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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: • Trying to stop the fallout over President Trump’s ambiguous response to this weekend’s bloody rallies in Charlottesville, Va., the White House condemned “white supremacists” for inciting violence during the protests over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general. The statement, issued 36 hours after the protests began, came after lawmakers from both parties called on Mr. Trump to denounce racists affiliated with the so-called alt-right, some of whom brandished pro-Trump banners. The police charged a 20-year-old man with second-degree murder, identifying him as the driver who caused a smashup that killed a 32-year-old woman in a crowd of counterprotesters and injured many more. _____ • Several aid groups have said that they would suspend some migrant rescue operations in Libyan waters in the Mediterranean over the increasingly hostile stance of the country’s Coast Guard. Amid rising antimigrant sentiment in Italy, the government in Rome has also pressed aid groups to avoid Libyan waters. Italy last month agreed to send a naval mission to assist the Libyan Coast Guard to curb human trafficking. Critics say there is concern over the inhumane conditions migrants face if they are returned to Libya and held in detention centers. _____ • In Kenya, several deaths have been reported in election-related violence. Raila Odinga, above, the oppositio... Link to the full article to read more