• British and E.U. officials are meeting today for a third round of “Brexit” negotiations. Issues include the cost for Britain to settle its financial commitments and debts, and the status of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Both the Labour and Conservative parties are now calling for a gradual exit. [The New York Times]

• A German woman died from the injuries she received in the van attack in Barcelona this month, raising the death toll in that and a second attack to 16. [Associated Press]

• Scotland Yard arrested a second man in connection with the case of a man accused of wielding a four-foot sword near Buckingham Palace. [Associated Press]

• The Iraqi military says it has recaptured the Islamic State stronghold of Tal Afar. [CNN]

• A car bomb in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand killed at least 13. [BBC]

• Yingluck Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, is believed to have gone into exile rather than face a possible 10 years in prison on negligence charges. [The New York Times]

• Eight mountain climbers died in three accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps. [Associated Press]