Vice-President Kamala Harris says many people feel "like we are entering a dark time", but she hopes that's not the case.

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Vice-President Kamala Harris has emphasised the peaceful transfer of power ahead of a speech to her supporters.

Kemi Badenoch presses Keir Starmer on Donald Trump's historic US presidential election ... BBC's political editor Chris Mason ...

Trump has just repeated his claim that there are "13,099 murderers" who have come to the US in the last three years. This ...

The United States is choosing its next president - with polls open in swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North ...

Trump say e dey "confident" as e cast im vote for Florida, while Harris, wey send her own ballot by mail, ask pipo to “get ...

Trump is now projected to win Wisconsin, as well as other crucial swing states, meaning he will return to the White House as ...

Crowds are packed into a convention centre in Florida, as buoyant Republicans also take control of the Senate.

In the last weekend of campaigning, the two candidates are appearing at several rallies and will both end the day in North ...

"America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," Trump tells a crowd at his official watch party in Florida.

Hungary's prime minister hails a "much-needed victory for the world", and France's president said it would work with him ...