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| London, Trump, Paris: Your Weekend Briefing | London, Trump, Paris: Your Weekend Briefing |
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| Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. | Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. |
| 1. Britain endured another deadly terrorist attack on Saturday night, with seven civilians killed in the center of the capital. The police said assailants in a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge, then drove to a nearby nightlife area, where they stabbed people. The police said they killed all three attackers. Here’s what we know. | 1. Britain endured another deadly terrorist attack on Saturday night, with seven civilians killed in the center of the capital. The police said assailants in a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge, then drove to a nearby nightlife area, where they stabbed people. The police said they killed all three attackers. Here’s what we know. |
| This attack comes less than two weeks after a bomber, Salman Abedi, killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Officials say that he had met in Libya with members of an Islamic State unit linked to the 2015 attacks in Paris. | This attack comes less than two weeks after a bomber, Salman Abedi, killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Officials say that he had met in Libya with members of an Islamic State unit linked to the 2015 attacks in Paris. |
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| 2. The United States is out of the Paris climate accord. | 2. The United States is out of the Paris climate accord. |
| President Trump announced America’s withdrawal on Thursday, calling into question whether the world can meet its broader climate goals. The United States is the biggest carbon polluter in history. | President Trump announced America’s withdrawal on Thursday, calling into question whether the world can meet its broader climate goals. The United States is the biggest carbon polluter in history. |
| Several American cities, states and companies are bucking the decision and preparing to submit a plan to the U.N. pledging to meet emissions targets. | Several American cities, states and companies are bucking the decision and preparing to submit a plan to the U.N. pledging to meet emissions targets. |
| We look at how G.O.P. leaders went from debating how to combat climate change to arguing about its existence. At the White House, no one can say whether the president still considers climate change a “con job.” | We look at how G.O.P. leaders went from debating how to combat climate change to arguing about its existence. At the White House, no one can say whether the president still considers climate change a “con job.” |
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| 3. A broad shake-up may be brewing in Washington, spurred by the resignation of Michael Dubke, the White House communications director. Four possible successors declined to be considered, indicating that the volatile administration has driven candidates away from normally highly coveted West Wing jobs. | 3. A broad shake-up may be brewing in Washington, spurred by the resignation of Michael Dubke, the White House communications director. Four possible successors declined to be considered, indicating that the volatile administration has driven candidates away from normally highly coveted West Wing jobs. |
| President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James Comey, above, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to the Senate panel investigating Russian election meddling. | President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James Comey, above, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to the Senate panel investigating Russian election meddling. |
| The C.I.A. has named a new chief to run its Iran operations: Michael D’Andrea, a.k.a. the Dark Prince, who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden. | The C.I.A. has named a new chief to run its Iran operations: Michael D’Andrea, a.k.a. the Dark Prince, who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden. |
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| 4. Kabul and Manila are reeling from violence on a shocking scale. | 4. Kabul and Manila are reeling from violence on a shocking scale. |
| Three blasts ripped through a funeral service in the Afghan capital, above, where more than 1,000 people had gathered to bury a man killed at antigovernment protests. At least seven were killed, and more than 80 injured. | Three blasts ripped through a funeral service in the Afghan capital, above, where more than 1,000 people had gathered to bury a man killed at antigovernment protests. At least seven were killed, and more than 80 injured. |
| The attack came just days after a truck bomb caused devastation in the city center, killing nearly 100 people and wounding hundreds more. | The attack came just days after a truck bomb caused devastation in the city center, killing nearly 100 people and wounding hundreds more. |
| In Manila, dozens of bodies were found after a gunman carrying a container of gasoline set fire to the Philippines’s biggest hotel-casino. The police have blamed it on one gambling addict, not terrorism. The suspect killed himself during the attack. | In Manila, dozens of bodies were found after a gunman carrying a container of gasoline set fire to the Philippines’s biggest hotel-casino. The police have blamed it on one gambling addict, not terrorism. The suspect killed himself during the attack. |
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| 5. Americans can expect to hear more this week about how President Trump plans to fulfill his promise of $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, and create millions of jobs while he’s at it. | 5. Americans can expect to hear more this week about how President Trump plans to fulfill his promise of $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, and create millions of jobs while he’s at it. |
| He intends to shift the costs of rebuilding roads, bridges, railways and waterways to states, cities and corporations. He will also endorse a plan to privatize and modernize the nation’s air-traffic control system. | He intends to shift the costs of rebuilding roads, bridges, railways and waterways to states, cities and corporations. He will also endorse a plan to privatize and modernize the nation’s air-traffic control system. |
