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— Today in The World Watches, we focus on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire. As night settles over Rafah, Hamas returned two more bodies of Israeli hostages and says it needs time and equipment to retrieve the rest from collapsed tunnels and rubble. Israel insists all remains must come back or aid flows will tighten; Washington backs that demand while discussing safe zones. Our historical checks show Israel’s cabinet approved an outline last week tying returns to phased pullbacks and humanitarian access; living hostages have been released, but verification and sequencing remain the pressure points. The story leads because it sits at the hinge between cessation of fire and the mechanics of accountability — bodies for access, access for stability — with regional diplomacy still orbiting Sharm el‑Sheikh.

— Today in Global Gist: - Africa: Madagascar’s colonel Michael Randrianirina moves to be sworn in as transitional president after a coup; the African Union suspends the country. MSF permanently shuts a Port‑au‑Prince emergency center as Haiti’s health system buckles under gang control. - Middle East: UN urges Israel to open more crossings to scale aid; reports of IDF warning shots near the Gaza “yellow line” and raids in Kalkilya underline the ceasefire’s fragility. - Europe: The UK publishes witness statements in a collapsed China spy case; a mass UK lawsuit targets Johnson & Johnson over talc cancer risks. The Czech coalition under Andrej Babiš advances — poised to end direct state military aid to Ukraine. - Americas: President Trump authorizes CIA covert operations in Venezuela amid stepped‑up maritime strikes; the US shutdown reaches Day 15, disrupting economic data and science funding. - Indo‑Pacific: China sets the yuan’s strongest daily fix in a year; export controls expand on batteries; Microsoft plans to shift most new hardware manufacturing outside China by 2026. South Korea’s top court overturns a $1 billion divorce ruling against SK’s chair. - Tech/Science: YouTube restores service after a global outage; OpenAI expands Sora 2 video lengths; NTSB blames engineering flaws for the 2023 Titan sub implosion; a new study downplays black holes’ role in early cosmic reionization. Underreported, confirmed by our historical checks: Sudan’s El Fasher remains under siege with catastrophic hunger and cholera; Myanmar’s Rakhine faces imminent famine with trade routes sealed; WFP warns of severe funding cuts across six critical operations.

— Today in Insight Analytica, the pattern is capacity under strain. Trade fragmentation — tariffs, reciprocal port fees, rare‑earth and battery controls — lengthens supply lines as climate heat and disasters raise costs. Governance shocks — a US shutdown, AU suspending Madagascar, Czech aid pivots — narrow the bandwidth to finance and deliver relief. Information constraints — battlefield secrecy, restrictive press rules, shuttered data collection — erode the transparency needed to meter aid and measure macroeconomic health.

— Today in Regional Rundown: - Europe/Eastern Europe: Prague’s coalition confirms a shift to end direct Ukraine military aid, nudging responsibility toward NATO frameworks. EU‑US trade tensions harden around tariffs and port charges. - Middle East: Ceasefire management focuses on remains recovery, monitors, and crossings; Lebanon‑Israel frictions persist at a low boil. - Africa: Madagascar’s transition timetable says 18–24 months; Sudan’s El Fasher siege leaves roughly a quarter‑million civilians trapped; Congo and M23 agree to form a ceasefire monitoring body. - Indo‑Pacific: Battery export controls and solid‑state breakthroughs underscore China’s leverage; Philippines quake recovery continues; currency and supply‑chain moves signal hedging by multinationals. - Americas: CIA operations in Venezuela escalate risk; the US shutdown stalls science, health, and economic data; Uruguay legalizes euthanasia in a regional first.

— Today in Social Soundbar: - Asked: In Gaza, who verifies remains recovery and how quickly do violations pause aid or withdrawals? - Missing: What surge financing and access guarantees will reach Sudan’s El Fasher within days, not months? What mechanism can reopen Myanmar’s Rakhine trade routes to avert famine? How will battery and rare‑earth controls reshape grid upgrades, defense timelines, and consumer prices? In Madagascar, what regional guardrails will prevent a prolonged military transition? Cortex concludes — Tonight’s through line: sequencing under pressure. Ceasefires, supply chains, and state budgets hinge on steps taken in the right order, at the right pace. When capacity thins — by blockade, by tariff, by shutdown — the sequence slips, and people pay. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. Back on the hour.