thus let's turn to our main headlines. it is election day in the us. the country decides will it be kamala harris or donald trump in the most consequential election in generations. there are long lines as americans cast their votes in a tight race.- lines as americans cast their votes in a tight race. here we have been — votes in a tight race. here we have been looking _ votes in a tight race. here we have been looking up - votes in a tight race. here we have been looking up false i have been looking up false claims about the us election that have been getting millions of views. in that have been getting millions of views. ., , of views. in other news, the sanish of views. in other news, the spanish brain _ of views. in other news, the spanish brain minister- spanish brain minister announces an aid package worth 10.6 billion euros to help areas affected by the devastating flash floods. and buckingham palace says queen camilla is withdrawing from engagements this week because of a chest infection.

more on that in a moment but let's catch up with the sports headlines. good afternoon, molly. a busy schedule of champions league fixtures to come on tuesday. manchester united's incoming manager, ruben amorim, takes charge of sporting lisbon against manchester city. it's one of his final two matches with the portugese club before joining united. manchester city midfielder and portugal international, bernardo silva, is a big fan of amorim. asa as a manager, tactically, you can see he is really good and you can see the way he prepares his teams. at sporting, it was never this, his teams. at sporting, it was neverthis, it his teams. at sporting, it was never this, it was always going upwards and upwards, better and better after each season. and they are a big machine right now, to be honest, i only have compliments, because they have been flying in the portuguese league and it's going to be very tough to beat them, the way they have been playing. in

terms of him going to man united, well, i don't wish him very well, as you can imagine because it will be my rival but he deserves what he got and he deserves to be one of the best clubs in the world right now because of the work he did in the last years which has been unbelievable. if we win this game when i start— if we win this game when i start with manchester united, they— start with manchester united, they will— start with manchester united, they will think the new alex ferguson has arrived, which is very— ferguson has arrived, which is very difficult to maintain. so regardless of the tea's expectations on the lessons they— expectations on the lessons they draw from this match, that doesn't — they draw from this match, that doesn't matter to me. what interests _ doesn't matter to me. what interests me is winning this match _ xabi alonso says he will focus on the game and not the emotions of an anfield return when bayer leverkusen face his old club liverpool on tuesday in the champions league. alonso won the competition when he played for the reds in 2005. he made a total of 210 appearances for liverpool between 2004 and 2009.

i will tell you probably the question after the game about how i feel, but there will be a moment where everything, but the main thing is not me, the main thing is the players, and how they can deal with those emotions that you have here in the stadium. we have good momentum and for us this challenge is to play against one of the best in europe and to come to anfield is a great challenge and we have a desire to show our best football and it will be a great energy. among the nine fixtures, a tasty clash between title holders real madrid and ac milan. scottish champions celtic welcome rb leipzig to glasgow, and juventus travel to lille. the season—end finale in women's tennis is taking place this week in riyadh — the first major professional women s sports event to be

held in saudi arabia. some critics have questioned the suitability of holding the tournament there due to human rights issues but the wta says the three—year deal will help leave a sporting legacy. among those involved in trying to bring tennis to the wider saudi population isjudy murray, who spoke to our sports correspondent laura scott. i would say to anyone who might have any concern about us coming here, iwould have any concern about us coming here, i would say, have any concern about us coming here, iwould say, come over and see for yourself. you will be blown away by the hospitality and the welcome and the passion for making change. amnesty said you would be the passion for making change. amnesty said you would he being asked to perform a sports washing role. iwonder what asked to perform a sports washing role. i wonder what you made of the accusation. for me, i've always _ made of the accusation. for me, i've always done _ made of the accusation. for me, i've always done this _ made of the accusation. for me, i've always done this kind - made of the accusation. for me, i've always done this kind of - i've always done this kind of role and have been doing it for many, many years on the wta goal is to bring tennis into places where it doesn't exist

