Read the stories that will mark today´s news agenda:

-The Financial Times reports that a trade confrontation between the United States and China would be more damaging for Peking, according to a report by the Conference Board. The analysis points out that the export sectors in the United States and other large developed countries will be significantly affected by the economic slowdown in the Asian giant.

- President Donald Trump is preparing a new strategy for the United States in Afghanistan. Tonight at 21:00 Washington, D.C. time he will make known his military plans for Central Asia, Reuters said.

- South Korea and the United States today begin joint military maneuvers in the Pacific. North Korea has warned that these actions can only heighten the tensions that already exist in the area, The New York Times reports.

- Binali Yildirim says Turkey is 'paying the price' of the instability of terrorist organizations. The Turkish prime minister affirmed that his country is constantly being threatened by terrorism because of its neighbors in the region, according to Europa Press.

- In Spain, Younes Abouyaaqou, the presumed perpetrator of the terrorist attack at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, fled through the La Boquería market. The police are searching for Abouyaaqou as the principal suspect in the attack, which left at least 13 people dead and one hundred injured, El Pais reports.

- The business daily CincoDías reports that banking institutions will soon have to record all their conversations with customers. Starting in January, a register will have to be kept of all communications made to carry out a transaction and those that could potentially lead to one.

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