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It's the day after we found out the US election winner, and the UK is marking Remembrance Sunday to honour the nation's war dead.

Members of the Royal Family, the government and the armed forces are among those marking the event in scaled-back, socially distanced commemorations.

But Americans aren't waking up to the same event this Sunday - instead, Veterans Day is always marked on 11 November in the US and is a federal holiday.

The UK also marks Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day, on 11 November - the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.

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World leaders have been sending messages of congratulations to Joe Biden. See the messages Boris Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu and others have sent Biden here.

But Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said it was too soon to congratulate Biden and he would wait for "all legal issues" in the US election to be resolved.

So, who else are we yet to hear from? There are a few noticeable absences so far - maybe they're still trying to work out the perfect thing to say...

North Korea's Kim Jong-un

Russia's Vladimir Putin

Saudi Arabia's rulers

China's Xi Jinping

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro

Hungary's Viktor Orban

It's third time lucky for Democrat Joe Biden, who has won the race to become the next US president.

The Democrat has almost 50 years of political service, and previously ran for the White House in 1988 and 2008 elections.

We take a look back at his life and career.

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Joe Biden's victory has been making headlines all around the world, but it isn't necessarily the top story.

In Russia, state-controlled Channel One last night relegated the US election story to the fourth slot in its running order, leading instead with the coronavirus situation in Russia and abroad and hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On Sunday morning it also led with the coronavirus situation, while the state rolling news channel Rossiya 24 headlined President Putin's telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart about the Karabakh crisis. Gazprom Media's NTV started its bulletin with the death in an air crash of its talk show presenter.

In China, state media coverage of the US was low key. On Sunday morning, Biden's win ranked fourth on official new agency Xinhua's international news page and third on the international news page of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).

In print media, the People's Daily and the Chinese military's PLA Daily newspaper featured no news of the US election in their shorter Sunday editions.

China's social media has been abuzz with news of the Biden win, however. Popular user responses included: "I'm laughing to death, Trump's Twitter is going crazy"; "Fake news! Fake news!"; and "Staying up late to witness history!"

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Unlike Iranian broadcast media's mostly neutral coverage of Saturday's events, the press ran celebratory headlines following the reported victory of Biden, publishing front-page photos of his smiling face.

"New chapter in the US," said a headline in pro-reform Aftab-e Yazd over a picture of Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. Another reformist outlet, Sharq, ran with: "Populism was rejected."

"America changed its face," conservative Khorasan declared. "Trump left, Iran remains," said a headline in business daily Eskenas.

The story dominated the headlines of newspapers across Africa. Among them were Tanzania's The Citizen which went with a simple "President Biden". Tanzania's Mzalendo said: "Trump’s suspicions of stolen elections shameful for America."

"Mad Trump compared to Mugabe as US reels," was the assessment of Zimbabwe's Daily News, while Nigeria's Sunday Sun said: "Joe Biden overruns Trump."

In Pakistan, "A new beginning" was the headline of an editorial in leading English-language daily Dawn, external. "While a Biden win is no revolution for America, it is certainly a sign that the days of chaotic, unpredictable and shocking presidential decisions are over," it said.

In Afghanistan, leading privately owned channel Tolo posted a report headlined: "Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US."

Fawzia Koofi, a women's rights activist and former MP, who is also a member of the Afghan government's negotiating team in peace talks with the Taliban, highlighted Kamala Harris's election as the first woman vice-president of the US, external.

And an editorial in the Irish Times, external said: "Biden's victory will be greeted with unconcealed glee in the Irish Government, which can expect warm relations with this proud Irish-American."

This election year has exposed some deep divisions in American society - and race was a key aspect of that division.

Black Americans died from Covid-19 in disproportionately high numbers while the death of George Floyd, pinned under the knee of a white police officer, prompted protests and outrage across the country.

Joe Biden has said it is "time to heal" the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing "not to divide but to unify" the country.

Melanye Price, a professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Prairie View A&M University, a historically black college in Texas, outlines the challenge and the fears that many feel about further civil unrest.

Late last night (UK-time) the BBC's Americast hosts Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Anthony Zurcher got together (virtually, of course) to discuss an extraordinary 24 hours in the United States. If you didn't catch it last night it's not too late.

Listen to the post-Pennsylvania results episode here:

President-elect Biden and Resident Trump

You can also listen to Americast on the free BBC Sounds app, which is available worldwide.

A little earlier we took a look at how the major US titles are reflecting Saturday's news in their front pages.

The result of the US election also dominates the UK's press, unsurprisingly.

