Erstellt am: 6. 11. 2012 - 15:21 Uhr

Finally!!

Reality Check: election day in the United States; strikes in Greece; Israeli military commanders on trial in Turkey; a women's market in Ivory Coast.

US presidential election

EPA/Larry W. Smith

As Reality Check went to air, election day was dawning in the United States. As the programme closes, it's less than 12 hours to go before the first results start coming in. We got a look at the final opinion polls and how the day looks set to run from Scott Keeter of Pew Research:

... and although the polls are favouring Obama, Republicans are still hoping that things will stop their way when it comes down to it, according to conservative writer Matthew Continetti at the Washington Beacon:

Greece braces for further strikes

Greece prepares for another 48 hour strike in protest at the austerity measures. Helena Smith reports from Athens:

Turkey tries ex-Israeli commanders

A Turkish court is trying in absentia 4 Israeli military commanders who oversaw the deadly raid on a Turkish boat that tried to break the blockade of Gaza in 2010. How does the trial figure in Turkish-Israeli relations? Analysis from Cengiz Günay from the Austrian Institute for International Politics:

African Women

Mariam Dao Gabalo of Oikocredit talks about her market project to help women in the Ivory Coast:

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