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| We’re covering the end of a major climate conference, the beginning of Britain’s post-election future, and the life and work of the actress Anna Karina. | We’re covering the end of a major climate conference, the beginning of Britain’s post-election future, and the life and work of the actress Anna Karina. |
| Delegates at last week’s climate conference in Madrid were supposed to iron out the details of the Paris climate accords’ rules, set provisions for international carbon trading and ramp up climate-action targets. | Delegates at last week’s climate conference in Madrid were supposed to iron out the details of the Paris climate accords’ rules, set provisions for international carbon trading and ramp up climate-action targets. |
| Instead, they kicked all of that down the road, and some of the world’s biggest polluters — including Brazil, China, India and the United States — pushed back on a range of climate-friendly proposals and targets. | Instead, they kicked all of that down the road, and some of the world’s biggest polluters — including Brazil, China, India and the United States — pushed back on a range of climate-friendly proposals and targets. |
| The outcome — a weak declaration about the need to reduce emissions — was widely denounced as one of the worst in a quarter-century of climate negotiations. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called it a lost opportunity. | The outcome — a weak declaration about the need to reduce emissions — was widely denounced as one of the worst in a quarter-century of climate negotiations. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called it a lost opportunity. |
| What’s next: The delegates put off important decisions until next year’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, to be held right after the American election in November. | What’s next: The delegates put off important decisions until next year’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, to be held right after the American election in November. |
| Details: If a new American president is elected, his or her administration could rejoin the Paris Agreement only after taking office in January 2021. That means China, the world’s largest emitter, would probably wait to see what direction the new administration took on climate change before committing to its own emissions targets. | Details: If a new American president is elected, his or her administration could rejoin the Paris Agreement only after taking office in January 2021. That means China, the world’s largest emitter, would probably wait to see what direction the new administration took on climate change before committing to its own emissions targets. |
| Greta Thunberg: While returning to Sweden for a holiday break, the 16-year-old climate activist touched off a Twitter exchange with Germany’s national railway company by posting about “traveling on overcrowded trains” through the country. | Greta Thunberg: While returning to Sweden for a holiday break, the 16-year-old climate activist touched off a Twitter exchange with Germany’s national railway company by posting about “traveling on overcrowded trains” through the country. |
| The Conservative Party’s resounding victory in last week’s general election, shown above, made one thing clear: Britain will leave the European Union next month. | The Conservative Party’s resounding victory in last week’s general election, shown above, made one thing clear: Britain will leave the European Union next month. |
| But the win — the party’s biggest electoral victory since Margaret Thatcher captured a third term in 1987 — raises a raft of new questions about Britain’s political and economic future. | But the win — the party’s biggest electoral victory since Margaret Thatcher captured a third term in 1987 — raises a raft of new questions about Britain’s political and economic future. |
| Can the Conservative government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, deliver on its pledge to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union by the end of next year? | Can the Conservative government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, deliver on its pledge to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union by the end of next year? |
| In Scotland and Northern Ireland — where majorities of voters opposed Brexit in a 2016 referendum — the results of last week’s election has stoked talk of breaking away from the United Kingdom. | In Scotland and Northern Ireland — where majorities of voters opposed Brexit in a 2016 referendum — the results of last week’s election has stoked talk of breaking away from the United Kingdom. |
| That’s particularly true in Scotland, where the dominant Scottish National Party has vowed to press for a second independence referendum (which Mr. Johnson has already rejected). | That’s particularly true in Scotland, where the dominant Scottish National Party has vowed to press for a second independence referendum (which Mr. Johnson has already rejected). |
| The Labour Party’s current leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he would step down in the new year in the wake of his party’s devastating defeat in working-class areas of the Midlands and the north of England. | The Labour Party’s current leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has said he would step down in the new year in the wake of his party’s devastating defeat in working-class areas of the Midlands and the north of England. |
| The question now is whether the party lurches to the center or elects a younger leader in Mr. Corbyn’s hard-left mold. And many of the probable challengers are women — in a party that has never had a female leader. | The question now is whether the party lurches to the center or elects a younger leader in Mr. Corbyn’s hard-left mold. And many of the probable challengers are women — in a party that has never had a female leader. |
| Bits and bobs: We have other coverage, including a look at how the election’s results are being seen in Europe and the United States, and a map that breaks down the election results. | Bits and bobs: We have other coverage, including a look at how the election’s results are being seen in Europe and the United States, and a map that breaks down the election results. |
| Opinion: Our columnist Roger Cohen writes that by voting to keep the Conservatives in power, “Britain has marginalized itself irreversibly in a fit of nationalist delusion.” | Opinion: Our columnist Roger Cohen writes that by voting to keep the Conservatives in power, “Britain has marginalized itself irreversibly in a fit of nationalist delusion.” |