or there is limited activity. it was more about the passion for the sport and the chance to be a catalyst for change. and that's all the sport for now. back to you matthew let's get straight back to the us election because of this campaign feels like it's been going for ages, that's because it has. there have been some extraordinary moments along the way. let's take a quick look back. america's comeback starts right now. it back. america's comeback starts riaht now. , ., , right now. it is time to finish the “ob. right now. it is time to finish the job. trump _ right now. it is time to finish the job. trump versus - right now. it is time to finish | the job. trump versus biden. donald trump _ the job. trump versus biden. donald trump has _ the job. trump versus biden. donald trump has been - the job. trump versus biden. | donald trump has been found guilty— donald trump has been found guilty of... 35+ donald trump has been found guilty of- - -_ donald trump has been found guilty of... 34 separate counts of falsifying — guilty of... 34 separate counts of falsifying business - guilty of... 34 separate counts of falsifying business records. | of falsifying business records. he is— of falsifying business records. he is now_ of falsifying business records. he is now a _ of falsifying business records. he is now a convicted - of falsifying business records. he is now a convicted felon. l of falsifying business records. | he is now a convicted felon. it is a rig trial, disgrace for a very— is a rig trial, disgrace for a very innocent man. a stumbling

performance — very innocent man. a stumbling performance by _ very innocent man. a stumbling performance by joe _ very innocent man. a stumbling performance by joe biden - very innocent man. a stumbling performance by joe biden on . very innocent man. a stumbling | performance by joe biden on the performance byjoe biden on the first televised _ performance byjoe biden on the first televised presidential - first televised presidential debate _ first televised presidential debate. ~ , ., debate. we will be dealing with eve hinu debate. we will be dealing with everything we _ debate. we will be dealing with everything we have _ debate. we will be dealing with everything we have to - debate. we will be dealing with everything we have to do - everything we have to do with... a ~ everything we have to do with... a, ,, ., everything we have to do with... ,, ., , , with... making two blunders durin: a with... making two blunders during a press _ with... making two blunders during a press conference i with... making two blunders during a press conference at the nato _ during a press conference at the nato summit. _ during a press conference at the nato summit.— during a press conference at the nato summit. ladies and gentlemen. _ the nato summit. ladies and gentlemen, president - the nato summit. ladies and gentlemen, president putin. | the nato summit. ladies and i gentlemen, president putin. if you want to really see something sad, take a look at what — something sad, take a look at what happened... something sad, take a look at what happened. . ._ what happened... tonight, an assassination _ what happened... tonight, an assassination attempt - what happened... tonight, an assassination attempt on - what happened... tonight, an i assassination attempt on donald trump rfi is the us. he says americans should stand united. we must not go down this road in america. we must not go down this road in america-— in america. donald trump has arrived to _ in america. donald trump has arrived to join _ in america. donald trump has arrived to join the _ in america. donald trump has arrived to join the republican | arrived to join the republican nationai— arrived to join the republican national convention. - arrived to join the republican national convention. [- arrived to join the republican national convention.- national convention. i stand before you _ national convention. i stand before you in _ national convention. i stand before you in this _ national convention. i stand before you in this arena i national convention. i stand i before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty. electron per mania —— let trumpamania run wild, brother. joe biden— trumpamania run wild, brother. joe biden is going to stand

