live from london, this is bbc news. it's election day in america — with millions due to vote, donald trump and kamala harris make theirfinal pitch to voters. just one more day in the most consequential election of our lifetime, and the momentum is on our side. cheering. with your vote tomorrow we can fix every single problem our country faces and lead america — indeed, the world — to new heights of glory. in one tiny town in new hampshire, results are already in. kamala harris and donald trump have tied in dixville notch, which traditionally kicks off voting at midnight. in other news, more heavy rain hits spain — now barcelona follows valencia and suffers major flooding. boeing's strike finally ends — a majority of workers

vote in favour of a 38% wage increase, spread over four years. hello, i'm martine croxall. after months of campaigning the wait is finally over. its election day and america will decide the country's 47th president. in what has been one of the closest run races in living memory, the final polling shows it's a toss—up between donald trump and kamala harris. polling stations are now open for voters in vermont. in the next hour new york and the most of the rest of the east coast will be able to cast their ballots. well, in the last hours of the campaign both candidates have held their final rallies. a lot of focus will be on the seven key states, or swing states, that will decide the election. so there'll be extra attention on voters in georgia, arizona, nevada, wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, and pennsylvania, where the result could have particular influence on the overall outcome.

in a long—held tradition, the small new hampshire town of dixville notch opened its voting booths at midnight local time. six voters turned up — and in a reminder of how tight this race is, their votes were evenly split between harris and trump. remember, there's also been a provision for early voting — in person or by mail — and millions of americans have already voted. we begin our coverage with this report from tom bateman. philadelphia! welcome the next president of these united states...kamala harris. a campaign crescendo for kamala harris. it was a star—studded rally in philadelphia, where the vice president took to the stage, and an adoring crowd of democrat fans watched her final pitch for the white house. i am looking to make progress, and i pledge to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions i make. i pledge to listen to experts.

i pledge to listen to people who disagree with me. because, you see, i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. that's what real leaders do! that's what strong leaders do. well, with those words and this crowd, they bring to an end what has been one of the most unpredictable and contentious election campaigns in this nation's history. and now it's over to the voters. state—wide, we have knocked 700,000 doors. cheering. democrat volunteers have come to pennsylvania from across america, aiming to persuade undecided voters and flooding the doorsteps today to get their base out. taking voters to the

polls, canvassing. you know, making sure people stay in line to vote after they hit the polls too close or when there's a long wait. so anything and everything. and pennsylvania has been the final push for team trump too. in the countryside, rally—goers queue at dawn hoping to build campaign momentum with a message for american workers. their paycheques are getting robbed by inflation and taxes, and this person is the only one who actually says the truth and says that, you know, what's going on is not right. just a few tens of thousands of votes could swing this state and therefore the national result either way. of all the swing states, this one is the biggest prize. and that is why both candidates have been coming back here right until the end, but they haven't been budging the needle — the opinion polls still put pennsylvania as a dead heat. # ..to the hills of tennessee...#

and for donald trump, a return to form last night, ending his tour in grand rapids, michigan, where he finaled his last two campaigns — it is another critical swing state. with your vote tomorrow, we can fix every single problem our country faces and lead america, indeed the world, to new heights of glory. think of that statement, how beautiful that is — new heights of glory, new heights of glory, that's what's going to happen. that's what's going to happen. in a vote this close, in a vote this close, counting in the swing states counting in the swing states could take days or longer. could take days or longer. they will hold the key to this they will hold the key to this election while america election while america and the whole world and the whole world watches and waits. watches and waits. tom bateman, bbc tom bateman, bbc trends, ratherthan news, philadelphia. news, philadelphia. as americans head to cast as americans head to cast their votes, the opinion polls their votes, the opinion polls are still incredibly tight. are still incredibly tight. a flurry of polls arrived a flurry of polls arrived over the last 2a hours, over the last 2a hours, each with their own slightly each with their own slightly different take on the figures. different take on the figures.

if you draw out the overall if you draw out the overall trends, ratherthan the individual points, you see vice president kamala harris just a point ahead in the national polls. but the candidates' shares of the national vote won't determine the winner. let's turn to the battleground states, that's the seven that were very close last time around and could be decisive in this election. the polls there have tightened further. former president donald trump's edge in arizona, which you can see at the bottom of the screen, is nearly down

a signal ofjust how important her campaign sees that particular battleground state. it is the battleground state with the most number of electoral votes, it is also one that it is believed she needs to win in order to win this election. and as for donald trump, how did he spend his last few hours of campaigning? former president trump bounced around the us yesterday, visiting a couple of battleground states, ending his night in the state of michigan, grand rapids, michigan, to be specific. this is the same exact location he ended his 2016 campaign, as well as his 2020 campaign. as well as his 2020 campaign. in his final speech he hit in his final speech he hit on a couple of the high points, on a couple of the high points, i guess you would call it, i guess you would call it, of his campaign so far, of his campaign so far, talk about immigration, talk about immigration, talking about inflation. talking about inflation. also sowing doubt already also sowing doubt already in the results of the election in the results of the election if he were to lose this. if he were to lose this.

