Muslim Americans brace themselves for President Trump Muslims across the US are currently grappling with a new reality since Trump's victory, amid fears for what their future could hold. The number of hate crimes has spiked across the country since last week's result, with many assailants citing Trump or his slogans in their attacks. The Southern Poverty Law Center had recorded 437 incidents as of Tuesday, with Muslims a particular target, and reports of women allegedly having their hijabs ripped off, being pushed or verbally abused. One woman in Ann Arbor told police a man forced her to remove her hijab after threatening to set her on fire. During the campaign, Trump threatened to ban Muslims from entering the country, increase surveillance at mosques, and flirted with the idea of establishing a Muslim database. American Muslims are now bracing themselves to see which of these ideas the president-elect will follow through on.
Muslims in Trump's America: realities of Islamophobic presidency begin to sink in China to Trump: be 'smart' on climate change Speaking at UN climate talks in Marrakech, China's vice foreign minister urged Trump to make a "smart decision" on climate change. Trump is the first open climate denier to lead one of the world's top emitters. He tweeted in 2012 that the "concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive" and later called it expensive "bullshit". China's vice foreign minister, Liu Zhenmin, said that he expects Trump to make the right and smart decision by living up to the Paris climate agreement. However, Trump has vowed to walk away from the agreement and strip carbon reducing regulations in the US, while boosting coal production. Climate change a Chinese hoax? Beijing gives Donald Trump a lesson in history Obama passes baton to Merkel Trump's victory has left German chancellor Angela Merkel as the lonely standard bearer for liberal values, with Barack Obama landing in Germany Wednesday night for a symbolic passing of the torch. Merkel gave perhaps the most subdued response of all foreign leaders following Trump's win, offering conditional support only on the basis of shared values. As she gears up for an election next year, she also faces threats from populist movements in her own country but nothing that poses a serious threat. Meanwhile world leaders will closely watch Shinzo Abe's meeting with Trump in New York on Thursday for tips on how to handle the unpredictable US president-elect. Germany daunted by great expectations as Obama passes baton to Merkel Feminists for Trump Many were surprised to learn that the majority of white women voted for Trump and helped him to victory. Trump won 53% of white women, despite many onlookers predicting women would be repulsed by a recording of Trump bragging about making unwanted sexual advances on women, and enthused by the prospect of electing the first female president. The Guardian spoke with women who voted for Trump, who explained that economics and dislike for Clinton meant they were willing to overlook Trump's rhetoric. Can you be a feminist and vote for Donald Trump? Yes, you can Support the Guardian's fearless journalism Never has America needed fearless independent media more. Help us hold the new president to account, sort fact from fiction, amplify underrepresented voices, and understand the forces behind this divisive election – and what happens next. Support the Guardian by becoming a member or making a contribution. Airbnb blocked discrimination researcher Harvard professor Ben Elderman was surprised to learn his Airbnb account had been blocked when trying to research racial discrimination on the site. Emails revealed Elderman's account was suspended for creating test accounts to test racial discrimination on the site. His account was reinstated after the Guardian contacted Airbnb. Earlier this year users shared stores of discrimination on the site using the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack. Airbnb blocked discrimination researcher over multiple accounts Porcello and Scherzer win Cy Young awards Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox has won the AL Cy Young award by a narrow margin and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals has taken the NL prize. Porcello led the majors with 22 wins, and beat out Detroit's Justin Verlander and Cleveland's Corey Kluber in results announced on Wednesday. Washington's Max Scherzer, Boston's Rick Porcello win Cy Young Awards In case you missed it… Prince's estate has filed a lawsuit over how much of his estate can be streamed on Jay-Z's Tidal streaming service. Tidal originally negotiated exclusive streaming rights to Prince's music in 2015, but now his estate claims that the company "is exploiting many copyrighted Prince works". Prince's estate sues Jay Z's Tidal over streaming rights to the pop star's music
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Clinton said of that since her election loss, 'there have been times when I wanted never to leave the house again'. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters 
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