down — joe biden is going to stand down from _ joe biden is going to stand down from the _ joe biden is going to stand| down from the presidential race — down from the presidential race. ~ , , down from the presidential race. ~ ,, . , down from the presidential race. ., , race. miss harris has reached the threshold _ race. miss harris has reached the threshold necessary i race. miss harris has reached the threshold necessary to i the threshold necessary to become the presumptive nominee. i accept your nomination. i i accept your nomination. didn't i accept your nomination. i didn't know she was black, and how— didn't know she was black, and now she — didn't know she was black, and now she wants _ didn't know she was black, and now she wants to _ didn't know she was black, and now she wants to be _ didn't know she was black, and now she wants to be known i didn't know she was black, and now she wants to be known asl now she wants to be known as black — now she wants to be known as black. so _ now she wants to be known as black, black. so say it with me, we are going — black. so say it with me, we are going back. _ black. so say it with me, we are going back. who's i black. so say it with me, we are going back. who's going i black. so say it with me, we i are going back. who's going to tell him that — are going back. who's going to tell him that the _ are going back. who's going to tell him that the job _ are going back. who's going to tell him that the job he - are going back. who's going to tell him that the job he is i tell him that the job he is currently seeking might be one of those — currently seeking might be one of those blackjobs? currently seeking might be one of those black jobs?— of those black “obs? they are eatin: of those black “obs? they are eating the — of those black jobs? they are eating the dogs, _ of those black jobs? they are eating the dogs, the - of those black jobs? they are eating the dogs, the people i eating the dogs, the people that— eating the dogs, the people that came _ eating the dogs, the people that came in, _ eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're - eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats _ that came in, they're eating the cats— that came in, they're eating the cats. ., ,, ., the cats. talk about extreme. the us secret _ the cats. talk about extreme. the us secret service - the cats. talk about extreme. the us secret service has i the us secret service has thwarted _ the us secret service has thwarted a _ the us secret service has thwarted a suspected i thwarted a suspected assassination- thwarted a suspectedl assassination attempt thwarted a suspected i assassination attempt on thwarted a suspected _ assassination attempt on donald trump _ assassination attempt on donald trump white _ assassination attempt on donald trump while he _ assassination attempt on donald trump while he was _ assassination attempt on donald trump while he was playing - trump while he was playing golf — trump while he was playing golf i— trump while he was playing aolf. . trump while he was playing olf. ., ., trump while he was playing olf, ., ., ., golf. i am a gun owner, tim walz is a — golf. i am a gun owner, tim walz is a gun _ golf. i am a gun owner, tim walz is a gun owner. - golf. i am a gun owner, tim walz is a gun owner. if i walz is a gun owner. if somebody breaks into my house, they are — somebody breaks into my house, they are getting shot. tim somebody breaks into my house, they are getting shot.— they are getting shot. tim 'ust said something i i they are getting shot. tim 'ust said something i agree i they are getting shot. tim just said something i agree with, l they are getting shot. tim just i said something i agree with, we don't want to blame immigrants for higher housing prices. much of what the senator said right there, i'm in agreement.

takeover, elon. get off your couch— takeover, elon. get off your couch and _ takeover, elon. get off your couch and vote.— takeover, elon. get off your couch and vote. that was a day of love. couch and vote. that was a day of love- may — couch and vote. that was a day of love- may i _ couch and vote. that was a day of love. may i finish _ of love. may i finish responding, - of love. may i finish | responding, please? of love. may i finish l responding, please? i of love. may i finish i responding, please? i like of love. may i finish - responding, please? i like my aaarbae responding, please? i like my garbage truck. _ responding, please? i like my garbage truck. when - responding, please? i like my garbage truck. when we i responding, please? i like my| garbage truck. when we fight, we win. garbage truck. when we fight, we win- get — garbage truck. when we fight, we win. get out _ garbage truck. when we fight, we win. get out and _ garbage truck. when we fight, we win. get out and vote. i well, that was a look back. let's look forward because the us election is looking to be the most litigated election on record according to democracy docket who say as of november the 4th, 206 voting —related lawsuits have been filed in 2024 and that number surpasses the voting —related lawsuits filed in 2020. let's speak to a senior writer at the group, and thank you forjoining us. the phrase being used is when the voting stops, the lawyers really get going. is that what

you anticipate?— you anticipate? matthew, thanks, and _ you anticipate? matthew, thanks, and i— you anticipate? matthew, thanks, and i would i you anticipate? matthew, thanks, and i would say i you anticipate? matthew, i thanks, and i would say yes, but i'd also say the lawyers started litigating well before the ballots stopped coming in. as i wrote, this is already the most litigated election on record and that started last year. if you look at the election cycle from 2023 up to 2024 we are at almost 300 lawsuits and that stretches back to many lawsuits from republican groups and the gop itself trying to disenfranchise voters. ., ., ,., ., voters. tell me more about that because i— voters. tell me more about that because i know _ voters. tell me more about that because i know october - voters. tell me more about that because i know october was i voters. tell me more about that because i know october was a i because i know october was a real flurry and optic in the lawsuits brought, but broadly, what with a lawsuit principally about? , .,, , what with a lawsuit principally about? , , ., about? they were mostly about who can actually _ about? they were mostly about who can actually go _ about? they were mostly about who can actually go to - about? they were mostly about who can actually go to vote i about? they were mostly about who can actually go to vote and j who can actually go to vote and whose ballots are counted. a

lot of lawsuits focused on mail—in ballots and early voting and then a lot of lawsuits targeting noncitizen voters. the idea that people who are not citizens of the united states are voting en masse has been a disinformation campaign that has been really weaponised by the right, so we are seeing lawsuits in almost every state that accuse boards of elections of allowing millions of ineligible voters to vote so we have been seeing a lot of lawsuits trying to purge eligible voters. and a lot of lawsuits trying to purge eligible voters. and i think in most _ purge eligible voters. and i think in most of— purge eligible voters. and i think in most of those i purge eligible voters. and i i think in most of those cases, most have been struck down. if we anticipate many more coming after today, we anticipate many more coming aftertoday, how we anticipate many more coming after today, how much does that tie up the courts and how high up tie up the courts and how high up the legal chain does it go? does it go ultimately to the supreme court potentially?

