Your Tuesday Briefing

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, August 8, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Europe Edition [Your Tuesday Briefing]( By PATRICK BOEHLER Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Branden Camp/Associated Press • U.S. scientists [drafted an alarming report on climate change]( which directly contradicts Trump administration claims about global warming and concludes that temperatures have risen rapidly since 1980. A scientist who worked on the report tells us that he and others fear that the White House will suppress their findings. Here’s the [full draft](. (You can sign up for our climate change newsletter [here]( Meanwhile, the White House appears to be turning to people with deep industry ties in its effort [to dismantle government regulations](. It is also [encouraging more coal mining]( on lands owned by the federal government. _____ Nic Bothma/European Pressphoto Agency • Key African leaders are facing challenges to their leadership. [President Jacob Zuma of South Africa]( faces yet another parliamentary no-confidence motion today. Crucially, this time lawmakers will vote by secret ballot. [Millions of Kenyans vote today]( in a tightly contested presidential race between political dynasties that’s been marred by violence and reports of plans to rig the vote. Separately, several people [have been reported killed]( in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo as [President Joseph Kabila clings to power](. The opposition has [called for a general strike](. _____ Patrick Huisman/European Pressphoto Agency • The European Union warned that chicken eggs contaminated by an insecticide may have [spread to as many as seven European countries]( now including Britain and France. The scare began last month when Belgium said that fipronil, which can damage kidneys, lymph glands and the liver, had been found in eggs produced there. Industry representatives said that the associated risks had been overstated. _____ Jesus Moron/Reuters • Greece [said]( it had accepted the transfer of “a small number” of asylum seekers from Germany and other countries in an effort to tentatively reimpose the so-called [Dublin Regulation]( which requires applicants to file their asylum requests upon arrival in the E.U. Separately, dozens of migrants, some pictured above, [overran a border post in Ceuta]( a Spanish enclave in Morocco. _____ Tomas Munita for The New York Times • In Germany, our reporting team tagged along with a group of young journeymen, or “Wandergesellen.” [Following customs that date to medieval times]( they spend years traveling and working in exchange for room and board. “You don’t have any overheads, you don’t have a family or a house to take care of,” one said. “What you have is your freedom.” Business Ty Wright/Bloomberg News • President Trump’s stalled trade agenda and his withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership have frustrated the [U.S. industries he had promised to protect](. • Google [fired a software engineer]( who argued in an internal memo that the low number of women in technical positions was partly a result of biological differences instead of discrimination. • Tesla is burning through cash. It now [aims to raise $1.5 billion]( as it ramps up production of its first mass-market electric car. • Renault signed a multimillion-dollar deal in Iran, [agreeing to significantly raise vehicle production]( in the country. • Bitcoin hit a [new high]( as digital coins [may be on the verge of going mainstream](. • Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Philippe Wojazer/Reuters • Our Paris correspondent looks at how France’s initial romance with President Emmanuel Macron, an untested outsider to politics, may be quickly fading. [[The New York Times]( • President Trump appears to have taken what the writer Hannah Arendt once called “the conflict between truth and politics” to an entirely new level, our correspondent writes. [[The New York Times]( • Some C.I.A. officers are concerned that partisan instincts color the views of the director of the intelligence agency, Mike Pompeo. [[The New York Times]( • In Sicily, the Italian police are investigating a firefighter squad over allegations that it intentionally started fires to be paid to extinguish them. [[ANSA]( • For parents of incurably ill children, the death of Charlie Gard, a British baby, evoked memories of their own search for treatment. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. Juliette Borda • Are you a [carboholic]( • Don’t worry about the toll [exercise has on your heart](. • Recipe of the day: If you enjoy savory-sweet dishes, [this beef stir-fry]( should be in your rotation. Noteworthy • We set out to map music fandom across the United States [using data from YouTube](. • “Game of Thrones” rewarded fans with a fire-breathing battle royale. Here’s our recap of the [latest episode](. (We have “[Twin Peaks]( fans covered, too.) • For some researchers, [recent scientific findings]( on a hormone responsible for weight gain sound too good to be true. • In memoriam: [Martin Roth]( who led Britain’s Victoria and Albert Museum, died at 62. [Christian Millau]( the French restaurant guide author, died at 88. • Finally, our most-read article in Europe today happens to be a few years old, but it ponders a perennial question: [Why is it hard to make friends over the age of 30?]( Back Story Noah Berger for The New York Times Seventy-three years ago this week, when the headlines were filled with news of World War II, Smokey Bear became the symbol for the U.S. Forest Service. Wildfires were a wartime concern, and some feared attacks on the West Coast after a submarine [shelled a refinery in California]( and a plane dropped [incendiary bombs on Oregon](. The Forest Service first turned to the Disney movie character Bambi for a [fire safety]( campaign. Soon after, Smokey was commissioned as a permanent replacement and began appearing in posters urging people to [prevent forest fires](. A few years later, a living Smokey Bear emerged. In 1950, a cub was found alone clinging to a burned tree in New Mexico. He was rescued by firefighters, dubbed Smokey and taken to the National Zoo in Washington, where he lived until [his death in 1976](. [For decades]( there has been disagreement about whether humans try to put out too many forest fires that start naturally. The [political and scientific debate continues today]( and even Smokey acknowledges the [benefits of some natural fires](. Sarah Anderson contributed reporting. _____ This briefing was prepared for the European morning. [You can browse through past briefings here](. We also have briefings timed for the [Australian]( [Asian]( and [American]( mornings. You can sign up for these and other Times newsletters [here](. 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