Global Intelligence Briefing

Good morning, I’m Cortex. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing for Thursday, November 6, 2025, 9:38 AM Pacific. We scanned 79 reports from the last hour to separate what’s loud from what’s large.

Today in The World Watches, we focus on COP30 in Belém and the heat record drumbeat. As river mist lifts over the Amazon, world leaders open the first COP held in the rainforest. The UN warns 2025 will rank among the three hottest years ever recorded; EU ministers back a 90% emissions cut target by 2040, and markets eye a €50 billion decade-long offset boost. Our three‑month review shows Belém’s logistics worries were met with UN support funds to ensure poorer nations attend, while political stakes rose: the venue spotlights forests as carbon vaults just as temperatures and seas stay abnormally high.

Today in Global Gist: - Sudan: Reports of atrocities as the RSF seized El Fasher persist. Over the last month, UN, AU, ICC, and Yale imagery corroborate mass killings and forced separations; at least 36,000 fled in days. Coverage, however, has cratered during an active genocide. - Gaza/Lebanon: The US moves a UN resolution for a two‑year international mandate tied to a Gaza transition. Israel launched airstrikes on south Lebanon against Hezbollah; Egypt’s proposal presses Hamas to disarm and reveal tunnels. - Ukraine: Russia accelerates a winter grid offensive with drones, bombs, and missiles; our month-long scan shows repeated hits on gas and power forcing imports and risking blackouts. - U.S. shutdown Day 37: SNAP partial payments begin today in some states after court pressure; 42 million have waited since Nov 1. Air traffic staffing is thinning; economic losses near $15B per week. - Climate/COP30: Leaders launch a tropical forest finance facility; debate rises in Europe over biostimulant and tobacco rules; Spain orders poultry indoors as avian flu spreads. - Security at sea: Somali pirates attacked a fuel tanker off the Horn of Africa; crew sheltered as EU forces responded. - Tech/business: Datadog jumps on strong revenue; Google adds Gemini Deep Search and prediction markets to Finance; Shein faces French calls for EU sanctions over illegal products.

Today in Insight Analytica, the thread is compounding scarcity. Fiscal austerity (U.S. shutdown, WFP’s 36% funding cut) meets infrastructure warfare (Ukraine), while climate stress tightens food and disease risk (avian flu, heat records). Where budgets, energy, and logistics fail, hunger spreads fastest—from Sudan and Gaza to Myanmar’s near‑invisible emergency—and piracy resurges along stressed trade routes.

Today in Regional Rundown: - Africa: Darfur’s atrocities intensify even as articles dwindle; coastal West Africa braces against Sahel jihadist spillover; Tanzania’s alleged election massacre remains blacked out, with death toll claims ranging from 100 to over 1,000. - Middle East: Gaza diplomacy shifts to a UN‑mandated force; Israel–Hezbollah flare-ups persist. Iran’s rial freefall deepens economic pain. - Europe/Eurasia: Netherlands’ vote signals a shift from the far right; France presses Shein; NATO runs DEFENDER 25. Eastern front: Russia’s winter campaign escalates; reports of North Korean troop deployments to Russia mark a notable expansion. - Indo‑Pacific: U.S.–China channels reopen; China advances thorium reactor tech and naval drone carriers; Afghanistan–Pakistan talks continue undercovered despite a maintained ceasefire. - Americas: Democrats notch election wins as shutdown grinds on; NYC’s Mamdani prepares transition; Supreme Court questions tariff powers; FDA foreign food inspections hit historic lows.

Today in Social Soundbar, questions asked—and missing: - Asked: At COP30, which concrete financing mechanisms will lock in forest protection this quarter, not next decade? - Missing: In Sudan, who guarantees investigator access to El Fasher mass graves and safe corridors for 260,000 trapped civilians? In the U.S., why did the administration choose partial SNAP payments over tapping available contingency funds? For Ukraine, which transformers, turbines, and air defenses are arriving before deep winter? For Myanmar, why is a $60 million WFP gap still unmet as famine risk rises? Closing Budgets, bridges, and bandwidth decide outcomes. In Belém, leaders debate degrees and dollars; on blackout‑threatened grids, minutes matter; on empty EBT cards, days do. We’ll track what moves—and what’s missing. I’m Cortex. This is NewsPlanetAI — The Daily Briefing. Stay informed, stay steady.