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| 6. Investigators are examining whether the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, center, was seeking a direct line to the Russian president in a December meeting with the head of a bank with Kremlin ties. | 6. Investigators are examining whether the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, center, was seeking a direct line to the Russian president in a December meeting with the head of a bank with Kremlin ties. |
| Mr. Trump’s Homeland Security secretary defended the effort, calling it “a good thing.” | Mr. Trump’s Homeland Security secretary defended the effort, calling it “a good thing.” |
| Back channels during presidential transitions are not unprecedented, but they are always fraught. | Back channels during presidential transitions are not unprecedented, but they are always fraught. |
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| 7. The economy added 138,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, pushing the United States close to full employment. While that may sound great, the numbers raise an unsettling possibility: that this is as good as it’s going to get. | 7. The economy added 138,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, pushing the United States close to full employment. While that may sound great, the numbers raise an unsettling possibility: that this is as good as it’s going to get. |
| The data also put the Federal Reserve on a path to raise interest rates again when it meets in mid-June. | The data also put the Federal Reserve on a path to raise interest rates again when it meets in mid-June. |
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| 8. New consumer protections requiring financial advisers to put their customers’ interests ahead of their own — at least when handling their retirement money — take effect on Friday. | 8. New consumer protections requiring financial advisers to put their customers’ interests ahead of their own — at least when handling their retirement money — take effect on Friday. |
| President Trump had signed an executive order in February with the goal of potentially unraveling the rule, prompting regulators to delay its implementation. | President Trump had signed an executive order in February with the goal of potentially unraveling the rule, prompting regulators to delay its implementation. |
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| 9. Bill Cosby’s criminal case is set to go to trial in Pennsylvania on Monday. He has been charged with felony aggravated indecent assault. | 9. Bill Cosby’s criminal case is set to go to trial in Pennsylvania on Monday. He has been charged with felony aggravated indecent assault. |
| In recent years, dozens of women have accused the comedian of sexual assault, drawing intense worldwide attention. But the criminal case rests on what happened in a single encounter with Andrea Constand in 2004. She says Mr. Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. | In recent years, dozens of women have accused the comedian of sexual assault, drawing intense worldwide attention. But the criminal case rests on what happened in a single encounter with Andrea Constand in 2004. She says Mr. Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. |
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| 10. Hundreds of thousands of women who receive birth control benefits at no cost under the Affordable Care Act may soon be denied them because of a sweeping revision, drafted by the Trump administration, of the government’s contraception coverage mandate. | |
| Money has always made a big difference in the medical world, but the virtual velvet rope seems to be extending further these days, to boutique doctors and high-end hospital wards with annual fees up to $80,000. | Money has always made a big difference in the medical world, but the virtual velvet rope seems to be extending further these days, to boutique doctors and high-end hospital wards with annual fees up to $80,000. |
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| 11. In less earthly matters, astronomers said Thursday that they had detected the third black-hole smashup since they started keeping watch on the cosmos in September 2015 with LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. | 11. In less earthly matters, astronomers said Thursday that they had detected the third black-hole smashup since they started keeping watch on the cosmos in September 2015 with LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. |
| The findings validated Einstein’s longstanding prediction that space-time can shake when massive objects swing their weight around. | The findings validated Einstein’s longstanding prediction that space-time can shake when massive objects swing their weight around. |
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| 12. We asked five first-generation journalism students — the first in their families to attend college — to interview other first-generation students about the challenges they have faced. | 12. We asked five first-generation journalism students — the first in their families to attend college — to interview other first-generation students about the challenges they have faced. |
| “In Ghana, we were poor and my parents couldn’t afford to raise me, so they sent me to America to work,” said Agnes Gyimah, a 43-year-old nursing student. “Before I left my mother, she told me, ‘Agnes, one day you’re going to be a nurse.’ That has stayed with me, and so I strive, I strive, I strive.” | “In Ghana, we were poor and my parents couldn’t afford to raise me, so they sent me to America to work,” said Agnes Gyimah, a 43-year-old nursing student. “Before I left my mother, she told me, ‘Agnes, one day you’re going to be a nurse.’ That has stayed with me, and so I strive, I strive, I strive.” |
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| 13. Finally, need a few moments away from the real world? How about streaming some cozy television? Here are a few familiar shows that can offer you a simple escape. | 13. Finally, need a few moments away from the real world? How about streaming some cozy television? Here are a few familiar shows that can offer you a simple escape. |
| Have a great week. | Have a great week. |
| Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing this version of the briefing should help. | Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing this version of the briefing should help. |
| Your Weekend Briefing is published Sundays at 6 a.m. Eastern. | Your Weekend Briefing is published Sundays at 6 a.m. Eastern. |
| And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Evening Briefing, weeknights at 6 p.m. Eastern. | And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Evening Briefing, weeknights at 6 p.m. Eastern. |
| Want to look back? Here’s Friday’s Evening Briefing. | Want to look back? Here’s Friday’s Evening Briefing. |
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