potentially, absolutely. it depends on which lawsuits, you know, there's only so many lawsuits the supreme court can take on and which lawsuits the republicans end up filing and want to fight, so we will see a lot of lawsuits challenging which ballots can be counted and losses to challenge counts and losses to challenge counts and recounts and there will be all kinds of lawsuits basically trying to disenfranchise people who have already cast their ballot. g who have already cast their ballot. �* ., , ., ., , ballot. a final question. i was listeninu ballot. a final question. i was listening to — ballot. a final question. i was listening to donald _ ballot. a final question. i was listening to donald trump's l listening to donald trump's former national security adviser predicting last night that donald trump would announce he has one and some stage between nine and 10pm us time, and if you put that together with all of the lawsuits you are talking about, what does it mean for any potential result, final result?

means nothing, he can say what he wants and the only thing that matters when all of the votes are counted. obviously by him saying that, it's not about democracy working, it's about him creating a narrative and starting the process of challenging the election and sowing disinformation and distrust in the election process, which works exactly as it tends to. process, which works exactly as it tends ta— it tends to. are 'ust a thought about the _ it tends to. are just a thought about the lawsuits _ it tends to. are just a thought i about the lawsuits themselves, do they have the potential to delay state calling a final result meaning the final result is delayed. result meaning the final result is delayed-— result meaning the final result isdela ed. , ,~ is delayed. yes, absolutely and i think this _ is delayed. yes, absolutely and i think this is — is delayed. yes, absolutely and i think this is something - is delayed. yes, absolutely and i think this is something about | i think this is something about us elections that we take for granted. priorto us elections that we take for granted. prior to 2020 election results were normally called on that night but as they have got closer and there's been legal

challenges it takes longer to count the votes and that process gets delayed and it doesn't mean the systems are working, but it does mean that the systems are working extra hard to ensure every vote is counted and the rightful winner shows who declared the winner. thanks forjoining us live on the programme. let's get back to that huge electoral exercise currently going on, around 240 million people eligible to vote. a third of them, 82 million, have already voted early either in person or by post, but becoming president is not a simple matter of who gets the most votes. think of this not as one national election but as 50 state elections. john 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 numbers of votes that each state gets. for example, the most populated state is california. it gets 54 votes. it is largely democrat, so if more people vote democrat in california, all 54 votes go to the harris camp. whereas texas, the harris camp. whereas texas, the second largest state, is largely republican, so all of its 40 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. you can hear that number repeated and

repeated in the coming hours. false and misleading claims have been racking up throughout the election campaigns and millions of views on social media ahead of the vote in the us and olga robinson has been looking at who has been spreading false information and why? spreading false information and wh ? ., , ., , ., why? false and misleading claims casting _ why? false and misleading claims casting doubt - why? false and misleading claims casting doubt on - why? false and misleading| claims casting doubt on the why? false and misleading - claims casting doubt on the us presidential election have been viewed millions of times in the days ahead of polling day and here are some of the claims we have looked into. this video appears to see someone in kentucky repeatedly trying and failing to vote for donald trump in a voting machine before a vote appears next to kamala harris�*s name. some users shared this clip viewed a million times is what they view as election interference. the counter clerk said in full disclosure after several minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur. election officials maintain it was a an isolated incident on the voter was able to cast their ballots as

intended. we've seen a few examples like this when an isolated incident is passed off online often by pro—trump activist accounts with online following as evidence of widespread election fraud. some suspect claims in recent days have been getting huge engagement. this post on twitter has been viewed nearly 30 million times and accuses the pentagon orfailing to the pentagon or failing to send absentee ballots to active military service members but it is not the pentagon'sjob military service members but it is not the pentagon's job to do so, as evident from this government website and balance are sent to military personnel by election officials where they are registered in the us and if the ballot is in danger of not arriving before the voting deadline, there is an option to get one online. the majority of claims we have tracked so far have been produced by people in the us, but there's been evidence of foreign actors getting involved, and on monday us intelligence agencies released a statement identifying russia as the most active foreign threat. they also said russian

