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, we focus on the coordinated squeeze on Russia’s oil revenues. Over 20 Ukraine allies say they will take Russian oil and gas off global markets, following fresh U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil. India’s top buyer and refiners signal compliance by the November 21 cutoff; European leaders echo the push while the EU still debates using frozen Russian central bank assets for Ukraine. Why this leads: geopolitics — revenue pressure to alter battlefield calculus; energy — enforcement now reaches big Asian buyers; timing — NATO’s DEFENDER 25 drills test rapid deployment; and markets — gold holds above $4,000/oz amid sanctions risk and U.S. fiscal strain. Today in

, we track the hour’s developments: - Europe/Eastern Europe: Lithuania briefly shuts Vilnius and Kaunas airports after balloon incursions; Croatia restores military conscription; Hungary’s Orbán vows to sidestep U.S. oil sanctions; Czech coalition talks tilt toward ending Ukraine military aid. - Middle East: The U.S. presses for rapid deployment of an international Gaza force to underpin a fragile ceasefire; Israel runs its largest hostage-rescue drill along the Lebanese frontier as exchanges continue. (Context: multiple ceasefire proposals and partial troop pullbacks over the past 2–3 months remain fragile.) - Americas: U.S. shutdown enters Day 24; SNAP cuts loom Nov. 1 in 36 states. Washington escalates with Bogotá — sanctions target President Petro and family; the U.S. moves the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean amid Venezuela tensions. U.S.-Canada trade talks halt; Ontario pulls a Reagan-themed ad that sparked the spat. - Africa: Cameroon’s election crackdown leaves at least two dead. Ivory Coast votes tomorrow with Ouattara, 83, seeking a fourth term. DR Congo’s M23 talks stall. Report finds nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children in labor. - Indo-Pacific: Section 301 review opens on China’s 2020 trade deal compliance; rare earths and port fees deepen the trade war. Japan accelerates defense to 2% of GDP. China on track for half of new offshore wind capacity through 2030. - Underreported humanitarian: Sudan’s El Fasher siege pushes families to animal feed; UNICEF records starving children after 500+ days without safe access. Haiti’s 5.7 million face acute hunger with only 18% funding. Myanmar’s food pipeline collapses as WFP winds down operations. WFP warns of broad cuts across Africa and Asia. Today in

, the threads converge on enforcement and access. Sanctions enforcement tightens — buyers shift, the “shadow fleet” faces pressure — while global trade frictions widen from tariffs to minerals and port fees. At the same time, a U.S. shutdown and a 36% aid-funding shortfall choke humanitarian pipelines. The result: cascading bottlenecks that begin in oil and finance and end as hunger in El Fasher, Port-au-Prince, and Rakhine. Today in

- Europe: NATO readiness on display; intra-EU splits over sanctions mechanics and tobacco tax rules; airport closures underscore hybrid tactics. - Eastern Europe: Ukraine’s allies target Russia’s cash engine as Kyiv sustains high-tempo clashes and long-range strikes sap Russian refining capacity. - Middle East: Gaza ceasefire remains tenuous; U.S. advocates a peacekeeping force even as Lebanon’s border simmers and aid targets go unmet. - Africa: Cameroon protests met with force; Ivory Coast heads to the polls; Angola/CAR/Burkina crises persist with scant coverage; Mali’s fuel blockade strains Bamako. - Indo-Pacific: Trade-war rearmoring via rare earths; Japan’s defense shift; Myanmar’s famine risk spikes as assistance recedes. - Americas: Shutdown deepens; Colombia-U.S. rupture widens; U.S. deployments expand in the Caribbean; Mexico flood toll climbs. Today in

, the questions asked — and missing: - Asked: Will tighter oil sanctions materially dent Moscow’s revenue, or will new intermediaries step in? Can an international Gaza force deploy fast enough to stabilize the ceasefire? - Missing: When will secure humanitarian corridors open to El Fasher and Haiti as WFP scales back? Who backstops food pipelines during the shutdown? As trade barriers rise, what’s the plan to protect essential medicines amid opaque supply chains? Cortex concludes: Tonight’s map is redrawn by enforcement — what’s blocked at sea, in ports, and on budgets — and by access, where a convoy that doesn’t arrive becomes a life that doesn’t continue. We track the headlines — and what they omit. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.