A smiling Joe Biden in sunglasses is pictured on the front of the Observer, external with the simple headline: "It's Joe" and his promise to be a "president for all Americans".

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The Sunday Telegraph, external focuses on the president-elect's call "for America to heal". The result will bring uncertainty for Number 10, it points out, as UK PM Boris Johnson has a close working relationship with Donald Trump, but now will need to form one with Joe Biden.

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The Sunday Times, external suggests Johnson and Biden's first chat could be "somewhat awkward". It quotes a US politician tipped to be in the Biden administration telling a friend: "If you think Joe hates him, you should hear Kamala". Its front page declares "Sleepy Joe wakes up America". It takes a hopeful tone saying that Biden "is difficult to hate".

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The Sunday People, external says the "free world can breathe a sigh of relief", but it warns that through Trump's defeat, Johnson has lost a friend and "gained a strident White House critic".

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The Sunday Mirror, external also focuses on Biden's "time to heal" message. The paper concludes that he has "determination, compassion and integrity" and will usher in a new "age of reason and reasonableness".

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Read more from the UK's Sunday papers here.

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BBC Monitoring

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Ever since Joe Biden was announced as the election winner, experts have been discussing how his foreign policy will differ from that of Donald Trump.

One area where we are likely to see a major shift is North Korea.

Trump had a fluctuating relationship with Pyongyang, from initially threatening "fire and fury" to holding summits and exchanging "love letters" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in later years.

Biden – who called Kim a "thug" during the presidential debates – will possibly take a more cautious approach towards North Korea.

"Biden is highly likely to revert to a traditional approach toward the North that would underscore the importance of working-level talks from which he would seek progress in mapping out a denuclearisation road map before agreeing to summit talks," Park Won-gon, a South Korean academic, told the Yonhap news agency., external

But some analysts worry that Biden may return to Barack Obama's "strategic patience" policy, which has been derided by some as "strategic ignorance" or a "strategic coma".

One of his advisers has said that Biden would be willing to meet Kim if it was "part of an actual strategy that moves us forward on the denuclearisation objective" – but we are unlikely to see any sort of friendship develop akin to that between Trump and the North Korean leader.

"One of the things we lose is the chemistry between Chairman Kim and Trump. I know a lot of people don’t like it, but it does have some benefits," Harry J. Kazianis, director of Korean Studies at the Center for National Interest, told NK News., external

In 2019, North Korean state media lashed out at Biden for "slandering" Kim Jong-un, with one outlet even calling him a "rabid dog" that "must be beaten to death".

We are unlikely to see such a harsh tone used for him now. North Korea has, so far, not made any comments on Biden's election win.

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Donald Trump's loss means he is set to join a club he will not be happy to be a member of - that of the single-term president.

Trump is the first president since George HW Bush to lose a re-election campaign.

Since 1933, only Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford - and now Trump - have been beaten in a general election while occupying the White House.

George HW Bush's time in office coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall and his popularity soared in the wake of the first Gulf War.

However, a protracted economic recession on his watch saw him break a pledge not to raise taxes ("Read my lips..."), provoking fierce hostility from within his own Republican party. With Ross Perot, a third-party candidate, splitting the vote in the 1992 election, Bush's attempts to win re-election were thwarted by the charismatic Democrat Bill Clinton.

Jimmy Carter - now 96 years old - is the only living man who knows what it's like to lose after your first term. He was unfortunate enough to take office at a time when the global economy was in turmoil, while Gerald Ford - who assumed office after Richard Nixon's resignation - only had two and a half years to make an impact, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

Read more: What makes a one-term president?

Joe Biden's victory was projected by the BBC on Saturday after he secured Pennsylvania and the state propelled him past the 270 electoral votes needed. He has since been projected to win Nevada too.

These projections are based on the unofficial results from states that have already finished counting their votes, and the expected results from states like Wisconsin where the count is continuing.

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan are the only states that have "flipped" this election, all from Republican to Democrat.

But we're still waiting to hear the results from four states - and there may be more flips to come:

Alaska - Donald Trump is ahead with nearly 63% of the vote to Biden's 33%, with 56% of the vote counted. He won Alaska in 2016.

North Carolina - Trump is in front with 50% of the votes to Biden's 48.6%, with 98% of the vote counted. Trump also won this state in 2016.

Arizona - Biden is ahead of Trump here by 49.5% to 48.9%, with 97% of votes counted. If Biden wins, this would be another flip to the Democrats, as Trump won it in 2016.

