INTERNATIONAL

Protests have been held for a second night in several US cities after the election of Donald Trump as president – but with smaller crowds. They were mainly young people saying a Trump presidency would create deep divisions along racial and gender lines. However police in Portland said they were dealing with vandalism and aggressive behaviour. In response, Mr Trump ...

President Barack Obama is hosting his successor Donald Trump at the White House for what could prove to be awkward transition talks. The Republican president-elect has questioned Mr Obama’s US citizenship and vowed to dismantle his legacy. During the campaign Mr Obama called Mr Trump “uniquely unqualified”, but now says he is “rooting” for him after his shock defeat of ...

A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 20 civilians in a village north of so-called Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that six women and a child were among those who died in the raids on al-Heisha overnight. The IS-held village has been the target of a US-backed alliance ...

Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee’s victory came down to a handful of key swing states, despite months of polling that favoured Mrs Clinton. The battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset. Global markets plummeted, with the US dollar diving ...

As results trickled in showing Donald Trump with a commanding lead, the mood at Hillary Clinton’s election headquarters changed dramatically. “The scene here is so different than a few hours ago, when people were happy and relaxed” Brianna Keilar told Wolf Blitzer. “I have been looking around the room at people who are stoned faced. Some of them have been ...

The government’s appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must vote on triggering Brexit will be heard in the Supreme Court from 5 December. It will last four days, with the decision expected in the new year. Theresa May has said she is “clear” she expects to start talks on leaving the EU as planned by the end of ...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been criss-crossing America in a final push for votes before election day. Both have been holding rallies in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Mrs Clinton urged voters to back a “hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America” while Mr Trump told supporters they had a “magnificent chance to beat the corrupt system”. Polls ...

Donald Trump’s campaign team has sought to allay negative views expressed overseas towards their candidate, a day before the US goes to the polls. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the BBC such antipathy “doesn’t reflect why Donald Trump is running and who he would be on the global stage”. She also attacked Hillary Clinton’s “unremarkable to chequered” record as secretary ...

Donald Trump has accused the FBI of impropriety after it once again exonerated his rival Hillary Clinton of criminal conduct on her emails. The FBI director said a fresh inquiry into the Democratic candidate’s communications found nothing to change the bureau’s conclusion this summer. The Clinton campaign said it was “glad” the lingering issue had been resolved. The dramatic twist ...

As opinion polls suggest Donald Trump is gaining support, Hillary Clinton has been holding rallies in states that had been considered safe for the Democrats. A BBC correspondent says both teams are now concentrating more on getting their supporters to vote rather than swaying those undecided. Thirty-seven million early ballots have already been cast. US authorities say they are assessing ...