Violent demonstrations are taking place in major cities across the US in protests over Donald Trump's shock US election win.
Protesters have taken to the street in major cities including New York, Los Angeles and Washington.
There have been violent clashes with police with some protesters even hanging effigies of Trump.
Trump pulled off his victory after channelling Brexit style forces to defeat establishment candidate Hillary Clinton.
Clinton went into election day with a lead in the polls, but confidence in her becoming America’s first female President rapidly disappeared as results started coming in.
In a victory speech Trump dropped the vitriol of his campaign and vowed to “bind the wounds of division”, but angry crowds burned flags and chanted “not our President”.
He will visit President Obama today at the White House as he enjoys congratulations from world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin – by telegram – and British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Police in Los Angeles issue dispersal order against protesters
Police in Los Angeles have now issued a dispersal order to protesters who have taken over a freeway.
This picture shows some of the protesters marching along the busy road.
Now cops are attempting to move them on as they look to allow traffic to move freely again.
Protesters shout “not my President”
Protesters have been chanting "not my President" as they took to the streets.
Police in the city of Oakland have been forced to use tear gas on some of those demonstrating.
Thousands take over freeway to demonstrate against Trump
This image shows the scale of some of the protests in the US.
Thousands of people in Los Angeles took over a section of the freeway to demonstrate against Trump.
Theresa May expected to have conversation with Trump ‘at the earliest opportunity’
The controversial tycoon is also expected to have a conversation with Theresa May "at the earliest opportunity" as the world waits on tenterhooks for signs of what a Trump presidency means for global politics.
Downing Street confirmed the Prime Minister is preparing for a phone call with Mr Trump as the "special relationship" between the UK and US begins a new chapter.
Mrs May was at pains not to endorse either Mr Trump or his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during the bitter campaign, although she has previously described the president-elect's call to ban Muslims from entering the US "divisive, unhelpful and wrong".
Britons will be keen for any indication of what Mr Trump's victory, which sparked horror in some quarters of British politics, means for the future of the transatlantic alliance.
The Republican regularly evoked Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union during his campaign for the presidency, insisting his victory would be like "Brexit plus plus plus".
China issues warning to Trump
Chinese state media has issued a warning to Trump after the US President-elect previously sparked fears of a trade war with the country.
China's media warned the US against isolationism and interventionism, calling instead for the United States to actively work with China to maintain the international status quo.
Trump threatened to tear up trade deals and pursue a more unilateral foreign policy under his "America First" principle during a tempestuous election
campaign.
But China and other foreign governments are uncertain how much of Trump's rhetoric will be translated into policy because he has at times made contradictory statements and provided few details of how he would deal with the world.
Trump often targeted China in the campaign, blaming Beijing for U.S. job losses and vowing to impose 45 percent tariffs on Chinese imports.
The Republican also promised to call China a currency manipulator on his first day in office.
U.S. isolationist policies had "accelerated the country's economic crisis" during the Great Depression, warned a commentary by China's official Xinhua News Agency, though it added that "election talk is just election talk".
The commentary also cautioned against any tilt towards intervention.
Police using tear gas on protesters
Police in the Californian city of Oakland are now using tear gas on the protesters.
Cops have declared the demonstration as an "unlawful assembly".
Pictures from the city showed demonstrators attempting to stop traffic and setting fire to police cars.
Leading UK economist warns of Trump’s policies
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He told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "As most economists would say, that is a highly dangerous path. Because it will restrict a lot of productivity forces coming from the rest of the world and possibly be an inflationary impetus, and might not actually succeed.
"Never mind, of course, what we went through in the 1930s, which is the likelihood of very strong retaliation from other countries in the rest of the world."
‘Enjoy your rights while you can’
Nearly 2000 people gathered in downtown Chicago outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower.
They could be heard chanting phrases like "No Trump! No KKK! No racist USA."
Chicago police closed roads in the area, impeding the demonstrators' path.
One protester, Adriana Rizzo, 22, said: "I'm just really terrified about what is happening in this country."
She was also holding a sign that read: "Enjoy your rights while you can."
Donald Trump to meet Obama at the White House
A victorious Donald Trump will head to the White House today for a potentially awkward meeting with Barack Obama.
The two men have had almost no one-on-one contact previously.
Trump led the "birther" movement that questioned Obama's U.S. citizenship and has pledged to overturn the Democratic president's signature policy achievements after he takes office on January 20.
