| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, September 9, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. As Britain mourns the death of its longest-reigning monarch, we look at what happens next | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Men install a board depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Shankill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 9, 2022 THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH Britain's King Charles will address a country in mourning today following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, the only monarch most Britons ever knew and the "spirit of the nation" for seven decades.
We explain Britain's rules of succession for a new sovereign, and look at what changes the country will see with a new monarch.
The crowning achievement of Queen Elizabeth was to maintain the popularity of the monarchy across decades of seismic political, social and cultural change that threatened to make it an anachronism.
Throughout his long wait to ascend the throne, King Charles stood out for his outspoken views on everything from climate change to architecture. Now he is monarch, the 73-year-old may try to keep his cards closer to his chest.
Once called a "Rottweiler" by the woman she replaced, Camilla, Charles's second wife, may never have fully won over the public but she is now Queen Consort, holding a title few would have thought conceivable 25 years ago.
During the queen's reign, republican rumblings surfaced on occasion, but the affection and respect she enjoyed meant that the movement to do away with the monarchy struggled to make a lasting impression. Now republicans believe that the end of the 1,000-year-old institution could be a step closer.
|  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken receives an Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the 2st degree from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during his visit to Kyiv, September 8, 2022
WORLD
Swiftly advancing Ukrainian troops were bearing down on the main railway supplying Russian forces in the east, after the collapse of a section of Russia's front line caused the most dramatic shift in the war's momentum since its early weeks. Here's what you need to know about the conflict right now.
A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapitation" strike, experts said.
Indian and Chinese troops have begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area in the western Himalayas, both sides said, two years after clashes at the frontier strained diplomatic ties. The disengagement comes ahead of a meeting in Uzbekistan next week that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to the world for massive help for Pakistan as he arrived to support its response to a flood disaster that both he and the government have blamed on climate change.
When might the world's bleaching coral reefs pass the point of no return? When would warming temperatures cause the Greenland Ice Sheet to collapse and trigger severe sea level rise? These worrying scenarios could happen sooner than expected, according to new scientific research.
U.S.
Steve Bannon, former President Donald Trump's onetime top strategist, pleaded not guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges for allegedly deceiving donors to an effort to help Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Justice Department and Trump's attorneys are due today to jointly file a list of possible candidates to serve as a special master to review records the FBI seized from the former president's Florida estate.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency over buses of migrants sent by Republican governors from the border states of Texas and Arizona. Bowser, a Democrat, issued an order to support arriving migrants by creating a new Office of Migrant Services and will devote $10 million to launch the office.
In his campaign for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Republican candidate Ted Budd has described himself as a "conservative warrior" and a "liberal agenda crusher." But some of his fellow Republicans worry he is not fighting hard enough. We look at a competitive race that has Republicans worried.
The South Carolina Senate approved a bill tightening an abortion ban that is blocked by the state's highest court, following two days of fierce debate between anti-abortion Republicans and more moderate lawmakers from both parties.
| BUSINESS The euro rose back above parity to a two-week high against the dollar following a large rate hike and hawkish comments from the European Central Bank, while a weaker dollar helped world stocks rise to a one-week high.
Bitcoin surged past the $20,000 barrier and was eyeing its best day in six weeks as markets found reasons to be cheerful at the end of a dour week.
The Federal Reserve is "strongly committed" to fighting inflation and remains hopeful that can be done without the "very high social costs" involved in prior campaigns to control surging prices, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said, in remarks echoed by other U.S. central bankers as they mull another potentially outsized interest rate increase.
Indicators that investors use to gauge the health of the U.S. stock market have taken a turn for the worse, fueling worries that the benchmark index may revisit its mid-June bear market low.
European Union energy ministers met to seek agreement on ways to shield citizens from sky-high energy prices and prevent power utilities from collapsing as Russia has gradually turned off gas supplies to Europe in the standoff over Ukraine.
Tesla is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles.
| | | | | | | | | | | Quote of the day "We have lost not just our monarch but the matriarch of our nation, the figure who more than any other brought our country together, kept us in touch with our better nature, personified everything which makes us proud to be British" Tony Blair Former prime minister Leading British figures react to Queen Elizabeth's death | | | | Video of the day  Baby sloth and mom reunited after Bolivia wildfire The sloths were taken to Trinidad but became temporarily separated after fleeing dogs. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
