Good morning from the Financial Times.

Today is Friday, November 6th.

And this is your F.T. news briefing.

Thursday was another day of waiting for results from the U.S. election, with Joe Biden saying he had no doubt

he'd be the next president. And the Federal Reserve and Bank of England took very

different measures when it came to monetary policy yesterday. Plus, just days after Uber landed a victory in California,

it reported so-so numbers in the most recent quarter.

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I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

As of Thursday night, Joe Biden was inching closer to a victory in the U.S. presidential election,

while Donald Trump took to a White House podium to make baseless claims the election was being stolen from him.

Our U.S. managing editor, Peter Speiegel, is with me to discuss what we know so far.

Peter, what did you hear from Biden and from Trump last night?

Well, we were really struck by Biden's language.

You know, he hardened up a little, he says he, there was, quote,

no doubt that he'd be the next president of the United States.

Now he has, you know, tried not declare victory, but that was pretty strong language

when he took the stage in Wilmington. We have no doubt that when the count is finished,

Senator Harris and I will be declared the winners.

So I ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm.

The process is working. They're pretty confident in talking to their

campaign officials that the mass is on their side in Pennsylvania and I think

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