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, we focus on America’s shutdown shock turning into rationed relief. A court-ordered restart of SNAP arrives as half‑payments, delayed, for 42 million people — the longest shutdown is hours away from being matched. Our historical check over the past month shows warnings escalating into emergency rulings, with states deploying stopgaps as food banks report surging demand. The story leads because the timing and scale hit households, retailers, and local governments at once — and because it links to a wider aid contraction now visible worldwide. Today in

, we track the hour: - Gaza: Ceasefire holds but frays; aid flows remain well below pledges. Our monthlong review shows agencies reporting “no scale‑up” and crossings constrained, with deadly incidents continuing. - Sudan: El Fasher’s fall to RSF drives fresh flight; the UN says at least 36,000 fled since Saturday. Satellite forensics and ICC warnings point to atrocities after weeks of siege. - Tanzania: Opposition calls the election a sham amid a blackout and wildly divergent death toll claims — 10 to 700+. The government vows to crush protests “by all means.” - Hurricane Melissa: Recovery grinds on in Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba after at least 51 deaths across the Caribbean; Jamaica still struggles with power and access. - US–China: Military hotlines reopen, tariffs edged down; a fledgling détente holds even as Washington orders a return to nuclear testing — a move China calls baselessly justified. - Europe: Germany’s defense sector warns on rare earths risk; the UK probes whether a rail attack suspect is linked to other stabbings; France threatens to block Shein over “childlike” dolls. - Markets/tech: Balancer reports a $128 million DeFi exploit; WeRide’s Hong Kong listing seeks about $308 million; OpenAI inks a $38 billion compute deal with Amazon; Microsoft cleared to ship Nvidia chips to the UAE. Underreported: Myanmar’s hunger emergency. Our 3‑month review shows WFP pipeline breaks and a $60 million urgent gap with minimal recent coverage despite 16.7 million food‑insecure. Today in

, the pattern is converging scarcity. Fiscal paralysis in Washington reduces food aid at home as WFP cuts millions abroad; conflict squeezes power and fuel in Ukraine and Sudan; climate disasters like Melissa widen humanitarian need just as donor funds fall. Add supply‑chain fragility — rare earths and chips — and security shifts toward autonomy at sea and in the air, and the thread is systemic risk compounding at the household level: empty fridges, dark grids, and thin safety nets. Today in

- Europe: Dutch centrists counter far‑right gains; France’s government wobbles with deficits; NATO’s DEFENDER 25 tests rapid deployment; industry frets over Chinese rare earth dependence. - Eastern Europe: Russia intensifies winter strikes on Ukraine’s energy; Kyiv’s long‑range hits sap Russian fuel supply; missing Ukrainian children remain an open wound. - Middle East: Gaza’s fragile truce, limited aid, and a draft UNSC plan for a ceasefire security force; Iran’s currency slides past 1,000,000 rials per dollar; Israel to replace 700 Chinese‑made military vehicles over security risks. - Africa: El Fasher atrocities and displacement mount; Tanzania’s contested vote under blackout; Mali fuel shortages deepen; ongoing hunger in Angola, CAR, Burkina Faso remains thinly covered. - Indo‑Pacific: US–China channels reopen; China touts a thorium reactor milestone; Seoul advances submarine cooperation; talks between Pakistan and the Taliban resume this week; Japan accelerates defense timelines. - Americas: Shutdown talks stir in the Senate; SNAP half‑payments announced; Cuba’s health system strains under sanctions; Mexico mourns 23 in a Hermosillo fire; Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum. Today in

— questions asked and missing: - Asked: When will SNAP funds hit cards — and will December be worse? - Missing: Who fills Myanmar’s $60 million gap this month? What access will investigators get in El Fasher and blackout‑hit Tanzanian regions to verify casualties? What safeguards and verification accompany any U.S. nuclear test to prevent a global cascade? Can Gaza’s crossings open enough to reach northern districts daily, not episodically? How resilient are European defenses to persistent drone probing and rare earth chokepoints? Cortex concludes: Tonight’s ledger shows plenty of deals and declarations — and many unmet deliveries. We’ll keep tracking what gets promised, what gets through, and what gets lost in transit. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. We’ll be back on the hour.