Trump has won - but he won't be in the White House for 74 days

While Donald Trump has secured his route back to the White House, he is not officially president yet - and it will take more than two months before he is back in the Oval Office.

The US handover of power is very different to how things are done in the UK. In July, Sir Keir Starmer was installed as prime minister within hours of polls closing and before Rishi Sunak had even packed up his belongings.

Across the Atlantic, it all takes a bit longer.

Trump won't have his inauguration until 20 January and Joe Biden will remain in power until then - though he will be severely limited politically in what he can do.

State of the race: Republicans eye clean sweep after Trump victory

Four years after leaving the White House, Donald Trump is set to move back in, after millions of Americans voted to give him a second chance.

Away from the presidential race, Republicans have also retaken control of the US Senate, after flipping seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana.

Several races for seats in the House of Representatives remain undecided, but its control is also currently leaning Republican, according to our US partner CBS News.

If successful, that would put the party in control of the House, the Senate and the White House when Trump is sworn in in January.

All in, a clean sweep for the Republicans is looking likely after a hotly-contested campaign.

Source: BBC