European Morning: Aleppo Bombs Leave Quarter Million 'Living in Hell' and Without Hospital Care

View in [Browser] Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [NYT Apps] | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines] Monday, November 21, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [A woman was rescued from the rubble of a building following airstrikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday.] [Aleppo Bombs Leave Quarter Million 'Living in Hell' and Without Hospital Care] By ALISSA J. RUBIN and HWAIDA SAAD Bombs launched by the Syrian government seriously damaged two general hospitals providing trauma care in the war zone and hit the only children's hospital. [Juri Ratas of the Center Party will be the next prime minister of Estonia. He was formerly the mayor of Tallinn, the capital.] [Estonia's New Premier Comes From Party With Links to Russia] By RICHARD MARTYN-HEMPHILL The Center Party had long been shut out of power because it had brokered a pact with Vladimir Putin's party. A change in its leadership changed all that. [German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel speaks to the media following meetings of the CDU leadership on November 20, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Merkel announced she will run for a fourth term in office in federal elections scheduled for next year.] [Angela Merkel to Seek 4th Term as Germany's Leader] By ALISON SMALE Under pressure to uphold liberal values in a climate of rising populism, Chancellor Merkel will run for re-election next year. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [The scene after gang members in Olocuilta, El Salvador, killed six people on a bus in 2014 because the owner refused to pay extortion.] WORLD [Killers on a Shoestring: Inside the Gangs of El Salvador] By ÓSCAR MARTÍNEZ, EFREN LEMUS, CARLOS MARTÍNEZ and DEBORAH SONTAG The gangs that make El Salvador the murder capital of the world are not sophisticated global cartels but mafias of the poor. [Commemorating the 27th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9 at the Berlin Wall Memorial.] OPINION | Op-Ed | Ivan Krastev [Donald Trump and the Bieber Doctrine] By IVAN KRASTEV The new American foreign policy seems to be to tell allies they "should go and love yourself." World [The Tanin, one of five submarines that make up Israel's current fleet, at a naval base in Haifa in 2014.] [Netanyahu Faces Conflict-of-Interest Scrutiny in Submarine Deal] By ISABEL KERSHNER Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is facing questions over a billion-dollar deal with Germany in which his personal lawyer was involved. [François Fillon, a former prime minister of France, after voting on Sunday in Paris.] [Nicolas Sarkozy Is Out as François Fillon Takes Surprise Lead in French Primary] By ADAM NOSSITER Mr. Fillon, a tradition-minded former prime minister, won the first round among the Republicans, advancing to face Alain Juppé and knocking out former President Nicolas Sarkozy. [Rescue workers searched for survivors after a train derailment near the city of Kanpur, India, on Sunday.] [Train Derailment in India Kills More Than 100] By NIDA NAJAR The death toll was likely to rise after one of the country's worst rail accidents in recent years. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [Michael S. Rawlings, the mayor of Dallas, said this month that his city appeared to be ] [Dallas Stares Down a Texas-Size Threat of Bankruptcy] By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Decades of faulty assumptions by pension officials have left the city struggling with more pension debt, relative to its resources, than any major American city except Chicago. [Bruce Broussard, chief executive of Humana, left, Mark Bertolini, chief executive of Aetna, and Joseph Swedish, chief executive of Anthem. The Justice Department is fighting Humana and Aetna's effort to merge, a case that goes to trial on Monday, as well as Anthem's merger with Cigna.] [The Future of Health Care Mergers Under Trump] By REED ABELSON Legal experts say Donald Trump's election could change how vigorously the federal government handles two giant deals and others in the industry. [A recording session for ] Advertising [Forget Filling Ad Breaks; Some Marketers Make the Podcasts] By ROB WALKER Companies like G.E. are working with podcast networks to produce original series - a kind of twist on "native ads" that are crafted to resemble editorial content. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology [Todd Holmdahl will direct Microsoft's quantum computing efforts.] [Microsoft Spends Big to Build a Computer Out of Science Fiction] By JOHN MARKOFF The computer giant says it's ready to start planning a prototype quantum computer, a superpowerful device that relies on subatomic particles instead of transistors. [Journalists waited in Trump Tower in New York on Nov. 11. The combination of attacks seeking to delegitimize serious news organizations and a drop in overall trust in the news media has made many people wary of legitimate fact-checking.] Mediator [Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Must Defend the Truth] By JIM RUTENBERG As the mainstream news media work to separate fact from fiction, Facebook - which has gobbled up much of the online ad market - must do its part. [How Apple Empowers, and Employs, the American Working Class] By VINDU GOEL The tech giant probably won't bring all production to the United States, as Donald Trump has suggested, but it provides diverse opportunities for thousands of Americans, along with a ladder to climb. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] ADVERTISEMENT Sports [Dharam Pal Singh, a runner from India who claims to be 119, jogging on a road that leads to his village.] [Still Running at 119? Not So Fast] By JERÉ LONGMAN and HARI KUMAR Dharam Pal Singh, a farmer from India, credits herbal chutney and fruit for his sustained fitness. Sports officials do not believe his age. [Jurgen Klinsmann, the coach of the United States men's soccer team, during a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Costa Rica last Tuesday. The loss prompted many fans to call for his dismissal.] [As U.S. Soccer Weighs Jurgen Klinsmann's Future, He Says, 'I'm Not Afraid'] By SAM BORDEN Klinsmann, whose tenure as the men's national team coach could end this week, says calls for his firing are "disrespectful." [Craig Reedie, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, on Sunday. He said he was eager to restore Russia to good standing.] [How to Avoid Drug Testing in Russia: Radio Silence and Secure Perimeters] By REBECCA R. RUIZ The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said he was eager to restore Russia to good standing, but athletes remain elusive to the authorities. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [President-elect Donald J. Trump leaving his clubhouse for dinner at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey on Saturday night.] [Trump Turns Staid Process Into Spectacle as Aspirants Parade to His Door] By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR President-elect Donald J. Trump hinted strongly that he was considering picking James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, to be defense secretary. [Census taking in the Dakotas sometime in the 1880s. The Dakota Territory was divided into two states, worth twice the political power.] The Upshot [As American as Apple Pie? The Rural Vote's Disproportionate Slice of Power] By EMILY BADGER Rural America, even as it decries its economic weakness, has retained electoral strength beyond its numbers. [Protesters marched in Washington on Saturday, outside a conference of alt-right writers, activists and supporters.] [Alt-Right Exults in Donald Trump's Election With a Salute: 'Heil Victory'] By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN The alt-right, an extremist fringe popular with white supremacists, has celebrated the election of Donald J. Trump, and now hopes to have the ear of his White House. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] Opinion [Japanese-Americans in California being sent to internment camps in 1942. In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans was constitutional.] Op-Ed Contributor [Why Korematsu Is Not a Precedent] By NOAH FELDMAN It's true that the Supreme Court's infamous 1944 Japanese internment decision hasn't been overturned. But that's not what matters. For more opinion, go to [INYT.com/Opinion] FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook] | [Twitter] [@NYTimes] | [Pinterest] [Pinterest] | [Instagram] [Instagram] [NYT] Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®] | [iPad®] | [Android] | [All] [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »] [.] Have questions? visit our [Help Section »] [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »] About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines European Morning newsletter. 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