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Donald Trump has been named the shock victor of the US presidential election, pledging to be a "President for all Americans".
In a victory speech in New York on Wednesday, the President-elect vowed to unite the country following a divisive campaign littered with controversies.
“Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division… I say it is time for us to come together as one united people,” he said, as supporters chanted “USA! USA! USA!”.
Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting his campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.
In New York, thousands filled streets in midtown Manhattan as they made their way to Trump Tower, Trump's gilded home on Fifth Avenue. Hundreds of others gathered at a Manhattan park and shouted "Not my president."
In Los Angeles, protesters sat on the 110 and 101 highway interchange, blocking traffic on one of the city's main arteries as police in riot gear tried to clear them. Some 13 protesters were arrested, a local CBS affiliate reported.
An earlier rally and march in Los Angeles drew more than 5,000 people, many of them high school and college students, local media reported.
A demonstration of more than 6,000 people blocked traffic in Oakland, California, police said. Protesters threw objects at police in riot gear, burned trash in the middle of an intersection, set off fireworks and smashed store front windows.
The Ku Klux Klan has announced a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 3 to celebrate Donald Trump's election.
The News Observer in Raleigh reports: "Details on the rally celebrating Trump’s victory are scarce. It’s being held by The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is based in Pelham – a small, unincorporated community about 45 minutes north of Burlington, near the Virginia border."
From the president-elect’s pool report, per The Guardian.
Hope Hicks sends the following update about the president-elect’s plans for tonight: "Now heading to NYC." That is the full extent of what she has told me. She is not responding to questions about his schedule for the rest of the day.
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said that "it's time that we snapped out of the general doom and gloom" about the outcome of the US presidential election, the Associated Press reports.
Johnson said Thursday in the Serbian capital of Belgrade that "people should focus on the opportunities and not the problems."
Johnson added that US President-elect Donald Trump had a "very, very good conversation" Prime Minister Theresa May earlier in the day.
He says Trump has spoken of a "spectacular relationship" with the UK and "wants to sign a free trade deal."
Johnson says Trump's election "is a great opportunity for us in the UK to build a better relationship with America that is of fundamental economic importance for us, but also of great importance for the stability and prosperity of the world."
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