"America has elected a new president and its almost hard for me to express the honour that me and my family feel that we will have the privilege to serve as the Vice President of the United States of America.". 

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Mike and Karen Pence have just emerged to applause at the Trump victory rally in Manhattan.

AS CNN and Fox project the election for Donald Trump, the crowd at the Hilton hotel in Manhattan are ecstatic.

CNN and NBC report that Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump to concede the presidency.

The BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie is out on the streets of Beijing and says the Chinese public seems "divided":"Some said Donald Trump was a successful businessman and would make a successful president. They said he was practical, down to earth, an attractive role model especially for Chinese men. Others said he was just another rich boy in an elite political system, that they were uncomfortable with his views on women and immigrants, and feared he would mean chaos in Asia."

CNN is reporting that Donald Trump is arriving at the Midtown Hilton hotel, where his supporters have gathered for tonight's victory rally.

ABC News projects that three out of Maine's four electoral votes go to Clinton.

One vote goes to Trump.

A solidly blue state, Obama carried it by 17 percentage points in 2008. Maine is one of two states which can split its electoral college votes. Nebraska is the other. 

"I want every person in this hall and across this country to know that your voices and enthusiasm means so much to her and all of us," John Podesta told the crowd of Clinton supporters. 

"We are so proud of you. And we are so proud of her. She's done an amazing job and she is not done yet."

"So thank you for being with her, she has always been with you. I have to say this tonight, 'goodnight'. We will be back with more to say and let's get those votes counted and let's bring this home."

Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta says the campaign is not going to have anything to say tonight.

"They're still counting votes and every vote counts...  several states are too close to call so we're not going to have anything more to say tonight.

"Everybody should head home, get some sleep. We'll have more to say tomorrow."

Tessa Wong
BBC News, Singapore

"President Trump" is quickly trending in India's Twittersphere. Meanwhile on China's version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, "US President", "Trump" and "Frontrunner" are topping the #USelection topic.

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Tessa Wong
BBC News, Singapore

While Australia's far right rejoices, the rest of the political establishment - currently in parliament - appears somewhat less enthusiastic about a possible Trump win.

The BBC's Liz Corbin, external just received this response from a senior Singapore government official in response to a request for an interview:

“Not much use doing an interview now. Governments the world over will require time to ponder the result.”

The reporter assigned to cover Clinton for all the networks has tweeted that she is staying behind in her hotel, as her campaign manager heads to the Javits Center where her supporters have gathered.

Mexico’s finance minister Jose Antonio Meade and Central Banker Agustin Carstens have called a press conference at 07:00 local time [13:00 GMT] on Wednesday morning.

They likely will be discussing the falling value of the peso, and possibly the Wall Mr Trump kept talking about building along the border during his campaign.

Kim Ghattas
BBC Correspondent

This was not the night any of Clinton's supporters expected at the rally venue, and certainly not the one the campaign was planning. 

They were upbeat on the last day of campaigning, telling me things looked "more than good". There's always spin when covering politics but this seemed genuine confidence. 

We've not heard anything from campaign aides for the last four hours but people close to the campaign tell me everyone is still putting on a brave face. A few weeks ago, a Clinton aide told me they were confident of a win and if they lost, then "I don't know this country anymore". 

And that is one of the questions that will weigh on their minds tonight regardless of the result: how could they have misread the mood to this extent? 

It started with underestimating the Sanders phenomenon. One aide did recognise it, telling me "there is a lot of anger out there", but perhaps this was not fully understood by the whole team. And while no one seemed to take a victory for granted they were haunted by the idea of losing, not just to anyone, but to Trump.

That's 20 electoral votes.

Pennsylvania is a key battleground which has swung for the Democrats in the previous six elections, although by a reduced margin in the last election. 

If it's true, Trump just needs six more electoral votes to win the presidency. 

We still haven't heard from ABC News. 

Joel Wassner has commented on the BBC World Service Facebook page, external, and his post is proving to be one of the most popular of the night, with 46 likes and counting.

"Hi, anyone looking for an American husband? 

"I'm smart, funny, attractive, and willing to do all the house chores. Also willing to learn new languages, though I have some knowledge of French and German. Looking to relocate before mid-January..."

Joel has already had received an offer to move to Afghanistan...

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