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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: • London, again. A vehicle drove into pedestrians early this morning near a mosque in Finsbury Park, an immigrant neighborhood, killing one person and wounding 10 others. London’s mayor called the episode a “horrific terrorist attack.” The police said a man believed to have been the driver had been arrested. Check back for updates. It is, at minimum, another blow to the fragile government of Prime Minister Theresa May, just as “Brexit” negotiations begin today. The death toll from last week’s inferno at a public housing project, now at 58, is still expected to rise. _____ • A forest fire in Portugal killed more than 60 people, many of them drivers who became trapped in their cars. The country declared three days of mourning as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. It is “the worst tragedy in terms of human lives that we’ve known in recent years,” Prime Minister António Costa said. _____ • In France, voters gave President Emmanuel Macron and his allies a decisive majority. A record number of women have been elected to an overall younger and more diverse legislature. Mr. Macron now “has all the power,” said Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, who resigned as head of the largely diminished Socialist Party. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, the far-left and far-right leaders, secured seats, as did, for the first time, Corsican nationalists. The high abstention rate ... Link to the full article to read more