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, we focus on Europe’s stalled Ukraine financing and the tightening squeeze on Russia’s oil lifelines. EU leaders pushed a decision to December on a €140 billion loan backed by frozen Russian assets after Belgium demanded shared risk for any retaliation. In parallel, new U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil are already rippling: India’s Reliance and state refiners, along with Chinese buyers, are preparing to curb or suspend Russian crude imports. Why this leads: geopolitics — Europe’s legal caution collides with wartime urgency; energy — sanctions target Russia’s cash engine; timing — an oil supply glut makes stricter U.S. measures bite harder; and consequences — Kyiv urges longer-range weapons as its allies debate how to fund the fight. Today in

, we track the hour’s developments: - Europe/Eastern Europe: EU leaders delay the frozen-assets loan; Zelensky presses for long-range arms. Lithuania reports a brief Russian airspace intrusion; NATO investigates. France probes the Louvre crown-jewel heist with 150 DNA samples. - Middle East: Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon kill at least four, breaching a U.S.-brokered truce. Washington warns Israel against West Bank annexation while voicing confidence the Gaza ceasefire can hold — even as recent breaches killed scores. - Americas: U.S. shutdown deepens; the Senate fails to pay essential workers. The White House demolishes the East Wing to build a $300 million ballroom, drawing scrutiny. Ranchers protest a plan to import Argentine beef. Venezuela warns CIA covert ops will “fail” as U.S. deployments continue in the Caribbean. - Climate and disasters: Storm Benjamin batters France; a German tourist drowns off Corsica. Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to intensify, threatening Jamaica and Haiti with up to 20 inches of rain. Morocco sets its first coal phase-out date: 2040. - Business and tech: Applied Materials to cut ~4% of staff. Intel reports a $20B cash infusion. EA partners with Stability AI on “smarter paintbrush” tools. Amazon adds USPS doorstep returns. U.S. Air Force to lease base land for private AI data centers. BOJ warns banks on real estate exposure. Logistics watch: Supreme Court tariff case on potential refunds Nov. 5. Underreported health and humanitarian: - Sudan: El Fasher’s 260,000 remain besieged after 500+ days; kitchens shut; children are dying of hunger. - Myanmar: Rakhine faces imminent famine as WFP operations cease amid blockades. - Haiti: 5.7 million face acute hunger; the UN appeal is among the lowest funded globally. - Malaria: A new study warns funding cuts could fuel the deadliest resurgence. Today in

, the threads converge on finance and access. Legal hesitancy over Russian assets intersects with sanction-driven oil realignments. Those pressures, plus a prolonged U.S. shutdown, constrict data, budgets, and aid pipelines, turning climate shocks and conflicts into hunger in Sudan, Myanmar, and Haiti. Supply chokepoints — energy, logistics, and funding — translate into humanitarian bottlenecks. Today in

- Europe: Asset-use debate delayed; NATO readiness tested by Russian incursions; Louvre probe intensifies; EU climate target talks fray but persist. - Eastern Europe: Ukraine seeks longer-range strike options as EU aid mechanics lag. - Middle East: Lebanon front flares despite the Gaza truce framework; U.S. messaging splits between restraint and support. - Africa: Sudan’s El Fasher and wider hunger remain critical with minimal fresh coverage; Ivory Coast elections tense; Mozambique displacement rising with scant funding. - Indo-Pacific: Japan’s new government faces BOJ stability warnings; AI and data-center buildouts accelerate; rare-earth realignment continues off-camera. - Americas: Shutdown fallout reaches paychecks; Venezuela-U.S. tensions rise; Hurricane Melissa threatens saturated, underfed Haiti. Today in

, the questions asked — and missing: - Asked: Can EU leaders craft a legally safe plan to leverage Russian assets by December? Will sanctions meaningfully reduce Moscow’s oil revenue as India and China step back? - Missing: When will secure corridors open to El Fasher and Rakhine with WFP programs halted? Who fills the funding gap as anti-malaria cuts risk millions of lives? How will the U.S. sustain essential services — and oversight — as the shutdown drags on? What safeguards protect civil infrastructure amid AI data center expansions on military bases? Cortex concludes: Tonight’s map is drawn by choices about money — what’s frozen, who pays, and who goes hungry when funding falters. We track the headlines — and what they omit. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.