Trump to select team in coming days and Israel strikes Beirut - Trending

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Donald Trump is to select his top team in the coming days, as Kamala Harris vowed to help the Republican transition to power.

The president-elect is believed to be weighing up a return to office for key figures such as Mike Pompeo and bring in one-time foes including Marco Rubio. Right-wing figures such as Tom Cotton - who called for the military to be deployed against largely black anti-police protesters in 2020 - is tipped for a key post.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk and sports promoter Dana White are expected to be informal advisers rather than take office. Meanwhile, Ms Harris gave her concession speech at her alma mater.

The Republicans now control the presidency, House, Senate and dominate the Supreme Court. Arab Americans have mixed emotions after the Trump-Vance victory, recalling the sense of abandonment by Biden and Harris on the issue of Israel’s war in Gaza, and then in Lebanon. Some members of the community had voted for Trump. Many saw his win coming.

In Lebanon, residential areas of Beirut were rocked by Israeli bombs overnight. The strikes came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president-elect Donald Trump spoke about the “Iranian threat”.

In the Bekaa Valley, 40 people were killed after bombings in the town of Baalbek.