Wednesday: Turkey accuses Saudis of "premeditated murder"

Taiwan, South Korea, #MeToo View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Wednesday, October 24, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( ADVERTISEMENT Asia Edition [Your Wednesday Briefing]( By ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA Good morning. Turkey’s president raises the stakes, a migrant caravan stokes old fears, South Korea extinguishes some high hopes in Canada. Here’s what you need to know: Ali Unal/Associated Press • Turkey puts pressure on Saudi leadership. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the stakes in his dispute with Saudi Arabia, [calling the death of Jamal Khashoggi]( a “premeditated murder” in a speech and asking the kingdom to hand over suspects to be tried in Turkey. In his first extended remarks on the case, Mr. Erdogan confirmed many brutal details of the killing and made it clear that he wasn’t going to let the issue fall out of the international spotlight. But he also showed deference to the Saudi king. On the same day, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — who is suspected of playing a role in the killing — [got a standing ovation]( during an unannounced appearance at an investor conference in Riyadh. And Saudi Arabia’s [regional allies]( including Israel and the United Arab Emirates, are starting to worry that the diplomatic crisis could hinder their own agendas. _____ Fox News • Migrant caravan fuels the rumor mill. Again. President Trump pressured Mexico to halt a caravan of around [7,000 migrants]( heading toward the U.S. after fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. On Twitter, Mr. Trump warned that they included “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners” — an unsubstantiated claim that [threw his own government for a loop](. He portrayed the southern border as dangerously porous, blaming Democrats. Increasingly, Republicans are framing the coming midterm elections as [a battle over immigration and race](. The same themes, [amplified by right wing news media]( helped Mr. Trump win the election in 2016, and, two years earlier, helped Republicans gain control of the Senate and strengthen their hold on the House. _____ Maxim Shemetov/Reuters • The American cyberwar with Russia. The U.S. Cyber Command has started targeting individual Russian operatives, trying to deter them from spreading misinformation meant to influence the midterm elections. The campaign is the [first known overseas cyberoperation]( to protect American elections. It comes as President Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, met with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, above. Mr. Bolton said he had [confronted the Russians]( directly over their meddling. Mr. Bolton is there to officially withdraw from the I.N.F. nuclear disarmament treaty. We also explain [what the treaty is and why it matters](. _____ [A man smoking a marijuana cigarette last week during a legalization party in Toronto.]Geoff Robins/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • Marijuana is legal in Canada — unless you’re South Korean. Bad news for would-be Korean smokers. It turns out [the country’s strict drug laws stretch overseas]( — and citizens can be punished for smoking abroad, even in Canada. It’s not an empty threat. Prosecutors frequently indict returning citizens. They don’t usually test people at random, but keep an eye on past offenders and those who post about their drug use online. Nor does everything get handled quietly. The government makes an example of pop singers and television celebrities caught smoking marijuana, parading them before the news media and sometimes banning them from performing. _____ Business Jeenah Moon for The New York Times • Urban luxury hotels are starting to charge guests additional “[resort fees]( to cover everyday amenities like internet access and bottled water. And they can be hard to spot when booking online. • Review: The iPhone XR, at $750, is [just as powerful and nearly as capable]( as its $1,000 counterparts. • The E.U. rejected [Italy’s proposed budget]( an unprecedented move that sets up a clash between the bloc and the country’s new populist government. [Here's why you should care](. • Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman, [has a feisty take on America]( at age 91: “The central issue is we’re developing into a plutocracy,” he told us in an interview. • U.S. stocks plunged amid [weak earnings and fears over China]( but largely recovered. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Reuters • Taiwanese investigators found that the driver of a train that derailed, killing 18 people, had manually disabled speed controls. He’s considered a possible criminal suspect. [[The New York Times]( • India’s Supreme Court announced it would hear petitions next month challenging its ruling that women can visit the Sabarimala Temple, following days of protests at the holy site. [[The New York Times]( • The court also ruled that Indians can use environmentally friendly firecrackers during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, a year after a blanket ban. But critics say “green” firecrackers don’t exist. [[Reuters]( • President Xi Jinping of China officially inaugurated the world’s longest sea bridge, linking Hong Kong and Macau to the Chinese mainland. Our article explains what makes it special. [[The New York Times]( • Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the oldest intact shipwreck, dating back 2,400 years, at the bottom of the Black Sea. [[The Guardian]( Smarter Living Tips for a more fulfilling life. Melina Hammer for The New York Times • Recipe of the day: Craving pasta? Try this [zesty, cheesy recipe with bacon](. • A reader’s kids say he drinks too much. So [he asked what to think.]( • You shouldn’t need a Pap smear to get [birth control](. Noteworthy The New York Times • The #MeToo movement, which took off after a Times investigation brought down Harvey Weinstein, has felled at least 200 prominent men. Almost half of them have been [replaced by women](. • Twenty-one young people, aged 11 to 22, are suing the Trump administration over climate change, with a trial scheduled to start Monday. [Here’s how Julia Olsen]( their lawyer, is fighting to establish a constitutional right to a stable and safe climate. • In Zambia, our 52 Places traveler came face-to-face with a growling leopard, groaning hippos and a herd of mango-stealing elephants. “I was thrilled, a little scared, and in utter awe,” she said of [the wild experience](. Back Story Women's History Archives On this day in 1975, the women of Iceland chose a special way to commemorate what the U.N. declared “International Women’s Year”: a “women’s day off” to [demonstrate the value of their work]( both paid and unpaid. An estimated [90 percent of women participated]( upending schools, stores and factories. Planes couldn’t take off without flight attendants, and newspapers couldn’t print without the women who did the typesetting. If they didn’t have paid jobs, women simply left the house for the day. With day cares shut down, fathers had little choice but to bring their children to work or stay home themselves, leading them to call it [“the long Friday.”]( Rallies around the country of 220,000 people drew thousands of women, including 25,000 alone in Reykjavik, the capital, pictured above. The women got the attention of Iceland, which passed the Gender Equality Act the following year. [Vigdis Finnbogadottir]( the president from 1980 to 1996 and the world’s first democratically elected female head of state, said the “women’s day off” had paved her way. Though Iceland is [ranked No. 1 for gender parity]( by the World Economic Forum, women there have left work [four more times]( to highlight the persistent gender pay gap. They’ll [do so again today]( stopping at 2:55 p.m. to mark the point after which women in Iceland are no longer paid for a day’s work compared with men. Jennifer Jett wrote today’s Back Story. _____ This briefing was prepared for the Asian morning. 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