Your Tuesday Briefing

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, April 11, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Europe Edition [Your Tuesday Briefing]( By PATRICK BOEHLER Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Max Rossi/Reuters • Secretary of State [Rex W. Tillerson visited a memorial]( to victims of a Nazi massacre in Italy, telling reporters that the United States would punish those “who commit crimes against innocents anywhere in the world.” Mr. Tillerson spoke on the sidelines of a G-7 meeting of foreign ministers, which added an “extraordinary meeting” on Syria to its agenda today. The statement seemed bound to intensify a growing rift with Russia, where Mr. Tillerson is headed later today. President Vladimir V. Putin indicated that he would not have time to meet with Mr. Tillerson, another sign of the Kremlin’s displeasure. _____ Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times • London thrives on the idea that one city can be a global melting pot, a global trading house, a global media machine. But with Britain’s pending departure from the European Union, [certainties that once sustained the great city are now in question](. And Londoners, who voted overwhelmingly against “Brexit,” now face the challenge of adjusting to an uncertain future. _____ Benjamin Cremel/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In France, a casual remark by Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, [threatened to derail her yearslong effort]( to distance her party, the National Front, from anti-Semitism. She denied French responsibility for the “Vel d’Hiv roundup” of July 1942, when nearly 13,000 Jews were arrested in Paris by the French police and deported to Nazi concentration camps, where most died. _____ Mohamed El-Shahed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • The devastating suicide attacks in Egypt on Sunday suggested that the Islamic State had [found a new battleground](. Experts say that Cairo’s greatest challenge lies in reforming the security agencies, which have ruthlessly stifled dissent but have had limited success in penetrating new Islamist cells. _____ • Do you have the next big story? If you think you have a credible tip, our newsroom wants to hear from you. [Click here]( for secure, encrypted ways to share messages and materials with our journalists. Business Neil Hall/Reuters • Another blow to Barclays. The British authorities are investigating [the bank and its chief executive, James E. Staley]( after he admitted to trying to find the identity of a whistle-blower. • Tesla’s valuation, at $50.9 billion, [overtook that of General Motors yesterday]( just a week after the maker of electric cars surpassed Ford. • The Federal Reserve is shifting its focus from stimulating the economy to keeping growth on an even keel, [Janet L. Yellen, its chairwoman, said](. • The fingerprint sensor on smartphones is not as safe as most think, [new research suggests](. • Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Philippe Huguen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In northern France, a fire destroyed swaths of a large migrant camp after skirmishes earlier in the evening. [[Reuters]( • Applications for asylum in Germany in the first quarter of 2017 were down two-thirds compared with a year earlier. [[Reuters]( • Hungary’s president signed new legislation that could force one of the country’s top universities to close. [[Associated Press]( • United Airlines is facing a public-relations nightmare, after a man on an overbooked flight was dragged off the plane. [[The New York Times]( • A drug-ravaged Mexican state’s fugitive ex-governor has been captured in Florence, Italy. [[The New York Times]( • China’s use of the death penalty is still shrouded in secrecy, according to Amnesty International. [[The New York Times]( • China resumed its free-trade negotiations with Norway, ending a yearslong diplomatic spat over the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize. [[South China Morning Post]( Smarter Living Jason Henry for The New York Times • If a glass of milk is part of your morning routine, take note: [Nut milks pale in comparison]( to cow’s milk when it comes to nutrients. • Writing your boss that [kiss-off letter may do you wonders](. But remember to press delete. • Chopped parsley and mint lift [this recipe for seared pork cutlets]( with green garlic salsa verde. Noteworthy Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times • The Times won three [Pulitzer Prizes]( for an investigative series on [Russia’s covert projection of power]( the story of a veteran of the Afghan war [suffering from PTSD]( and a haunting visual portrait of [the Philippines’ bloody war on drugs.]( • Juventus will host Barcelona in this season’s [first Champions League quarterfinal today](. • The U.S., Canada and Mexico launched a joint bid for the 2026 soccer World Cup, [a paradigm-shifting plan that would involve more cities, more teams and more profit](. • Sophie Calle, France’s most famous conceptual artist, [might finally be getting the attention she deserves](. • Peter Capaldi, the Scottish actor, [discusses what he has learned from playing Doctor Who]( The fictional hero “loves the human race, because he sees its cruelty, but also astonishing kindness and heroism.” • And sleep [has become a status symbol]( achieved with gadgets, apps, gizmos and classes. Back Story William E. Sauro/The New York Times “Houston, we have a problem.” The crew of Apollo 13, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on this day in 1970, was 200,000 miles above Earth when one of its oxygen tanks exploded. The blast either ruptured a line or caused a valve to leak on the other tank. Then the warning lights for the fuel cells began flashing, indicating that the electricity supply was in jeopardy. The mission was supposed to be NASA’s third crewed moon landing. The “problem” came two days in, crippling the command module’s supply of electricity, light and water. The three-person crew (above) was able to make [a series of decisions]( and improvised repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, enabling them to use the lunar module as a “[lifeboat]( to safely return to Earth on April 17. Although the mission was aborted and the crew never landed on the moon, their heroics — and their rescue — resulted in the mission being classified as a “[successful failure]( The flight remains the record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth, and the response to the near disaster was deemed “[NASA’s finest hour]( Inyoung Kang contributed reporting. _____ This briefing was prepared for the European morning. We also have briefings timed for the [Australian]( [Asian]( and [American]( mornings. You can sign up for these and other Times newsletters [here](. Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [europebriefing@nytimes.com](mailto:europebriefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback%20(Europe)). FOLLOW NYT [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( Prefer a different send time? 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