essentially saying that democrats would have to cheat essentially saying that democrats would have to cheat in orderfor him to lose. in orderfor him to lose. at the same time saying turn—out from his supporters sides just how close they think this election will be. you mention how close, just how close is it yes, i mean, this is one of those where i believe in the story you were talking about before, this

of these candidates. so when do polls close and when can we hope to know the winner? he sighs. that's a great question. and that's a question a lot of us are asking! a lot of people want to know when is this going to be over. we know polls will close over the course of the day. we are still many, many hours away from polls closing. it is likely going to be in the evening when we start to see some of these results coming in. there is the possibility that, depending again on how some of the votes get counted in some of these states, that we may not know an official answer for a day or two after election day. that's if this ends up being as close as we currently think that it is. but there is the possibility always that this could be a blow—out in either direction and we could know something much sooner, we could potentially know something as soon as this evening. but i think patience is the word that we are

stressing to americans, to brits who are watching, and to ourselves as we go through this long election day. jarred hill, cbs correspondent, in alexandria. in a moment we'll explain how voting works, but first here's how you can watch the results live on the bbc later. join us in the bbc�*s us election studio as we find out who will be america's next president. now, whether the winner is vice president kamala harris or former president donald trump, it will be an historic night. right across the country, we'll have all of our top correspondents and editors bringing you the unfolding drama as soon drama as soon as the polls close. as the polls close. we'll have all the results we'll have all the results as they come in, and christian as they come in, and christian fraser will look in depth fraser will look in depth at what they mean in the race at what they mean in the race for the white house. for the white house. here is the map wiped clean. here is the map wiped clean. in the race to 270, these in the race to 270, these in grey are the seven in grey are the seven battleground states we think washington, dc, for the bbc�*s battleground states we think will decide who wins will decide who wins the white house. the white house. so, for expert analysis so, for expert analysis and for what the story means and for what the story means to america and the rest to america and the rest of the world, join me, of the world, join me,

caitriona perry... caitriona perry... ..and me, sumi somaskanda, in ..and me, sumi somaskanda, in washington, dc, for the bbc�*s us election results programme. it's a contest that is just too close to call. the us election is a huge exercise — around 240 million people are eligible to vote. and a third of them — 82 million — have already voted early, either in person or by post. but becoming president isn't a simple matter of who gets the most votes. think of this not as one national election, but as 50 state elections. jon kay explains how it works. the president is not chosen directly by voters, but by something called the electoral college. each of the 50 states gets a certain number of votes in that electoral college, depending on the size of its population. the size of the circles here represents the number of votes that each states gets.

for example, the most populated state is california. it gets 5a votes. it's largely democrat, so if more people vote democrat in california, all 5a votes go to the harris camp. whereas texas, the second largest state, is largely republican. so all of its a0 votes are likely to go to donald trump. the total number of electoral college votes across all 50 states is 538. so the overall winner is the first candidate to get more than half of them. 50%, plus one of the electoral college is what they need, so the magic number is 270. jon kay. around the world and across the uk,

workers at boeing have voted

to accept a deal to end a seven—week walk—out. more than half backed the agreement which will see them receive a 38% pay rise during the next four years, as well as a substantial bonus and improved retirement funding. it means 33,000 employees, mainly in washington state and oregon will now return to work, following a strike that analysts believe has cost the company and its suppliers more than £8 billion. 0ur our business correspondence theo leggett has more. boeing workers are supposed to be negotiating a new four year contract with managers. in the past when boeing went into these negotiation rounds it was in a position of strength, it could hold things over on the workforce, for example say the next plane to be built will be built outside of washington state, away from its seattle heartlands and could get workers in those regions to accept having their terms and conditions reined in. this time the negotiation happened in a climate where boeing was in many respects the weaker party. and the workers held out. they dismissed the original offer

boeing put to them, they voted down another offer, and finally we have had this one, which has been approved, which is significantly better than what boeing originally suggested. it was a negotiation process but you can say the workforce are the winners here. how costly has the process been to boeing? extremely costly. in the first six weeks of the strike alone which we have figures for, it is estimated to cost boeing and its suppliers, don't forget them, about $8 billion. and the us economy as a whole about 10 billion. if the workforce are not building planes, planes not leaving the factory, nothing is being sold and suppliers building up inventory are not getting money either. you said boeing in some respects this time around were on the back foot. how so? boeing is trying to deal with a major safety and quality control crisis triggered at the start of the year when a disused doorfell off a plane, a 77 max, a brand—new plane climbing out of portland, oregon.