actors were behind this video featuring an unidentified man who claimed to be a former aide to the arizona secretary of state who said he resigned after seeing what he called evidence of massive fraud against donald trump. the clip was viewed over 200,000 times on x before the account that posted it was suspended. bbc verify has been tracking to operations linked to russia in the last few months and they have been impersonating international media outlets including the bbc by sharing fake articles and videos like these in an attempt to sow division and distrust. it is unclear how much impact of any of these efforts are having on voters that us intelligence officials say they expect influences to release more fabricated content in the days and weeks to come. that fabricated content in the days and weeks to come.— and weeks to come. that was ola and weeks to come. that was olga robinson _ and weeks to come. that was olga robinson and _ and weeks to come. that was olga robinson and you - and weeks to come. that was olga robinson and you can i and weeks to come. that was. olga robinson and you can see the picture there, running the live pictures from wisconsin and the voting starting their

and the voting starting their and a steady line of people entering the polling booth to cast their vote and we were just showing you some of the highlights from this long, long campaign and finally after all of that campaigning from the two main candidates today is the day where those millions of people finally are casting their votes. people finally are casting theirvotes. it's people finally are casting their votes. it's incredible when you think of the amount of campaigning there has been that still we were told there were undecided voters, and those people who have been talking to the bbc saying in recent days perhaps they will decide when they are in the polling booth. many will have made up their minds but some are leaving it to that got for your moment when they are inside the polling booth. those are the pictures in wisconsin. it is showing the pictures in new york that the same is going on there with the voting going on, 240 million americans eligible to devote we know millions upon millions have taken advantage

of early voting, including kamala harris. but we expect to see donald trump vote, we think, around 15 or 20 minutes�* time which might stretch out. jd vance, we saw the pictures of him arriving to cast his vote only about an hour or so ago. let's turn from these live pictures to the polling because all of those americans cast their vote, the opinion polls, they are incredibly tight. a flurry of polls arrived in the last 24 hours, each with their own slightly different take on the figures and if you draw out the figures and if you draw out the overall trends rather than the overall trends rather than the individual points you see vice president harris just a point ahead in the national poll, but the candidates share of the national vote will not determine the winner stop let's turn to the battleground states as we know how crucial those seven swing states are. the polls have tightened further and donald trump is edging in

arizona but it's nearly down a point since yesterday on the other battleground is even closer and neither candidate can bank on the victory in any of those states because election results have often differed from the polls by around three points or so which would overturn any of the leads you see shown there on the screen. a point of how you can watch the results come in rather than poles or predictions, you can watch nbc news and on bbc one on the iplayer here in the uk at 2240 gmt. we will bring you a special programme from washington from washington to our team of experts and correspondence. we will be back in the us in the next few minutes. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

you are watching bbc news and we will be straight back to the us in a moment or two but let's

spend the next couple of minutes looking at the important stories of the day because rescue teams are continuing search efforts in valencia a week after the floods which killed more than 200 people. around 15,000 security force and emergency services personnel are working around the clock to repair damaged infrastructure and to distribute aid and search for bodies in spain's largest peacetime deployment of its armed forces. the spanish prime minister has also been speaking about the levels of support now being provided. the spanish government is putting together a response plan to help with reconstruction and recovery for the whole of the valencia region. there are, of course, other affected provinces, but as everybody knows we are focusing on particular on valencia. our response plan includes three phases. firstly, the most urgent phase we are

in, providing response following the disaster. the second is the reconstruction of affected areas on the third phase will be to get all of the local administrative areas working together on a recovery and transformation phase as needed to re—adapt the land, especially in the valencia region to deal with the climate crisis which sadly is affecting the whole mediterranean region. the spanish by minister speaking earlier. buckingham palace says that queen camilla hopes to be well enough to attend this weekends remembrance events. the duchess of gloucester has stepped in on the queen's behalf to attend the queen's behalf to attend the annual opening of the field of remembrance at westminster on thursday. sarah campbell has the latest about the queen's health and how the schedule will look like this week. {line will look like this week. one ofthe will look like this week. one of the engagements - will look like this week. (he of the engagements they would attend is thursday, the field of remembrance at westminster

