This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 5th of November, these are our main stories.

After months of campaigns, mudslinging, political promises and a fair bit of name-calling,

US voters are heading to the polls to elect their new president.

The question that people ask me is, how is this election so close?

How is a very unconventional candidate like Donald Trump able to do so well in American politics?

And I think eight years after Trump's first victory,

the US media and the global media really haven't done a good enough job

of answering this question.

Well, we're going to try.

Is Donald Trump or Kamala Harris heading to the White House?

Also in this podcast, workers at Boeing are heading back to the production line with a

whopping great pay rise. Polish authorities say Moscow may be planning attacks on North America

bound airplanes and... Alexa, what's the weather like? The current weather is 76 degrees Fahrenheit with cloudy skies.

Tonight, you can expect some clouds with a chance of thunder showers.

It's a special birthday for one virtual assistant some people can barely live without.

It's being called the most consequential election in recent US history.

It's certainly expected to be one of the closest.

Donald Trump and Carmelah Harris have ended their campaigns,

and now it's up to the voters to decide.

There are 40 million American teenagers and young people who are eligible to vote,

and they could play a decisive role in the outcome.

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