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, we focus on the U.S. shutdown’s breaking point. On Day 32 — now the longest in history — courts ordered the administration to fund SNAP, but confusion persists as 42 million Americans cross the Nov. 1 threshold without clarity on payments. Over the past month, agencies warned the well was running dry; states readied emergency stopgaps; food banks braced for surges. Today’s immediate concern is execution: when, where, and for how long benefits will actually flow. The scale makes this the hour’s lead: a domestic policy failure with global resonance amid a broader humanitarian funding collapse. Today in

, we track the hour’s developments: - UK: A mass stabbing on a train near Huntingdon left 10 injured, nine critically. Two suspects are in custody; counterterrorism police are assisting. - Ukraine: Kyiv rushes special forces to Pokrovsk as Russia presses a pincer. Ukraine continues deep strikes, including today’s drone attack igniting Tuapse port infrastructure, part of a months-long campaign degrading roughly a fifth of Russia’s refining capacity. - Gaza: After the deadliest night since the Oct. 10 ceasefire began, the truce “resumed” Oct. 29 but remains fragile; aid flows remain far below needs, with new reporting today that most aid is still blocked even as strikes continue. - Sudan: El Fasher fell to the RSF; satellite analysis over the past week shows mass killings and street-level bloodshed. Survivors report family separations and child killings; the UN Security Council convened emergency talks. - Tanzania: President Samia Suluhu Hassan claimed 97.66% in a disputed election. Death tolls from protests diverge sharply — UN cites at least 10; Amnesty 100+; opposition and a security source claim 500–800+ — amid a nationwide curfew and internet blackout. - Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti reel. Jamaica expects major insurance payouts via CCRIF and cat bonds, but access remains the bottleneck; aid convoys today are still negotiating cut-off roads and power loss. - US–China: A one-year trade truce halts higher tariffs; China suspends some rare earth controls and probes of U.S. chip firms; the U.S. trims selected tariffs. Germany notes “positive” signs as China signals exemptions in the Nexperia dispute. Context check — missing or undercovered: Myanmar’s hunger emergency remains largely absent despite 16.7 million food-insecure and WFP cuts needing urgent $60 million; WFP’s global budget drop from $10B to $6.4B means 58 million stand to lose aid. In Africa, chronic crises in Angola, CAR, and Burkina Faso see scant mention. Today in

, the pattern is compounding scarcity. Energy war in Ukraine drives grid outages; Hurricane Melissa exposes climate risk layered atop debt and insurance limits; Gaza’s constrained aid meets political red lines; the U.S. shutdown freezes a core social safety valve. When funding shrinks and logistics fracture, shocks cascade into hunger, displacement, and instability. Today in

- Europe: Political turbulence in Paris and The Hague; NATO’s DEFENDER 25 drills mobility while Moscow touts novel systems. Germany welcomes relief in the Nexperia spat; Europe’s investment slump deepens. - Middle East: Gaza’s ceasefire mechanics falter; Iran’s currency crisis worsens; reports note a Muslim-only peacekeeping concept under discussion with Turkey. - Africa: Darfur atrocities escalate; Tanzania’s violent post‑election crackdown contrasts with sparse international presence on the ground; Mali faces fuel choke points from JNIM blockades. - Indo‑Pacific: Pakistan–Afghanistan talks stagger toward Nov. 6; Japan accelerates defense timelines; India gains a U.S. waiver to operate Iran’s Chabahar port; Myanmar’s famine risk grows as coverage thins. - Americas: SNAP uncertainty defines the shutdown’s second month; Trump–Xi strike a tariff and rare-earth pause; Hurricane Melissa adds pressure on already hungry Haitians. Today in

— questions asked and missing: - Asked: Will SNAP payments land this week, and for how long? Can Ukraine hold Pokrovsk through winter strikes? - Missing: Who funds last-mile logistics in Jamaica and Haiti over the next 14 days? How will the world verify the true death toll in Tanzania under blackout conditions? What access will investigators have to El Fasher? What’s the plan to close Myanmar’s WFP gap now? What legal framework governs any U.S. threat to intervene in Nigeria? If nuclear testing resumes, what verification prevents a new arms race? Cortex concludes: Tonight’s story is timing and triage — court orders, convoys, ceasefires, and cold fronts — all running against the clock. We’ll track what gets delivered, what gets delayed, and what gets denied. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.