{"id":90790,"date":"2024-07-09T05:21:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/tuesday-briefing-17\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T05:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:21:06","slug":"tuesday-briefing-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/tuesday-briefing-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 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\/07\/08\/multimedia\/09ambriefing-europe-nl-france-1\/08france-election-analysis-01-ljpq-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuesday Briefing\" title=\"Tuesday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-76427a3a\">France faces complicated months ahead<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">French voters may have rejected the far right in legislative elections on Sunday, but they now face a Parliament that is split and has an unclear path to a workable government, with an insurgent left in first place but still far short of holding power. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/france-election-maps.html\" title=\"\">These maps show how France voted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It will take painstaking negotiations to eventually yield a viable government, my colleague Roger Cohen writes. France does not have a culture of such compromise, and the muddle <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/france-election-parliament-macron.html\" title=\"\">could take months to sort out<\/a>. President Emmanuel Macron asked his prime minister yesterday to remain in office \u201cfor the moment\u201d to \u201cassure the stability of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New Popular Front, a left-wing alliance, has demanded that Macron ask it to form a government, saying it would soon put forward its choice for prime minister. Yet it is 100 seats short of a workable majority, and Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon, the combative left-wing leader, said he would not negotiate with potential coalition partners nor adjust the alliance\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Possible scenarios:<\/strong> Macron could appoint a prime minister from outside his party and share power, but he has labeled the far-left and far-right parties too \u201cextreme,\u201d and other political groups have shown little appetite for working with him. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/france-election-whats-next.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s more on what could come next<\/a>.<\/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-414a29e1\">Biden pushed back on dropping out of the race<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden made an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/biden-letter-congress.html\" title=\"\">aggressive attempt yesterday to dispel concerns<\/a> that a broad range of Democrats have expressed about his re-election campaign. By the afternoon, he had called into a widely watched morning news program, sent a defiant letter to Democratic members of Congress and, during a call with fund-raisers, previewed his plan to attack Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf any of these guys don\u2019t think I should run, run against me,\u201d he said, hitting back at his critics. \u201cGo ahead, announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Biden faces crumbling support from Democratic lawmakers and mounting fears of a rout by Donald Trump in November. He is expected to hold a news conference, most likely on Thursday, after he finishes hosting a NATO summit in Washington.<\/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\">Health concerns: <\/strong>An <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/trump-biden-election#parkinsons-expert-white-house\" title=\"\">expert on Parkinson\u2019s disease visited the White House<\/a> eight times from last summer to this spring, according to official visitor logs. The White House did not specify whether the expert was there to consult about Biden but said that the president was not being treated for Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Republicans: <\/strong>Trump backed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-presses-gop-for-platform-draft-that-softens-stance-on-abortion.html\" title=\"\">a draft Republican platform<\/a> that softens the party\u2019s position on abortion but is more nationalistic and protectionist.<\/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-71cb631a\">A children\u2019s hospital was bombed in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Moscow rained missiles across Ukraine yesterday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/ukraine-hospitals-russian-strikes.html\" title=\"\">destroying the country\u2019s largest children\u2019s hospital<\/a>. Hundreds raced to the scene to help in a desperate search for survivors. One doctor and another adult were killed and at least 10 more people were injured, including seven children, local officials said. At least three children were pulled from the rubble, Ukraine\u2019s emergency services agency said.<\/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\">Across the country, at least 38 people were killed in the bombings, including 27 in Kyiv, and more than 100 were injured, officials said. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down 30 of the 38 missiles launched during the attack. The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today to address the strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Strikes on health care: <\/strong>The strikes highlighted the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/ukraine-hospitals-russian-strikes.html\" title=\"\">growing number of deadly attacks<\/a> by Russia on Ukrainian medical facilities, vehicles and workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">In one image: <\/strong><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/world\/europe\/ohmatdyt-hospital-surgeon.html\" title=\"\">The story behind a photograph<\/a> of a bloodstained surgeon helping the search through the rubble.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\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\">Doreen Brodhead checked into a motel room in Kingston, N.Y., one night last November. With her was Stephen Miller, a former doctor who had served time in prison, whom she had met online. The next morning, her body was found on the bed next to a note. A gas canister was nearby, and Miller was gone.<\/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\">Brodhead had lived with chronic pain for decades, and Miller had helped her die. But was he, as he claimed, an angel of mercy or, as prosecutors called him, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/nyregion\/assisted-suicide-kingston.html\" title=\"\">an angel of death<\/a>?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\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-4ad3109d\">The best books of the 21st century<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New York Times Book Review asked hundreds of literary luminaries to name the 10 best books published since Jan. 1, 2000. The interpretation of \u201cbest\u201d was left open \u2014 for some, this simply meant \u201cfavorite.\u201d For others, it meant books that would endure for generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Stephen King took part in our poll. So did Claudia Rankine, James Patterson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elin Hilderbrand, Roxane Gay, Marlon James, Sarah MacLean, Min Jin Lee and Jonathan Lethem. (<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/books\/authors-top-books-21st-century.html\" title=\"\">Take a peek at their ballots<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We\u2019ll be publishing the list over the course of this week, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/books\/best-books-21st-century.html\" title=\"\">starting with those ranked 81st to 100th<\/a>.<\/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\/09\/briefing\/ukraine-bombing-france.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France faces complicated months ahead French voters may have rejected the far right in legislative elections on Sunday, but they now face a Parliament that is split and has an unclear path to a workable government, with an insurgent left in first place but still far short of holding power. These maps show how France [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/07\/08\/multimedia\/09ambriefing-europe-nl-france-1\/08france-election-analysis-01-ljpq-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,6943],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90792,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90790\/revisions\/90792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}