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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: • Germany’s Parliament passed a law allowing same-sex marriage today, only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel softened her opposition to it. For gay rights activists, the debate and vote on the measure are a turning point. “If the Constitution guarantees one thing, it is that anyone in this country can live as they wish,” said Thomas Oppermann, the parliamentary leader of the opposition Social Democrats. Among the lawmakers, 393 voted in favor and 226 against the bill. Ms. Merkel voted against. Four lawmakers abstained. _____ • Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is predicting “very tough” climate and trade talks with the U.S. at the G-20 meeting in Hamburg next week. Above, Ms. Merkel with European leaders at a preparatory meeting in Berlin. Her tough tone to some degree served as domestic political posturing ahead of elections in the fall. Martin Schulz, her main opponent, criticized her for not standing up more forcefully to President Trump. Mr. Trump is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on the sidelines of the meeting in Hamburg. Germany infuriated the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is also expected to attend the meeting, by rejecting his request to hold a rally for Turkish expatriate supporters there. _____ • In the U.S., lawyers and activists fanned out to airports as President Trump’s travel ban went into effect. Th... Link to the full article to read more