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We’re covering the Hong Kong protest, the Group of 20 meeting and #MeToo in world soccer.

By Matthew Sedacca and Victoria Shannon

Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Huge protest in Hong Kong

As many as a million people gathered in one of the largest demonstrations in Hong Kong’s history over legislation they see as eroding their civil liberties.

Riot police with helmets, batons and shields moved in to break up the largely peaceful protest, which shut down city streets and lasted into the early morning today.

A main target of the protest, the latest in a series of public challenges to the bill, was the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, who supports the legislation.

Background: The proposal would let some criminal suspects be turned over to jurisdictions like China with no extradition agreement. A vote on the bill is expected this month.

Watch: Our video shows the scale of the protests.

G-20 meeting cites trade risks

Group of 20 finance officials meeting in Japan warned that global trade tensions had “intensified” and agreed to address the risks.

Policymakers of the world’s leading economies also voiced their concerns about U.S. protectionism to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the meeting in Fukuoka.

But Mr. Mnuchin continued to blame China for the protracted fight and insisted that the trade dispute was not hurting America’s economy or hampering global growth.

Impact: The International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Federal Reserve warned last week about slowing growth and pointed to widening trade disputes as a culprit.

Businesses are also racing to reorient their supply chains as they await new trade barriers.

Pressure on tech: China last week warned global technology companies that they could face dire consequences if they cooperated with the U.S. ban on sales of American technology to Chinese companies, according to people familiar with the meetings.

The warning seemed designed to rally support for the Chinese firm Huawei, which the White House cut off last month, and to forestall a breakup of the supply chains that connect China’s economy to the rest of the world.

Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

#MeToo and women’s soccer

The Women’s World Cup is underway in France amid accusations that several powerful men in world soccer have used their positions to harass or abuse players.

Coaches and administrators in at least five countries this year have been accused by female players and colleagues of sexual misconduct, inappropriate behavior and even rape.

Details: The Afghan authorities issued a warrant for Keramuddin Keram, the head of the nation’s soccer federation, a day after FIFA barred him from the sport for life.

Separately: Italy defeated Australia on Sunday thanks to a last-minute header off a corner kick. We’ll have updates throughout the tournament here.

The U.S. and Mexico reach deal to avoid tariffs

President Trump said that tariffs against Mexico were “indefinitely suspended” and that the two nations had reached an agreement to reduce the flow of migrants to the southwestern border.

The deal consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take over the past several months, including giving priority to the border in the deployment of Mexico’s National Guard, according to officials from both countries.

Negotiators, however, were unable to persuade Mexico to agree to allow the U.S. to reject asylum seekers if they had not sought refuge in Mexico first.

On Twitter on Sunday, Mr. Trump threatened to turn to tariffs again if Mexico did not live up to the agreement. He also attacked The Times and CNN for their reporting on the deal.

Perspective: The tariff crisis with Mexico, our White House correspondent writes, offers a case study in Mr. Trump’s approach to daunting issues confronting him and the nation.

If you have time, this is worth it

How YouTube radicalizes users

Caleb Cain, a 26-year-old West Virginian liberal who said he was radicalized into the alt-right through YouTube videos, near his home in West Virginia. Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times

“I was brainwashed.”

Almost five years ago, Caleb Cain, a college dropout, found himself drawn to the alt-right after watching thousands of videos of far-right YouTube personalities. Although radicalization can stem from myriad factors, some experts say YouTube has inadvertently created a dangerous on-ramp to extremism.

Now an outspoken critic of the far right, Mr. Cain spoke with our tech columnist about his transformation and the role YouTube may have played in steering him toward the fringes.

Here’s what else is happening

Japan: Despite facing a demand for more women in the work force, Japan is struggling to provide enough child care to enable mothers to go back to work. And female day care workers are finding themselves discriminated against and pressured out of jobs for having children of their own.

Philippines: The Philippine government said a call by the United Nations to investigate unlawful killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war was “an outrageous interference” in the country’s sovereignty.

Nepal: While the battle against child marriage has seen huge gains in many parts of the world, activists say that in some Nepalese villages, such marriages have been on the rise.

ISIS: Australia’s Supreme Court sentenced an electrician to nine years in prison for testing rockets and propellants on his farm in New South Wales and sending his findings to the Islamic State.

Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times

Snapshot: Above, Central American migrants trying to cross the Rio Grande into the United States. Border Patrol agents say rescues of migrants from the river’s harsh currents have skyrocketed.

Trash: After China imposed restrictions on “foreign garbage,” many Southeast Asian countries began taking in plastic scrap. Now, their governments are cracking down on imported waste, worrying recyclers.

Iraq: Sixteen years after the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted and destroyed, our bureau chief returns to visit a restored collection, which officials are trying to make accessible to as many citizens as possible.

NASA: Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing push for NASA to renew its focus on sending astronauts to the moon, a fresh tweet by President Trump clashed with these plans.

French Open: Rafael Nadal further cemented his legacy at the French Open by beating Dominic Thiem to win his 12th title at Roland Garros. In the women’s finals, 23-year-old Ashleigh Barty defeated an unseeded Marketa Vondrousova, making her the first Australian woman to win the French Open since 1973.

What we’re reading: This essay in Vox. “Emily Todd Vanderwerff, my former colleague at Vox, has written a moving essay on the process of coming out as transgender,” says Amanda Taub, one of our Interpreter columnists. “This is one of those pieces it feels like a privilege to read. Highly recommended.”

Now, a break from the news

Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Cook: A lemony vinaigrette makes for a sprightly farro salad with green beans and avocado.

Watch: Octavia Spencer shows a dark side in a scene from “Ma,” narrated by the director Tate Taylor.

Listen: Bob Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue concerts are revisited in extensive detail in a new release and a video. Our critic breaks down the songwriter’s most peculiar tour.

Read: Kristen Arnett’s debut novel, “Mostly Dead Things,” is about love, grief and taxidermy. It’s one of 10 new books we recommend.

Smarter Living: The term “impostor syndrome” describes that nagging feeling — especially common among women — that you’re not good enough, that you don’t deserve the job, the promotion, the seat at the table. Research has found that what you say to yourself can change the way you see yourself, so start owning your accomplishments. Jessica Bennett, The Times’s gender editor, offers more tactics to help in our Working Woman’s Handbook.

And we also have financial suggestions for recent high school graduates.

And now for the Back Story on …

A special holiday

Like Paris, today is a moveable feast.

It’s what the British call Whit Monday, or the day after Pentecost, a Christian celebration of the Holy Spirit, and it moves every year depending on when Easter falls.

It’s also a public holiday in many Western European countries, a day for picnics and festivals.

The “whit” part derives from “white,” for the clothing many wore for baptisms held on Whitsun, another British name for Pentecost.

In 1871, Whit Monday became the first bank holiday in Britain. That so-called spring bank holiday was moved to May in 1967 (and has since become notorious for bringing unpleasant weather).

And Pentecost? The word derives from the Greek “pentekostos,” related to the number 50. Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Matthew and Victoria

Thank you
To Mark Josephson, Eleanor Stanford and Francesca Donner for the break from the news. Victoria Shannon, on the briefings team, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com.

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