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Calais Jungle, Mosul, Clinton: Your Tuesday Briefing Calais Jungle, Mosul, Clinton: Your Tuesday Briefing
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Good morning.Good morning.
We’re trying something new for our readers in Europe: a morning briefing to jump-start your day.We’re trying something new for our readers in Europe: 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 europebriefing@nytimes.com.What do you like? What do you want to see here? Email us with your feedback at europebriefing@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. California and four other states are voting on whether to allow recreational marijuana use.• 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.
“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. Mrs. Clinton is campaigning with Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Mr. Trump is in Florida, Ohio and other battleground states this week.Hillary Clinton entered the week with a 12-point lead over Donald J. Trump in an ABC News tracking poll. Mrs. Clinton is campaigning with Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Mr. Trump is in Florida, Ohio and other battleground states this week.
• In France, the relocation of migrants from the camp in Calais known as the Jungle is entering its second day.• In France, the relocation of migrants from the camp in Calais known as the Jungle is entering its second day.
Many of the migrants who left on Monday were as anxious to be rid of the camp as the government was.Many of the migrants who left on Monday were as anxious to be rid of the camp as the government was.
Some of the towns that are going to host them have been demonstrating against their arrival.Some of the towns that are going to host them have been demonstrating against their arrival.
• European Union leaders said a free-trade deal with Canada was still possible after the Belgian region of Wallonia refused to back the accord. A summit for signing the pact is still scheduled for Thursday.• European Union leaders said a free-trade deal with Canada was still possible after the Belgian region of Wallonia refused to back the accord. A summit for signing the pact is still scheduled for Thursday.
Business activity across the 19 eurozone countries grew at its fastest rate this year in October, suggesting resilience in the face of Britain’s vote to leave the E.U.Business activity across the 19 eurozone countries grew at its fastest rate this year in October, suggesting resilience in the face of Britain’s vote to leave the E.U.
• Islamic State fighters are being hunted down in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where the terrorist group carried out a ferocious counterattack to divert Iraqi and Kurdish forces from its besieged stronghold of Mosul.• Islamic State fighters are being hunted down in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where the terrorist group carried out a ferocious counterattack to divert Iraqi and Kurdish forces from its besieged stronghold of Mosul.
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter of the U.S. is expected to discuss the assault on Mosul with allied countries in Paris today.Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter of the U.S. is expected to discuss the assault on Mosul with allied countries in Paris today.
• Militants stormed a police training facility near Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 59 people.• Militants stormed a police training facility near Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 59 people.
• China is fighting the steady march of sand. Climate change and human activities have accelerated the expansion of China’s deserts.• China is fighting the steady march of sand. Climate change and human activities have accelerated the expansion of China’s deserts.
• International investors have been rushing into the U.S. bond market. An excess of ready cash is being recycled into the capital markets instead of being spent, potentially keeping a damper on global growth prospects. • International investors have been rushing into the U.S. bond market. An excess of ready cash is being recycled into the capital markets instead of being spent, potentially keeping a damper on global growth prospects. (Above, banks in Chengdu, China.)
• Code names and covert meetings prepared the ground for AT&T’s $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner, a deal that could reshape the media world.• Code names and covert meetings prepared the ground for AT&T’s $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner, a deal that could reshape the media world.
• Syngenta, the Swiss maker of farm chemicals and seeds, missed a deadline to respond to E.U. antitrust concerns over its acquisition by a Chinese conglomerate, sending shares tumbling.• Syngenta, the Swiss maker of farm chemicals and seeds, missed a deadline to respond to E.U. antitrust concerns over its acquisition by a Chinese conglomerate, sending shares tumbling.
• The euro and the pound fell against the dollar overnight. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.• The euro and the pound fell against the dollar overnight. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.
• Russia keeps inching into Georgia with ever more ingenious boundary markings that only it and three other nations recognize as real. (The New York Times)• Russia keeps inching into Georgia with ever more ingenious boundary markings that only it and three other nations recognize as real. (The New York Times)
• Germany received at least 35 asylum applications from Turkish diplomats and their families amid purges of assumed opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (The New York Times)• Germany received at least 35 asylum applications from Turkish diplomats and their families amid purges of assumed opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (The New York Times)
• Pope Francis met President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in an effort to defuse a political standoff in the South American nation. The Vatican is facilitating talks with the opposition on Sunday. (The New York Times)• Pope Francis met President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in an effort to defuse a political standoff in the South American nation. The Vatican is facilitating talks with the opposition on Sunday. (The New York Times)
• The president of Kenya spared the lives of 2,655 men and 92 women on death row. (The New York Times)• The president of Kenya spared the lives of 2,655 men and 92 women on death row. (The New York Times)
• A crew of fishermen who survived four and a half years in captivity with Somali pirates recalled how they had to eat rats, birds and wild cats to survive in the desert. (The New York Times)• A crew of fishermen who survived four and a half years in captivity with Somali pirates recalled how they had to eat rats, birds and wild cats to survive in the desert. (The New York Times)
• The Balearic Islands are asking the Spanish government today for permission to not turn their clocks back one hour along with the rest of Europe on Sunday. (El País)• The Balearic Islands are asking the Spanish government today for permission to not turn their clocks back one hour along with the rest of Europe on Sunday. (El País)
• In “America the Anxious,” a British writer living in the U.S. argues that Americans’ striving for happiness makes them miserable.• In “America the Anxious,” a British writer living in the U.S. argues that Americans’ striving for happiness makes them miserable.
• A new edition of Shakespeare’s complete works lists Christopher Marlowe, a colleague and rival, as the playwright’s co-author on the three “Henry VI” plays.• A new edition of Shakespeare’s complete works lists Christopher Marlowe, a colleague and rival, as the playwright’s co-author on the three “Henry VI” plays.
• Your spit may be the best tool to remove dust from priceless paintings. At least that is what one conservator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York has used to clean Picassos.• Your spit may be the best tool to remove dust from priceless paintings. At least that is what one conservator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York has used to clean Picassos.
• More women in Japan are fighting to use their own surnames, but courts are enforcing a century-old law.• More women in Japan are fighting to use their own surnames, but courts are enforcing a century-old law.
• In memoriam: Tom Hayden, one of the most visible figures of the American civil rights and antiwar movements in the 1960s, died on Sunday. He was 76.• In memoriam: Tom Hayden, one of the most visible figures of the American civil rights and antiwar movements in the 1960s, died on Sunday. He was 76.
Gordon Hamilton, a world-renowned expert on glaciers and their impact on sea levels in a warming climate, died on Saturday in Antarctica when his snowmobile plunged into one of the crevasses he was studying. He was 50.Gordon Hamilton, a world-renowned expert on glaciers and their impact on sea levels in a warming climate, died on Saturday in Antarctica when his snowmobile plunged into one of the crevasses he was studying. He was 50.
• This year’s winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is among the most prestigious literary honors in the world, will be announced in London today. Here’s the shortlist.• This year’s winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is among the most prestigious literary honors in the world, will be announced in London today. Here’s the shortlist.
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 friends described him as being in good spirits in the days before his death.And Turing’s friends 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.”
We’d like to hear from you: If you or someone you know was convicted in Britain under old laws against homosexuality, please share your story with us.We’d like to hear from you: If you or someone you know was convicted in Britain under old laws against homosexuality, please share your story with us.
Penn Bullock contributed reporting.Penn Bullock contributed reporting.
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