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| Mosul, Clinton, Pakistan: Your Wednesday Briefing | Mosul, Clinton, Pakistan: Your Wednesday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| We’re trying something new for our readers in Asia and Australia: a morning briefing to jump-start your day. | We’re trying something new for our readers in Asia and Australia: a morning briefing to jump-start your day. |
| What do you like? What do you want to see here? Email us with your feedback at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. | What do you like? What do you want to see here? Email us with your feedback at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • A week before Election Day, Donald J. Trump rallied voters in Pennsylvania by pledging to overturn President Obama’s signature health care act and seeking to connect his opponent, Hillary Clinton, to its costs. | • A week before Election Day, Donald J. Trump rallied voters in Pennsylvania by pledging to overturn President Obama’s signature health care act and seeking to connect his opponent, Hillary Clinton, to its costs. |
| Mrs. Clinton headed to Florida for rallies and was expected to shift her focus back to attacking Mr. Trump, after days of responding to news of a new chapter in the F.B.I. investigation into whether she and aides mishandled classified information. | Mrs. Clinton headed to Florida for rallies and was expected to shift her focus back to attacking Mr. Trump, after days of responding to news of a new chapter in the F.B.I. investigation into whether she and aides mishandled classified information. |
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| • Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, invited a handful of foreign journalists for a rare visit to his Damascus palace. | • Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, invited a handful of foreign journalists for a rare visit to his Damascus palace. |
| Our correspondent was there as Mr. Assad declared that his government was entering a new era of openness, and then placed the blame on the United States and Islamist militants for the war ravaging his country. | Our correspondent was there as Mr. Assad declared that his government was entering a new era of openness, and then placed the blame on the United States and Islamist militants for the war ravaging his country. |
| “I’m just a headline,” he said in a critique of his image abroad, “the bad president, the bad guy, who is killing the good guys.” | “I’m just a headline,” he said in a critique of his image abroad, “the bad president, the bad guy, who is killing the good guys.” |
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| • Saudi airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken a terrible toll on civilians. | • Saudi airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken a terrible toll on civilians. |
| Above, our immersive video takes you inside the scene of one of the most devastating cases — a mistakenly targeted reception hall packed with people for a funeral on Oct. 8. More than 100 people were killed. Move your cursor or thumb around the screen to look up, down and around. | Above, our immersive video takes you inside the scene of one of the most devastating cases — a mistakenly targeted reception hall packed with people for a funeral on Oct. 8. More than 100 people were killed. Move your cursor or thumb around the screen to look up, down and around. |
| The video inaugurates our Daily 360, videos that shrink barriers and bring you a new kind of journalism. | The video inaugurates our Daily 360, videos that shrink barriers and bring you a new kind of journalism. |
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| • “We don’t care about your red line.” | • “We don’t care about your red line.” |
| That was Turkey’s prime minister, after the president of the European Parliament asserted that the country had crossed “yet another red line” against freedom of speech by detaining the editor and top writers of the Cumhuriyet newspaper. | |
| Above, the paper’s headline reads, “We will not surrender.” | |
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| • Military analysts are debating how much of an advance China made with its Chengdu J-20, the much-anticipated, long-range stealth fighter jet it debuted at Airshow China. | • Military analysts are debating how much of an advance China made with its Chengdu J-20, the much-anticipated, long-range stealth fighter jet it debuted at Airshow China. |
| China announced its first major defense deal with Malaysia, the sale of four naval vessels. It was one of more than a dozen pacts that Prime Minister Najib Razak made at the start of a long visit and may reverberate in Washington. | China announced its first major defense deal with Malaysia, the sale of four naval vessels. It was one of more than a dozen pacts that Prime Minister Najib Razak made at the start of a long visit and may reverberate in Washington. |
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| • Alibaba will report its third-quarter earnings before the United States markets open, offering a snapshot of how the Chinese internet behemoth is doing. | • Alibaba will report its third-quarter earnings before the United States markets open, offering a snapshot of how the Chinese internet behemoth is doing. |
| • Speaking of internet behemoths, Facebook reports its quarterly results as well. | |
| • The Standard Chartered Bank said it could face fines or a suspension after the Hong Kong securities commission said it planned to take action against the London-based lender over its sponsorship of certain initial public offerings. | • The Standard Chartered Bank said it could face fines or a suspension after the Hong Kong securities commission said it planned to take action against the London-based lender over its sponsorship of certain initial public offerings. |
| • Federal Reserve officials conclude two days of meetings today, but no news on rates is expected until after the election. | |
| • Investors in Silicon Valley have provided more than $3 million in backing for Zcash, a new virtual currency that is meant to be untraceable, making it objectionable to regulators and bankers. | • Investors in Silicon Valley have provided more than $3 million in backing for Zcash, a new virtual currency that is meant to be untraceable, making it objectionable to regulators and bankers. |