Georgia - Biden is also narrowly ahead of Trump by 49.5% to 49.3% and 99% of the votes have been counted. Again this state - in the South - would be a flip, after Trump secured it in 2016.

With all this in mind, Trump has vowed to contest the election results on several fronts. We already know that a recount will be held in Georgia, where the margins are tight, and Trump wants the same in Wisconsin.

Votes in some states are continuing to be counted and results are never official until final certification, which occurs in each state in the weeks following the election.

For a deep dive into the full results click here. There's even an interactive map allowing you to click on each state and get a county-level overview.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America reporter

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Donald Trump has previously said he would contest the results. If his efforts to do so are unsuccessful, the pressure on him to publicly concede defeat will mount. But does he have to?

The concession phone call from a losing candidate to the victor is a respected tradition of American politics. It is by no means obligatory, however.

In 2018, for instance, Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams claimed voter fraud and intimidation and never conceded to Brian Kemp, her Republican opponent.

That's never happened in a modern presidential race, however. But as in Georgia, as long as election results are legally processed and certified, the machinery of government will grind on, regardless of what Trump may do.

While Trump doesn't have to concede, or even put on a good face and attend Biden's inauguration, he does have some legal obligations. He must authorise his administration to make the logistical preparations for Biden's team to take over. That is something, according to Trump officials, the president has already done.

Donald Trump ascended to the presidency as an unconventional candidate unafraid to break long-established norms and traditions. If he so desires, he could exit the office that way, as well.

It's written in the US Constitution that the new term of office begins on 20 January at noon. So expect to see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris inaugurated on 20 January 2021, even if Trump refuses to turn up.

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China Correspondent

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China is yet to give its official reaction to Joe Biden's victory but when it comes, expect talk of "win-win", peaceful co-existence, maybe even "joining hands" to fight the virus together. None of that is new language.

The initial thoughts are likely to be positive; the bellicose language of confrontation on trade will end. There will be no more talk from the US of the "China virus".

But there will not be a sudden, significant about-turn. Senior US diplomats speaking privately in the run-up to this week have already confirmed that.

The president-elect has said he'll consult allies on what to do about the raft of tariffs imposed on Chinese imports as part of the ongoing trade war.

But he hasn't pledged an immediate pull-back. There had been talk before the election from senior advisers that a President Biden might describe the persecution of Muslim Uighur Chinese under Xi Jinping as a "genocide". That would be a very significant diplomatic departure.

On China's regional dominance the expectation is that a Biden administration will seek to rebuild or recalibrate alliances in Asia, with South Korea and Japan among others, to strengthen a united stance against China's growing power.

The demise of Donald Trump is not good for China in some respects though. Beijing was able to point to his America as a declining superpower, with a leader who repeatedly undermined the democratic process that underpinned it. That suited a rising, authoritarian China looking to promote its system as an alternative.

The immediate focus will be on the trade war and the first moves that the incoming president makes.

But the most revealing and maybe most important test of a future US-China relationship may be on the most pressing issue - the virus.

China will expect the US to come back into the fold of the World Health Organization, but with that too comes the likelihood of concerted pressure on China to be more transparent about how and where and why it all started.

Holly Honderich
BBC News, Washington DC

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Minutes after Joe Biden had been declared the next president of the United States, people in Washington DC began to flood the streets.

Streams of people - banging pans, honking horns, clutching signs - moved to the city's Black Lives Matter Plaza, swarming the barricaded border of the White House to celebrate.

The collective jubilation makes sense here: 93% of voters in Washington this year cast their ballot for the Democratic ticket.

Among those celebrating is Ken Wright, who is brandishing a "Former Republicans for Biden" sign. He says he is confident that the next president will embrace Republican voters.

"Biden is about compromise, Trump was not. I'm very optimistic that Biden's going to do what he's always done," he said.

"I think this atmosphere proves that the country can ease now back into some regularity," said Vincent Moten, holding the hand of his partner, Derrick Petit.

"Now that we're here, the idea is what can we do to come together. Let's agree on some baseline stuff - I'm a human, so I should have the rights that you have and then start from there."

For Anisley Valdas, 32, the key to moving forward is to understand where Trump voters are coming from, "why people feel angry, why people feel disenfranchised".

Read Holly's article in full here

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BBC Tamil Service correspondent

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The maternal village of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris in India was bustling with activity on Sunday morning.

Thulasendrapuram is where Harris’s maternal grandfather was born. The village in Tamil Nadu state - population around 8,000, mainly farm labourers and landlords - has become a hotspot of celebration.

