Donald Trump speaks to jubilant supporters in Florida after claiming victory in the US election.
“America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” he tells cheering spectators.
The Republican party won the key battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, leaving rival Kamala Harris with a slender chance of winning.
Fox News had predicted that Trump would win the election shortly before he began speaking; no other US TV network has done so yet.
After his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020, it would have been a stunning comeback for Trump to return to the White House.
Harris says she won’t speak today after disappointed fans left her watch party earlier.
Republicans are meanwhile predicted to have taken back the Senate.