Monday Briefing: Five dead and 40 injured after SUV hits Wisconsin Christmas parade

The Reuters Daily Briefing Monday, November 22, 2021 by Linda Noakes Sponsored by   Hello Here's what you need to know. U.S. lawmakers call for privacy legislation after a Reuters report on Amazon lobbying, Poland says the Belarus border crisis may be a prelude to "something worse", and Chile is headed for a divisive election run-off as the far-right surges Today's biggest stories Police investigate after a vehicle plowed through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin U.S. Five people were killed and more than 40 injured after an SUV sped through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, knocking down dozens of people including youngsters waving pompoms and a group of 'Dancing Grannies'. A video posted online showed the vehicle appearing to run over more than a dozen people before crowds ran from sidewalks to offer assistance. Five members of Congress called for federal consumer-privacy legislation after a Reuters report published Friday revealed how Amazon.com has led an under-the-radar campaign to gut privacy protections in 25 states while amassing a valuable trove of personal data on American consumers. A prosecutor is due to tell a Georgia jury today that the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery had no right to detain him as closing arguments begin in the closely watched murder trial. Here are the charges in the case. Fresh off securing U.S. House of Representatives passage of President Joe Biden's social and environmental spending plan, his fellow Democrats are pressing ahead with it in the Senate, where the bill may undergo major changes on issues such as paid family leave to satisfy party centrists. Police in California are seeking about 80 suspects who they said swarmed into a Bay Area Nordstrom department store in a coordinated robbery, ransacking as much as they could carry and fleeing in cars they had parked outside. People protest against COVID-19 measures as police forces stand guard, near the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium WORLD Riots broke out in cities across the Netherlands, the third night in a row that police clashed with mobs of angry youths who set fires and threw rocks to protest COVID-19 restrictions. There were also clashes in Brussels with police firing water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators throwing rocks and smoke bombs. Chile is headed for a polarized presidential election runoff next month after hard-right former congressman Jose Antonio Kast finished on top in the first-round vote, ahead of leftist lawmaker and former protest leader Gabriel Boric. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned that the migrant crisis on the Belarus border may be a prelude to "something much worse", and Poland's border guard said Belarusian forces were still ferrying migrants to the frontier. The United Nations pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks, warning that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months. Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a summit that Beijing would not "bully" its smaller regional neighbors, amid rising tension over the South China Sea. BUSINESS Stocks have made a wobbly start to the week while oil and the euro are under pressure, as the return of COVID-19 restrictions in Europe and talk about hastened tapering from the U.S. Federal Reserve put investors on guard. Shares in Telecom Italia rose as much as 30%, after U.S. fund KKR presented a non-binding proposal to buy Italy's former phone monopoly valuing it at $12 billion. As U.S. airlines and airports brace for a busy Thanksgiving travel week, the boss of British Airways owner IAG says its transatlantic bookings have already reached nearly 100% of 2019 levels after the United States dropped restrictions earlier this month. Australian small publishers will get a leg up in their fight to secure licensing deals with Google and Facebook after the country's richest person said his philanthropic organization would seek a collective bargaining arrangement for them. For eight straight days, household goods salesman Vipresh Shah has failed to sell a single pack of Dettol soap to the storekeepers who have been buying from him ever since he took over his family business as a teenager, 14 years ago. India's salesmen are facing ruin as billionaire Mukesh Ambani targets mom-and-pop stores. Quote of the day "70 per cent of the global population now live either in non-democratic regimes or in democratically backsliding countries" Democracy slipping away at record rate, intergovernmental body warns Video of the day Winter Games hopefuls train in sub-tropical Taiwan During the past six years, luger Li Sin-rong has been speeding down sloping roads and mountain highways on her duct-taped green sled - using wheels, not blades. And finally… K-pop's BTS snags top prize at American Music Awards The seven-member band from South Korea beat veteran Taylor Swift, rapper Drake, pop singer Ariana Grande, teen phenomenon Olivia Rodrigo and Canadian The Weeknd for the night's biggest prize - artist of the year. Sponsored by: Nomura How much debt is too much? Providing creative solutions to get your business to an optimal level Find out more More from Reuters COVID-19 The Great Reboot Disrupted Legal News Breakingviews Thanks for spending part of your day with us. 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