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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s U.S-brokered Gaza ceasefire (in force since 10 Oct) absorbed its first serious shock overnight: Israeli jets hit Rafah and Khan Younis after Hamas killed two soldiers, leaving at least 26 Palestinians dead and 36 more across the strip by dawn.(reuters.c…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Just eight days after the U.S.–brokered cease-fire began on 11 October, Israel unleashed air- and tank-fire across southern Gaza, citing Hamas gunfire in Rafah. At least 18 Palestinians died, the Rafah crossing stays shut, and Israel has frozen all aid until the rem…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning, Torrential rains-turned-floods across five Mexican states have now killed 72 people, with 48 still missing and 100,000 homes damaged. President Claudia Sheinbaum’s overnight brief underscored a rescue operation spanning 9,000 soldiers and engineers…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Repair crews finally reached Zaporizhzhia today after Kyiv, Moscow and the IAEA carved out twin 1.5-km “silent zones,” allowing engineers to reconnect the plant’s two severed high-voltage lines after 26 days on diesel back-ups. Europe’s largest nuclear facility, wit…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning, The fragile Israel-Hamas cease-fire, now one week old, is already fraying. Hamas negotiators told Reuters they will not disarm and intend to retain security control during a five-year reconstruction pause, directly colliding with U.S. and Israeli d…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, 18:32. Dutch seizure of Chinese-owned Nexperia and Beijing’s counter-ban on its Chinese plants have halted delivery of the low-margin “jelly-bean” diodes that power everything from seat-belt sensors to EV inverters. The Alliance for Automotive Innovati…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist A U.S. Justice-Department watchdog has asked a bankruptcy judge to appoint an independent examiner at First Brands, the auto-parts conglomerate that imploded last month after a $2.3 billion balance-sheet hole emerged. The move, revealed in overnight court filing…

Evening Analysis – The Gist German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Bundestag appeal for a single European stock exchange is the boldest push yet to end the EU’s 500-venue fragmentation, where barely 30 % of share trading is transparent. Euronext and Deutsche Boerse immediately endorsed the call, f…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist The overnight jolt came from Washington: President Trump says Prime Minister Modi has “committed” to end India’s Russian-oil purchases—roughly 1.7 m b/d, or 40 % of India’s crude imports. Brent jumped 1 % on the headline, signalling traders already pricing a sup…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Israel’s fragile Gaza cease-fire is fraying. ​Hamas has returned only 8 of 28 dead hostages; one of the four bodies handed over yesterday was mis-identified, triggering Israel to slash the daily aid quota to roughly 300 trucks—half of what the deal promised—and to k…