• Rescuers found the bodies of four people in the rubble of two collapsed buildings in Marseille, France. [The New York Times]

• Germany’s interior minister, Horst Seehofer, fired a former spy chief, Hans-Georg Maassen, who was seen as fueling anti-immigrant sentiment. That did not quell criticism of Mr. Seehofer’s initial refusal to dismiss Mr. Maassen. [The New York Times]

• Indonesian investigators said that the brand-new Boeing Max 8 that crashed into the Java Sea with 189 people on board had experienced problems in its final four flights — but was cleared to fly anyway. [The New York Times]

• As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey demands justice in the killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, many Turks are deeply conflicted, watching as Mr. Erdogan detains thousands and tramples on dissent at home. [The New York Times]

• Bill Gates, the billionaire software tycoon who spent $200 million researching safe sanitation, has pledged another $200 million to reinvent the toilet. [The New York Times]

• Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,500-year-old ramp that may help solve the mystery of the Giza pyramids’ construction. [CNN]