls
closed. A state of high anxiety now prevails among investors. Everyone
wants to know if the extreme rhetoric about economic policy that
characterized the campaign will be lived up to in office," says our
Five questions on economy for Trump
Donald Trump will become the 45th US president. Here are five questions the new president will have to answer on the economy.
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South East Asia will 'wait and watch'
The
BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says the region's 10
member states and their 600 million population will "wait and watch".
With so little known about how a Trump administration will deal with a
region that was central to Obama's foreign policy, he says official
reaction is "likely to be muted and restrained".
"Some aspects of
the incoming president will cause concern. The isolationist tone of many
of Mr Trump’s statements implies he will devote fewer diplomatic and
military resources to East Asia – the so-called ‘pivot’ initiated by
President Obama in his last term may be abandoned. The US may be less
supportive of freedom of navigation through the South China Sea. The
possibility of greater trade friction will also worry this manufacturing
and export- dependent region."
'America has voted for change'
James Naughtie reports on the result of the US election.
Who's called to congratulate President Elect Trump?
Here are some of the leaders and nations we know about.
Vladimir
Putin has sent Trump a telegram to congratulate him, declaring his
"hope to work together for removing Russian-American relations from
their crisis state".
EU chiefs Donald Tusk and Claude Juncker have sent "sincere congratulations" and an invitation to visit Europe.
Egypt’s
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi wished Trump "success in serving the
friendly American people, who gave him their trust to lead them" and
said he looked forward to reinvigorating US-Egyptian ties.
Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas says in a statement that he "congratulates the
elected American president, Donald Trump, and hopes that peace will be
achieved during his term".
Indian PM Narendra Modi says India
looks forward to working with Donald Trump closely, "to take India-US
bilateral ties to a new height".
Lu Kang, a spokesman for the
Chinese foreign ministry, said: "We look forward to working together
with the new US new administration to push forward a consistent, healthy
and stable China-US relations," but didn't mention Trump by name.
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Former Italian PM Mario Monti says the relationship between the US and the EU will change.
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Taiwan congratulates Trump, but no word yet from China
Beijing
has yet to make its official comments on Donald Trump's win. Its daily
foreign affairs briefing took place before the victory was called.In the
meantime Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen has issued a congratulatory
statement saying Taiwan will "continue to be a close and reliable
partner" of the US, which she called "the most important democratic
country in the world and the most solid international partner for
Taiwan".
Listen: 'This is a non-violent revolution'
Donald Trump's election was a "non-violent revolution", his biographer has said.
Jerome Tuccille, author of "Trump", told BBC Radio 5 live's Nicky Campbell: "The whole political establishment in Washington has been challenged like it’s never been challenged before." Author of best-selling book 'Trump', Jerome Tuccille, talks about 45th US president.
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EU sends 'sincere congratulations' and invites visit from Trump
EU
chiefs Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker have written to
president-elect Trump to congratulate him and emphasize the importance
of the EU/US relationship.
They also invited him to pay a visit to Europe, at his "earliest convenience".
Here's the full letter.
Focus on 'irregularities' as results came in
BBC Monitoring
News from around the globe
Russia's
official Rossiya 1 TV describes Donald Trump's win as "a real
sensation". Its Washington correspondent says, "It's a political
earthquake in the US and the world, an historic fait accompli."
Another
official channel, Rossiya 24 TV, reported that the rouble and oil
prices have "fallen sharply" on news of the Trump win.
Before the
result came in, the official Channel One focused on "scandals and
incidents" including voting machine problems that it alleged prevented
people from voting for Trump. Pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia also questioned
the "legitimacy of the voting outcome as a whole" - until Mr Trump won.
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Palin, Giuliani, Gingrich... Contenders for a Trump cabinet
Speculation
is underway about who will fill Donald Trump's cabinet. Sarah Palin
nailed her colours to Trump's mast early on, as did former New York
mayor Rudy Giuliani and former house speaker Newt Gingrich.
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