| Path to re-election | Trump's campaign is pouring resources into winning Minnesota, betting that rising public opposition to Black Lives Matter protests will tip an historically Democratic state the president narrowly lost four years ago. Trump trails Biden in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, three states that helped him win in 2016. That's got the president's campaign working on an alternative path: possibly some combination of wins in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine and Nevada. Campaign 2020 There are 57 days until the election. Here's the latest on the race for control of the White House and Congress. Biden holds a 10-point lead over Trump, with support for each candidate solidifying, a CBS News poll shows. Four in 10 Democrats say Biden isn't campaigning enough; half of independents agree. The top issue for voters was the economy, followed by health care, the coronavirus outbreak, and recent protests. Other developments: Sign up to receive daily election updates as a direct mobile notification on Twitter. Simply click on this link and like the tweet.  Read here about how the world economy's rebound from the depths of the coronavirus crisis is fading, setting up an uncertain finish to the year.
Demonstrations resume | Hong Kong police arrested hundreds of pro-democracy activists at a weekend rally held to protest the one-year delay of the city's legislative election, originally scheduled for Sunday. The unrest follows a period of relative calm in the city following China's imposition of a national security law, which has made demonstrations less frequent. - Chinese authorities have delayed renewing the press credentials of some journalists working for American media outlets, including Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal and CNN, in response to the Trump administration limiting visa terms for Chinese reporters in the U.S.
Pipeline pressure | Merkel's government is ready to link its support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to Moscow's cooperation with an inquiry into the poisoning of dissident Alexey Navalny, the chancellor's spokesman said today. In any case, as Vanessa Dezem reports, Europe may not need Nord Stream 2 to come online anytime soon. Brexit's back | The U.K. issued a broadside against the European Union ahead of an eighth round of talks this week on their future relationship. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell the EU today that he's willing to walk away rather than compromise, while his government prepares legislation that would roll back the withdrawal deal he signed with the bloc this year. Even if it's all bluster the tactic isn't winning over allies or investors: The pound fell on the news. Muscle flexing | The race for offshore gas deposits in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean has seen Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel claim territorial rights in one of the world's most crowded seas. But, as Marc Champion explains, the tensions run deeper, and the expansion of Turkey's navy reflects President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ambition to assert his country as a specifically Muslim regional power, able to go toe-to-toe with Europe, Russia and the U.S. What to Watch This Week - U.S. and U.K. officials resume talks tomorrow over a bilateral trade agreement.
- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte made it clear to the corporate elite at a conference this weekend that he'll be calling the shots more often in a pandemic-stricken economy.
- Peruvian Finance Minister Maria Antonieta Alva faces the biggest challenge of her career with opposition lawmakers set to grill her in congress today over the government's response to the pandemic.
- Guinea opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo said he will challenge President Alpha Conde in the Oct. 18 election.
- After meeting at the White House last week, Serbia and Kosovo leaders hold talks in Brussels today under EU auspices.
Thanks to all who responded to our pop quiz Friday and congratulations to Gage Holland, who was the first to correctly name the Czech Republic as the country from which a politician sparked China's ire with a trip to Taiwan. And finally ... After Trump's planned trip to a French cemetery for fallen Marines was canceled in November 2018, the U.S. leader had time on his hands in a mansion filled with artwork. Trump fancied several of the pieces in the U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris, and on a whim had them loaded onto Air Force One, Jennifer Jacobs, Nick Wadhams and Katya Kazakina report.  Figurines of Greek mythical characters Trump ordered removed from the French ambassador's residence in November 2018, now on display in the Oval Office. Photographer: Justin Sink/Bloomberg | 
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