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— Today in The World Watches, we focus on Gaza’s ceasefire turning from text to timetables. As night falls on Cairo and Tel Aviv, negotiators fix sequencing for a Monday release of Israeli captives — with U.S. officials signaling 48 hostages, including confirmation that many are deceased, in exchange for roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel prepares staged withdrawals to an “initial line,” aid corridors to scale toward 600 trucks a day, and U.S. monitors — about 200 troops — to help verify compliance. Why it leads: years of devastation, regional flashpoints from Rafah to Beirut, and global actors — Egypt, Qatar, the U.S. — invested in implementation. The drivers now are verification, pacing of releases, and sustaining aid where infrastructure is shattered.

— Today in Global Gist: - Middle East: Ceasefire mechanics advance; Iran denies online rumors of a Quds Force chief’s assassination; Shin Bet touts a lower prisoner-release ratio than past deals. - Europe: France’s whiplash politics — Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu days after his resignation, with a budget due Monday and a deadlocked parliament; Belgium foils a drone plot targeting its PM and Dutch politician Geert Wilders; Denmark boosts Arctic defense with 16 more F‑35s. - Eastern Europe: Russia launched one of the war’s largest concentrated strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid, triggering blackouts; Kyiv’s long-range drones continue hitting refineries deep inside Russia; Ukraine flags Western parts inside downed Russian drones. - Indo‑Pacific: North Korea parades a new ICBM before Chinese and Russian dignitaries; Japan’s Hokkaido Spaceport lands on the global map; Malaysia presses Myanmar for an “inclusive” December election as the Arakan Army tightens control in Rakhine. - Americas: U.S. shutdown Day 10 — 750,000 furloughed, military pay at risk as National Guard deployment standoffs deepen; Memphis sees Guard patrols; markets tumble after new China tariff threats that also wiped out $6B in crypto positions. Underreported, confirmed by our scan: Myanmar’s Rakhine famine risk with aid blocked and 14 of 17 townships under AA control; Sudan’s cholera epidemic amid the El‑Fasher siege; Mozambique’s displacement surge in Cabo Delgado.

— Today in Insight Analytica, the pattern is coercive interdependence. Beijing’s new rare‑earth export controls meet U.S. tariff escalation, amplifying hardware bottlenecks just as Microsoft constrains cloud capacity through H1 2026. On the battlefield, energy becomes leverage: Russia hammers Ukraine’s grid while Kyiv degrades Russian fuel output. Political paralysis — in Paris and Washington — narrows the bandwidth for crisis response, from cholera vaccinations in Sudan to famine prevention in Myanmar.

— Today in Regional Rundown: - Europe: France’s reappointed PM faces a 72‑hour budget sprint; ports in Rotterdam and Belgium brace for strike-related delays; NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear drill expands with U.S. F‑35s. - Eastern Europe: Russian barrages cut power from Kyiv to far-flung regions; Ukraine’s deep strikes sustain Russian fuel shortages; Czech coalition agreement tilts policy, including ending direct state military aid to Ukraine — an inflection that’s received limited coverage. - Middle East: Gaza’s pause moves to implementation — borders, sequencing, monitors, and rapid aid scale-up; regional tensions simmer from UNIFIL incidents to flotilla diplomacy. - Africa: Sudan’s cholera response lags as hospitals fail and El‑Fasher remains trapped; Cabo Delgado sees 22,000 displaced in a week with only 11% of response funded; Mali’s fuel chokehold persists. - Indo‑Pacific: Rakhine’s blockade-driven malnutrition escalates; Indonesia’s school-meal poisoning crisis widens; China tightens tech and rare‑earth controls. - Americas: Shutdown hardens; National Guard deployments face court challenges; Haiti’s gang control extends toward the Dominican border.

— Today in Social Soundbar: - Asked: Who verifies Gaza’s withdrawal lines day-to-day, and how fast can aid reach northern Gaza’s hardest-hit neighborhoods? - Missing: Where is surge financing for Sudan’s cholera vaccination and water treatment now? What guarantees can open humanitarian corridors into Rakhine without empowering armed groups? How will rare‑earth curbs and tariff spikes reshape clean‑tech timelines — and who absorbs the cost? Cortex concludes — Tonight’s through line: leverage and limits. Ceasefires, tariffs, drones, and budgets all hinge on execution. We’ll track what’s announced — and what arrives on the ground. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. Back on the hour.