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, we focus on America’s shutdown shock. Day 33 and counting: 42 million people face disrupted SNAP food aid as courts order payments but agencies and states scramble to execute. Food banks report surging registrations; states unlock emergency funds. Our historical check shows two weeks of warnings that benefits could lapse Nov. 1, with judges stepping in late. The scale, timing, and human stakes make this the hour’s lead — and it lands amid a global aid contraction. WFP’s budget fell from roughly $10B to $6.4B; past weeks flagged pipeline breaks from Afghanistan to the Horn. The question isn’t only whether SNAP restarts tomorrow, but how fragile safety nets — domestic and global — hold through November. Today in

, we track the hour: - Gaza: After the deadliest night since the ceasefire began, Israel today received the remains of three hostages, including Omer Neutra, as strikes and aid limits persist. Our context review over the past month shows promised aid scale-up largely stalled; 300 of 600 trucks/day enter at best. - Lebanon: Israel warns of intensifying action against Hezbollah despite a ceasefire framework through Nov 2024. - Europe skies: Belgium reports repeated drones over a base hosting U.S. nuclear weapons; EU capitals weigh wider Frontex powers for airspace surveillance after weeks of “drone wall” debates. - Afghanistan: A magnitude 6.3 quake in the Hindu Kush shakes Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul; damage assessments underway. - UK: Police say a single 32-year-old suspect carried out the Doncaster–London train stabbings; one rail staffer is in life-threatening condition; no terrorism link. - Sudan: The activist who documented El Fasher’s fall is killed; satellite forensics and UN alerts in recent days point to mass atrocities by the RSF. - Tanzania: Disputed landslide re-election under curfew and blackout; death toll claims diverge sharply from 10 to 700+. - Mexico: Hermosillo store explosion and fire kill at least 23; probe ongoing. - Americas policy: Trump orders preparations to resume U.S. nuclear testing; a U.S.–China détente sets up military hotlines and a trade truce; shutdown becomes the longest on Monday if unresolved. Today in

, the connective tissue is scarcity under stress. Energy war degrades grids in Ukraine; a Category 5 hurricane exposes infrastructure and insurance limits; siege-era controls keep Gaza aid thin; and a U.S. budget freeze halts food assistance. Our historical scan shows humanitarian funding cuts compounding long-running crises — Sudan’s genocide alerts and Myanmar’s hunger emergency — when attention and money ebb at once. Meanwhile, drones — from Europe’s airbases to Anduril’s Pacific-ready swarms — reveal a security shift: cheaper autonomy testing defenses, spurring institutions like Frontex toward new mandates. Today in

- Europe: French political churn and Dutch centrists edging out the far right; NATO’s DEFENDER 25 tests rapid deployment; EU moves from a “drone wall” concept to expanded Frontex roles. - Eastern Europe: Russia ramps drone and missile salvos at Ukraine’s energy system; Kyiv replies with deep strikes hitting fuel logistics. - Middle East: Gaza’s fragile truce, constrained aid, bodies repatriated; Israel–Hezbollah brinkmanship; Iran’s currency slide deepens. - Africa: El Fasher’s atrocities escalate; Tanzania’s crackdown persists under blackout; Mali’s JNIM blockade fuels shortages. Undercovered: Angola’s drought, CAR hunger, Burkina Faso displacement. - Indo‑Pacific: U.S.–China military channels reopen; South Korea’s defense tech tie-ups grow; Afghanistan–Pakistan talks pause with ceasefire holding. Undercovered: Myanmar — 16.7 million food-insecure; WFP warns of famine risk and funding gaps. - Americas: Shutdown drags; Hurricane Melissa recovery strains Haiti and Jamaica despite insurance triggers; Mexico mourns Hermosillo victims. Today in

— questions asked and missing: - Asked: Will SNAP payments land this week, and for how long? - Missing: Who funds last‑mile relief in Jamaica and Haiti the next 14 days? What access will investigators get in El Fasher and blackout‑hit Tanzania to verify death tolls? How will Europe counter persistent drone probing beyond piecemeal airport shutdowns? What guardrails accompany any U.S. nuclear test restart to prevent a cascade? Who closes Myanmar’s $60M urgent gap as coverage stays thin? Cortex concludes: Tonight’s theme is bandwidth — fiscal, logistical, moral. Systems underfunded bend first and break fastest. We’ll continue to track what gets delivered, what gets delayed, and what gets denied. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.