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| Calais Jungle, Xi Jinping, European Union: Your Tuesday Briefing | Calais Jungle, Xi Jinping, European Union: Your Tuesday 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: |
| • The hard-fought presidential race is not the only big issue Americans will decide on Election Day. | • The hard-fought presidential race is not the only big issue Americans will decide on Election Day. |
| California and four other states are voting on whether to allow recreational marijuana use, which could make the drug legal along the entire West Coast of the United States. | California and four other states are voting on whether to allow recreational marijuana use, which could make the drug legal along the entire West Coast of the United States. |
| “If we’re successful, it’s the beginning of the end of the war on marijuana,” said an influential proponent: California’s lieutenant governor. | “If we’re successful, it’s the beginning of the end of the war on marijuana,” said an influential proponent: California’s lieutenant governor. |
| Hillary Clinton entered the week with a 12-point lead over Donald J. Trump in an ABC News tracking poll. | Hillary Clinton entered the week with a 12-point lead over Donald J. Trump in an ABC News tracking poll. |
| • France began dismantling the migrant camp in Calais known as “The Jungle,” in an operation that could last a week. | • France began dismantling the migrant camp in Calais known as “The Jungle,” in an operation that could last a week. |
| Thousands of the camp’s residents will be relocated to shelters across the country in the coming days. | Thousands of the camp’s residents will be relocated to shelters across the country in the coming days. |
| • An explosion in northwestern China that tore apart a neighborhood, killing 10 people and wounding more than 150, may have been caused by mine explosives illegally stored in a makeshift hut. | • An explosion in northwestern China that tore apart a neighborhood, killing 10 people and wounding more than 150, may have been caused by mine explosives illegally stored in a makeshift hut. |
| Coverage was played down as news organizations focused on the meeting of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, where there were new hints of efforts to centralize power around President Xi Jinping. | Coverage was played down as news organizations focused on the meeting of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, where there were new hints of efforts to centralize power around President Xi Jinping. |
| • Islamic State fighters are being hunted down in the city of Kirkuk, where the terror group carried out a ferocious counterattack to divert Iraqi and Kurdish forces from its besieged stronghold of Mosul. (Above, Iraqis who fled Mosul.) | • Islamic State fighters are being hunted down in the city of Kirkuk, where the terror group carried out a ferocious counterattack to divert Iraqi and Kurdish forces from its besieged stronghold of Mosul. (Above, Iraqis who fled Mosul.) |
| Iraq is one of the many conflict zones in the Middle East that will challenge the next president of the United States. Here is our assessment. | Iraq is one of the many conflict zones in the Middle East that will challenge the next president of the United States. Here is our assessment. |
| • President Rodrigo Duterte arrives in Japan today for a three-day visit that will include meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. | • President Rodrigo Duterte arrives in Japan today for a three-day visit that will include meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |
| Japan, a strong American ally, may move to discourage Mr. Duterte from further tightening his embrace of China. | Japan, a strong American ally, may move to discourage Mr. Duterte from further tightening his embrace of China. |
| • China is fighting the steady march of sand. | • China is fighting the steady march of sand. |
| In this multimedia report, we look at how the country’s deserts are expanding, and how climate change and human activities have accelerated the process. | In this multimedia report, we look at how the country’s deserts are expanding, and how climate change and human activities have accelerated the process. |
| • AT&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner has met with skepticism, with concerns about the consolidation of media and telecommunications. | • AT&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner has met with skepticism, with concerns about the consolidation of media and telecommunications. |
| Here is an explanation of the deal. | Here is an explanation of the deal. |
| • The Beijing-based conglomerate China Oceanwide Holdings agreed to buy the insurer Genworth Financial of Virginia for $2.7 billion. | • The Beijing-based conglomerate China Oceanwide Holdings agreed to buy the insurer Genworth Financial of Virginia for $2.7 billion. |
| The deal, which will face regulatory approval, is the latest example of Asian firms buying American insurance companies. | The deal, which will face regulatory approval, is the latest example of Asian firms buying American insurance companies. |
| • Business across the 19 eurozone countries grew at its fastest rate of the year in October. The data suggests economic resilience in the face of uncertainties like Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and a slowdown in global trade. | • Business across the 19 eurozone countries grew at its fastest rate of the year in October. The data suggests economic resilience in the face of uncertainties like Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and a slowdown in global trade. |
