President-elect Donald Trump has said he will consider keeping parts of 'Obamacare'
His comments to the Wall St Journal come after a campaign in which he vowed to rip it up
President Obama's healthcare law has extended health insurance to millions
Mr Trump also announced his transition team, with Chris Christie replaced by Mike Pence at its helm
Protests against Trump's victory erupted for a second night
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Trump billed himself as the anti-establishment candidate
A former adviser to former President George W Bush has said the establishment "took a beating" with the result.
Ron Christie told the World at One (on BBC Radio 4 in the UK) that Republicans now have the "opportunity to prove to the American people that their rhetoric has not just been rhetoric".
The world's newspapers are focusing on one topic today. Front pages from London, Guatemala and Mexico.
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Image source, AFPCanada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released a statement, saying: “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to congratulate Donald J Trump on his election as the next President of the United States.
“Canada has no closer friend, partner and ally than the United States. We look forward to working very closely with President-elect Trump, his administration, and with the United States Congress in the years ahead, including on issues such as trade, investment, and international peace and security.
“The relationship between our two countries serves as a model for the world. Our shared values, deep cultural ties, and strong integrated economies will continue to provide the basis for advancing our strong and prosperous partnership.”
But Trudeau, whose politics are very different from Trump's, sounded a note of caution.
He said: "There's going to be a need for Canada to reaffirm the issues that are important to Canadians, to our businesses, to travelers and to our place in the world and that's exactly what I'm going to do."
Read more about how Canada is taking Trump's election here.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesAt 44, Trudeau is of a different generation to Trump - and the two men have very different politics
Kamal Ahmed
Economics editor
Image source, Getty ImagesInvestors are unclear about the economic direction and global trade policy of a Donald Trump presidency - but so far it looks like "Brexit minus" rather than "plus, plus, plus", says BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed.
Conspicuously, Enrique Pena Nieto doesn't congratulate Trump on his victory.
Instead, he congratulates the US "for its electoral process" and tells Trump he reiterates Mexico's will to work together for a bilateral relationship.
He continues: "Mexico and the USA are friends, partners and allies who should continue collaborating for the competitiveness and development of North America.
And his third tweet: "I trust that Mexico and the United States will continue strengthening their links of co-operation and mutual respect."
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A former senior advisor and friend to Hillary Clinton says she lost the election because of a global phenomenon.
Lissa Muscatine also told The World at One that she would not "dismiss the role of our FBI director" and his investigation into Clinton's emails.
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Business reporter
During his victory speech in New York US president-elect Donald Trump promised "great, great relationships" with other nations.
But there is a mismatch between those soothing words and the aggressive trade policies laid out during the campaign - which included harsh tariffs on China and tearing up existing agreements.
So what do we know about his views on trade?
Europeans ask how the rise of Donald Trump will echo on their side of the Atlantic.
Read MoreSome major newspaper and magazines have published leader articles in the wake of Donald Trump's victory that are extraordinary and unprecedented in their contempt for the candidate.
Here are four examples.
The New York Times:
Quote MessagePresident Donald Trump. Three words that were unthinkable to tens of millions of Americans — and much of the rest of the world — have now become the future of the United States. So who is the 45th president of the United States? ...After a year and a half of erratic tweets and rambling speeches, we can’t be certain. Here is what we do know: We know Mr Trump is the most unprepared president-elect in modern history. We know that by words and actions, he has shown himself to be temperamentally unfit to lead a diverse nation of 320 million people. We know he has threatened to prosecute and jail his political opponents, and he has said he would curtail the freedom of the press. We know he lies without compunction.
The New Yorker
Quote MessageThe election of Donald Trump to the presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the presidency, is a sickening event in the history of the United States and liberal democracy. On January 20, 2017, we will bid farewell to the first African-American president—a man of integrity, dignity, and generous spirit—and witness the inauguration of a con who did little to spurn endorsement by forces of xenophobia and white supremacy. It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.
The Guardian:
Quote MessageThe unthinkable is only unthinkable until it happens. Then, like the sacking of Rome, it can seem historically inevitable. So it is with the global political earthquake that is the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. If he is true to his campaign pledges, which were many and reckless, Mr Trump’s win will herald America’s most stunning reversal of political and economic orthodoxy since the New Deal in the 1930s, but with the reverse effect. It halts the ailing progressive narrative about modern America and the 21st-Century world in its tracks. It signals a seismic rupture in the American-dominated global liberal economic and political order that had seemed to command the 21st Century after communism collapsed and China’s economy soared.
The Washington Post:
Quote MessageWe can’t pretend to optimism that Mr Trump will suddenly shape more rational responses to these problems than he offered on the campaign trail, nor that he will discover a discipline or wisdom he has yet to display. Over the course of his campaign, Mr Trump spoke about jailing Ms Clinton, suing women who accused him of unwanted sexual advances, neutering the speaker of the House and revoking press freedoms. He has spoken of creating a super PAC dedicated to political vengeance. He has promised to deport millions, rip up trade agreements, apply religious tests and sabotage international efforts to fight climate change, each of which would hurt many people.
James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent
Image source, ReutersDonald Trump's election presents challenges and opportunities, says James Landale.
Donald Trump's election presents Britain with challenges and opportunities, says James Landale.
Read MoreMore from Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, now on Twitter, urging people to respect the choice for a "new direction".
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Former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett has described US President-elect Donald Trump as a “horrible, vile man".
The MP for Derby South, who was foreign secretary between 2006 and 2007, told BBC Radio 5 live she had watched Trump while he "lied, slandered and abused everyone around him – not least his own colleagues in order to get the candidacy”.
Former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett says Donald Trump is a “horrible, vile man”
The newly elected Senate will have more women than ever before, according to news analysis website Vox, external.
There will be at least 21 women senators in 2017, the website reported, an increase from the 20 women in the current Senate.
Among the new inductees are Illinois Senator-elect Tammy Duckworth and Nevada Senator-elect Catherine Cortez Masto, who is also the first Latina to serve in the Senate.
Image source, Getty ImagesNewly elected Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said she looked forward to working with Donald Trump after his victory.
Theresa May says she looks forward to working with Donald Trump after his US election victory.
Read MoreWhat happened on election night?
Hillary Clinton will "deliver remarks to staff and supporters" at 09:30 EST (14:30 GMT) at a hotel in Manhattan, her campaign said in a statement.
Image source, APKellyanne Conway
Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign that if elected he would assign a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's controversial use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Asked on Wednesday by ABC and NBC News whether he planned to go ahead, his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said: "We have not discussed that at all."
Trump regularly chanted "Lock her up" at his rallies, as did his audiences.
The FBI has twice cleared Clinton of any criminal wrongdoing in relation to the email server.
Here's how some of today's US front pages reported on Trump's victory.
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Donald Trump had a "gracious exchange" with Hillary Clinton and a "warm conversation" with Barack Obama, according to Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway.
Conway told ABC and NBC News that Clinton's top aide, Huma Abedin, called her late on Wednesday night and connected Clinton and Trump.
Abedin said Clinton "congratulated him for his victory", and he called Clinton "very smart" and praised her "tremendous campaign".
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Chuka Umunna has told BBC Radio 5 live Daily he makes “no apology for calling out racism, Islamophobia and misogyny" on the part of US president-election Donald Trump.
The billionaire's campaign was often controversial due to comments he made about women, Muslims and a proposal to build a wall along the US-Mexican border.
Umunna, Labour MP for Streatham, said the wrong thing to do now was "to sit on my hands and say nothing".
Labour's Chuka Umunna says he “can’t sit on my hands and say nothing” on Donald Trump.