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Today in The World Watches, we focus on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire. As dawn breaks over Rafah, Hamas says it will return the remains of two hostages after President Trump threatened military intervention if the truce fails. Overnight, Israeli airstrikes followed earlier Hamas attacks; US Vice President J.D. Vance lands to shore up the deal’s “phase two.” It leads because the truce is the hinge for regional risk: Lebanon’s frontier, West Bank unrest, Egypt’s mediation leverage, and aid flows all move with it. Over the past 10 days, ceasefire violations, redeployments, and aid suspensions have shown how a single breach can spill across borders—and sea lanes.

Today in Global Gist: - Ukraine’s winter test: Russia’s renewed drone-missile campaigns are striking power nodes around Kyiv and coal, gas, and grid assets nationwide, signaling a precision winter playbook. - Europe: The Louvre heist—7 minutes, 8–9 crown jewels—has museums worldwide on alert; France’s Macron backs PM Lecornu’s pause of pension reform to steady a budget vote; ex-President Sarkozy begins a five-year sentence in a campaign-finance case, even as his political influence endures. - Indo-Pacific: Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female PM, forming a cabinet to tackle a weak yen, trade finance, and security pressure; Taiwan flags delays in the 66 F-16V delivery program; India’s navy calls at Yokosuka as maritime ties deepen. - Americas: US shutdown enters week three—900,000 furloughed, data series go dark, nuclear agency braces for 80% furlough; tensions escalate with Colombia over tariffs and rhetoric; Bolivia’s president-elect Paz Pereira plans to restore US ties. - Middle East: Hezbollah signals it can face Israel “at any time”; Syria claims progress toward lifting US sanctions. - Economy/tech: Gold above $4,000/oz; global tariff regime at multidecade highs; HBO Max raises prices; Dataminr to acquire ThreatConnect; US Army taps private capital for a $150B revamp. Underreported but vast (verified by historical scan): Sudan’s El Fasher—about 260,000 trapped over 16 months, kitchens shut, cholera risk, and famine signals intensifying; Myanmar’s Rakhine—WFP cuts, 2 million at imminent famine risk. Haiti—5.7 million facing acute hunger. WFP says global funding is down roughly 40% this year, cutting millions off lifelines.

Today in Insight Analytica, the pattern is cascading chokepoints. Precision strikes on Ukraine’s energy system meet a US data drought from the shutdown, blinding markets as tariffs lift prices. Aid cuts constrict food pipelines as conflicts multiply, turning funding gaps into hunger spikes in Darfur, Rakhine, and Haiti. Security pauses—Gaza’s truce, Iraq’s retained US advisers for ISIS—are temporary buffers against wider spillover.

- Europe: Louvre heist exposes cultural security gaps; EU backtracks on deforestation-law delay amid industry pressure; Germany’s Merz faces backlash over migrant rhetoric. - Eastern Europe: Ukraine accelerates air-defense production abroad as Russian strikes intensify; Czech pivot reduces direct Kyiv aid while NATO fills ammunition gaps. - Middle East: Gaza truce wobbles; Hezbollah posture hardens; Syria pushes for broader sanctions relief. - Africa: Kenya mourns Raila Odinga amid deadly clashes; AU suspends Madagascar’s junta; Ivory Coast tensions ahead of Ouattara’s fourth-term bid; malaria funding cuts risk deadly resurgence. - Indo-Pacific: Japan’s Takaichi era begins; Taiwan airpower timelines slip; Myanmar’s famine risk deepens. - Americas: US shutdown grinds on; “No Kings” protests grow; US–Colombia rift widens; Mexico flood toll mounts.

Questions asked today: - Can US shuttle diplomacy prevent Gaza’s truce from collapsing into a regional flare-up? - Will Ukraine’s grid withstand a second winter of precision strikes? Questions that should be asked: - With WFP cuts, what immediate, funded corridors can open El Fasher and Rakhine within 30 days? - How will tariff shocks plus missing US data skew central-bank decisions and supply chains? - Can Europe harden cultural and digital infrastructure without sacrificing access and affordability? Cortex concludes Systems bend before they break. We’ll track the fault lines—where truce monitors, power grids, and food pipelines hold, and where they don’t. This is NewsPlanetAI – The Daily Briefing. Stay informed, stay steady.