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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Want us to let you know when the briefing is ready? New on iOS: Go to our app’s notifications settings on your device (the bell on the upper right corner) and turn on the option for Morning Briefing. On Android, you can adjust the settings by going the three dots. As for this morning, here’s what you need to know: • North Korea “is begging for war.” That’s what Nikki Haley, above, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council a day after the North’s most powerful nuclear test and hours after South Korea said that Pyongyang might be preparing another ballistic missile launch this weekend. The provocations have strained America’s longstanding alliance with South Korea’s new government, which seeks to de-escalate the issue with talks. Cutting off all U.S. trade with the North’s key trade partners, as suggested by President Trump in a Twitter post, is a nonstarter, experts say. _____ • A military campaign in Myanmar has forced tens of thousands of Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh and led to calls for Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and a Nobel Peace laureate, to rein in attacks on civilians. Malala Yousafzai, a fellow peace prize laureate, took to Twitter to confront Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi. And in the Russian republic of Chechnya, tens of thousands joined a government-sanctioned protest on the plight of the Rohingya. Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian re... Link to the full article to read more