London Attack: London police say they have arrested a second man in connection with the bombing attempt in the Underground train Friday morning. They arrested a 21-year-old man late last night in Hounslow in west London.

At least 30 people suffered flash burns and other injuries when the detonator went off without triggering the larger device.

The Russia Thing: In the midst of multiple investigations into Russian influence on the US election, reporter Jim Rutenberg has a long story in the NY Times Magazine today describing “a new information war Russia is waging against the West.”

He begins with a tale from Germany in which spontaneous protests broke out about a false story of a teenage girl being raped by three Arab men. Russian news agencies, including Sputnik and RT, picked up the story, which was even repeated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Rutenberg says incidents in other countries pale compared to the attacks on the US election, which one former intelligence official described as “the political equivalent of 9/11.” He quotes a US intelligence estimate saying, “RT and the rest of the Russian information machine were working with “covert intelligence operations” to do no less than “undermine the U.S.-led liberal democratic order.”

Hurricane Watch: Tropical storm Jose has beefed up to a Category 1 hurricane as it curves north on a track off the East Coast. It could bring some rainy and wet weather later in the week.

Lined up out there in the Atlantic are the storms Maria, headed to the Dominican Republic, and Lee, still closer to Africa. Tropical storm Norma is threatening Mexico’s Baja Peninsula on the West Coast.

Burma Road: Getting little attention in the world is an apparent incident of ethnic cleansing as the Myanmar military drives hundreds of thousands of the persecuted Rohingya minority across the border to Bangladesh by burning villages and terrorizing residents.

The Rohingya are a mostly-Muslim ethnic minority and the Buddhists don’t like them. An estimated 380,000 Rohingya have crossed the border, about 240,000 of them believed to be children.  Now, Bangladesh is beginning to restrict their movements.

So far, the United Nations has said little, and done nothing about it.

A sad twist to the situation is that Burma’s civilian leader is the Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi,who has little sway because she doesn’t control her own military.

Small Screen: Ken Burns’ 10-episode, 18-hour documentary “The Vietnam War” begins airing tonight on PBS and Hank Stuever of The Washington Post calls it “required viewing.”

Famous for his history of the Civil War, Burns delves into what is still the open wound of Vietnam. Rather than a lineup of experts and historians, Burns relies on the people who fought and experienced the war on both sides.

Stuever writes, “The Vietnam War is never truly over (and at times it will feel to a viewer like ‘The Vietnam War’ is never over, either), but, as Bao Ninh, a writer who fought for the communist North Vietnamese army, thoughtfully observes in the film’s opening moments: ‘It has been 40 years. . . . In war, no one wins or loses. There is only destruction. Only those who have never fought like to argue about who won and who lost.’”

Hail Mary: It was kind of a humdrum game until the 4th quarter. Then, with nine seconds left on the clock and forced to scramble out of the pocket, Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks launched a 63-yard pass to Tyrie Cleveland, who slipped behind Tennessee’s defensive backfield for a game-winning touchdown. Final score; 26-20.

Brain Bucket: About 70 NFL players are wearing a new helmet this year designed to cut down on concussions. Regular helmets have a hard-plastic shell and a foam interior that doesn’t do much to reduce the shock of impact. The new Vicis helmet has four layers. The outer layer compresses to absorb shock. The next layer has polymer columns that shift to absorb shock. A hard inner-shell helps prevent skull fractures and brain bleeds. Finally, there’s a layer of memory foam to make it all comfortable until you encounter a 260-pound linebacker.

Long Lunch: From yesterday’s White House travel pool report: “Your travel pool, which is gathered in Somerset, NJ, has been informed that there is a lunch lid until 6 p.m. No further details as yet on how POTUS will be spending his day at Bedminster.”

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