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🌍 WORLD NEWS DIGEST 📅 October 18, 2026 · Past 12 Hours 🔥 GEOPOLITICS • RUSSIA SANCTIONS PAUSED: Trump waived key Russia-related sanctions and tariffs before they were set to take effect, saying he'd "analyze" the global impact during the pause. Zelenskyy called the decision "seems wrong" as a Trump-Zelenskiy rift threatens vital support for Kyiv. • EASTERN FLANK ALERT: Lithuanian residents were told to take shelter after a flying object was detected overnight, while German police opened an investigation into a fence breach at Leipzig airport. 📢 UNREST & POLITICS • FRANCE: New nationwide protests rocked the country overnight, with buildings looted and burned as students, trade unions and Yellow Vests joined coordinated demonstrations across French cities. • SPAIN: PM Pedro Sánchez called a snap election for November 29 after recent defeats in parliament on measures aimed at fixing Spain's housing crisis. 🌏 ASIA-PACIFIC • INDIA: A crowd crush at a religious festival in the eastern city of Kolkata killed at least 17 people, local media reported, during peak festive gatherings. • TRADE: Vietnam signed a free-trade pact with European countries including Norway and Switzerland, widening its export access amid global tariff turbulence. 💰 MARKETS & ECONOMY • RATES: ECB President Lagarde said the bond selloff will itself slow inflation, while the Fed's Goolsbee called the latest US inflation print "discouraging" — with CPI at 3.1%, above target. • AI SELL-OFF: Asian AI stocks fell as rising financing costs threaten the build-out boom; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have broken support with Dow futures looming. 🤖 AI & TECH • OPEN MODELS: Nvidia, Meta and Apple unveiled new open models, with longtime foes Meta and Apple teaming up to put open-weight AI on Macs. • AGENT DEALS: Anthropic is turning to lawyers to help its AI agents strike real-world deals, while Replit made OpenAI its default model over Anthropic. ---⚠️ Sources: Reuters, AP, WSJ, BBC, FT, Bloomberg

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