-- a 730 —— a 730 max. that put a focus on what boeing has been doing in the last few years in terms of trying to improve its safety and quality control standards. regulators have clamped down on the company in a very big way, so it was trying to ramp up production. it was under the spotlight from regulators and then it had to deal with a serious dispute with its own workforce in some of its most important regions, which shut down factories. it has had an awful lot to deal with, and what it didn't need was that strike to be going on and dragging on. now it has got that out of the way, in theory it can reset relations with the workforce and start dealing with it so the problem is. —— start dealing with its other problems. but its problems are not over yet? its problems are definitely not over yet. it needs to get planes leaving the factory, and build up production levels a lot. it has a huge backlog of planes, a500 planes on order that have not been built. it needs to ramp up production in the way that satisfies regulators that it is being done in a safe and

controlled manner. theo leggett, thank you. rain continues to cause disruption in spain. parts of barcelona were flooded on monday less than a week after the devastation in valencia which has killed at least 200 people. water entered parts of the main airport serving barcelona and some motorways were covered by water. further south down the coast, rescue workers in valencia are continuing to comb through underground car parks, searching for missing people. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has this report. the official search for bodies goes on, all along the flood—ravaged ravines, but many of the families of spain's missing have given up on the authorities and are doing the work themselves. this new instagram page, part tribute, part plea for help to find their loved ones. among them, brothers izan, on the left, and ruben, just three years old. we went to the boys' town and found the family home — what's left of it. the brothers�* bedroom door one of the few things still standing.

every one of the communities devastated by these floods has its own particular dreadful story. what happened here is the sheer power of the water picked up trucks. one of them came crashing down towards the family home. it knocked down a wall. the lights went out. the water came in, sweeping away the two boys and their dad. jonathon, their next—door neighbour, told us what happened next. translation: the water destroyed everything - in its path. the dad told me that he'd managed to take his boys in his arms, but then realised they had gone. he said the power of the water was incredible. "oh, my god," they shouted, when the water flooded valencia's largest shopping centre last week. it had been full of families. many of them escaped, but fears have grown that some may have been trapped

in the underground car park. dozens of empty cars have been retrieved, but others have not yet been reached. when we asked one police officer if he knew whether anyone had died here, he wouldn't tell us. many spaniards are furious at a lack of information. today, in the second city, barcelona, a new deluge filled the streets, cancelling trains and planes, bringing more misery. last week's devastating floodwaters have long receded, but they've exposed anger and a sense of abandonment, and that feeling is not going away. nick beake, bbc news, valencia. 0ur correspondent bethany bell has the latest on the flooding —— these are the live pictures in valencia which just shows you how much of a clean—up operation the volunteers and authorities are faced with in

addition to those efforts to try to find people who may have been trapped in their cars when the flood waters hit a week ago. authorities it provides the have extended a travel restriction for another two days —— authorities in valencia. that is to try to help the emergency services so they are not interrupted. they have cancelled school buses and are encouraging people to work from home. 0ur correspondent bethany bell has the latest on the flooding in valencia and barcelona. we understand things are returning to a more normal situation in barcelona, the flooding they experienced was nothing like the scale andthe tragedy of the flash floods that hit valencia last week. here in valencia the clean—up continues and is likely to go on for weeks if not months and people are beginning to count the cost to businesses, shops, homes. i was talking to some volunteers who said they are bringing basic supplies to people here because some of them

are sleeping in the mud—ruined, mud—clogged rooms of their houses, so this is a very difficult situation. let's turn our attention to valencia, where you are, there is so much to clear up and still people missing? it is a very, very difficult situation here. we've seen thousands of volunteers walking to affected areas because they are hard to reach by car. the local authorities say power has now been restored to most people in the area as well as gas supplies, they are working on mobile phone connections, improving those. there has been an awful lot of damage to rail infrastructure, in certain places i could see the railway line where cables had come down. people here know this is a very, very long road and of course there are the missing, and the search

