This is a special edition of the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service.

I'm Paul Moss, and it's just after 9 o'clock GMT, and Donald Trump has now declared victory,

promising Americans a new golden age.

This was a movement like nobody's ever seen before.

The greatest political movement of all time. There's never

been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond. And now it's going to reach a new

level of importance because we're going to help our country heal. We're going to help our country

heal. We have a country that needs help,

and it needs help very badly. We're going to fix our borders. We're going to fix everything about our

country. He's projected to have won most of the swing states and also seems set to enjoy

Republican control of both the Senate and the House of

Representatives. Speaking to supporters in Florida, Mr. Trump said America had given him an

unprecedented mandate. He's been congratulated by leaders from around the world. In this podcast,

we'll have reaction from around the U.S., hear from a Republican strategist, and our correspondent in Washington assesses what the result will mean.

Polls suggested it was all on a knife edge, but in the end, the result was far from close.

Donald Trump has all but stormed his way back to the

presidency of the United States, taking a number of battleground states. Within hours of polls closing,

it was clear he denied Carmelah Harris any realistic path to the White House. As we record this

podcast, Mr Trump was on the cusp of confirmed victory with 266 electoral college seats.

He needs only four more to be crowned the winner and 47th President-elect of the United States.

Our correspondent in Washington, Jessica Parker, reports on a historic night in American politics.

We are off to the races. We have our first poll closures.

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