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N.F.L., Angela Merkel, Iraqi Kurdistan: Your Monday Briefing

Detroit Lions players kneeling and locking arms during the national anthem before their game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Some N.F.L. teams elsewhere chose to stay off the field during the anthem.Credit...Duane Burleson/Associated Press

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Good morning.

Here’s what you need to know:

• An expanded travel ban.

President Trump, citing national security, signed new travel restrictions on Sunday that are more far-reaching than previous versions and are to be imposed indefinitely, rather than for 90 days.

The new executive order will bar most citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen from entering the U.S. Iraqis and some Venezuelans will also face restrictions.

The addition of countries that are not predominantly Muslim could address claims that earlier orders amounted to religious discrimination.

• A political football.

President Trump’s calls to fire players who decline to stand for the national anthem fueled a wave of protests on Sunday. We have a roundup of athletes’ reactions from London to Los Angeles, which included linking arms, kneeling and skipping the anthem altogether.

The president’s scolding of prominent black athletes touched off a furious national debate. Reactions among football fans were wildly divergent.

In his brief time as president, Mr. Trump has put his views of American institutions ahead of national unity, our chief White House correspondent writes.

• Last-ditch push on health care.

With the Senate expected to vote this week on a Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy shifted more money to Alaska and Maine, whose senators have expressed reservations about the measure.

Senator John McCain announced his opposition to the bill on Friday, and it remained unclear if the changes would be enough to persuade other skeptics, including Senators Susan Collins and Ted Cruz, to support the package.

• A win in Germany, with a caveat.

Angela Merkel won a fourth term as chancellor on Sunday, but her mandate is diminished by the rise of Alternative for Germany, a nationalist party that got about 13 percent of the vote, earning representation in Parliament.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Sunday. She said she would listen to those who had voted for the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, and work to win them back.Credit...Matthias Schrader/Associated Press

Ms. Merkel had leadership thrust on her 12 years ago, but she grew into the role, our chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe writes.

• A snap vote in Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election for next month, seizing on anxiety about North Korea and weakness in the opposition.

• “The Daily,” your audio news report.

In today’s show, we discuss how President Trump has forced professional athletes to become more political.

Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device.

Silicon Valley’s push for gender equality has led to a backlash.

• An analysis of 90 years of trading suggests most stocks aren’t good investments.

China’s consumers — once famous for saving rather than spending — are piling on debt.

• U.S. stocks were mixed on Friday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.

Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.

• Recipe of the day: Avoid the deep fryer. Bake your chicken tenders.

• Use your smartphone to explore a new city like a local.

• Action — not fretting — is an excellent career and business strategy.

• At the inaugural Laver Cup, Team Europe defeated Team World, as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer won their first doubles match. “The quality of the spectacle and the depth of the emotions were real in Prague,” our tennis columnist writes.

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Roger Federer lifted the Laver Cup on Sunday. The competition produced plenty of camaraderie and emotion, but whether it has a long-term future remains to be seen.Credit...Julian Finney/Getty Images For Laver Cup

• The Pentagon is testing lasers and nets to combat Islamic State drones. Separately, U.S. airstrikes in Libya killed 17 Islamic State militants.

• Melania Trump traveled abroad without President Trump for the first time as first lady, attending an athletic competition in Toronto for wounded service members and veterans.

• “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” was No. 1 at the North American box office, collecting $39 million, a bit less than expected. “The Lego Ninjago Movie” slumped.

• Keeping Indian folk painting alive.

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An award-winning Madhubani painter explains the historic art form and how she plans to help keep it alive.CreditCredit...Jake Naughton for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.

In today’s 360 video, a Madhubani painter explains traditional art forms and how she plans to pass on her skills.

• A chilling reality for refugees.

Our videographer takes us inside a camp in Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims who fled what U.N. officials have called “textbook” ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.

“Bye-bye, Iraq!”

That was a chant among Iraqi Kurds at a rally in Erbil, the regional capital, before a referendum on independence today.

Nearly every major nearby power opposes the vote, except Israel.

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A pro-independence rally in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. With Kurdish fighters having proved nearly indispensable to the U.S.-led coalition’s fight against the Islamic State, Kurdish leaders sense that this is their moment.Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

• Birds, beware.

Scientists have developed a healthy respect for praying mantises, acrobatic hunters with 3-D vision and voracious appetites. (Tip: Have breakfast first.)

• Quotation of the day.

“Sometimes when there are shortages, the price of plantain goes up from $1 to $1.25. This time, there won’t be any price increase: There won’t be any product.”

José A. Rivera, a farmer in Puerto Rico who said Hurricane Maria had knocked down almost all of his 14,000 plantain trees and destroyed his other crops.

If you’re looking for the origins of one of our era’s more giddily narcissistic trends, look to Australia.

When Oxford Dictionaries crowned “selfie” its word of the year in 2013 (defeating “twerk”), its editors noted that the first known use of the term was in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation forum 15 years ago this month.

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Selfie-taking in Beijing.Credit...Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A tipsy young man had posted a photograph of his mouth, seeking medical advice after tripping at a party.

“I had a hole about 1 cm long right through my bottom lip,” wrote “Hopey.” “And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”

It was a very Australian turn of phrase.

In Australia, a barbecue is a “barbie.” Your work colleague Mr. Fitzgerald is more often than not “Fitzy” at the pub.

Anna Wierzbicka, a linguistics professor at the Australian National University, has said the country’s love affair with such shortenings reflects cherished ideals like “mateship,” humor, informality and a dislike for “long words.”

Although given that Hopey’s full name was Nathan Hope, maybe a casual tone is more important than brevity.

Adam Baidawi contributed reporting.

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