abbey, and we heard from the palace today that she will not be attending because she has got a chest infection. they are hoping, the palace is open, she will be well enough to attend the main events, if at the weekend on saturday and on sunday when it is the national service of remembrance at the cenotaph but essentially that's what we know and they are not giving any specific details about this chest infection. she is 77 years old and had quite a busy month. i wouldn't say there's any sense of alarm but she just needs the time to rest and she is under doctor's supervision and we understand she's at home, being looked after and has expressed disappointment she will not be at the engagements on thursday but hoping very much to be there on saturday and sunday. i should say the prime minister, sir keir starmer hosted eight —— posted a get well message on behalf of the whole country, i wish her majesty the queen a speedy recovery.— wish her majesty the queen a speedy recovery. that was sarah cam - bell speedy recovery. that was sarah campbell on _ speedy recovery. that was sarah campbell on the _ speedy recovery. that was sarah campbell on the news _ speedy recovery. that was sarah campbell on the news queen - campbell on the news queen camilla has cancelled engagements this week because

she is unwell with a chest infection. before we take a break, let's return to the us and show you the live pictures. new york first of all because the voting is well under way in new york with those pictures, but as i say, the picture freezes. let me show you tennessee because the pictures, there we go, people inside the ballot box making their decisions and of course it's all about getting the vote out and the final messages coming from the two candidates last night to kamala harris and donald trump, and it was fascinating that kamala harris in all of her closing remarks did not mention donald trump by name, but contrasting everything with the republican candidate and the republican candidate, donald trump, as you see the pictures from new york, talking about fixing all of america's ills. he said that could happen if republican voters head to the polls. we

will be live with the latest in a moment or two. the benign conditions are set to continue through the day and the rest of the week as high—pressure dominates. it will be mostly dry, a lot of cloud around, some missed an murkiness and low cloud around coasts and hills and may be some drizzle where the cloud will be thick but we will notice generally by night it will be relatively mild for the time of year. a few weather fronts trying to work in off the atlantic but it won't be until around friday we could see a few showers across northern ireland and western scotland. most of the afternoon today will be cloudy with glimmers of brightness here and there. probably favoured spots around the north of scotland and temperatures around the low or mid—teens. if you are heading out for bonfire night, any organised events, it will

stay mostly cloudy and a little bit of mist and fog here and there and the winds will be light. through the night, it stays largely dry and we will see variable cloud come and go on a few clear spells and where the sky is clear it will turn quite chilly, for example the far north—east of scotland close to aberdeen but for most, where it is cloudy, between seven and 11 degrees. in two wednesday we start to pick up more of a breeze across northern and western areas and see warm air pushing up from the azores and the subtropics so that might feel notable, particularly if you get cloud breaks and see sunshine but wednesday looking mostly cloudy, a bit of mist and fog and there and some low but favoured spots for sunshine, northern and western wales, northern and western wales, northern england and northern scotland and if we do see the sunshine it could be up to 17 celsius but for most i think it is the mid—teens. thursday, a similar story, is the mid—teens. thursday, a similarstory, more is the mid—teens. thursday, a similar story, more a breeze in the south and breezy towards northern and western areas and favoured spots for cloud breaks across northern england and

northern scotland and north wales as well and again up to the high teens which is pretty decent for this time of year. for friday, there are the weather fronts i showed you earlierjust weather fronts i showed you earlier just encroaching weather fronts i showed you earlierjust encroaching into western areas there because they are bumping up against high—pressure they will melt away, so most places will be laid out —— grey and gloomy other temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees at best, and with high—pressure holding on as we head into the weekend, a lot more dry weather around and hopefully we should see a few more glimmers of brightness in the north and west.

live from london, there is bbc news. it is election day in the us, the country decides will it be kamala harris or donald trump in the most consequential election in generations. people have been queueing up outside voting stations like here in the key swing state of nevada as americans cast their ballot in a contest which polls suggest is too close to call. i am in palm beach florida where donald trump is due to cast his ballot in the final act of a long and oftentimes gruelling campaign for both candidates. we will be live with democrats and republicans on the programme today and we will hear from voters who will analyse the final polling and the final messages from the two candidates. we will also

explain how the