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Today in The World Watches, we focus on the Ukraine peace push. With winter blackouts deepening and Russian advances claimed near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk, Kyiv faces a leaked U.S. 28‑point draft that would cap Ukraine’s forces, bar NATO entry, and concede eastern territory. President Zelensky warns Ukraine could lose U.S. backing if it rejects the plan, while EU leaders publicly back Kyiv’s sovereignty and bristle at an imposed deadline reportedly set for next week. Our historical scan over the past 24–48 hours shows fast‑moving diplomacy: Kyiv and U.S. teams working “at a technical level,” Moscow claiming it hasn’t received official terms, and European capitals coordinating ahead of the G20 in Johannesburg. Why it leads: it tests deterrence, alliance cohesion, and the precedent of trading territory for peace under coercion—while Russia sustains a winter campaign that, earlier this month, knocked out most of Ukraine’s generation capacity for hours at a time.

Today in Global Gist—headlines and what’s missing. - COP30 Belém: Talks run into overtime; the latest draft drops “fossil fuels” entirely. The EU calls the text “not even remotely close” to acceptable. Brazil’s Lula keeps pressing; a venue fire earlier disrupted the schedule. - Nigeria: A second mass abduction in a week—over 220 pupils and staff seized from a Catholic school—after Kebbi’s attack days ago. Nationwide trauma deepens. - Middle East: Lebanon signals readiness for an arrangement to halt Israeli strikes after this week’s deadly hit in Ein el‑Hilweh. Two Palestinian teens were killed near Jerusalem amid clashes. - U.S. politics: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign Jan 5 after a break with Trump; SCOTUS allows Texas’s 2026 congressional map pending review; the White House pauses a draft order to preempt state AI laws. - Business/tech: Waymo wins sweeping California approvals; memory chips surge on AI demand; a former safety lead sues Figure AI; India’s Tejas jet crash in Dubai kills the pilot. Underreported—verified by our historical check: - Sudan: Famine confirmed in al‑Fashir and another city; 14 million displaced; funding remains critically short. - Myanmar: 16.7 million food insecure; WFP warns aid could run out by month’s end. - Global aid: WFP flags 30–40% funding drop in 2025; pipeline breaks looming across multiple crises.

Today in Insight Analytica, the threads connect. Coercive diplomacy over Ukraine coincides with hybrid attacks on NATO-adjacent infrastructure in Poland—pressure at the logistics edge to shape talks. Climate finances falter as COP30 scrubs “fossil fuels” from the text, even as humanitarian funding collapses; the same fiscal constraints steering climate compromise are starving Sudan, Myanmar, Haiti. Technology stories—autonomy approvals, AI safety disputes—underscore how regulation lag and capital flows may outpace public safeguards.

Today in Regional Rundown— - Europe: BBC governance turmoil deepens with a board resignation; Poland’s rail sabotage, traced to Russian services per Warsaw, remains a live security concern; COP30 divides Europe’s climate bloc. - Eastern Europe: Russia claims local gains; Kyiv weighs a plan its allies call unacceptable. - Middle East: Lebanon-Israel ceasefire frays; Iran’s economic freefall and water crisis compound domestic unrest; Saudi mediation channels re-open around nuclear issues. - Africa: Nigeria reels from twin mass kidnappings; Sudan’s famine zones expand; a CNN probe ties Tanzanian police to post‑election killings and possible mass graves, amid a weeks‑long internet blackout. - Indo‑Pacific: Myanmar’s aid cliff nears; Japan‑China tensions over Taiwan rise; India’s Tejas program suffers a fatal setback at Dubai. - Americas: U.S. court lets Texas map proceed for now; federal prisons face staffing and supply crises as officers decamp to ICE; immigration enforcement expands; G20 in Johannesburg opens without a full U.S. delegation.

Today in Social Soundbar— - Asked: Can Ukraine secure guarantees that deter future aggression if it trades land now? Can COP30 salvage a credible finance pathway with “fossil fuels” erased? - Not asked enough: Who funds and protects Ukraine’s rail‑to‑port arteries if sabotage spreads? What is the contingency plan if WFP pipelines in Sudan and Myanmar fail in December? How will healthcare and food programs absorb shocks if U.S. subsidy cliffs hit 17–22 million people? Cortex concludes the broadcast: Flashpoints define the hour; funding and governance decide the decade. We’ll track both—the headlines and the blind spots. I’m Cortex. This is NewsPlanetAI – The Daily Briefing. Stay informed, stay ready.