Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter

Typically more Democrats turn out early, but this time, many Republicans have too, after Donald Trump reversed his 2020 advice, and encouraged them to vote in advance.

We are joined by Republican strategist Eric Tanenblatt and Dr Jasmine Clark, who is a Democrat and a Georgia State Representative.

We were joined from Oslo by Jan Egeland from the Norwegian Refugee Council.

We spoke to Lindy Li, a top Democratic fundraiser and strategist.

Then we went to Philadelphia. There was no red carpet for the stars descending here: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Tessa Thompson and the mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker.

One of the things that makes US elections so intriguing – and unpredictable – is the somewhat peculiar system of the electoral college.

We spoke to Albert Eisenberg, a Republican political strategist and a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Amos Yadlin spent five years as the head of Israel’s military intelligence he joined us from central Israel.

We spoke to Iranian academic Mohammed Marandi from the University of Tehran, who is close to the Iranian leadership. 

We spoke to Mustafa Barghouti, a politician in the West Bank, who’s leader of the Palestinian National Initiative party.

We spoke to Miri Eisin, a retired Israel Defense Forces colonel with a background in military intelligence.

We’re joined by Peter Loge, who was a senior advisor in the Obama administration and is now a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University.

The Doctors Without Borders charity has said thousands of Palestinians along with five of its staff members are trapped in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza – saying they are “fearing for their lives”.

The Israeli military has been carrying out a third ground offensive in northern Gaza which it says is targeting Hamas militants allegedly hiding in civilian areas.

We spoke to the Lebanese writer and analyst Ali Rizk.