Ceasfire talks for Gaza begin in Egypt today, with officials hopeful for a deal that would secure the release of all Israeli hostages.

While Trump has been very optimistic, says he wants to get this done fast, a lot of the thorny details have been glossed over, and now we're really going to get down to the details this week.

Plus, a federal judge blocks President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Oregon.

And Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, a staunch conservative, who favors more borrowing and spending.

It's Monday, October 6th. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal, and here's

the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Highly anticipated talks are set to kick off in Egypt today, and what officials are hoping could

pave the way for a long-awaited

ceasefire in Gaza. Negotiators from the U.S., Israel, Hamas, and Middle Eastern countries will

try to come to agreements over crucial points, including Israeli military withdrawal lines in Gaza

and a potential exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. A breakthrough in the talks would be

a crucial first step toward ending the two-year conflict in the region. But officials say,

lasting peace remains a more distant goal. Speaking yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the second phase of ending the war

is figuring out what happens inside Gaza after Israel withdraws to the agreed-upon lines.

How do you create this Palestinian technocratic leadership that's not Hamas, that's not terrorists,

and with the help of the international community, how do you disarm any

sort of terrorist groups that are going to be building tunnels and conducting attacks against

Israel? How do you get them to demobilize? All that work, that's going to be hard, but that's

critical because without that, you're not going to have lasting peace. The Wall Street Journal's

Tel Aviv correspondent Annat Palette has been following the peace talks closely. She says that while President Trump is feeling optimistic about the discussions, there's still a long

road ahead.

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