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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Alligator Alcatraz was billed as a 5,000-bed, $450 million-a-year showcase of muscular border policy. A federal judge has now frozen further construction, ordered generators and sewage lines ripped out, and barred new detainees, ruling that the Everglades’ fragile wetlands trump political theatrics. (reuters.com) The decision lands amid a $23 billion,…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Russian forces unleashed their heaviest aerial barrage in weeks overnight, firing 40 cruise and ballistic missiles plus 574 drones and striking a U.S-owned electronics plant near the Polish border—Kyiv’s gateway to NATO logistics.(ft.com, reuters.com, apnews.com) Moscow also debuted a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, a move the Kremlin framed as a…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Hurricane Erin’s 24-hour leap from 75 mph to 160 mph—a 113% wind-speed surge—vaults it into the record books as one of the fastest-intensifying Atlantic storms on record, forcing evacuations along North Carolina’s tourist-dependent Outer Banks and closing New York’s beaches as 20-foot waves march northward.(reuters.com, apnews.com, amp.cnn.com) What matters is…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Russia’s overnight swarm of 93 Shahed-type drones and two missiles again exposed the war’s new arithmetic: volume over precision. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 62 of the drones and one missile, yet 31 penetrated, wounding 14 civilians in Sumy’s Okhtyrka and igniting fuel and gas facilities as far south as Odesa.…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist The hurried White House “peace summit” reveals less a breakthrough than a scramble. Trump pledged “security guarantees” for Kyiv yet left NATO accession off-limits and offered only the vaguest hint of air support—hedging that kept the dollar firm as investors sensed renewed uncertainty(reuters.com, transcripts.cnn.com). The choreography played well for markets…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Qatar’s disclosure that Hamas has given a “positive response” to a 60-day Gaza cease-fire plan—now under Israeli review—signals the first aligned movement by all principals since March’s truce collapse. The draft, seen by Reuters, trades 10 living and 18 deceased Israeli hostages for 200 Palestinian prisoners and partial Israeli withdrawal…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Diplomacy’s clock is suddenly ticking faster. In the past 24 hours, Washington corralled Kyiv, EU leaders and—critically—Donald Trump into backing a Zelenskyy-Putin face-to-face within two weeks, with U.S.–led “security guarantees” to be drafted in just ten days. As markets sensed a whiff of détente, European stock futures firmed even while…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s hurried summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump is less about ending one war than exposing a wider strategic vacuum. Europe has already out-spent Washington on Ukraine ($49 bn versus $30 bn) yet still flew to the White House seeking U.S. resolve. The numbers reveal dependency—even as Russian drones…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Ukraine’s president has bluntly proposed that “the current front lines should be the basis for talks,” freezing Russia’s 1-million-strong invasion where it now occupies roughly 18 % of Ukrainian territory(reuters.com). European leaders in Washington back Kyiv, warning that any deal struck under fire would echo the 1953 Korean armistice—stopping bullets,…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Global markets recoiled after the Alaska summit where Donald Trump urged Kyiv to accept a cease-fire that mimics Russian terms while hinting at lifting sanctions to unlock joint U.S.–Russia Arctic drilling. European leaders scrambled to back Ukraine, yet the absence of a cease-fire kept oil near $66 and pushed defence…