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| - AFP is moving a special package of stories, following the announcement by several US television networks that Democrat Joe Biden has won the US president, defeating Republican incumbent Donald Trump. We will shortly move the following stories: US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media project, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades. 1,200 words by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live. Video US-vote-Biden,PROFILE WILMINGTON He has suffered profound personal tragedy and seen his political ambitions thwarted, but veteran Democrat Joe Biden's pledge to unify Americans has finally delivered him the presidency after nearly half a century in Washington. 1,700 words by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Also moving: US-vote-Biden-career,POINTS US-vote-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON Donald Trump rose to power proposing a simple solution to the United States' deepest problems: himself. But four years after Trump's shock victory over Hillary Clinton, Americans voted no-confidence in the 74-year-old's brazen claim, turfing him out of presidency after just one term. 2,200 words by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video US-vote-diplomacy-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to restore US moral authority in the world but after four years of norms-shattering by Donald Trump, he will have his work cut out for him. 850 words by Shaun Tandon and Francesco Fontemaggi. File picture UPDATED US-vote-100days,POINTS WASHINGTON Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office, and Joe Biden has done so for months, whether it be promising to battle the coronavirus, rejoin the Paris climate agreement or offering a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. 700 words by Michael Mathes. File picture US-vote-Harris,PROFILE WASHINGTON Kamala Harris crashes through the glass ceiling to be elected America's first woman vice president, making history and helping bring to an end Donald Trump's turbulent rule. 650 words by Joshua Melvin. File picture UPDATED US-vote-Biden-Jill,PROFILE WASHINGTON Jill Biden is no stranger to the glare of the political spotlight. Her husband has been a Washington insider since they wed in 1977, and she was America's second lady for eight years. But now that Joe Biden has won the White House, she will have a chance to push the role of first lady into the 21st century -- by keeping her full-time job as a professor. 800 words by Susan Stumme. File picture US-vote-incumbency,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump has boasted of being an atypical leader but he's now entered a rare club he will definitely not appreciate -- US presidents who have lost reelection. 600 words by Shaun Tandon afp
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