Donald Trump’s Sweeping Victory

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

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🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Lebanon, Spain, Morocco and Greenland

Donald Trump won a resounding victory in the US election, heralding an imminent return to the White House. This was achieved through a new coalition of support - especially among African-American and Hispanic voters. Anthony Zurcher has followed the campaign from the outset, and reflects on how, despite a well-funded Harris campaign, Donald Trump pulled off a decisive win.

Israel's invasion of Lebanon has continued, sparked by almost a year of cross-border hostilities. This latest conflict began with Hezbollah firing rockets across the border into Israel last October, in support of its ally Hamas in Gaza. Orla Guerin has been there since the conflict intensified six weeks ago.

In Spain, thousands of troops, civil guards and police helped with the relief effort following flash floods in Valencia that killed more than 200 people. Amid a febrile atmosphere of blame and recrimination, Nick Beake has been building a picture of how events unfolded - and heard how tragedy hit one family.

Morocco is a launch pad for many Africans trying to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean into Europe. Now, it's coming under increased pressure due to political instability in the Sahel. Richard Hamilton was in Tangier.

In Greenland, an Inuit community living in the island's most remote settlement is facing profound changes to their traditional way of life amid melting sea ice. Mark Stratton went to hear about the challenges facing the community, such as climate change, tourism and polar bears.

Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinators: Katie Morrison and Sophie Hill

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0:00.0	Today, as Israel's invasion of Lebanon continues, our correspondent reflects on how Lebanese people are being buffeted between conflicts.
0:14.7	In Spain, as blame and recrimination dominate the political discourse, we hear how one family has been changed forever
0:22.4	by Valencia's deadly floods. Morocco attracts hundreds of thousands of migrants from across Africa,
0:30.1	keen to make the crossing to Europe. We meet some currently living in an unusual location.
0:36.4	And we visit an Inuit community at the mouth of the
0:39.9	world's largest fjord system in Greenland. Cut off from the world for 10 months of the year,
0:46.4	our correspondent finds climate change and TikTok are changing their way of life. But first to the
0:53.1	United States, where Donald Trump won a resounding victory this week,
0:57.7	heralding an imminent return to the White House as the 47th President.
1:02.6	Throughout his campaign, Mr. Trump's pledges to raise trade tariffs,
1:07.0	end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, and cut climate regulations have concerned both
1:13.7	political opponents and some foreign observers. Even so, world leaders from Britain to Ukraine to
1:20.3	Mexico were quick to congratulate the president-elect on his victory. Anthony Zerker has followed
1:26.8	the presidential campaign from the outset.
1:29.9	Last Sunday, I was traveling around Michigan with Kamala Harris as part of her press pool.
1:35.0	The day ended in a packed arena on the campus of Michigan State University, as the vice president
1:40.7	addressed a cheering crowd of students. Make no mistake, she said. We will win. Two days later, she lost. As I watched the increasingly
1:51.0	gloomy Democratic crowds at the Harris Electionite Party at Howard University in Washington, D.C., I couldn't help but recall the scene eight years earlier in New York City.
2:02.1	There, Hillary Clinton supporters had gathered, hoping to see America elect its first female president.
2:08.9	As the night progressed, and state after state went to Donald Trump, the despair was palpable.
2:15.4	That 2016 election map bears striking similarities to the one we watched
2:20.0	unfold on Tuesday. Donald Trump won the key battleground states, breaking through the so-called
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