Aid trucks roll into Gaza

Plus, data darkness in US spreads a global shadow.

Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Aid trucks roll into Gaza as a dispute over hostage bodies is paused, Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga dies, and data darkness in the US spreads a global shadow. Plus, a special report on how the Houthis rule Yemen. Today's Top News   Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj Aid trucks rolled into Gaza and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was imprisoned while fighting one-party autocracy and ran five times unsuccessfully for the presidency, has died at the age of 80, sources close to him said.  Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was time for Europe to build a "drone wall" to protect its eastern flank. But the "drone wall" proposal remains in flux, with the initial proposal facing scepticism from Germany and France. A US strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said, the latest such operation in recent weeks as the US builds up military forces in the region. At least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world's most powerful military. The US State Department said it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. South Korea issued a "code-black" travel ban for parts of Cambodia and dispatched a team of high-level officials to help nationals lured into working in scam compounds and secure the release of those held against their will. Fresh fighting broke out along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing more than a dozen civilians and troops to shatter a fragile peace after weekend clashes that killed dozens. Business & Markets   China's Communist Party meets this month to map a five-year vision that prioritizes high-tech manufacturing in its quest to upgrade its sprawling industries and project global power as its rivalry with the US intensifies, analysts say. The government shutdown has switched off the official flow of US data and, as Howard Schneider tells the Reuters World News podcast, this spells trouble for the economies who depend on it.  Rather than pump the brakes as AI threatens jobs built on routine tasks, India is accelerating, wagering that a let-it-rip approach will create enough new opportunities to absorb those displaced. Meet the AI chatbots replacing the country's call-center workers. Italy is currently enjoying a windfall as the central bank's vast gold reserves track record-high prices.The country's bullion stockpile reflects decades of determined safeguarding after it rebuilt reserves plundered by the Nazis in the 1940s. Novo Nordisk is racing ahead with job cuts in its home market in areas from manufacturing and research to IT and quality control, according to sources interviewed by Reuters and an analysis of hundreds of social media posts. Laid off workers in Denmark call themselves the "Club 5,000". Elon Musk's lawyers will urge the Delaware Supreme Court to restore his $56 billion pay package from Tesla as one of the biggest corporate legal battles enters its final stage nearly two years after a lower court judge rescinded the Tesla CEO's record compensation. For more on global markets, watch our rundown here. How the Houthis rule in Yemen: prisons, a personality cult, and pilfered food aid   Buildings on the outskirts of Aden damaged during the civil war. The most populated areas of Yemen are controlled by the Houthis. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky Yemenis who have fled the Houthi-controlled area of this divided country paint a grim picture of life under the militant group. People are forced to attend rallies and chant death to America and Israel, pay crippling taxes and hand children over to become soldiers, they say. Read our special report And Finally... A reconstruction of the centaur object (2060) Chiron and its ring system. UTFPR/Alexandre Crispim/Handout via REUTERS The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles as they encircle the giant planet. But smaller celestial bodies in the solar system also boast ring systems that are impressive in their own right, even if their scale is not as grand. Scientists said they have observed for the first time a ring system in the process of formation and evolution surrounding a small icy body called Chiron. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. 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