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 Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee's victory came down to a handful of key swing states, despite months of polling that favoured Mrs Clinton. The battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset. Global markets plummeted, with the US dollar diving and gold prices surging. Mr Trump's shock victory in Wisconsin put him over the 270 out of 538 electoral college votes needed to win the White House, after a gruelling and rancorous campaign. The US president-elect took to the stage with his family at his victory rally in a New York hotel ballroom and said: "I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us on our victory. "Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country." He added: "It is time for us to co...

A transatlantic flight travelling to New York was diverted to Glasgow and met by armed police after a passenger found a note which read 'I set this plane on fire'. The Egypt air passenger jet, carrying 326 people, was escorted by Typhoon fighter jets from RAF Leuchars and met by a convoy of half a dozen police vehicles at Glasgow Prestwick this afternoon. The Boeing 777 -  which was travelling from Cairo to JFK Airport in New York - landed at the airport at 2.30pm. Passenger Nada Tawfik, a producer for BBC New York, was on the flight and said she found the note in the plane's toilets. Concern: This passenger plane travelling from Egypt to New York was diverted to Glasgow Prestwick airport and met by armed police officers this afternoon Alert: Four police vehicles holding armed police surround the plane She told the BBC News Channel: 'I'm still on board, we were told that we would be able to get off half an hour ago but we're still here on the plan...

"The United States Government has reportedly withdrawn military assistance to Nigeria citing various human rights violations by Nigerian security forces; particularly the military, which is presently embroiled in a controversy over the loss of civilian lives and destruction of property in Baga town, Borno State during a clash with members of the Boko Haram sect.