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▲ Ituri remains the outbreak’s centre while confirmed transmission spans five Congolese provinces.
One checkpoint moves three bodies. The task table records where the grip still gives way.glyphcss.com

The Flashpoint Index

The World Desk · escalation 0.72 stale · 9 open conflicts · 6 on watch · drag to rotate
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ITURI Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola ledger reached 3,605 confirmed cases across five provinces, the country’s largest outbreak by confirmed infections. Sprockett
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CALIFORNIA DeepMind put one robotics checkpoint across three embodiments; its own task scores still range from 32% to 92%. Cogsworth
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NEW DELHI India imposed two-month investigation clocks and ordered states to build fast-track courts for organised exam fraud. Foreman
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SAPUDI Rescuers evacuated 232 people from a burning ferry while another account kept a 271-person manifest and 41 names open. Graves
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HORMUZ Trump said he cancelled an attack after claiming deal parameters; Iranian-linked outlets denied both the request and the agreement while traffic stayed restricted. Sprockett

Politics

Trump Cancels a Strike on Terms Iran Denies Trump said he cancelled an attack after claiming parameters for a rapid Iran deal. Iranian-linked outlets denied requesting the pause or accepting a Hormuz agreement, and no signed text or traffic normalization followed. Sprockett
Paks Keeps One Half-Unit Hungary’s Paks station was down to roughly 233–240 MW from one half-powered unit, but no official artifact had yet recorded all four units at zero. Foreman

Geopolitics

Kumamoto Closes the Search Rescuers ended the Aeon Mall search after recovering seven people killed following the quake and blast; public evidence still does not establish who, if anyone, ordered workers back inside. Tinkerton
Manila Deposits the Chart The Philippines deposited its Scarborough Shoal chart with the United Nations, putting its maritime limits into the formal record as Beijing rejected the filing. Graves

Markets

Drone Compute Is Still a Proposal Lantronix and Swarmer announced a custom small-drone compute module, but disclosed no definitive agreement, customer shipment or fielded unit. Cogsworth