| Don’t die at home on a weekend. That’s what a newspaper in northern France advises its readers. | Don’t die at home on a weekend. That’s what a newspaper in northern France advises its readers. |
| In many countries, the job of certifying a death falls to nurses, coroners, pathologists and other officials. But in France, where the overall number of doctors is increasing, medical doctors must visit the deceased’s home to verify the death — a policy that’s widely seen as impractical at a moment when many peripheral areas face acute doctor shortages. | In many countries, the job of certifying a death falls to nurses, coroners, pathologists and other officials. But in France, where the overall number of doctors is increasing, medical doctors must visit the deceased’s home to verify the death — a policy that’s widely seen as impractical at a moment when many peripheral areas face acute doctor shortages. |
| Some see these so-called medical deserts as a betrayal. “We felt abandoned by the state,’’ said Frédéric Deleplanque, who had to wait more than two days for a doctor to certify the death of his father-in-law in the northern city of Douai. | Some see these so-called medical deserts as a betrayal. “We felt abandoned by the state,’’ said Frédéric Deleplanque, who had to wait more than two days for a doctor to certify the death of his father-in-law in the northern city of Douai. |
| Why this matters: The uneven distribution of doctors in France is seen as a symbol of the divisions that fueled the Yellow Vest protests and the rise of the far-right National Rally political party. | Why this matters: The uneven distribution of doctors in France is seen as a symbol of the divisions that fueled the Yellow Vest protests and the rise of the far-right National Rally political party. |
| Another angle: France is on track to receive a record number of applications from asylum-seekers this year, even as the flow of migrants to Europe has slowed since reaching a peak in 2015. Our reporter visited a vacant school building in Lyon that serves as a makeshift shelter for hundreds of African migrants whom the local government wants to expel. | Another angle: France is on track to receive a record number of applications from asylum-seekers this year, even as the flow of migrants to Europe has slowed since reaching a peak in 2015. Our reporter visited a vacant school building in Lyon that serves as a makeshift shelter for hundreds of African migrants whom the local government wants to expel. |
| By his early 20s, he had become a deadly assassin, or sicario, and an instrument of the drug cartels that are tearing Mexico apart. So when the police caught him, they saw a chance to take down a cartel from the inside. | By his early 20s, he had become a deadly assassin, or sicario, and an instrument of the drug cartels that are tearing Mexico apart. So when the police caught him, they saw a chance to take down a cartel from the inside. |
| Our reporters traced the making of the sicario, and the off-the-books police operation that ended with dozens of arrests. The story is a rare window into the cartels that are battling each other for control of local drug sales and smuggling routes to the United States. | Our reporters traced the making of the sicario, and the off-the-books police operation that ended with dozens of arrests. The story is a rare window into the cartels that are battling each other for control of local drug sales and smuggling routes to the United States. |
| U.S. impeachment: The House of Representatives is expected to take a historic vote on Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against President Trump. | U.S. impeachment: The House of Representatives is expected to take a historic vote on Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against President Trump. |
| Argentina: A former Argentine police officer who lived in a Paris suburb for decades — and worked with French security officials — was being extradited on Sunday to face charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s dictatorship. | Argentina: A former Argentine police officer who lived in a Paris suburb for decades — and worked with French security officials — was being extradited on Sunday to face charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s dictatorship. |
| Italy: Ahead of crucial regional elections next month in the liberal stronghold of Emilia Romagna, tens of thousands of people rallied in Rome over the weekend to protest the populism of the country’s far-right Italian leader, Matteo Salvini. | Italy: Ahead of crucial regional elections next month in the liberal stronghold of Emilia Romagna, tens of thousands of people rallied in Rome over the weekend to protest the populism of the country’s far-right Italian leader, Matteo Salvini. |
| Hong Kong: The semiautonomous territory’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, is set to meet President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing today, amid speculation of a possible reshuffle of her cabinet. | Hong Kong: The semiautonomous territory’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, is set to meet President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing today, amid speculation of a possible reshuffle of her cabinet. |
| Espionage: In a rare move, American officials expelled two Chinese Embassy officials on suspicion of spying this fall. The episode — which neither country disclosed publicly — has intensified concerns in the Trump administration that China is expanding its spying efforts in the United States. | Espionage: In a rare move, American officials expelled two Chinese Embassy officials on suspicion of spying this fall. The episode — which neither country disclosed publicly — has intensified concerns in the Trump administration that China is expanding its spying efforts in the United States. |
| Arsenal star: A state-run television network in China canceled a live broadcast of an English Premier League soccer match on Sunday, two days after the Arsenal star Mesut Özil publicly criticized Beijing’s mass detentions of Uighurs, a largely Muslim Turkic minority in China’s northwest. | Arsenal star: A state-run television network in China canceled a live broadcast of an English Premier League soccer match on Sunday, two days after the Arsenal star Mesut Özil publicly criticized Beijing’s mass detentions of Uighurs, a largely Muslim Turkic minority in China’s northwest. |
