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Today in The World Watches, we focus on Ukraine’s nuclear risk and a U.S. turn toward restraint. At dawn near Enerhodar, engineers began repairing external power lines at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after local ceasefire zones were set—critical work after a four-week outage that left the site reliant on emergency power. In Washington, President Zelensky left the White House without Tomahawks as President Trump urged both Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are.” It leads because the stakes are systemic: nuclear safety on Europe’s front line intersects with shifting U.S. military calculus and an EU inching to finalize a 19th Russia sanctions package.

Today in Global Gist: - Ukraine: IAEA confirms repairs at Zaporizhzhia; Trump cools on Tomahawks while calling for a cease; Austria drops its block on new EU Russia sanctions. - Red Sea/Gulf of Aden: A tanker burns after a strike off Yemen, the latest in Houthi-linked attacks that have waxed and waned through 2025, repeatedly disrupting vital shipping lanes. - Europe: France’s PM crisis continues over pension reform; Czech coalition plans to end direct state military aid to Ukraine, urging NATO/EU to take over ammunition sourcing. - Middle East: U.S. Vice President JD Vance heads to Israel to press “Phase 2” of the Gaza plan; regional tensions spill into the West Bank and maritime lanes. - Africa: Madagascar’s coup leader to be sworn in as president; AU suspends the country. In Kenya, four killed as crowds mourn Raila Odinga, exposing policing and planning gaps. - Americas: U.S. shutdown enters day 18; data collection stalls, compounding market “blind spots.” Stateside politics flare over overseas voting and immigration enforcement. - Business/Tech: China’s Canton Fair highlights robots and NEVs despite tariff headwinds; SF rents spike with AI hiring; Hyperliquid’s governance raises decentralization questions. Underreported but vast (verified by historical scan): Sudan’s El Fasher remains under siege after 500+ days; acute hunger, cholera and access denials worsen across a country where 24.6 million face food insecurity. Myanmar’s Rakhine faces imminent famine—trade routes strangled, rice output crashed, aid curtailed—yet both crises remain largely absent from front pages.

Today in Insight Analytica, the pattern is “fragile corridors.” Nuclear safety depends on short, localized ceasefires; aid delivery depends on open crossings and funding streams; shipping depends on keeping a narrow maritime choke-point safe. Economic pressures—from a global tariff regime to a U.S. data blackout—raise risk premiums, which then squeeze humanitarian budgets. The WFP faces a 40% cut even as conflict risk reaches a post-WWII high. When resources tighten, crises drift off the agenda—and worsen.

- Europe: EU sanctions advance after Austria relents; France’s domestic politics rub against fiscal reality; coastal Europe contends with storm damage from the U.S. East Coast Nor’easter’s Atlantic swell. - Eastern Europe: Donetsk fighting persists; Czech policy pivot on Ukraine aid signals alliance burden-shifting; Zaporizhzhia repairs underscore how ceasefires can be tactical and local. - Middle East: Gaza ceasefire implementation remains fragile; Yemen’s waters flare again, threatening global trade routes. - Africa: Madagascar’s military transition triggers AU suspension; Kenya’s mourning turns deadly; Sudan’s siege and Mozambique’s escalating displacement remain drastically underreported. - Indo-Pacific: North Korea diplomacy rumor mill spins; Indonesia eyes J-10C jets; Philippines weighs Korean missiles; Myanmar’s conflict tightens famine risks in Rakhine. - Americas: The U.S. shutdown distorts inflation/jobs data and delays toxic-chemical findings; Caribbean militarization sustains Venezuela tensions.

Questions asked today: - Will the Zaporizhzhia repair window hold long enough to restore stable external power? - Does a U.S. pause on Tomahawks open space for talks—or concede battlefield leverage? Questions that should be asked: - Sudan/Myanmar: Which corridors can move food, medicine, and cholera response within 30 days—and who will fund them as WFP pipelines break? - Maritime security: What multilateral guardrails can reduce Houthi-linked strike risk without widening the Gaza-Lebanon theater? - Data blackout: Which U.S. indicators will be statistically scarred by missed surveys—and how will central banks and markets price that opacity? - Europe’s Ukraine posture: If national aid wanes, how quickly can NATO/EU centralized schemes backfill ammunition and air defenses? Cortex concludes Corridors—of power, of ships, of aid—are only as strong as the trust and resources behind them. We’ll track where the lines hold, and where they fray. This is NewsPlanetAI – The Daily Briefing. Stay informed, stay steady.