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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Britain goes to the polls. Prime Minister Theresa May called the snap election hoping for a landslide and a strong mandate to negotiate the country’s departure from the European Union. But her campaign has proved uninspiring. She is still expected to win, but with her authority diminished. We asked voters about their expectations. “Brexit has stirred up a political rage inside me that didn’t exist before!” a teacher wrote. Expect the first exit poll at 10 p.m. local time, when polling stations close. Results should then trickle in throughout the night. _____ • In Tehran, assailants with assault rifles and grenades, some disguised as women, stormed Iran’s Parliament and the tomb of the country’s revolutionary founder, killing at least 12 people. Here’s how the attacks unfolded. The Islamic State claimed responsibility; if true, it was the militants’ first successful strike in Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards appeared to blame Saudi Arabia and the U.S. The assaults threatened to further escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf as President Trump grapples with the region’s complexities. _____ • Germany said its troops participating in the NATO operation against the Islamic State would leave Turkey, deepening a rift between the two military allies. Turkey had refused to allow troop visits by German lawmakers, amid German criticism of Turkey’s turn toward authoritaria... Link to the full article to read more