| • A former chief of the International Monetary Fund’s China division described how the country’s view of its currency has evolved, starting from the Han dynasty, and why some people fear a financially powerful China. | • A former chief of the International Monetary Fund’s China division described how the country’s view of its currency has evolved, starting from the Han dynasty, and why some people fear a financially powerful China. |
| • United States stocks were higher, driven by corporate deals. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • United States stocks were higher, driven by corporate deals. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • The number of mourners to pay respects to Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in Bangkok has exceeded one million. (Bangkok Post) | • The number of mourners to pay respects to Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in Bangkok has exceeded one million. (Bangkok Post) |
| • Asian sailors recounted the ordeal of four and half years of captivity in the hands of Somali pirates. [The New York Times] | |
| • Tasmanian devils are evolving to beat a cancer that has killed off 80 percent of the population in 20 years. (The Wire) | • Tasmanian devils are evolving to beat a cancer that has killed off 80 percent of the population in 20 years. (The Wire) |
| • Indian police said they killed 24 Maoist rebels, including seven women, in a gun battle at a remote training camp. [The New York Times] | |
| • More women in Japan are fighting to use their own surnames, but courts are enforcing a law from 100 years ago. (The New York Times) | • More women in Japan are fighting to use their own surnames, but courts are enforcing a law from 100 years ago. (The New York Times) |
| • An analysis of what Thailand would lose, and Myanmar gain, if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency. (South China Morning Post)• The president of Kenya spared the lives of 2,655 men and 92 women on death row, commuting their sentences to life in prison. [The New York Times] | |
| • A Chinese company, Hangzhou Xiongmai, is recalling closed-circuit surveillance cameras that were hijacked as part of the cyberattack on large Western websites last week that cut off internet access for millions of people. (Bloomberg) | |
| • Will the expansion of robot technology in South Korea affect American workers? (PBS NewsHour) | • Will the expansion of robot technology in South Korea affect American workers? (PBS NewsHour) |
| • Gunmen killed a senior Egyptian Army officer outside his home near Cairo, the highest-profile attack against an army official since the 2013. [The New York Times] | |
| • Australia’s security in a new world order will be shaped by the United States election. (Sydney Morning Herald) | • Australia’s security in a new world order will be shaped by the United States election. (Sydney Morning Herald) |
| The British mathematician Alan Turing has only grown in fame since his death in 1954, thanks to his central role in the development of computers and artificial intelligence and his leading role in breaking the Germans’ World War II Enigma code. | The British mathematician Alan Turing has only grown in fame since his death in 1954, thanks to his central role in the development of computers and artificial intelligence and his leading role in breaking the Germans’ World War II Enigma code. |
| He was in the news last week, though, for a different reason: Britain is considering a measure nicknamed Turing’s Law, which would posthumously pardon thousands of men who, like him, were convicted of having or seeking sex with another man. (Turing himself was pardoned by the queen in 2013.) | He was in the news last week, though, for a different reason: Britain is considering a measure nicknamed Turing’s Law, which would posthumously pardon thousands of men who, like him, were convicted of having or seeking sex with another man. (Turing himself was pardoned by the queen in 2013.) |
| Most articles about the law, including our own, mentioned that Turing committed suicide two years after his conviction. But a reader emailed to point out to us that Turing’s family has always disputed that idea. Others have as well. | Most articles about the law, including our own, mentioned that Turing committed suicide two years after his conviction. But a reader emailed to point out to us that Turing’s family has always disputed that idea. Others have as well. |
| The coroner’s ruling was based in part on a half-eaten apple found by Turing’s bed and the presence of cyanide in his body. | The coroner’s ruling was based in part on a half-eaten apple found by Turing’s bed and the presence of cyanide in his body. |
| A professor, Jack Copeland, said that the police never tested the fruit for cyanide, and that Turing could be careless with some of his experiments — tasting chemicals in order to identify them. | A professor, Jack Copeland, said that the police never tested the fruit for cyanide, and that Turing could be careless with some of his experiments — tasting chemicals in order to identify them. |
| And Turing’s friend described him as being in good spirits in the days before his death. | And Turing’s friend described him as being in good spirits in the days before his death. |
| “Turing was hounded,” Dr. Copeland said, but “he remained cheerful and humorous.” | “Turing was hounded,” Dr. Copeland said, but “he remained cheerful and humorous.” |
| Penn Bullock contributed reporting. | Penn Bullock contributed reporting. |
| Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. | Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings. |
| What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. | What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. |