Mosul, Hamburg, Wimbledon: Your Monday Briefing
[The New York Times] • In Kiev, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said
that the U.S. would not lift sanctions against Russia until Moscow restores Ukraine’s "territorial integrity." [The New York Times] • Seven years ago, a self-immolation of a vendor in Tunisia set off the Arab Spring.
_____ • Russia cheered Mr. Trump’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin, and Mr. Trump took to Twitter to declare
that it was time for the U.S. to work constructively with the Kremlin, despite the invasion of Ukraine and meddling in the American presidential election.
[The New York Times] • In Yemen, cholera has infected more than 269,000 people and killed at least 1,614, according to Unicef.
Rex Tillerson, the U.S. secretary of state, "praised the Turkish people — brave men
and women" who "stood up against coup plotters and defended their democracy," as he met his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Sunday.
It was also a sign that European leaders have stopped trying to paper over their differences with the Trump administration.
[The New York Times] • Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater abruptly canceled a show about Rudolf Nureyev, a ballet dancer who defected to the West in 1961.
