Your Wednesday Briefing

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Wednesday, September 6, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Europe Edition [Your Wednesday Briefing]( By PATRICK BOEHLER Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Alex Wroblewski for The New York Times • President Trump [ordered an end to an Obama-era executive order]( that shields young undocumented immigrants to the U.S. from deportation. He justified the decision by saying that the U.S. was a “nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws” and called on Congress to replace the order with a law. [In this video]( some of the 800,000 “Dreamers,” who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, explain what they’ve gained from the program — and what they stand to lose. Most [beneficiaries are from Mexico]( and live in California. Their median age at the time they entered the U.S. was 6. There was an outcry from Democrats, [business leaders]( and advocacy groups. We collected [reactions from the American left and right](. Above, a protest in Washington. _____ Pool photo by Wu Hong • Russia wants U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the front line in Ukraine’s war, [President Vladimir Putin said at a news conference in Beijing](. Ukraine said it would only approve a deployment in separatist-held areas. Germany [welcomed the Russian initiative](. Separately, Mr. Putin said he doubted sanctions could sway North Korea’s leaders to halt their nuclear program. “They would rather eat grass,” he said. And asked about President Trump, Mr. Putin said the American leader is “not my bride, and I am not his groom.” _____ Marcelo Sayao/European Pressphoto Agency • In Rio de Janeiro, the police searched the home [of Brazil’s Olympic committee chief]( Carlos Arthur Nuzman, as part of an investigation into allegations that officials had paid bribes to secure the 2016 Games. The search was the first official sign that the authorities are considering the possibility that the Olympic bid may have been bought. Separately, former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff [were charged with running a “criminal organization”]( that raked in hundreds of millions in bribes during their party’s nearly 14-year reign. _____ Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times • At the U.S. Open, [Venus Williams, above, reached the semifinal]( by defeating Petra Kvitova, who had returned to the Grand Slam mix after a knife attack last year. [Pablo Carreño Busta and Sloane Stephens advanced]( to their first semifinals. Here are the [complete scores and the schedule](. The tournament has turned to [artificial intelligence to select its most thrilling moments]( for promotion on its online platforms. _____ Natalia Mantini for The New York Times • Rock ’n’ roll is not dead. It’s ruled by women. We [look at a new generation of female and non-binary performers]( punk in style or spirit, who are making music about tactile emotion, rousing politics and far more. They speak of the obstacles the music industry and society at large have thrown in their paths. Above left, Laetitia Tamko of Vagabon with Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail. Business Christian Lutz/Associated Press • Europe’s human rights court [ruled that companies can monitor their employees’ email]( if they are notified in advance. • Lego, the Danish toymaker, said it planned to [cut 1,400 jobs]( as more children turn to mobile devices for entertainment. • Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish maker of Angry Birds, is [planning an]( that could value it at $2 billion. • There is as much to love (the screen) about the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as there is to hate (the price tag), [according to our review](. • Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times • Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, aims for the Caribbean. Above, residents of Puerto Rico are rushing to prepare for major damage. [[The New York Times]( • Syrian government forces, backed by Iran and Russia, broke the Islamic State’s siege on the strategically important city of Deir al-Zour. [[Associated Press]( • In Britain, a leaked government document suggests that the government seeks to deter low-skilled immigration from Europe after “Brexit.” [[The Guardian]( • “Solidarity is not an à -la-carte dish,” Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, told Hungary ahead of a ruling by the E.U.’s top court today in which it is [expected to dismiss]( a challenge to the bloc’s immigration policy by some Eastern European countries. [[Politico]( • Four British soldiers suspected of membership in a neo-Nazi group were arrested on suspicion of being involved “in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.” [[The New York Times]( • A Danish inventor denied in court that he had killed a Swedish freelance journalist aboard his submarine, but he couldn’t explain how her dismembered body washed ashore days later. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times • The flavors in this [chocolate ganache with black sesame and miso]( flit from salty to bitter to sweet. (Here’s a [profile of the Parisian chef]( who shared the recipe.) • Scientists offer a look at the chemical warfare that takes place when we cut into an onion. “It’s similar to tear gas,” one researcher said, and [there’s no simple way to avoid it](. • Learn to recognize burnout [before you’re burned out](. Noteworthy Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times • In Marseille, France, we look at how [public swimming pools have become a measure of inequality](. Upkeep of those in poorer neighborhoods has been neglected, and many have fallen into disuse. • “Secret Hitler”: A new board game [got a boost]( from a [sudden surge of interest]( in fascism after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. • In Munich, Germany, a memorial [will be unveiled today]( to commemorate the 12 mostly Israeli victims of a terrorist attack on the Olympic Games in 1972. • Finally, we visited the architect Andrea Tognon, who transformed a neglected industrial complex in a desolate corner of Milan [into a special home and office](. “The beauty of it all is that you start to adapt to a place, and it changes you,” he said. Back Story Associated Press Sixty-five years ago this week, The Times published [its review of “The Old Man and the Sea,”]( the last Ernest Hemingway book published in his lifetime. The story of a Cuban fisherman and the greatest catch of his life, the book was a huge success and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A year later, Hemingway, above, was awarded the Nobel “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in ‘The Old Man and the Sea,’ and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.” Our critic, the Smith College professor Robert Gorham Davis, wrote that it was “a tale superbly told, and in the telling Ernest Hemingway uses all the craft his hard, disciplined trying over so many years has given him.” ([One scholarly account]( says Hemingway’s literary rival, William Faulkner, was asked to write the review but declined. He did applaud the work later in a magazine blurb.) Hemingway dismissed the notion that the work portrayed real people. But some said the novel was [inspired by Gregorio Fuentes]( the Cuban who captained his fishing boat, the Pilar — and who spent his later years reminiscing for tourists eager to learn more about [Hemingway’s Cuba](. Karen Zraick contributed reporting. _____ Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. 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](. If photographs appear out of order, please download the updated New York Times app [from iTunes]( or [Google Play](. What would you like to see here? Contact us at europebriefing@nytimes.com. ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYT [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( Prefer a different send time? 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