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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: • There was rare good news in Yemen: Aid shipments of food and medical supplies have begun re-entering ports weeks after a Saudi-led coalition imposed a blockade. But the arrival of lifesaving supplies does not end the pressing crisis that has left 17 million people in danger of starvation. Saudi Arabia’s 32-year-old crown prince defended his crackdown on rivals and his plans for a societal overhaul in a rare interview with our Op-Ed columnist Thomas Friedman. _____ • In Washington, career diplomats are leaving Rex Tillerson’s State Department in droves. “Having so many vacancies in essential places is a disaster waiting to happen,” said a recently resigned ambassador. Meanwhile at the White House, the do-whatever-you-want stage of Jared Kushner’s tenure as the president’s senior adviser appears to be over, and speculation about his future is mounting. And a standoff between President Trump and the independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is headed to court. Dueling appointments left it unclear who would be running the agency today. _____ • In Germany, leaders of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party agreed to try to form another coalition government with the Social Democrats after alternative three-way coalition talks collapsed. Our correspondents note that the current deadlock may signal the dawn of a messy new era in German politics, which risk... Link to the full article to read more