This is an extra edition of the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard, and at 5 o'clock GMT on Wednesday, the 6th of November,

this is what we can tell you so far about the US election.

As votes are counted, Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina

in the first result from one of the seven key

battleground states. Another swing state, Georgia, also appears to be leaning his way. It narrows

Kamala Harris's chances of victory. With control of both houses of Congress also at stake,

the Republicans are projected to have flipped two crucial Senate seats in West Virginia

and Ohio. We'll look at the projections, the role of social media and the impacts of the result

beyond US borders.

The magic number is 270, the number of electoral college votes needed to win the US presidential election.

As we record this podcast, it is still not at all clear whether the next occupant of the White House will be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.

The main news at this point, Donald Trump, former president and Republican presidential candidate, is projected to win North Carolina.

That's the first result from one of the seven key battleground states.

It looks like Georgia, another key swing state, is also leaning towards Mr Trump.

Anxiety is reported to be rising at the headquarters of Carmelah Harris' campaign. All the

other swing states remain too close to call. Of the key states projected so far, the vice

president is on course to take California and New York as expected, while Donald Trump is on

target to win in Texas and Florida.

The chair of the Harris campaign has emailed staff,

insisting that the margins remain razor thin and that she still has a clear path to victory

through the blue-wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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