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Greece Continues Search for Migrants After Crowded Ship Capsizes

New York Times The authorities revised the official toll of the deadly shipwreck down by one, to 78, but there are fears that hundreds of people may be missing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/world/europe/greece-migrants-ship.html

Boris Johnson Misled Parliament Over Covid Lockdown Parties, Report Says

New York Times The report offered a damning verdict on Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, who quit Parliament last week. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/world/europe/boris-johnson-report-covid-lockdown-parties-uk.html

Your Thursday Briefing

New York Times U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/briefing/ukraine-iran-us-talks-nuclear.html

Erdogan Says Sweden Shouldn’t Expect Turkish Support for NATO Bid

New York Times Turkey wants a tougher stance from Stockholm toward pro-Kurdish activists and members of an outlawed religious group whom Turkey considers terrorists. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/erdogan-turkey-sweden-nato.html

Belarus Has Started Receiving Russian Nuclear Weapons, Lukashenko Says

New York Times The move would be another sign of worsening relations between Moscow and the West. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/belarus-russia-nuclear-weapons.html

Germany Adopts a National Security Plan. Critics Call It ‘Weak.’

New York Times The country’s first national security strategy is an attempt to set priorities, especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but hard commitments were short in supply. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/germany-national-security-strategy.html

Boris Johnson Accuses Rishi Sunak of Blocking House of Lords Nominations

New York Times The former prime minister tried to elevate some lawmakers, as British leaders do when they leave office. But three didn’t make the cut, and now he’s fighting with Rishi Sunak. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-house-of-lords.html

Israel’s Judicial Crisis Enters New Phase After Move by Netanyahu

New York Times A bitter dispute over a planned judicial overhaul had calmed as political leaders negotiated. But talks were postponed on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to disrupt a vote. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/israel-judicial-crisis-netanyahu.html

Ivan Menezes, Who Led a Liquor Giant, Dies at 63

New York Times As chief executive of Diageo for a decade, he presented alcohol as an attainable luxury and helped brands like Smirnoff, Guinness and Johnnie Walker grow. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/business/ivan-menezes-dead.html

The UK’s Phillip Schofield Scandal Explained, From TV to Parliament

New York Times The resignation of a television anchor, followed by an admission of an affair with a younger colleague, has gripped the British media for weeks. Here’s why. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world/europe/uk-phillip-schofield-this-morning.html