Today's essential intelligence on markets, energy, AI and geopolitics.

Key takeaways:
• US political parties reassessing messaging and electoral strategies
• Economic pressures from rising energy prices leading to inflation
• Heightened geopolitical tensions and border security concerns
• Significant developments and challenges within the technology sector

US parties regroup after the midterms, and neither names the cause
According to the FT on 15 November, the Democratic party, emboldened by its sweeping midterm victory, is moving "from culture war to class war" and dropping the "woke" language its critics objected to. Estonia closes its Russian border after an attempted arson on a defence firm
Estonia will close its border with Russia from the start of December, after Tallinn's Internal Security Service (Estonia's domestic security and counter-intelligence agency) said Russia's GRU (Russia's military intelligence agency) commissioned an attempted arson attack on a defence firm (Politico Europe).

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