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Friday Briefing: Kamala Harris accepts the nomination

Plus, Germany's support for Ukraine.
Morning Briefing: Europe Edition

August 23, 2024

Good morning. We're covering the final night of the Democratic National Convention and Germany's support for Ukraine.

Plus: Spicy, crunchy, Indian-ish nachos.

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Vice President Kamala Harris in Chicago last night.  Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The biggest speech of Kamala Harris's life

Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president last night, issuing a call for unity and a warning that Donald Trump is an "unserious man" whose return to the White House could have devastating consequences for the U.S. Here's the latest.

"With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past," she said. And she warned, of Trump: "Consider the power he will have — especially after the United States Supreme Court just ruled he would be immune from criminal prosecution."

Harris also devoted time to her personal biography, explaining that she was driven to be a prosecutor to protect people like a high school friend who had confided to her that she was being sexually assaulted by her stepfather.

The speech culminated Harris's swift ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket — and kicks off what will surely be a furious 74-day sprint to Election Day.

Trump visits Arizona: Trump traveled to the southwestern border to highlight immigration, an issue Republicans believe will give them an edge in November. Talking about the 2020 election results, he seemed to actually acknowledge his defeat. "I got many millions more votes than I got the first time, but didn't quite make it — just a little bit short," he said.

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Volodymyr Zelensky meeting Ukrainian soldiers training in Germany.  Pool photo by Jens Büttner

German support for Ukraine comes under strain

Amid severe clashes over the budget and increasing evidence that Ukraine was behind the blowing up of natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany, the German government has come under increasing pressure at home to roll back its support for Ukraine and push harder for negotiations to try to end its war with Russia.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has insisted that Berlin will not diminish its aid and will remain, as he said in Moldova this week, "Ukraine's biggest national supporter in Europe." But his three-party coalition government is increasingly unpopular and facing critical state elections in September, with pressure from both the left and the right.

The primary burden on the government, which can seem paralyzed in making major financial decisions, is the constitutional requirement to keep new budget debt to no more than 0.35 percent of G.D.P. That constraint has put pressure on military spending in general, as well as the government's aid to Ukraine.

Russia: Negative feelings about President Vladimir Putin have appeared to increase across the country since Ukraine's incursion, according to an attitude-tracking firm.

Press freedoms: Russia announced that it had opened a criminal case against three reporters on charges of entering the country illegally while reporting on an incursion into the Kursk region by Ukraine's armed forces. They are not being held in the country.

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As of yesterday, Italian recovery teams had retrieved six bodies. Alberto Pizzoli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Tech entrepreneur's body found after yacht sinking

The body of the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was among those recovered by Italian divers off the Sicilian coast, an official said, confirming that he was killed when a violent storm struck his yacht this week. Of the 22 people on board, nine crew members and six passengers survived.

As of yesterday afternoon, Italian recovery teams had retrieved the bodies of the one remaining crew member and five passengers who had been on the yacht. They were still searching for Lynch's daughter Hannah.

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Arts & Culture

SPORTS NEWS

  • Soccer: The Nottingham Forest player Danilo will undergo surgery after breaking his ankle last week.
  • Basketball: Driven by the loss of his mentor, Naz Reid of the Minnesota Timberwolves has made the fight against cancer personal.
  • U.S. Open: There are 32 unclaimed spots in the tournament, and the math is as brutal as it is simple: Win three matches, and you're in.
  • Paralympics: Christie Raleigh Crossley, a swimmer with neurological impairments, is going for gold in Paris. Some question her invisible disability.

MORNING READ

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Is India a safe place for women? The brutal story of a trainee doctor who was raped and killed at her own hospital has brought up uncomfortable truths about a country that wants to be a global leader.

Lives lived: Sphen, a gentoo penguin whose partnership with Magic, another male penguin at a Sydney aquarium, made them international queer icons (and happy adoptive parents), has died at 11.

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ARTS AND IDEAS

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Illustration by Tala Safie; Photos: MGM; Sony Pictures; Touchstone Pictures; Spyglass Entertainment Group; Jon Farmer/Touchstone Pictures; Merie W. Wallace/Warner Bros.

Our critic's best year for movies

Wesley Morris, who writes about art and popular culture for The Times, looks back on 1999, a year of cinematic abundance that overwhelmed him as a 23-year-old critic.

It was the year of "The Sixth Sense," "The Blair Witch Project" and "American Beauty," which went on to win the Oscar for best picture. "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace" and "The Matrix" also came out, along with existential identity crackups like "Fight Club," crass hits like "American Pie" and one of Wesley's favorites, "The Thomas Crowne Affair."

"It was the last most-exciting period for American moviegoing," Wesley writes. "It was the last most-exciting time to write about the movies." Read his essay.

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