The first thing: What the Kremlin newspapers said about Trump |

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Yesterday the Guardian published the story of the Kremlin Papers, documents that allegedly reveal that Vladimir Putin personally authorized a secret multi-agency espionage operation in support of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.

Going deeper into the papers, it seems that the plot was presented as quite defensive: “At the moment, the Russian Federation finds itself in a dilemma. American actions are still being felt in all areas of public life, ”the newspapers begin.

The papers list Trump’s character flaws and “inferiority complex” as reasons why he is ideally suited to weaken the United States’ negotiating position.

The documents said evidence of Trump’s flaws was gathered from surveillance of his past trips to Russia.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, where they pledged to work together to defend against Russian aggression.

At least 81 killed in devastating floods in Germany

Merkel expressed her deep sympathy for the victims of the flood “disaster” that devastated the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, where the death toll rose to 81 on Friday morning.

Authorities were still trying to locate about 1,300 people as of Thursday night, although they believe the number is high due to damage to mobile phone networks.

Climatologists were shocked by the floods in Germany, saying they don’t expect to break records so much, in such a wide area, this soon.

Congresswoman Joyce Petty among nine arrested in protest against voting rights

Congresswoman Joyce Petty, an Ohio Democrat, was participating in a protest at the Capitol to call for the Senate to pass a bill for the people when she was led away in zip ties. “Let the people vote,” she wrote on Twitter. “Fight for justice.”

The western US and Canada are bracing for another heat wave as more than 70 wildfires continue to burn

The fourth heat wave in five weeks is expected to exacerbate the wildfires that are already ravaging an area larger than Rhode Island in the western United States and Canada this weekend.

In other news… Kim Kardashian West stepped in to support Rodney Reed. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

The execution of death row inmate Rodney Reed was called off, days before it was due, after Kim Kardashian West took up his case. His case is another in the debate over the role that celebrities and publicists have played in the US justice system.

Texas Democrats who fled the state to thwart a vote-restricting bill re-energized voters in the fight for voting rights.

The full picture of the racial impact of the pandemic in the United States is blurred by systematic failures to collect race and ethnicity data on Covid-19 — even in states that are pioneers in promoting health equity.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he has not decided when to retire, amid calls from liberal activists and Democratic lawmakers who want to see Biden nominate a younger liberal justice.

Today’s stat: At least 5.5 million Americans have had water that exceeds EPA-approved lead levels

Across the country, lead pipes still connect homes to local water supplies. As the White House pushes toward a national plan, Newark, New Jersey, has removed more than 20,000 lead water lines.

Don’t Miss: Interview with the Olympian Who Turned Away from Science

Hammer thrower Gwen Berry became the face of athletic activism when she secured a spot on her second Olympic team in June, when she turned around on the podium and wrapped a T-shirt that read “athletic activist” over her head. “I’m trying to fight for a better America for everyone,” she said in an interview with The Guardian. “That doesn’t make me anti-American.”

One last thing: stop asking women to smile. The unsmiling vegetable seller is undergoing renovation work. Photography: Christopher Eason/English Heritage

The painter’s restorer decided at some point in the past four hundred years that a Dutch vegetable seller in a mysterious, unsigned painting needed to cheer up a little and paint a smile. English Heritage has restored it to its former mysterious state.

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