US exit polls show state of the democracy and the economy are the most important issues. Also Israel's Prime Minister fires his Defence Secretary and a piece of 77 year-old cake goes for a princely sum.

Will it be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Americans elect their new president. Also: workers at Boeing get back to work with a massive pay rise and it's a happy birthday for some of your smart speakers - Alexa turns ten.

On the final day of campaigning the race for US President is too close to call. Also, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu faces allegations of leaking classified documents and we hear from St Lucia's first Olympic medal winner.

Moldova's pro-EU president Maia Sandu appears on course for a second term. The King of Spain is met by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia. US presidential candidates make last pitch for support.

Your weekly bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.As well as electing a president, Americans will also choose governors, representatives, and senators. Although these races may have been overshadowed, they could determine how much power the next president has.The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide, one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world.For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you got this podcast.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their pitches on the final weekend of campaigning in the United States. Also: a polio clinic is hit in northern Gaza on the day a vaccination drive was restarted.

Charlotte and Dave met as strangers in a moment of crisis, and went on to marry. Also, the son who reunited with his father after 19 years, and the friends that have been meeting up every week in the same spot since 1968 Presenter: Jannat Jalil. Music composed by Iona Hampson.

As the US presidential election approaches, Donald Trump attempts to drum up support from Arab-American voters in Michigan, while Kamala Harris holds rallies in Wisconsin. Also: can avatars help people with psychosis?

More than 200 people are now confirmed dead in the flash flooding in Spain. Also: Thailand recognises hundreds of thousands of stateless people living there as Thai citizens.

Hundreds of people in Spain, aided by drones, have been deployed to a rescue mission after recent flash floods claimed many lives. Also: the first artwork made by a humanoid robot, Ai-da, goes up for auction.

Rescue efforts continue in Spain to find survivors of flash flooding which have killed more than 100 people. Also: super typhoon hits Taiwan, and North Korea tests its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile.

Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with scores of people dead and dozens more missing. Also: remembering the iconic boxing fight between Ali and Foreman.

More than 70 people have died in Spain after the country’s worst flooding in decades. Also: China has successfully launched its youngest-ever astronauts into space, and are animals more fond of alcohol than we thought?

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says almost 100 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike. Also: IKEA compensates victims forced to make its products and tributes to the Buena Vista Social Club's trumpeter.

Hezbollah has chosen a new leader after the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike. Also: Georgia announces a partial recount of its disputed election results, and a lost city in Mexico is uncovered.

The Israeli Parliament votes to ban the Palestinian refugee agency, UNWRA. Also: the world’s trees under threat, the Spanish midfielder, Rodri, wins the Ballon d’Or, and a new Chopin waltz sees the light of day.

UN says the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hits a record high. Also: Pakistan's drive to vaccinate against polio after surge in cases. And can fairy tales get children to eat more fruit and vegetables?

Georgia's PM denies vote rigging claims in Saturday's election as the president blames Russian involvement. Also: ex-Bolivian leader Evo Morales says he was shot at, and where there's no sunlight for three months.

Your weekly bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.Canada and India are locked in a fierce diplomatic row, after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on allegations that senior Indian officials were involved in the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada.The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide, one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world.For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you got this podcast.

President Biden says he hopes Israeli air strikes on Iran mark the end of hostilities. Also: the Vatican wants a stronger role for women, and linking an old skeleton to an ancient Norse tale.

Meet the woman helping premature babies feel their parents' love, after her son Zachary was born 12 weeks early. Also: how Egypt became Malaria free; the homeless tour guide; and the world's oldest battle rapper.

Israel has hit Iran with what it called "precise and targeted" air strikes and warned Tehran not to retaliate. Iranian state media have played down the damage from the attacks. We consider what the impact will be.

One of the world's most prolific online child abusers, Alexander McCartney, has been jailed in Northern Ireland. Also: 75-year-old rock star Bruce Springsteen says he has no plans to retire any time soon.

Former commander in rebel Lord's Resistance Army, Thomas Kwoyelo, sentenced to 40 years for war crimes in Uganda. Also: The tortured monkey released back into the wild, and a scientific breakthrough in eco production.

