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Article snippet: Good morning. The New York Times is providing full free digital access to European readers through Sunday. Here’s what you need to know: • North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday morning, an act of defiance against the new sanctions resolution adopted days earlier by the United Nations Security Council. The missile passed over Japan — where an alert was issued, on television and via cellphones, warning people to take shelter inside a building or underground — and traveled 2,300 miles, the farthest of any of North Korea’s launches. Check back for updates. _____ • A major public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower opened on Thursday in London. The inquiry is scheduled to produce an interim report by April that will address what caused the fire, why it spread and who should be held accountable, among other issues. The retired judge leading the investigation cited a “sense of anger and betrayal” among former residents. He also refused requests to allow survivors of the disaster to be part of the inquiry team. At least 80 were killed in the blaze, the deadliest in Britain in more than a century. _____ • President Trump came under attack on Thursday from some of his strongest supporters, who were outraged after he compromised with congressional Democrats for the second time in a week. Mr. Trump agreed to set aside a fight, at least for now, over building a border wall with Mexico as part of a deal with Democrats to protect young, undocumented immigrants. Ma... Link to the full article to read more