Obama campaigned vigorously for Trump's Democratic rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and called Trump both temperamentally unfit for the presidency and dangerously unprepared to have access to U.S. nuclear codes.
They will seek to put that history behind them, at least for the cameras, during a meeting in the Oval Office at 11 am (1600 GMT.)
First lady Michelle Obama will also meet privately with Trump's wife, Melania, in the White House residence.
Obama said on Wednesday that despite his major differences with the New York real estate magnate, he would follow the lead of former Republican President George W. Bush in 2008 and ensure a smooth handover to Trump.
Protestors smash up police car before setting fire to it
This dramatic footage shows protestors breaking into a police car before smashing it up and eventually setting fire to it.
The incident took place in the Californian city of Oakland which is seeing continuing protests at the moment.
Trump protestors seen blocking road
This footage shows Trump protestors in Los Angeles attempting to block the road.
Motorists weave between the protestors as they stand with their arms stretched out.
Others knock over yellow sand barrels.
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Huge numbers at the Los Angeles Trump protest
In Los Angeles, California, which overwhelming voted for Clinton, there's been a huge turnout for the anti-Trump protest tonight.
The crowd has moved through downtown LA and even forced the closure of the 110 freeway.
It has been largely peaceful, though there have been reporters of some more aggressive protesters clashing with police and tagging obscenities on buildings and vehicles.
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Mexicans speak of deportation fears after Trump elected
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Immigrants have been speaking of their fears of being deported after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States.
Omar Castillo, 35 and Erica Garcia, 40, are originally from Cuactla, Morelos, Mexico.
They entered the United States with their son Ulises, 17, and daughter Yesenia, 10, in 2006 without immigration papers.
Their three year-old daughter Alma was born in the United States and is a citizen.
"Our kids are used to living here; their future is here, rather than moving to our home country. We would face poverty. Often, there are no jobs or even food," said Garcia.
Facing deportation for the last three years, Castillo reports to immigration once a month and is monitored by phone every Friday when he needs to be home between 8:00pm-10:00pm to speak to a probation officer.
"If I get deported and sent to Mexico, I really worry, particularly for the little one, she is very close to me," he said.
"I worry about what will happen if my husband is deported. I don't have a job, my kids, what am I going to do? Leave the country with them, what else?" said Garcia.
Fires rage and tear gas fired in Oakland at Trump protest
A number of fires have been lit and police have reportedly fired tear gas in Oakland, California, to disperse a Trump protest.
It is believed it was declared 'unlawful assembly'.
The scene turned ugly in the past hour or so.
The fires have been lit in the middle of roads, using trash or wood from a construction site, it has been claimed.
Actress Amy Schumer has addressed her promise to leave US if Trump won
Actress and Amy Schumer has taken to Instagram to respond to Donald Trump's election win.
She was among some of the rich and famous who back Hillary Clinton and promised to leave the US if Trump won.
In a lengthy post, she slammed those who were now calling for her to leave and vowed to battle the result adding: "Today we grieve, tomorrow we begin again."
To read more about Schumer's post click here.
Protesters burn effigy of Donald Trump’s head in LA
An effigy of Donald Trump's head is being burned in Los Angeles.
Thousands have gathered in front of city hall armed with signs and banners.
Trump’s home city of New York protests his election win
In New York, thousands of protesters filled streets in midtown Manhattan as they made their way to Trump Tower, Trump's gilded home on Fifth Avenue.
Hundreds of others gathered at a Manhattan park and shouted "Not my president."
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Two weeks before the results of the US elections, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot posted a video showing now president-elect Donald Trump winning the election and what life would be like under his administration.
However, the Russian activist and musician says her intention was not merely to be prophetic.
"I didn't believe until the last point that he would actually win and the goal of the music video was to warn people and share my experience with living with Vladimir Putin with Americans who about to vote for Trump."
Tolokonnikova continues to be an outspoken critic of the Russian president and was one of the two Pussy Riot members who was sent to prison in Russia following a performance at a cathedral in Moscow.
She was also one of the members of the group who was attacked by Cossacks in Sochi during an appearance at the Winter Olympics in 2014.
Currently living in Los Angeles, she's turned her attention to advocating for human rights in the United States.
"The important part about freedoms is that they can easily be taken away from you and you shouldn't be cocky about your freedoms," she told Reuters.