The UN says the world is on track to miss global warming limits by a "catastrophic" margin, leading to dramatic increases in extreme weather events. Also: how did the act of kissing evolve?

Commonwealth leaders to defy UK and discuss reparations for slavery. Also: Polar bears face new threats due to rising temperatures, and Italian politician sparks row by praising WWII soldiers as heroes.

The Turkish interior minister said that the two attackers, a man and a woman, were killed. Also: two lost ancient cities have been discovered in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan.

The UN says Israel's bombardment of northern Gaza has delayed its polio vaccine campaign. Also: Donald Trump's team accuse Britain's ruling Labour party of election interference, and the reinvention of classical music.

Andriy Kostin said he took responsibility for a scandal in which thousands of disability certificates were issued on the basis of fake documents. Also: a hoard of British silver coins raises millions of dollars.

Lebanon says an Israeli strike near a hospital has killed at least 13, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to push for a ceasefire. Also: We'll hear the latest from the US campaign trail and the giant meteor that hit earth

Israel says it has identified a Hezbollah bunker 'full of cash and gold' under a Beirut hospital. Also: research into how clock changes in the UK affect mood, and why an airport is limiting farewell hugs.

People in Moldova have narrowly backed a commitment to join the EU, in a referendum which was combined with presidential elections. Also: the issues – and online fandoms – dominating the US presidential campaign.

Israel says it is carrying out targeted strikes on sites belonging to Hezbollah's financial arm in Lebanon. Also: Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba and, why are TikTok users buying abandoned homes in Japan?

The Global News Podcast, The Global Story and Americast join forces to answer your questions about the US presidential election. We look at what the result could mean for the Middle East, Ukraine and climate change.

Israeli PM says Iran and allies have made a ‘grave mistake’ after his home was targeted by a drone. Also: Striking Boeing workers to vote on new pay deal, and how video games are better for your brain than exercise.

Meet the 14-year-old human calculator. Aaryan Shukla has been practising mental maths since the age of 6 — and holds a Guinness World Records title.

Israel blockades part of northern Gaza, dashing hopes of a ceasefire after the killing of the Hamas leader. Also: a nationwide power cut in Cuba, and the start-up offering Americans a chance to produce smarter children.

Hamas confirms the death of Yahya Sinwar and says it will not return the Israeli hostages until the IDF stops its assault and withdraws troops from Gaza. Also: reports that North Korea is sending soldiers to Russia.

The Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, was believed to have been a key figure behind the 7th of October attacks last year in Israel. Also: Australian territory to resume jailing 10-year-olds.

Police in Argentina are investigating the death of Liam Payne - a former member of boy band One Direction - who fell from a hotel balcony. Also: President Zelensky has urged EU leaders to accept his 'victory plan'.

The US envoy to the UN has said Washington is watching Israel's actions in northern Gaza to ensure there is not “a policy of starvation" there. Also: former One Direction star Liam Payne dies in Argentina.

Sudan's civil war has been raging for 18 months. Our reporter returns to his birthplace to find his home ransacked and his town in ruins. Also: Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, and the Grand Egyptian Museum opens in Giza.

The letter amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally. Also: fake vintage wine gang busted in France and Italy.

The UN rights office says the attack raised concerns about international humanitarian law. Also: North Korea blows up roads to South Korea, and we meet the Ukrainian civilians protecting the sky from Russian drones.

The UN has condemned the 'large number' of civilian deaths in north Gaza. Also: Lilly Ledbetter, who fought for equal pay for women in the US, has died, and the joy of discovering a 237 million year-old fossil.

Israel's army chief has said that a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base that killed at least four soldiers was a major blow. But General Herzi Halevi stressed the country was at war.

Hezbollah claims responsibility for a drone attack in northern Israel which killed four soldiers, and injured more than 60. Also: the UN demands answers after Israeli tanks drove into their compound in Lebanon.

We are at the One Young World Summit in Montréal with four young delegates from across the world. In a live panel, we put BBC correspondents' questions to them and ask, what would be different if they were in charge?