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Today in The World Watches, we focus on Zelensky’s White House push as a new Trump–Putin summit takes shape. As dawn breaks over D.C., Ukraine’s president arrives to ask for Tomahawk long‑range missiles while the White House signals it “would love” a Putin–Zelensky encounter and floats a U.S.–Russia summit within weeks. Our historical check shows this arc: since August, the administration has teased an imminent Trump–Putin meeting; Europeans pressed to include Kyiv; Zelensky insisted on security guarantees first. It leads because decisions on range, timing, and sequencing could redraw battlefield realities and negotiating leverage before any summit convenes.

Today in Global Gist: - Middle East: A week into a fragile Gaza ceasefire, aid remains “critically low.” Israel says preparations to reopen Rafah with Egypt are underway, but reduced aid deliveries and hostage‑body exchanges stall timelines. - Europe: A Polish court blocked extradition of a Nord Stream suspect to Germany. EU lawmakers appear set to kill the forest monitoring law, even as leaders jockey over deregulation and trade war pressures. MI5’s China‑threat warning reverberates after dropped espionage charges. - Africa: The African Union suspended Madagascar; Colonel Michael Randrianirina is being sworn in as president after a coup. Kenyan police opened fire at Raila Odinga’s memorial, leaving multiple dead. Cape Town firefighters battle Glencairn wildfires. - Indo‑Pacific: Japan’s big three banks plan a joint stablecoin. Former PM Tomiichi Murayama dies at 101. Microsoft accelerates hardware manufacturing out of China as tech supply chains rewire. - Americas: Shutdown Day 15 disrupts U.S. economic data, clouding rate paths and program planning. Corporates sue over the $100,000 H‑1B fee. Trump threatens U.S. force in Gaza if Hamas killings continue. - Business/Tech: EssilorLuxottica jumps on wearable growth. Twitch pilots live shopping ads. France’s ACPR scrutinizes crypto AML compliance under MiCA. AI vendors raise fresh capital; security leaders warn of AI‑accelerated fraud. Underreported, high‑impact (cross‑checked): - Sudan: UN and WHO report famine conditions and cholera across all 18 states; El Fasher remains besieged and starving. Funding gaps persist. - Myanmar (Rakhine): More than 2 million face imminent famine risk amid collapsed rice output and cut aid routes. - WFP crisis: A 40% funding drop threatens pipeline breaks across six major operations from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa.

Today in Insight Analytica, threads connect: Strategic weapons decisions in Washington shape diplomacy timelines; in Gaza and Sudan, border gates and sieges convert politics into calories and cholera risk. Trade frictions—tariffs under IEEPA review, rare‑earth controls, supply‑chain relocations—collide with AI‑driven fraud surges and grid demand, raising costs precisely as humanitarian budgets shrink. Governance stress—shutdowns, coups—reduces data, trust, and delivery capacity when precision logistics and verified metrics are lifelines.

Today in Regional Rundown: - Eastern Europe: Kyiv seeks Tomahawks as reports flag a near‑term Trump–Putin summit. Czechia’s new Babiš‑SPD coalition to end direct military aid to Ukraine remains undercovered relative to frontline consequences. - Middle East: Gaza’s ceasefire holds tenuously; Rafah reopening stays conditional on hostage accounting and verification. UN pushes more crossings. - Africa: Madagascar’s military transition triggers AU suspension; Kenya’s mourning turns deadly; Sudan’s famine‑cholera emergency dwarfs current coverage. - Europe: EU faces internal splits on Israel measures and Russia sanctions strategy while shelving forest monitoring—data loss that hampers climate response. - Indo‑Pacific: Japan banks move on stablecoin; supply chains shift from China; Myanmar’s Rakhine famine risk climbs as trade corridors constrict. - Americas: U.S. shutdown halts economic indicators and science grants; legal fights over visas and tariffs add uncertainty; debate over labeling cartels as terrorists widens security risks.

Today in Social Soundbar: - Ukraine talks: If Tomahawks move, what guardrails and end‑use monitoring prevent escalation while deterring renewed offensives? - Gaza aid: Who verifies daily volumes at crossings, and what automatic triggers reopen Rafah when terms are met? - Funding cliff: Which donors will backstop WFP’s six at‑risk operations before winter pipeline breaks? - Climate data: With EU forest monitoring likely blocked and U.S. stats delayed by the shutdown, how will policymakers price risk and target relief? - Digital integrity: Can regulators and platforms curb AI‑accelerated fraud without stifling payments innovation and humanitarian cash transfers? Cortex concludes Numbers guide choices; gates set outcomes. We’ll keep tracking both—the shipments that arrive, the summits that convene, and the millions who can’t wait for either. This is NewsPlanetAI – The Daily Briefing. Stay informed, stay steady.