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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: • Emmanuel Macron, the French president, reverted to campaign mode in an unusual address to the joint houses of Parliament at Versailles. The French are “expecting a profound transformation,” he said. Mr. Macron vowed to reduce the number of lawmakers, introduce term limits and speed up the legislative process. He also said he was seeking to end the state of emergency in the fall. Prime Minister Édouard Philippe will give his (now overshadowed) policy speech to lawmakers today. _____ • President Trump spoke on the phone with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Paolo Gentiloni, the Italian prime minister, before the G-20 summit meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, where major differences on trade and climate change risk deepening trans-Atlantic rifts. The White House and Downing Street dismissed news reports that Mr. Trump was considering a quick visit to Britain. Chancellor Merkel could meet Mr. Trump on Thursday evening. In a subtle shift in wording, her party’s newly released campaign program for national elections in the fall no longer describes the United States as Germany’s “most important friend” outside Europe. _____ • In Iraq, civilians are emerging starving, injured and traumatized from the last areas of Mosul that are under Islamic State control. “People have told us they were eating grass, so things are really desperate,” said the head of the ... Link to the full article to read more