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US elections: Trump to pick top team

How economic concerns have affected the result of the election.

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to select his top team ahead of his return to the White House, after Vice President Kamala Harris vowed a "peaceful transfer of power". We examine how economic concerns among voters affected the result. We also speak to Nobel Prize winning economist Daron Acemoglu.

Also in the programme: opposition parties in Germany call for snap elections after the collapse of the country's governing coalition; and Australia says it wants to ban under 16s from accessing social media.

(Photo: President elect Donald Trump speaking from the 2024 US presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, 6 November, 2024. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters)

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