{"id":84873,"date":"2024-07-01T05:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T05:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/monday-briefing-15\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T05:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T05:14:18","slug":"monday-briefing-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/monday-briefing-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/30\/multimedia\/01ambriefing-europe-nl-france\/01ambriefing-europe-nl-france-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monday Briefing\" title=\"Monday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12104f1c\">France\u2019s far right surges in the polls<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Rally party <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/europe\/france-elections.html\" title=\"\">won a crushing victory<\/a> in the first round of voting for the French National Assembly, according to early projections, bringing its long-taboo brand of nationalist, anti-immigrant politics to the brink of power. Final results from the Interior Ministry are expected to be released today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pollster projections, which are normally reliable, suggested that the far-right party would take about 34 percent of the vote, ahead of a coalition of left-wing parties, which was projected to take about 29 percent of the vote, and President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist Renaissance party and its allies, which was in third place with about 22 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Turnout was high at about 67 percent, compared with 47.5 percent in the first round of the last parliamentary election in 2022. The two-round election will be completed with a runoff this coming Sunday between the leading parties in each constituency. The National Rally now looks very likely to be the largest force in the lower house, if not necessarily with an absolute majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s next:<\/strong> If a new majority of lawmakers opposed to Macron is ushered in, he will be forced to appoint a political adversary as prime minister. If no clear majority emerges, the country could be headed for months of political turmoil. Here are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/01\/world\/europe\/france-election-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">takeaways from the vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Analysis:<\/strong> Both France and the U.S. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/29\/world\/europe\/macron-biden-france-elections.html\" title=\"\">face nationalist forces<\/a> that could undo their international commitments and pitch the world into uncharted territory, writes Roger Cohen, our Paris bureau chief.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12c3b4d5\">Iran\u2019s election moves to a runoff<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian voters used the country\u2019s presidential election on Friday to signal their discontent with its system of clerical rule, trudging to the polls in record-low numbers to help <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/29\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-masoud-pezeshkian-saeed-jalili.html\" title=\"\">two candidates limp to a runoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The final choice will be between a reformist former health minister, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, and an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili. Neither won more than 50 percent of the vote, which means it will take a runoff on Friday to establish who will tackle challenges like Iran\u2019s struggling economy and the risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The campaign was notable for how openly the candidates attacked the status quo, but the turnout reflected pessimism that a new president could effect change: They must govern with the ultimate approval of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Go deeper: <\/strong>Here\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/world\/middleeast\/irans-presidential-candidates.html\" title=\"\">more about the initial candidates<\/a>, and these are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/middleeast\/iran-election-takeaways.html\" title=\"\">four takeaways<\/a> from the election.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3be2df2\">Biden\u2019s family strategizes at Camp David<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As they huddled at Camp David this weekend, President Biden\u2019s family <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/us\/politics\/biden-debate-anxious-democrats.html\" title=\"\">urged him to stay in the race<\/a> despite Democratic anxiety about his disastrous debate performance, insiders said. While Biden\u2019s relatives were acutely aware of how poorly he did against Donald Trump, they argued that he could still show the country that he remains capable of serving another term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As he considers how to proceed, Biden\u2019s advisers have been discussing whether he should hold a news conference or sit for interviews to defend himself and change the narrative, but nothing has been decided. The campaign scheduled what could be a critical call with its national fund-raising committee today to calm nerves and take temperatures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Francesca Mari\u2019s dad always remembered the journey he took through Europe when he was 14 \u2014 Switzerland and Italy, Lugano and Naples. Now, with Alzheimer\u2019s claiming his memories, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/magazine\/dementia-alzheimers-reminiscence-therapy.html\" title=\"\">the pair tried to recreate it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wandering the alleys of Como, he exclaimed that the cobblestones resembled \u201cembedded eggs.\u201d \u201cA perfect description,\u201d Francesca writes. \u201cWe were a father and daughter navigating the world on indestructible eggshells.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-306d3d\">Japan\u2019s first queer dating show<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Next week, Netflix is introducing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/world\/asia\/the-boyfriend-netflix.html\" title=\"\">Japan\u2019s first same-sex reality dating series, \u201cThe Boyfriend,\u201d<\/a> which follows nine men living in a luxury beach house outside Tokyo. Though public sentiment in Japan has moved toward support for gay and transgender people, the country lags other wealthy democracies in L.G.B.T.Q. rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The format of the show evokes Japan\u2019s most popular romantic reality show, \u201cTerrace House\u201d: wholesome, mostly chaste and with as much focus on friendship and self-improvement as on romance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dai Ota, the show\u2019s executive producer, said he wanted to \u201cportray same-sex relationships as they really are,\u201d as opposed to the exaggerated, stereotypical gay characters often depicted on Japanese television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">That\u2019s it for today\u2019s briefing. Thank you for starting your week with The Times. \u2014 Natasha <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">P.S. Over the last decades, dogs have gone from an academic afterthought to the new \u201cit\u201d animal for research, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/30\/briefing\/dogs-research.html\" title=\"\">Emily Anthes writes in The Morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Reach Natasha and the team at <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/01\/briefing\/mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Europe%20Morning%20Briefing%20Feedback\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">briefing@nytimes.com<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/01\/briefing\/france-iran-election-biden.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s far right surges in the polls The National Rally party won a crushing victory in the first round of voting for the French National Assembly, according to early projections, bringing its long-taboo brand of nationalist, anti-immigrant politics to the brink of power. Final results from the Interior Ministry are expected to be released today. 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