Harris calls Trump to concede defeat and congratulate him on election win

Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to concede the election, the BBC's US news partner CBS says, after Trump's historic US presidential victory.

Harris will address the nation for the first time since her defeat when she speaks to supporters at Howard University at 16:00 EST (21:00 GMT) - you'll be able to watch it live on this page.

Trump told jubilant crowds in Florida earlier: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate".

Of the seven crucial swing states, Trump won North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, while he's ahead in Nevada and Arizona.

Republicans have also taken the Senate back from Democrats after flipping a string of seats.

Harris campaign chief admits 'losing is unfathomably painful' 

More now on the phone call between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris that we reported a few minutes ago.

In an email sent to Harris campaign staff, campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon says the vice-president told Trump "she would work with President [Joe] Biden to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, unlike what we saw in 2020".

"You stared down unprecedented headwinds and obstacles that were largely out of our control. We knew this would be a margin-of-error race, and it was," O'Malley Dillon told Harris campaign staff.

She admitted that "losing is unfathomably painful", and that "this will take a long time to process".

But the campaign manager stressed that "the work of protecting America from the impacts of a Trump presidency starts now", and that the vice-president "isn't finished in this fight".

President-elect Trump is set to be inaugurated on 20 January.

Source: BBC