Gaza residents start to return north

Plus, China's AI push batters tech stocks.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Gaza residents start to return north as crossing is opened, the US and Colombia pull back from the brink of a trade war, and China's DeepSeek sets off an AI market rout. Plus, cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety. Today's Top News   Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order, making their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza, January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Gaza Tens of thousands of Palestinians began moving along the main roads leading north in Gaza as Israel opened roadblocks after the militant group Hamas agreed to hand over female Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud and two other hostages. US President Donald Trump said Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza, a suggestion rejected by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that runs the enclave, and apparently rebuffed by Jordan and Egypt. In other news The US and Colombia have pulled back from the brink of a trade war after the White House said the South American country agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. Listen to Andean correspondent Oliver Griffin on the Reuters World News podcast for insights into the weekend developments.  The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with US immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago, defending the new administration's deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week. The Kremlin said it had yet to receive any signals from the US about arranging a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, but remained ready to organize such an encounter. Rwandan-backed rebels marched into the center of east Congo's largest city, witnesses said, in the latest escalation of decades of conflict in a region already suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. New Zealand will introduce looser visa rules to allow holiday makers to work remotely while visiting the country, to boost its tourism sector and economy. Business & Markets   Nasdaq futures slumped and technology shares slid in Japan as surging popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model wobbled investors' faith in the profitability of AI and the sector's voracious demand for high-tech chips. The new era of unpredictability, marked by tariff threats and rising global tensions, is prompting emerging market investors to look for shelter in frontier markets that are relatively safe from President Donald Trump's trade policy shifts. Wall Street expects US oil and gas companies to keep a lid on spending in 2025 and keep their focus on generating shareholder returns, despite calls by Trump to "drill, baby, drill." A clear majority of British businesses look set to cut the size of pay awards for staff in response to coming tax hikes and they remain pessimistic about the outlook for the economy, two surveys showed. Tesla has joined BMW and Chinese producers in filing a challenge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against EU tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, according to a filing on the court's website. Nearly 19 million Americans are expected to go on cruise vacations this year, but passenger growth is likely to cool off after seeing a boom post pandemic, travel group AAA forecast. Cozy comfort   New research backs up what gamers have thought for years: video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety. View our interactive graphic And Finally... McCartney performs during his Got Back tour. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to "rip off" artists, urging the British government to make sure upcoming copyright reforms protect its creative industries. Globally the music and film industries are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own output after being trained on popular works, without necessarily paying the creators of the original content. 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. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2025 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036