US election: Indian village prays for Kamala Harris

Berlin will seek a diplomatic "new deal" with Washington after the US elections, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. Multilateralism, not nationalism, is need in trans-Atlantic relations, he added.

Wall Street jumped on Wednesday, despite the uncertainty over the outcome of the US presidential election. Craig Erlam, senior markets analyst at Oanda, says investors are anxious to avoid a protracted dispute over the results. Also in the show, Business Editor Kate Moody looks at how carmakers and the tech industry could be affected by the outcome. Plus, California voters hand a victory to Uber in a key referendum on the gig economy.

Election workers in the city of Detroit, in the battleground state of Michigan, count mail-in ballots submitted in the US election, where no clear winner has yet emerged as votes in six key states are still being counted.

It took five weeks and a Supreme Court decision to elect a president in 2000 — and this year may hold similar suspense. With some states yet to count all votes, Donald Trump prematurely declared himself victorious.

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The US is in a state of crisis, both economically and culturally. Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the presidential election because he seems to care, according to analysts.

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has secured enough votes to become the next US leader. President Donald Trump has alleged fraud. And Africans are watching events with a mixture of bemusement and concern.

The Trump administration's justice chief William Barr has approved an investigation into claims of voter fraud. Donald Trump has so far refused to concede defeat in the US election.

US election officials found no proof of compromised voting systems and no evidence of "deleted or lost votes." The statement came on the heels of renewed and baseless claims of manipulation from President Donald Trump.

Beijing finally broke its silence on the US election, more than one week after millions of Americans cast their ballots. Incumbent President Donald Trump has yet to concede defeat.

Donald Trump fired the director of CISA, a federal agency in charge of securing US elections, after the agency rebuffed the president's unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the US state of Georgia, the state's officials confirmed after a hand recount of the ballots cast in the presidential election. President Donald Trump had alleged fraud.