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Former president will return to White House after sweeping key early battleground statesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerShare your reactions to Donald Trump’s seismic victoryDonald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shock waves through the country and around the world.Trump becomes the first convicted criminal to win the White House. At 78 he is also the oldest person ever elected to the office. Continue reading...

Tory leader says Labour MPs previously signed a motion saying Trump should not be allowed to speak in Westminster HallAnother Labour politician who has criticised Donald Trump strongly in the past is Emily Thornberry, shadow foreign secretary when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader and now chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee. In an interview on the Today programme this morning she said Trump’s victory (or apparent victory – he still has not officially hit 270 electoral college votes) was “disappointing”, and that it made the world “unpredictable”.When it was put to her that she described him as a “racist, sexual predator” when he visited the UK during his first term as president, she replied:Well, he is. But he is the president of the United States, and we need to work with him.I know that many Londoners will be anxious about the outcome of the US presidential election. Many will be fearful about what it will mean for democracy and for women’s rights, or how the result impacts the situation in the Middle East or the fate of Ukraine. Others will be worried about the future of NATO or tackling the climate crisis …The lesson of today is that progress is not inevitable. But asserting our progressive values is more important than ever - re-committing to building a world where racism and hatred is rejected, the fundamental rights of women and girls are upheld, and where we continue to tackle the crisis of climate change head on. Continue reading...

Opponents say decision was to protect ultra-Orthodox from conscription and will ‘damage the Israeli people’s security and spirit’See all our Middle East crisis coverageLebanon’s army has issued a warning to residents in the Ghobeiry area of the southern suburbs of Beirut that today between 10.30am and 1.30pm it will “detonate unexploded ordnance” in the area.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered his congratulations to Donald Trump, who appears on course for re-election in the US.Dear Donald and Melania Trump, congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory! In true friendship, yours, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu. Continue reading...

Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in Europe and the Americas paying tributeUS elections 2024 – live updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerKey members of the global far right have celebrated Donald Trump’s US election win, with tributes to the former president rolling in from Rio de Janeiro to Budapest.The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán – who had vowed to toast a Trump win with “several bottles of champagne” – hailed what he called “a much-needed victory for the world!” Continue reading...

PM says UK-US special relationship will ‘continue to prosper for years to come’UK politics live – latest updatesUS elections 2024 – live updatesKeir Starmer has congratulated Donald Trump on his “historic election victory” and said that “as the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise”.The British prime minister said the UK-US special relationship would “continue to prosper”. Continue reading...