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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: • Theresa May, the British prime minister, vowed to European leaders at a summit meeting in Brussels that the rights of the more than three million E.U. citizens living in Britain would be protected. But a year after the “Brexit” referendum, many questions remain unanswered, and Mrs. May’s vision continues to be at odds with expectations in Brussels. A key issue is setting a cutoff date for residents to qualify for what is called settled status, allowing them to remain indefinitely. Leaders agreed to extend sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. _____ • In Ukraine’s war against Russia-backed insurgents, a temporary cease-fire is set to begin tomorrow to allow farmers to harvest their crops. Meanwhile, more than 20,000 Ukrainians have already taken advantage of an easing of visa requirements by 30 European countries that was granted as an incentive for Kiev to adhere to E.U. standards. “For the mentality of the country to change, to get rid of the Soviet legacy, you need to see other parts of the world,” one owner of a small business said. _____ • The grim deaths of two brothers from the Senegalese village of Togo, above, match those of a growing number of young African men who are determined to reach Europe — or die trying. More than 2,100 migrants and refugees have drowned this year in the Mediterranean. But the sea is only one in a deadly series... Link to the full article to read more