<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: An Assassination in Ankara
A Russian ambassador was killed in Ankara, electors cast their ballots for the next U.S. president, North Carolina began the process to repeal its controversial “bathroom bill,” and more.
What We’re Following
The Fatal Shooting of an Ambassador:Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was in front of a crowd at a photo exhibition in Ankara by a Turkish policeman, who was also killed. The shooting follows a week of protests in Turkey over Russia’s involvement in Syria, where the last remaining residents of rebel-held neighborhoods in eastern are being evacuated despite multiple interruptions. Karlov’s death is unlikely to cause a conflict between Ankara and Moscow—or, as David Frum puts it, . “Assassinations provide opportunities and occasions for wars,” Frum writes. “They do not cause them.”