| Turkey: In a move that could fatally damage President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chances for re-election in 2023, former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that he was creating a new political party. | Turkey: In a move that could fatally damage President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chances for re-election in 2023, former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that he was creating a new political party. |
| Snapshot: Above, a crew shooting a scene for “Pros and Cons,” one of the shows contributing to a boom in Danish-made television. Streaming services are eager to set more hit shows in the country, but a lack of skilled professionals there is holding up production. | Snapshot: Above, a crew shooting a scene for “Pros and Cons,” one of the shows contributing to a boom in Danish-made television. Streaming services are eager to set more hit shows in the country, but a lack of skilled professionals there is holding up production. |
| Amazon: Software start-ups say the online giant’s cloud computing arm is “strip-mining” them of innovations by copying and integrating software that they pioneered. | Amazon: Software start-ups say the online giant’s cloud computing arm is “strip-mining” them of innovations by copying and integrating software that they pioneered. |
| In memoriam: Anna Karina, 79, a Danish-born actress who became a symbol of French New Wave cinema in the 1960s and starred in several films by the director Jean-Luc Godard. | In memoriam: Anna Karina, 79, a Danish-born actress who became a symbol of French New Wave cinema in the 1960s and starred in several films by the director Jean-Luc Godard. |
| What we’re watching: This Polish ad for an online marketplace, which our climate reporter John Schwartz just ran across. “I am sappy,” he writes. “Commercials can make me cry. This one did. Enjoy.” | What we’re watching: This Polish ad for an online marketplace, which our climate reporter John Schwartz just ran across. “I am sappy,” he writes. “Commercials can make me cry. This one did. Enjoy.” |
| Cook: This cheesy, spicy black bean bake matches the satisfaction of a really good chili or stew, in a lot less time. | Cook: This cheesy, spicy black bean bake matches the satisfaction of a really good chili or stew, in a lot less time. |
| Read: “Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body” is one of 11 new books we recommend this week. | Read: “Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body” is one of 11 new books we recommend this week. |
| Watch: We plucked out some of the best films currently streaming on Netflix. | Watch: We plucked out some of the best films currently streaming on Netflix. |
| Smarter Living: If you feel like you regress when you go home for the holidays, you’re not alone. We have tips for how to manage the stress. | Smarter Living: If you feel like you regress when you go home for the holidays, you’re not alone. We have tips for how to manage the stress. |
| The Oxford English Dictionary defines Shazam as “a ‘magic’ word” that introduces “an extraordinary deed or story.” | The Oxford English Dictionary defines Shazam as “a ‘magic’ word” that introduces “an extraordinary deed or story.” |
| You may know it from slang, or because of the Shazam app, which identifies music after “listening” to a snippet. But the O.E.D. credits the first use to a comic book 80 years ago. | You may know it from slang, or because of the Shazam app, which identifies music after “listening” to a snippet. But the O.E.D. credits the first use to a comic book 80 years ago. |
| It told the story of Billy Batson, an orphan who transforms into the superhero Captain Marvel by saying a word made up of the first letters of six powerful names: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. | It told the story of Billy Batson, an orphan who transforms into the superhero Captain Marvel by saying a word made up of the first letters of six powerful names: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. |
| His biggest battle was in the courtroom. Fawcett Comics retired the character after a long lawsuit by the company that became today’s DC Comics, who argued that there were too many parallels to their Superman. | His biggest battle was in the courtroom. Fawcett Comics retired the character after a long lawsuit by the company that became today’s DC Comics, who argued that there were too many parallels to their Superman. |
| Nearly 20 years later, DC licensed Billy’s alter ego, but by then, Marvel Comics had grabbed the trademark name for its own Captain Marvel. The character is now part of Disney’s huge, lucrative Marvel Cinematic Universe. | |
| So Billy’s alter ego is now named Shazam, and fighting for market share. His Warner Brothers movie came out this year, and his arch enemy Black Adam’s spinoff, starring Dwayne Johnson, is due in December 2021. | So Billy’s alter ego is now named Shazam, and fighting for market share. His Warner Brothers movie came out this year, and his arch enemy Black Adam’s spinoff, starring Dwayne Johnson, is due in December 2021. |
| That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. | That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. |
| — Mike | — Mike |
| Thank youTo Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford for the break from the news. George Gustines, an editor who covers the comic book industry for The Times, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. | Thank youTo Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford for the break from the news. George Gustines, an editor who covers the comic book industry for The Times, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. |
| P.S.• We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode includes an interview with the U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running for president. • Here’s today’s Mini Crossword puzzle, and a clue: Annual internet award (five letters). . You can find all our puzzles here. • Greg Winter, who was just named our international managing editor, began his career with The Times as a summer intern. | P.S.• We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode includes an interview with the U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running for president. • Here’s today’s Mini Crossword puzzle, and a clue: Annual internet award (five letters). . You can find all our puzzles here. • Greg Winter, who was just named our international managing editor, began his career with The Times as a summer intern. |