"I think a lot of American people think they have freedoms and that they will never lose them and they would say that our country is free and that other countries are not."
Shooting ‘not related to Trump protest’
Jamie Tomkins, from Q13 Fox, says there is a "massive" scene involving the emergency services.
She reports there's a "shooter on the loose".
The channel is also reporting the shooting is NOT related to the Trump protest.
Two of five victims critically injured
Two of the five victims are critically injured, the Fire Department has added.
They are being transported to hospital.
BREAKING: Shots fired in Seattle – multiple victims
There are multiple victims following a shooting in Seattle, according to police.
It happened in the downtown area near to where the anti-Trump rally is taking place.
How Michael Moore predicted EXACTLY how and why Trump would win
If you're still wondering how exactly Donald Trump managed to win the Presidency, it's worth reading this by political commentator Michael Moore.
In five bullet points, he maps out why Trump was the alternative millions of disgruntled Americans were looking for and how the voting system played to the Republican's favour.
What's even more remarkable is that he wrote it four months ago.
Here's a video of him going into more detail, be warned there is very strong language involved:
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Effigy of Donald Trump being hanged in New York
Piers Morgan has blasted supporters who have brought an effigy of Donald Trump being hanged to the protest tonight.
He suggested there would be considerable outrage if Hillary Clinton had been the target.
We're also hearing reports of possible arrests being made in Manhattan although that's not confirmed by NYPD.
Protesters had certainly been warned not to block traffic as they marched through the city.
No comment from Trump on protests
Here's a flavour of some of the protests continuing in Oregon and New York city at the moment.
So far there have been no reports of arrests or violence.
"I'm just really terrified about what is happening in this country," said 22-year-old Adriana Rizzo in Chicago, who was holding a sign that read:
"Enjoy your rights while you can."
A representative of the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the protests.
In his victory speech, Trump said he would be president for all Americans, saying: "It is time for us to come together as one united people."
Earlier this month, his campaign rejected the support of a Ku Klux Klan newspaper and said that "Mr. Trump and his campaign denounces hate in any form."
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Anti-Trump protests in cities across the United States
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Here's a list of where we know of anti-Trump protests so far today:
- New York
- Boston
- Des Moines
- Detroit
- Philadelphia
- Washington
- Austin
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- Oakland
- Oregon
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- New Orleans
There's also talk of more starting soon in other cities.
Thousands also protesting Trump in Boston
Some images now from Boston, where thousands are also protesting Donald Trump.
They're carrying placards, signs and banners and chanting.
The group has marched from Boston Common and is now outside the Statehouse.
Immigrants fear being deported by Trump regime
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Immigrant workers across the US have been reporting taunts and harassment and children begged to be brought home from school amid ethnic or religious bullying, parents and teachers said today.
People took to social media to voice their anger and concerns, and rights organisations fielded calls from worried people seeking advice.
Parents and many advocates, meanwhile, worked to calm people down.
While Trump could undo some of Democratic President Barack Obama's legacy on immigration through executive orders, many of the Republican's promises would require the cooperation of Congress and likely face court challenges.
Experts have also cautioned that finding and deporting the country's 11 million illegal immigrants would carry enormous logistic and financial costs.
Among those for whom concern about deportation is the greatest are young people who are in the United States on a program started under an order from Obama that is opposed by many Congressional Republicans.
To request protection from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people brought to the United States as children from deportation, applicants must send the government a form with their parents' names and addresses.
Obama enacted the program through executive order after a Republican-controlled Congress blocked the Dream Act.
"The government now has a list of people who are here without documentation – their names, their addresses, how long they've been here, where they work," said California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a Democrat from San Diego who has been fielding calls from constituents all day.
Police protect Trump Tower in Chicago
In Chicago, police have just taken the decision to block off protesters at the bridge to Trump Tower.
"I want this to be a show that we're still here, to show there are still good people in this country," said Emily Marlowe told the Chicago Tribune.
"We'll be here every day if we have to."
"We don't want a president who hates," said Gloria Ortega.
"We don't want a racist, sexist, xenophobe."
Thousands taking to the streets
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More aerial images and videos are coming in from the anti-Trump protests and the numbers are huge, particularly in Chicago and New York.
It's still a little early in Los Angeles and the demo is supposed to start at 7pm local time.
One estimate of the numbers in New York city was 300,000 earlier.
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