continues for them. bethany bell in valencia. the polish authorities have warned that incendiary packages placed on cargo flights earlier this year were possible practice runs by russia's spy agency for attacks on transatlantic planes. 0ne package caught fire in a warehouse in birmingham injuly, another on the ground in germany and two more were found in poland. russia has denied involvement. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner explained how indendiary packages had caught fire in the uk, germany and poland. well, back injuly, onjuly the 22nd, there was a suspicious package that caught fire, it self—ignited, and it was at a dhl warehouse at minworth, a suburb of birmingham. that was put out, there were no injuries, it was dealt with at the time. at that time another one exploded in a container in leipzig. again, a package that was due to be placed on a cargo flight. then there were also two other packages in warsaw in poland

and a number of arrests have been made there. so this is all feeding into a pattern that both the polish authorities and the us authorities suspect could be part of what is called russian hybrid warfare. russia denies any involvement in this whatsoever but western officials, western intelligence officials, suspect this is some kind of punishment for western backing of ukraine. 0ne fact that we can certainly point to is that there has been a conviction, the first conviction under britain's new national security act that came into force last year, of a man who has been accused of, or convicted, rather, of an arson attack on a ukrainian—owned warehouse in leyton in east london. it is a worrying pattern

but russia denies it. what might these packages container? the really worrying thing is that these packages, some of which were reportedly disguised as containing erotic gadgets, electric massage pillows — that isn't the worrying bit — but the worrying bit is they contain a compound of magnesium, reportedly, that burns incredibly brightly, a very bright, hot white flame. you can't put it out with water, you can't douse it with water, in fact it will get even worse. you need a powder to be able to douse it. the german authorities have said they are investigating this and they are extremely concerned that if that package that ignited in leipzig on the ground, if that had happened in the air it would have caused a major crash, the plane would have been brought down with debris coming over people across germany, and the same presumably applies

to the other packages. the polish authorities reportedly suspect that all of this is a test run, a dummy run, for getting packages onto transatlantic flights to the us and canada, but us aviation authorities say there is no current risk to those transatlantic flights. frank gardner, our security correspondent. he spoke to us a little earlier. as we know, voting day in america, we are finally there, we expect to see former president donald trump arriving here, mar—a—lago in florida, very shortly, back to his residence, where we understand he will be casting his vote in palm beach, possibly mid—afternoon uk time. we will keep an eye on that. assuming

he will be voting for himself. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more in the hours ahead. hello again. 0ur weather is well and truly stuck in a rut at the moment. it's a fairly cloudy day ahead. you can see in st andrews we've had a lot of cloud already, and it's the same in st helier in the channel islands. a lot of cloud and, really, across the board, that is the story. high pressure has been in charge for a while and will continue to be so over the next few days. so a lot of cloud into the afternoon, some breaks across the north of scotland, northern ireland and wales, some patchy drizzle across the northern and western isles and the far north—east of scotland. but apart from that, light breezes with temperatures 11 to 16 degrees under the cloud. but, like yesterday, some of us could see occasional glimmers of brightness. now, if you're going to any bonfire events tonight, we're likely to see a few showers and breezy conditions in the north—west, but for the rest of the country,

largely dry, cloudy, mild with some hill fog, especially in parts of the south—east. temperatures seven to 12 degrees, but a chilly two degrees in aberdeen. so high pressure remains in charge of our weather on wednesday. you can see this ridge here, it's effectively keeping this weather front at bay, but you can also see how the wind is coming from a southerly direction, a mild direction for us as represented by the yellows and the ambers. so a lot of cloud once again on wednesday. as the weather front skirts past the outer hebrides, it will introduce some rain and then it moves away. breezy across the north—west. and for all of us again, a lot of cloud. some brighter breaks for northern scotland, north—east england and also wales with highs up to 17 degrees. on thursday, a lot of cloud to start the day, some mist and fog lifting into low cloud. some breaks in north—east england, north—east scotland and wales.

again, breezy across the far north—west with temperatures 12 to 15, so slipping just a touch. then as we head from friday into the weekend we've got different areas of weather fronts coming our way. some of them could well make inroads to the west, some of them may not. the jury is still out on that. but as we head from friday and into saturday and even sunday, we hang on to a lot of cloud. the chance of some rain coming in through the west, but temperatures still above the seasonal average.

this is bbc news, the headlines... it's election day in america. with millions due to vote, donald trump and kamala harris make their final pitch to voters. barcelona is hit by heavy rains as rescue work continues in valencia following devastating flash floods. a bbc investigation finds that senior doctors in england are charging the nhs premium rates for overtime. boeing's strike finally ends — a majority of workers vote in favour of a 38% wage increase, spread over four years. welcome to bbc news. i'm martine croxall. after months of campaigning the wait is finally over. it's election day and america will decide the country's 47th president. in what has been one

of the closest run races in living memory, the final polling shows it's a toss—up