Barcelona, Steve Bannon, Jerry Lewis: Your Monday Briefing [The New York Times] Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. [The New York Times] • In Russia, a man stabbed and wounded seven people in the Siberian town of Surgut on Saturday. [The New York Times] • Far fewer migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to reach Italy this summer compared with previous years. Here’s what you need to know: • The Spanish authorities said that the attacks that killed at least 14 people in Barcelona and Cambrils appeared to be part of a terrorist cell’s extensive plot that could have resulted in far more devastation. [The New York Times] • Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first lady, was whisked out of South Africa after the government granted her diplomatic immunity. [The New York Times] • Some 500 neo-Nazis gathered in Berlin to observe the 30th anniversary of the death of Rudolf Hess, the onetime deputy to Hitler, but were far outnumbered by counterprotesters. _____ • Iraqi forces began a new offensive to retake Tal Afar, one of the last big cities in Iraq under the control of the Islamic State.
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