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Gaza ceasefire talks to continue in Egypt, U.S. government shutdown, BTC new all-time high, OpenAI becomes world's most valuable private company, and more.
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U.S.-Backed Gaza Ceasefire Talks Advance Following Hamas's Partial Acceptance of Plan 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🇮🇱
Hamas has accepted several elements of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza.
The group indicated that certain aspects of the proposal require further negotiations through mediators.
President Trump responded by telling Israel to “immediately stop bombing Gaza” and noted Hamas was ready for "lasting peace".
Hamas agreed to release all remaining Israeli captives—both living and deceased—in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The group also agreed to transition the administration of Gaza to a Palestinian body of independents.
Hamas explicitly rejected the Trump-proposed international transitional body known as the "Board of Peace".
Following Trump’s instruction, the intense Israeli bombardment in the enclave appears to have relatively eased.
Despite the call for a halt, local reports confirmed that Israeli strikes continued to kill scores of Palestinians on Saturday.
Israel said it is preparing for the "immediate implementation" of the first stage of the U.S. plan.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days”.
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas delegations are scheduled to continue in Egypt on Monday.
U.S. envoys are traveling to Egypt to finalize the technical details of the hostage release and ceasefire.
Sources: Al-Jazeera 1, Al-Jazeera 2, Associated Press, and The Guardian.
Raven Bites🐦⬛
News/Events/Politics
In the U.S., both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past Tuesday failed in the Senate during the eleventh hour, effectively shutting down the government at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. (more)
Violence breaks out in Morocco as anti-government protests rage for fourth day. (more)
Protest in Madagascar persist as Gen Z vows to fight on until president resigns. (more)
Israel intercepted the last boat of the humanitarian flotilla in Gaza. (more)
U.S. signed an order to extend security guarantee to Qatar nearing NATO level status. (more)
Economics/Business/Crypto
OpenAI has the total valuation of $500B and is now the world’s most valuable private company after private stock sale. (more)
$BTC.X ( ▼ 0.47% ) Bitcoin rallies to a new all-time high at around $125,750, gaining safe-haven status during the U.S. Government shutdown. (more)
European stocks end positive after touching fresh record high. (more)
Silicon Valley’s new defense startups such as Anduril and Palantir are pulling billions in funding to challenge legacy giants such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman as they are seen as faster, leaner, and software-first. (more)
Technology
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.5, its latest model yet. (more)
OpenAI released Sora 2 to generate better videos than the previous model and also a new standalone app, Sora, that is its own social media platform filled with AI-generated videos. (more)
Apple removed ICEBlock, to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration and similar tracking apps from the App Store. (more)
Meta plans on selling targeted ads based on data in your chat with their AI. (more)
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