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President Obama joined the French leader and other officials in Paris on Sunday to honor those who died in the terrorist attacks.

President Obama joined the French leader and other officials in Paris on Sunday to honor those who died in the terrorist attacks. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Your Monday Briefing
By VICTORIA SHANNON
Good morning.
Here's what you need to know:
• Climate talks open.
The long-awaited multinational talks to set global limits on carbon emissions began today in Paris, with the host, President François Hollande, saying agreement was "within reach."
Here are some short answers to tough questions on climate change.
President Obama visited the Bataclan music hall before the talks to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks.
• Few answers in Colorado shooting.
The authorities are still trying to determine what led a gunman to attack a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday, leaving a police officer and two others dead.
Investigators say they do not know if the suspect, Robert L. Dear Jr., had any political motivations. Federal government funds for Planned Parenthood have been under attack by anti-abortion groups.
• Baltimore trial to begin.
The first trial of a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man injured while in police custody, opens today with jury selection.
Black activists see it as a test of the criminal justice system. The officer, one of six charged, pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.
• Jewish teenagers convicted.
An Israeli court today convicted two Jewish youths for burning and killing a 16-year-old Palestinian in 2014.
• Alert on Chicago campus.
The University of Chicago canceled all classes and activities on its main campus today because of a specific anonymous threat of gun violence.
F.B.I. counterterrorism officials warned the university that "an unknown individual" had posted a message online.
• Pope lands in war zone.
Pope Francis is on his first visit to a war zone, the capital of the Central African Republic, a divided and destitute country, to support efforts at peace and reconciliation.
It is the last and most closely watched leg of his tour of Africa.
BUSINESS
• Cyber Monday's claim as the biggest online shopping day in the U.S. may be diluted today because many web retailers promoted their merchandise in advance.
More people shopped online over the Thanksgiving weekend than in brick-and-mortar stores, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation.
• The International Monetary Fund is expected to decide today whether to include China's renminbi among the major currencies that make up its benchmark currency basket.
The renminbi would join the dollar, euro, pound and yen as the main currencies in the fund's reserve assets and would increase demand for the currency.
• Wall Street stock futures are slightly higher. European shares are mostly up, and Asian markets closed mostly lower.
OVER THE WEEKEND
• The European Union agreed to a deal with Turkey to slow the flood of refugees into the 28-nation bloc. Europe will provide $3.2 billion and other inducements in return for Turkish help.
• Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey received a crucial New Hampshire endorsement, while Ted Cruz advanced in polls in Iowa.
• The Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant announced he would retire after this season, his 20th in the N.B.A.
• Oklahoma, No. 3 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings, virtually assured itself of a postseason berth with a 58-23 victory over No. 11 Oklahoma State.
• Andy Murray's third victory in three days helped Britain win the Davis Cup, the most prestigious team competition in tennis, for the first time in 79 years, beating Belgium, 3-1.
• The No. 1 movie in North America over the long Thanksgiving weekend was "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2," with "The Good Dinosaur" second and "Creed" third.
• Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "The Walking Dead," "The Affair," "Homeland," "The Leftovers," "The Knick" and "Jessica Jones."
NOTEWORTHY
• Queen Nefertiti's tomb?
Radar and infrared scans show that there is a 90 percent chance that a tomb is hidden behind a wall of King Tutankhamen's burial chamber, perhaps the long-sought tomb of Queen Nefertiti, an Egyptian official says.
Such a discovery would come at a time when Egypt's tourism industry needs good news.
• Tonight's football matchup.
The Baltimore Ravens face the Cleveland Browns on "Monday Night Football." All of Baltimore's games this season have been decided by eight points or fewer.
On Sunday, the Denver Broncos defeated New England, 30-24, in overtime to hand the Patriots their first loss. The Carolina Panthers are now the N.F.L.'s only unbeaten team, at 11-0.
• Wine fit for a king.
A groundbreaking project at Ariel University in the West Bank aims to use DNA testing to identify — and recreate — ancient wines consumed by the likes of King David and Jesus Christ.
The first of the wines from indigenous grapes, called marawi, was released last month.
• Megahit.
Adele's new album, "25," sold a record-shattering 3.38 million copies in the U.S. in its first week, nearly a million more than the previous high for first-week sales — 'N Sync sold 2.4 million copies of "No Strings Attached" in 2000.
It makes "25" the first release to sell three million copies in a week since compilation of sales data started in 1991.
BACK STORY
A golden Christmas oldie, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," celebrates its golden anniversary today.
Although CBS actually first aired the show on Dec. 9, 1965, a TV special tonight on ABC, hosted by Kristen Bell, commemorates the holiday standard a little early.
The half-hour animated show follows at 9 p.m. (ABC, which has owned the broadcast rights since 2001, will show it again on Dec. 24.)
A poignant and ultimately uplifting story about the commercialization of Christmas, the special was heretical in its day for a number of reasons.
The producer, Lee Mendelson, chose mostly neighborhood kids rather than young-sounding adult actors to voice the characters. Unusually, he chose a jazz trio to provide the soundtrack (which has since sold millions).
And Charles M. Schulz, the comic strip's creator, insisted there be no laugh track, a TV standard at the time.
Mr. Schulz also stood firm on keeping its religious message and a passage from the Bible, despite Mr. Mendelson's objections that religion should stay out of prime-time television.
The show was an immediate hit, with more than 15 million households watching the premiere.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is also screening the show this month, and the U.S. Postal Service introduced a set of "A Charlie Brown's Christmas" stamps last month.
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