US election 2016: What happened last night?

Donald Trump has won the election and will become the next US president.

It was a tense night for supporters of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it was not clear before voting closed who was going to win.

However, in a speech to his supporters in New York, Donald Trump announced that his rival had rung him to congratulate him on his victory.

Ayshah takes a look back at what Donald Trump's vice-president Mike Pence has called an "historic night" in US politics.

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