| Key moment | Trump got elected in 2016 in no small part because he had the sense to recognize a bad deal — and to offer voters a better one. If ever there was a moment to employ his negotiating savvy, it's right now, Joshua Green reports. Campaign 2020 There are 48 days until the election. Here's the latest on the race for control of the White House and Congress. Biden made his most direct appeal yet to Hispanic voters, seeking to bolster turnout among the crucial bloc during his first trip to Florida as Democratic nominee. 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. Green overhaul | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed toughening the bloc's targets for fighting climate change in a bid to cut industrial pollution and spur green economic growth. In a speech today in Brussels, she said the 27-nation European Union will sell $267 billion of green bonds as part of its pandemic recovery fund. Fine print | The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed accords with Israel yesterday that Trump hailed as a "foundation for a comprehensive peace" in the Middle East and touted as a crowning achievement of his presidency. Yet, as Nick Wadhams reports, the documents' sweeping promises — especially between the UAE and Israel — left key questions unanswered.  The signing ceremony yesterday at the White House. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca Rebel talks | Johnson held talks with ruling party lawmakers in an attempt to win their backing for his controversial law rewriting part of the Brexit deal he struck with the EU last year. The prime minister faces a revolt from Tories dismayed at his plan to break international law by unilaterally redrawing parts of the pact. Volte face | Italy surprised Europe last year when it became the first Group of Seven nation to sign up to Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road infrastructure and trade initiative. Sixteen months and one change of governing partner later, Rome is falling in line with the more skeptical stance adopted by Brussels. "I share the European Union position on China," Vincenzo Amendola, Italy's minister for European affairs, said in an interview. What to Watch - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, David McLaughlin reports.
- Trump is getting set to decide whether to approve Oracle's alliance with Chinese-owned video app TikTok. A national security panel reviewed the bid yesterday but didn't make a recommendation either way.
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo hold a joint press conference in Washington later today. -
Argentina is tightening the screws on its foreign exchange market in a bid to restrict demand for U.S. dollars as reserves dwindle and the gap widens between the official and black market exchange rates. -
Japan's parliament formally elected ruling party stalwart Yoshihide Suga — the 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer — to be the country's first new prime minister in almost eight years. And finally ... At a funeral last week in the mountains of northern India, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top aides paid respect to a Tibetan soldier killed in clashes with China. The rare recognition of a secretive Indian military unit with Tibetan soldiers threatens to escalate a border dispute that has damaged economic ties. Most significant, Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Archana Chaudhary report, was the suggestion that India questioned China's sovereignty over Tibet.  Indian soldiers pay respects to their fallen comrade on Sept. 7. Photographer: Mohid Arhaan/AFP | 
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