Your Friday Briefing

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Thursday, June 1, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Europe Edition [Your Friday Briefing]( By PATRICK BOEHLER Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Al Drago/The New York Times • “We are getting out.” President Trump announced that the United States, the [largest carbon polluter in history]( would [withdraw from the Paris climate deal](. Mr. Trump argued that the goal of reducing carbon emissions would cost the economy too much. Some U.S. states and cities, as well as [business leaders]( [pledged to defy the decision](. An American withdrawal could take up to four years, meaning a final decision could be left to voters in the next presidential election. Here’s our climate reporter’s [Q. and A.]( on what happens next. If you’re wondering what you can do about [climate change]( on your own, [we have a guide](. _____ LCI, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • China, India and E.U. leaders vowed to uphold the treaty. Our diplomatic correspondents see Mr. Trump’s decision as [“]( the greatest strategic gift” to China](. France, Germany and Italy jointly declared the pact could not be renegotiated. Theresa May, the British prime minister, separately expressed her disappointment in a telephone call to Mr. Trump. “If we do nothing, our children will know a world of migrations, of wars, of shortage,” Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said in a [video message in English]( inviting American climate scientists to France. It’s worth noting that [2016 broke the record for the hottest year]( on record. As did 2015. As did 2014. Meteorologists [expect unusually hot weather]( in parts of Europe this summer. _____ Yana Paskova/Getty Images • For the first time, President [Vladimir Putin hinted]( involvement]( in cyberattacks during last year’s U.S. presidential election. While he denied any state role, he said that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers may have participated. Nigel Farage, above, the British far-right politician, [ridiculed a report]( suggesting he was a “person of interest” in the F.B.I.’s investigation into Moscow’s contacts with representatives of Mr. Trump’s campaign. The former F.B.I. director, [James Comey, will testify]( in Congress on Thursday about his interactions with Mr. Trump, setting up a new test for the White House. _____ Adem Altan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In Turkey, the plight of two educators, who went on hunger strikes to protest the government’s crackdown on dissent and were subsequently arrested, [has divided the country](. They were among a group of protesters who had gathered at a human rights monument in Ankara that has since been fenced off. And an American deal to [sell handguns to the Turkish president’s security force]( is in doubt after some of its members assaulted protesters in Washington last month. (We translated our [analysis of the attack]( into Turkish, [here]( _____ Marcel van Kammen/Minden Pictures • Finally, a question worth pondering over the weekend: [Why does beauty exist?]( Richard Prum, a scientist at Yale, argues that female birds consider aesthetics when choosing mates, and not just physical fitness. “Freedom of choice matters to animals,” he said. “We’ve been explaining away desire rather than actually trying to understand or explain it.” _____ Business Massimo Berruti for The New York Times • The European Union [backed]( plan]( that would allow Italy to inject capital into Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank. • The Chinese maker of shoes for Ivanka Trump’s line [is sending jobs to Africa,]( as Chinese blue-collar workers seek higher pay. • The world’s largest airplane, a twin-hulled behemoth built by a billionaire, [emerged from its hangar]( in California. • Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters • Fine Gael, the main party in Ireland’s governing coalition, is set to choose its new leader and therefore the country’s next prime minister. [Bookmakers’ odds]( favor Leo Varadkar, above, who would be the first openly gay taoiseach. [[Irish Times]( • President Trump signed an order keeping the American Embassy in Tel Aviv rather than moving it to Jerusalem as he promised during last year’s campaign. [[The New York Times]( • In France, an investigation was opened into the past business practices of a minister, Richard Ferrand, as the government [presented a bill]( on ethical governance. [[Associated Press]( • Spain’s top corruption investigator resigned over revelations that he had a stake in a Panamanian offshore company. [[El País]( • Germany suspended most deportations to Afghanistan after a bombing in Kabul killed scores. [[Deutsche Welle]( • George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist, accused Hungary’s government of turning his native country into a “mafia state.” [[The New York Times]( • A former Auschwitz guard, sentenced to five years in jail as an accessory to 170,000 murders, died at 95. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Brendan McDermid/Reuters • Child’s play is [good]( all of us](. • A simple experiment showed that we often wrongly assume others also [focus on what we’re paying attention to](. • Recipe of the day: If you’re aiming for big flavor, get [garlicky chicken with lemon-anchovy sauce]( on the table. Noteworthy Tommy Jackson/Getty Images • Dua Lipa’s sassy pop songs have been streamed hundreds of millions of times. [We interviewed the British singer]( with Kosovo roots ahead of the release of her debut album this week. • French Open: Ons Jabeur [became the first woman from an Arab country]( to reach the third round of a major tennis tournament. • The British coat of arms used by the Trump Organization [belongs to another family](. • As drones become cheaper than iPhones, their popularity is likely going to skyrocket. Here’s [our review of the DJI Spark]( a beginner model. • Finally, here’s our picks for the [summer’s best travel books](. Biking from India to Europe for love, hiking the Alps, and visiting Cuba, Gascony and the South Pole. Back Story Filippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Forget the Super Bowl. Tomorrow is one of the year’s most watched sporting events, the men’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus of Turin. It will follow [Lyon’s victory over Paris St.-Germain]( in an all-French women’s final. Real Madrid is the current men’s champion. Juventus recently won its sixth straight Italian championship. (Above, Gianluigi Buffon, the team’s goalkeeper, [who gets a third shot at winning the league finals]( They will clash at a Welsh stadium with a [capacity of 74,500](. Millions more will watch the game on television and online. In honor of the occasion, we dug into our archives. Among the earliest Times reports on soccer are two from 1905, which recount the efforts of British amateur soccer players to popularize “socker” (as it was then spelled in The Times) among Americans. “The Britishers have spent nearly two months in this country trying to teach football players that football with feet and not hands is the proper thing,” one read. “As a spectacle it is almost the equal of baseball.” “English Football To Be Tested Here,” [read the headline announcing]( the game. “Our idea was to come over and start a boom for it,” the British team’s captain said. His team [defeated New York City, 7-1]( under the gaze of a “good-sized crowd” of about 3,000. _____ 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)). ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYT [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( Prefer a different send time? Sign up for the [Americas]( or [A]( and Australia]( editions. | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Morning Briefing: Europe Edition newsletter. 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