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November 6, 2024

	By Gaya Gupta

Good morning. This special edition of your morning newsletter is about the momentous U.S. election.

Plus, how “Blitz” recreates wartime London.

Voters outside a museum in Michigan.  Andrea Bruce for The New York Times

Americans vote and an anxious wait begins

After a grueling and polarizing campaign, American voters are choosing their next president. It’s hours before the last polls close in Alaska, and it may be days until one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history is decided.

Will Kamala Harris become the first woman to lead the U.S., or will Donald Trump return to power? Follow our live updates.

More than 80 million people voted early. Harris was among them, while Trump voted today in Florida.

Polling stations were busy across the country and reported few technical issues. Eileen Friel, 66, and her two sisters voted for Harris in Collegeville, Pa. “We’re just worried about what could happen if the person in control is a little unhinged,” she said.

Mason Long, 30, who lives outside Asheville, N.C., said ongoing wars and a desire for a better economy were behind his vote for Trump. “I believe he will protect us and keep us out of future wars,” he said.

The first polls will close at 6 p.m. Eastern and the last polls will close at 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, though results will continue to flow in afterward. We could be in for a long wait. This is how my colleague Jess Bidgood, who writes the On Politics newsletter, described the situation:

“I think it’s going to be a night on the knife’s edge. Just across the map, up and down the ballot. We’re looking at a lot of really, really close races. And we may have to be really patient before we get clarity on what’s going to happen.”

Here’s when to expect results in each state.

More on the U.S. election Nate Cohn, our chief political analyst, breaks down four possible outcomes. Kaleigh Rogers, a reporter covering polling, explains why even though the polls are close, the results may not be. With no concrete answers yet, there are a few individual counties we can look to for clues. Here’s what they can tell us. The winner isn’t decided by who has the most votes. Let’s take a look at the Electoral College. From Opinion: Four Times columnists brace for election night and what will follow.

A gymnasium in Kansas City, Missouri.  David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

Fears of foreign meddling and domestic unrest

U.S. officials said yesterday that they expected an increase in efforts by foreign adversaries to undermine the elections. In Washington, some business owners near the White House boarded up their windows in case of civil unrest.

Three U.S. intelligence agencies warned that Russia, and to a lesser extent Iran, would most likely flood social media with misinformation on Election Day and for weeks afterward. A senior official said she expected a greater scale of influence efforts than in previous election cycles.

Trump, who has used brutal rhetoric during the campaign and vowed retribution against his enemies, said after voting yesterday that there should be no violence after the election. “My supporters are not violent people,” he said. He didn’t mention the riot on Jan. 6, but in Washington the Capitol Police were on high alert.

Officials in two states — Maine and Georgia — said that they had responded to threats against schools and polling places and that none were found to be credible.

A billboard in Tel Aviv, Israel. Thomas Peter/Reuters

The world is watching

The next president will inherit multiple global conflicts, including the war in Gaza and Lebanon, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For people in the Middle East and in Eastern Europe, hopes were low that either candidate would do much to change or end two of the world’s most entrenched conflicts.

Gazans were skeptical that either Harris or Trump would do much to improve their situation. Polls show that Israelis overwhelmingly support Trump, and assume a Harris win would bring more criticism of Israeli policies toward Palestinians.

Ukrainians braced for a result that will almost certainly shape their future, but in profoundly different ways. Trump and Harris have starkly contrasting visions for America’s role in the war, as well as in NATO. In Russia, the Kremlin may quietly prefer Trump over Harris, but pessimism reigned about prospects for a swift end to the war in Ukraine.

In this video, our foreign correspondents tell us what they see as the biggest issue where they are stationed.

Destruction after an Israeli raid in the West Bank yesterday. Raneen Sawafta/Reuters

Sports

Billy H.C. Kwok for The New York Times

Hong Kong’s tiny, subdivided apartments are among the starkest examples of the city’s vast income inequality. More than 200,000 people call them home.

Last month, the city announced tighter regulations on the size and fixtures of such apartments. Experts say the plan would raise already high rents for the poor and evict a number of people without plans for resettlement.

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How the film ‘Blitz’ recreated London in 1940

The director Steve McQueen started with the photograph: A young Black child clutching a suitcase in a London train station during World War II, while German bombs fell.

It’s one of many images that inspired McQueen’s new film “Blitz,” currently streaming. The film recreated the sprawling labyrinth of London by shooting mostly outside the city and avoiding the use of a CGI set. Take a look at where they filmed, and how they used archival film and photos to bring wartime London to life.

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That’s it for today. See you tomorrow. — Gaya

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