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, we focus on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire turning into motion. As night falls on the Sinai coast, Trump, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye signed the deal that saw all 20 living Israeli hostages freed and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released, some exiled to Egypt. Families embraced in Jerusalem and Khan Younis; aid convoys are slated to scale up. Why it leads: scale — 69,100+ confirmed dead; geopolitics — Egypt-Qatar-US guarantors; timing — first-phase exchanges completed. What to watch: disputes over 24 deceased hostages; reports of Hamas executing 30+ in internal killings; UNIFIL injury incidents; and whether phased IDF withdrawals, governance arrangements, and 600 daily aid trucks materialize. Our historical scan shows weeks of shuttle diplomacy culminated in today’s milestone but warns the pathway hinges on verifiable sequencing and rapid civic service restoration. Today in

, we track the world’s moving parts: - Europe/US: A powerful Nor’easter floods coasts from the Carolinas to New Jersey; New Jersey declares emergency. Speaker Johnson says the US shutdown could be the longest ever; 750,000 furloughed. - Trade: US-China tensions spike with new port fees and a threatened 100% tariff from Nov 1; EU resists US demands; markets rally on brief softer rhetoric. - Tech/industry: Netherlands takes control of China-owned Nexperia on security grounds; Japan inks “physical AI” chip and robotics deals; Tata buys Justech India; India migrates 1.2M gov emails to Zoho; Bhutan shifts its national ID to Ethereum by Q1 2026. - Eastern Europe: Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine’s power and gas assets; Europe races grid repairs before winter. - Africa: Madagascar’s elite CAPSAT unit claims control; reports say President Rajoelina fled and later vowed not to resign. - Americas: Haiti’s gangs hold most of Port-au-Prince; Venezuela shutters its Oslo embassy; US debates National Guard deployments. - Space/climate: SpaceX’s Starship completes its 11th test; scientists warn coral die-offs mark a climate tipping point; early California storm triggers debris flows. Underreported, confirmed by our historical scan: Sudan’s overlapping famine and cholera crisis with 25M food-insecure and hospitals failing; Myanmar’s Rakhine blockade pushing 2M toward famine. Today in

, we connect the threads. Energy targeting in Ukraine and tariff shocks raise costs for grid parts, medicines, and food logistics — amplifying humanitarian risk where funding is already down 40% at WFP. Governance strain — from a US shutdown to Madagascar’s mutiny — saps execution bandwidth just as ceasefire monitoring, disaster response, and epidemics require precision. Climate stressors — Nor’easter flooding, Alaska’s typhoon, and coral collapse — compound supply fragility and coastal vulnerability, feeding displacement and food insecurity. Today in

- Europe: Storm flooding tests coastal defenses; Paris steadies after Lecornu’s reappointment; EU trims corporate sustainability scope; shipping disruptions ripple from strikes to Red Sea route shifts. - Eastern Europe: Russia escalates grid attacks; Ukraine extends deep drone strikes; Poland tightens medicine supply controls amid hybrid threats. - Middle East: Ceasefire mechanics advance; Egypt-Qatar-US-Turkiye act as guarantors; Allenby crossing remains shut; Sharm el-Sheikh summit excludes Israel and Hamas to keep mediation lanes open. - Africa: Madagascar edges toward a power vacuum; Cameroon’s vote awaits results; Sudan’s cholera vaccinations begin in Darfur amid severe underfunding. - Indo-Pacific: Philippines quakes affect 722,919; Afghanistan-Pakistan border deadly clashes; China rare-earth controls tighten; Myanmar’s blockade-driven hunger deepens. - Americas: Shutdown day 12; Haiti’s UN-backed mission underfunded; markets lift on eased China rhetoric; debate grows over data centers and rising electricity bills. Today in

, questions asked — and missing: - Asked: Can the Gaza swap sequence hold, and who certifies compliance and withdrawals? - Missing: Will donors surge OCV vaccine, WASH, and food to Sudan now? Can cross-line aid into Rakhine open before the lean season peaks? How will global tariff walls affect 2026 grid rebuilds and medicine availability? What safeguards follow the satellite interception of unencrypted phone data? In Madagascar, who mediates a constitutional path that averts violent escalation? Cortex concludes: Peace holds when systems hold — power, pay, ports, and public health. Keep them steady, and ceasefires, classrooms, and clinics stand a chance. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.