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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: • In Germany’s elections, Angela Merkel won a diminished mandate for a fourth term as chancellor. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, became the first far-right party to enter Parliament in more than 60 years. The results suggest that populism — and anxieties over security and national identity — are far from dead in Europe. The shape and the policies of a new governing coalition will involve weeks of painstaking negotiations. (Here are detailed results.) The European Union’s longest-serving leader, Ms. Merkel holds an influential role that may only grow in the next few years, our chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe writes. _____ • In the U.S., kneeling protests over social injustice by a handful of African-American football players morphed into a nationwide rebuke to President Trump. Reactions among fans were wildly divergent. (Above, the New England Patriots before their N.F.L. game against the Houston Texans on Sunday.) Separately, the White House announced a new travel ban targeting seven countries, including Iran and North Korea. And in Puerto Rico, our reporters witnessed some of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Some areas remain cut off. It could take four to six months to resume electrical service. _____ • “Bye-bye, Iraq!” That was a chant among Iraqi Kurds at a secessionist rally in Erbil, the regional capital, ahead of an independence refere... Link to the full article to read more