Villagers are bursting crackers, distributing sweets and offering prayers of thanks at a temple after learning about the victory of Harris and Joe Biden.

Women draw rangolis (colourful designs on the floor) in front of their homes. Young and old carry posters of Harris with pride and joy in their eyes. When bells rang in the temple for prayers, groups of women came with sweets on big plates and made offerings to the family deity of Harris's ancestors.

Over 120 villagers, even local politicians, cutting across party lines, gathered in the temple and took part in the event. They hope Harris will visit their village after she takes the new job. Some elderly women recall that Harris’s grandfather donated funds for the renovation of the temple.

Arul Mozhi Sudhakar, councillor for Thulasendrapuram, compares the participation of women in elections in India and America.

"India had women leaders like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. But now a woman from Indian origin has created history in America. I am happy," she says.

"Though I am a woman politician in this tiny Indian village, I could understand the difficult terrain women had to sail over to anchor in politics.

"A new history for America was written by a woman whom we consider as daughter of our village.’"

While I write this, sitting in a photostat shop in the village, I learn that more than 10 new large posters of Harris have been ordered by local people to be placed in important corners of the village.

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Much of America will be sound asleep now after an historic day, but the front pages of Sunday's newspapers are already cropping up online.

Here's how some of the country's biggest titles are covering Joe Biden's victory:

Reality Check

President Trump tweeted this last night – let’s take a look at each of the claims in it.

Claim one: “THE OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS”

Poll watchers were allowed to observe the counting in most states although they generally needed to be registered in advance.

There was a video showing a certified poll watcher being turned away from a polling station in Philadelphia, but as we reported this was due to confusion about the rules and he was later allowed in.

Hundreds of poll watchers were admitted to counts across the country.

Claim two: “I WON THE ELECTION, GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES”

He has won almost 71 million votes, but that has not been enough to win the election. Joe Biden received over 74 million and more importantly won enough states to take the presidency.

Claim three: “BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE”

President Trump has offered no evidence for this.

Claim four: “MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM!”

Registered voters in nine states and Washington DC were sent mail-in ballots without having to ask for them.Only one of those states – Nevada – ended up with a contentious result.

There are safeguards for all postal voting – you can read more about it here.

Supporters of Donald Trump stayed out on the streets long after the announcement that Biden had won the election.

Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat was announced while he was playing golf.

Many of those who took to the streets supported Trump's claims of voter fraud (of course not all Trump supporters believe the election was rigged).

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Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America reporter

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After nearly 50 years in public office, and a lifetime of presidential ambitions, Joe Biden has captured the White House.

It was not the campaign anyone predicted. It took place amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic and unprecedented social unrest. He was running against an unconventional, precedent-defying incumbent.

But in his third try for the presidency, Biden and his team found a way to navigate the political obstacles and claim a victory that, while narrow in the electoral college tally, is projected to surpass Trump's overall national total by millions of votes.

Read on for five reasons why the son of a car salesman from Delaware finally won the presidency.

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Here in Europe it's the morning after the day the result of the US presidential election finally became clear. A very warm welcome if you're just joining our live coverage.

Here's a round-up of the latest news after the new president-elect, Joe Biden, appealed for an end to what he called a "grim era of demonisation" in American politics:

• In his first address since his victory in Tuesday's election, he said it was time to heal. Biden told supporters near his home in Delaware that controlling the coronavirus pandemic was his top priority. He said his administration would marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope.
• Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris, thanked him for having the audacity to choose a woman as his vice-president. She declared that voters had ushered in a new day for America.
• Celebrations have been continuing into the night in cities across the United States. There was a party atmosphere near the White House as Biden's supporters cheered and sang "We are the champions". People also took to the streets in celebration in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
• Donald Trump has yet to concede or speak publicly since Joe Biden's victory became clear on Saturday. He has continued to assert on Twitter that he won Tuesday's presidential poll.
• World leaders have been congratulating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Tara McKelvey
BBC News, Washington

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Over the past four years, I have seen President Donald Trump on good days and bad days. But 7 November, the day he lost the election, was a day like no other.

Dressed in a black windbreaker, dark trousers and a white MAGA hat, or Make America Great Again, the president left the White House a few minutes before 10:00. He had spent the early part of his day tweeting about election fraud.

Now he leaned forward slightly, as if he were pushing into the wind. He climbed into a dark vehicle and headed to his golf club, Trump National in Sterling, Virginia, about 25 miles (40km) from the White House.

In that moment, he projected an air of confidence. It was a lovely day, perfect for golf, and he was going to spend the day at the club.

Read Tara's full report here.