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With his victory in Wisconsin, Donald Trump has reached the threshold of 270 electoral votes needed to become president.

During his trip to South Africa, Prince William paid a visit to the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, in Cape Town. The Prince of Wales is in South Africa for the awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize. The prize aims to find solutions to climate change and other environmental problems.

It's time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. It's time to unite. And we're going to try. We're going to try. We have to try. And it's going to happen. Success will bring us together," Trump said as he adressed supporters early Wednesday (Nov. 06).

"In addition to having won the battleground states of North Carolina, I love these places, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin; we are now winning in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Alaska which would result I us carrying at least 315 electoral votes," Donald Trump said early Wednesday (Nov. 06)

A series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and unsubstantiated claims of wrongdoing by the former president disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day. Trump has captured 2 of the 7 key swing states and secured the lead in 4 others.

During his first official visit to the African continent, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy signed bilateral agreements with his South African counterpart, Ronald Lamola. During talks, Lammy insisted that 'Africa must be represented on the U.N. Security Council.'

Speaking about her latest album, 'Live, Breathe, Fight', gospel music icon Tamela Mann has said, 'my prayer and hope is that people really take something from it and find joy and inspiration'. The record features the song 'Working for me', which hit no. 1 on Billboard's gospel music airplay chart.

President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday called for an end to demonstrations agains recent election results, which have so far resulted in more than a dozen deaths. Also Tuesday, crowds took to the streets to denounce the heavy-handed police reponse to protests. Officials warn they may deploy the army.

Haggis was born on 30 October to parents Otto and Gloria.

Kenya's president William Ruto welcomed a top Chinese official, Li Xi, for talks in Nairobi on Monday. The two nations are collaborating on development projects; Kenya has also requested China's support to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.