The VICE Morning Bulletin

Here is everything you need to know about the world this morning, curated by VICE.

• Obama Faces TPP Fight
  Having reached a deal with 11 other nations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the President now faces opposition from Congress. Winning approval for the controversial trade deal on Capitol Hill is set to be the toughest fight of Obama's final year. —The Washington Post
• El Faro Search Still On
  The US Coast Guard is now focusing solely on the search for survivors rather than the cargo ship, after concluding the El Faro sank in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin. Only one dead body, from a crew of 33, has been found so far. —CNN
• Boy, 11, Charged with Murder
  An 11-year-old boy in Tennessee has been charged with first-degree murder. According to police, he shot an eight-year-old girl with his father's shotgun because she refused to let him see her puppy. —NBC News
• Facebook to Launch Satellite
  The move into space is part of Facebook's Internet.org efforts to expand basic online access via cell phones. The AMOS-6 satellite will cover large parts of Africa from 2016, Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post. —Reuters

• Hotel Blast in Yemen
  A hotel in the city of Aden hosting the Yemeni prime minister has been struck by a missile, killing at least 12. Prime Minister Khaled Bahah escaped injury. Other missiles have been fired on troops from the UAE, members of a coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels. —Reuters
• Snowden Spills the Beans on 'Smurfs'
  Edward Snowden has claimed UK security services have "total control" over Britain's smartphones. The whistleblower revealed intelligence agency GCHQ uses hacking techniques named after the Smurfs to access phones without owners' knowledge. —BBC
• Unrest in the West Bank
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent thousands of soldiers to the West Bank, promising a "strong hand" to quell Palestinian protest. It follows the killing of two teenage Palestinian stone-throwers, one of them a 13-year-old boy, in West Bank clashes on Monday. —AP
• Canada's NSA: Oversight Promised
  Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has pledged to change the way Canada's foreign intelligence agency is able to spy on Canadians. In a town hall event hosted by VICE Canada, Trudeau promised legal oversight through court warrants. —VICE News

• Egyptian TV: America Controls the Weather
  A former Egyptian general surprised a cable talk show host by claiming the US has weather-changing machines. It's all part of "fifth-generation warfare", apparently. —The Daily Beast
• Inside The Martian's Spaceship
  Ever wondered what it's like to design a spaceship and watch it be built in front of your very eyes? The team behind the Ridley Scott blockbuster The Martian takes you through the particulars. —The Creators Project
• The Kurt Cobain-Themed Haunted House
  Around 20 performers recently staged a blood-curdling "alternative history" of the tragic icon in an abandoned industrial site in Los Angeles. Here's what went down. —Noisey
• America's Worst College
  Shimer College on the south side of Chicago has been ranked the very worst college in the country. One student reveals exactly why it sucks so bad. —VICE

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