| • United States stocks were down sharply over election concerns. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • United States stocks were down sharply over election concerns. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Elite Iraqi troops battled through Islamic State artillery, snipers and suicide attacks, entering the city of Mosul for the first time in more than two years. [The New York Times] | • Elite Iraqi troops battled through Islamic State artillery, snipers and suicide attacks, entering the city of Mosul for the first time in more than two years. [The New York Times] |
| • The elevation of President Xi Jinping to “core leader” may reflect the Chinese leadership’s efforts to strengthen its ability to weather broad, long-term dangers as much as his own political primacy. [The New York Times] | |
| • The wife of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has not been seen in public for over seven months. [Yonhap] | • The wife of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has not been seen in public for over seven months. [Yonhap] |
| • China’s social media erupted in outrage over a video that showed a toddler being run over by a vehicle while her mother appeared distracted by her cellphone. [The New York Times] | • China’s social media erupted in outrage over a video that showed a toddler being run over by a vehicle while her mother appeared distracted by her cellphone. [The New York Times] |
| • Imran Khan, Pakistan’s opposition leader, called off plans for a mass protest in Islamabad after a court granted an inquiry into the prime minister. [The New York Times] | • Imran Khan, Pakistan’s opposition leader, called off plans for a mass protest in Islamabad after a court granted an inquiry into the prime minister. [The New York Times] |
| • A South Korean man adopted 40 years ago is being deported from the United States because his parents never filed his citizenship paperwork. [The New York Times] | • A South Korean man adopted 40 years ago is being deported from the United States because his parents never filed his citizenship paperwork. [The New York Times] |
| • The Chinese-born Hollywood actress Bai Ling is the latest on a growing list of entertainers who have been criticized in China for holding “incorrect” political views. [The New York Times] | • The Chinese-born Hollywood actress Bai Ling is the latest on a growing list of entertainers who have been criticized in China for holding “incorrect” political views. [The New York Times] |
| • Some women are choosing to defy medical advice and social convention after mastectomies, saying they would rather live without breasts than undergo more surgery to reconstruct them. | • Some women are choosing to defy medical advice and social convention after mastectomies, saying they would rather live without breasts than undergo more surgery to reconstruct them. |
| • The Cleveland Indians could clinch the World Series in Game 6, which would be their first championship since 1948. The Cubs, trailing 3-2, last won a title in 1908. | • The Cleveland Indians could clinch the World Series in Game 6, which would be their first championship since 1948. The Cubs, trailing 3-2, last won a title in 1908. |
| • Scientists discovered a species of millipede with 414 legs and four penises in a California cave. | • Scientists discovered a species of millipede with 414 legs and four penises in a California cave. |
| • The Communist Party frowns on golf, but the sport is growing in China and a PGA-sponsored tournament in Hong Kong this week will be a showcase of young Chinese stars. | • The Communist Party frowns on golf, but the sport is growing in China and a PGA-sponsored tournament in Hong Kong this week will be a showcase of young Chinese stars. |
| • How well do you know movie screams? Take our quiz. | • How well do you know movie screams? Take our quiz. |
| Banning books for depicting sex isn’t common today, thanks in part to a landmark British verdict on this day in 1960. | Banning books for depicting sex isn’t common today, thanks in part to a landmark British verdict on this day in 1960. |
| Penguin Books was cleared of obscenity charges for publishing D. H. Lawrence’s novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” about a sexually frustrated woman’s affair with the gamekeeper on her upper-class husband’s estate. | Penguin Books was cleared of obscenity charges for publishing D. H. Lawrence’s novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” about a sexually frustrated woman’s affair with the gamekeeper on her upper-class husband’s estate. |
| The Obscene Publications Act passed a year earlier said that a book should be “taken as a whole” and its literary merits considered. | The Obscene Publications Act passed a year earlier said that a book should be “taken as a whole” and its literary merits considered. |
| That left the government struggling to make its case. | That left the government struggling to make its case. |
| “Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?” a prosecutor asked, causing jurors to laugh. | “Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read?” a prosecutor asked, causing jurors to laugh. |
| An Anglican bishop said the book portrayed sex as “an act of holy communion.” | An Anglican bishop said the book portrayed sex as “an act of holy communion.” |
| Penguin was acquitted in three hours. “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” sold 200,000 copies the first day it was available (witness the buyers above). | Penguin was acquitted in three hours. “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” sold 200,000 copies the first day it was available (witness the buyers above). |
| Books are still being banned, of course, though only sometimes for sex. The United Arab Emirates blacklisted “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in 2002, and Malaysia did the same to the “50 Shades of Grey” trilogy last year. | Books are still being banned, of course, though only sometimes for sex. The United Arab Emirates blacklisted “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in 2002, and Malaysia did the same to the “50 Shades of Grey” trilogy last year. |
| This year, a religious edict calling for the death of Salman Rushdie for writing “The Satanic Verses” was renewed in Iran. | This year, a religious edict calling for the death of Salman Rushdie for writing “The Satanic Verses” was renewed in Iran. |
| “What is freedom of expression?” Mr. Rushdie asked in a 1990 essay. “Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” | “What is freedom of expression?” Mr. Rushdie asked in a 1990 essay. “Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” |
| Sara Marino contributed reporting. | Sara Marino contributed reporting. |
| Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. | Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. |
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