European Morning: Mike Pence, in Europe, Says Trump Supports Partnership With E.U.

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]( Tuesday, February 21, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [Vice President Mike Pence, left, with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in Brussels on Monday.]( [Mike Pence, in Europe, Says Trump Supports Partnership With E.U.]( By GARDINER HARRIS and JAMES KANTER The vice president also said he backed the president's decision to seek the resignation of his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn. [Emmanuel Macron, center, a French presidential candidate, in southern France on Friday. The head of his party said Mr. Macron had been targeted by Russian news channels.]( [Europe Combats a New Foe of Political Stability: Fake News]( By MARK SCOTT and MELISSA EDDY The rise of sophisticated hacks and a torrent of fake news coincide with angry populist movements across the Continent, and officials are nervous. [A group of refugees walking on a highway in Denmark toward Sweden in 2015. Statistics in Sweden found no appreciable increase in crimes from 2015, when the country processed a record 163,000 asylum applications, to 2016.]( White House Memo [From an Anchor's Lips to Trump's Ears to Sweden's Disbelief]( By PETER BAKER and SEWELL CHAN A diplomatic dispute with Sweden illustrates the unusual approach the president takes to foreign policy, as well as the influence that television can have on his thinking. For more top news, go to [INYT.com]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Editors' Picks [Aging vehicles are stored in the old workshops of Fordlândia, Brazil, a community founded in 1928 by Henry Ford.]( WORLD | Reporter's Notebook [Deep in Brazil's Amazon, Exploring the Ruins of Ford's Fantasyland]( By SIMON ROMERO The town of Fordlândia, founded in 1928 by Henry Ford, stands as a crumbling testament to the folly of trying to bend the jungle to the will of man. [A European Union flag outside the European Commission building in Brussels.]( OPINION | Op-Ed | Ivan Krastev [How Donald Trump Might Save the E.U.]( By IVAN KRASTEV President Chaos has made Europeans nervous about taking risks on right-wing populists. [] World [Protesters gathered outside Parliament in London on Monday to demonstrate against a formal state visit for President Trump.]( ['I Am Ashamed' vs. 'Get Over It': British Lawmakers Debate Trump Visit]( By STEVEN ERLANGER More than 1.8 million Britons backed a petition to deny a state visit. "The intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan," a lawmaker said. [President Trump at a news conference Thursday. ]( [Contradicting Trump on Russia: Russian Officials]( By MATTHEW ROSENBERG President Trump has insisted his campaign had no contact with Russian officials - denials that stand at odds with the utterances of Russian officials themselves. [Mohamed Badie, center, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, with other members during a trial in Cairo in June 2015. Mr. Badie has been sentenced to death or life in prison in different cases.]( [Trump Talk of Terror Listing for Muslim Brotherhood Alarms Some Arab Allies]( By DECLAN WALSH One problem with any potential blanket designation of the Muslim Brotherhood is that the group takes different forms in different countries. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, left, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. They have taken contrasting positions on debt relief toward Athens.]( [Eurozone Agrees to Greece Talks in Exchange for Bailout Payments]( By JAMES KANTER and NIKI KITSANTONIS The agreement falls short of an all-encompassing deal, but is a positive sign ahead of a meeting this week between Germany and the International Monetary Fund. [WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application owned by Facebook, updated its Status feature, a move that follows a string of actions by Facebook to emulate Snapchat.]( [WhatsApp's New Feature Continues Facebook's Snapchat Mimicry]( By MIKE ISAAC With Facebook and some of its top apps trying to tap into popular features pioneered by Snapchat, WhatsApp unveiled a version of its Status feature that focuses on sharing images. [A coal mound in Kentucky. A blog post by a former federal climate scientist fed disagreement over the existence of climate change.]( [How an Interoffice Spat Erupted Into a Climate-Change Furor]( By HIROKO TABUCHI A retired scientist became a hero to some climate-change deniers after he criticized his former boss at NOAA over data handling. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Sports [Alassane Pléa of Nice challenging Monaco's Jemerson, left, and Kamil Glik in a match this month at the Stade Louis II.]( [A.S. Monaco: From Billionaire's Plaything to Soccer Prodigies' Hub]( By RORY SMITH Financial fair-play rules forced a change in club strategy, one that has had some unexpectedly happy results. [John Daly at a PGA Tour Champions event in July in Endicott, N.Y. He draws big crowds on the tour, but his best finish is a tie for 11th.]( [John Daly Gets Back in the Swing - on His Own Terms, of Course]( By ADAM SCHUPAK The extravagant golfer at 50 is beloved by fans awed by his refusal to stop living large. But he hopes a slow start on the senior scene is only a period of adjustment. [Eric Thames after signing with the Milwaukee Brewers in November. At first base, he will replace Chris Carter, who left for the Yankees after hitting 41 home runs last year.]( [Brewers Hope Eric Thames, Ruthian in South Korea, Has Crossover Power]( By TYLER KEPNER After averaging 41 home runs and 126 R.B.I. in three seasons overseas, Thames signed a lucrative deal to return to the major leagues. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [President Trump introduces Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, as the next national security adviser at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.]( [Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser]( By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL R. GORDON The president called him "a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience." [Barriers on the Mexican border along the Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Arizona.]( [Border Wall Would Cleave Tribe, and Its Connection to Ancestral Land]( By FERNANDA SANTOS The Tohono O'odham Nation's reservation in Arizona extends along 62 miles of the border, with 2,000 members living in Mexico. [The Venice sign spans the intersection of Windward and Pacific Avenues in the Los Angeles neighborhood. It is a replica of the original sign from 1905, which was hung by the developer to lure buyers. The neighborhood is undergoing change now as tech money flows in.]( [With Snap's I.P.O., Los Angeles Prepares to Embrace New Tech Millionaires]( By KATIE BENNER That prospect has real estate agents, money managers and luxury goods purveyors excited for a potential business windfall, of the sort often seen in Silicon Valley. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( [] Opinion [A woman's chest reads ]( Op-Ed Contributor [Topless Uprising Against Sexism]( By JORDANA TIMERMAN A debate about women's right to control their bodies led to bare-breasted protests. [Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Friday.]( Op-Ed Contributors [Why the World Needs a Trump Doctrine]( By ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI and PAUL WASSERMAN Chaos and incoherence in American foreign policy are a threat to global stability. [Seen through a TV camera eyepiece, Donald Trump delivering a speech in Manchester, N.H., in June.]( The Stone [Trump and the 'Society of the Spectacle']( By ROBERT ZARETSKY Are we merely addicted consumers of the spectacular images the president creates? 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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