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The World in Brief from The Economist

Trump signs Middle East peace plan; Open AI buys Broadcom chips, and more

The World in Brief from The Economist

The Economist

Daily News, Global News, News, News & Politics

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Donald Trump arrived in Egypt for a “peace summit” aimed at building on the Gaza ceasefire to help establish regional stability.

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Donald Trump arrived in Egypt for a peace summit aimed at building on the Gaza seafire

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to help establish regional stability.

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Over 20 leaders, including those of Britain,

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France, Qatar and the Palestinian Authority, are attending. Earlier, America's president hailed a, quote, historic dawn in the Middle East in an address to Israel's parliament. Hamas and Israel also completed a

1:14.3

planned hostage prisoner swap. OpenAI said it would buy artificial intelligence chips with a total

1:22.4

power consumption of 10 gigawatts from Broadcom. The two American companies will develop the chips and accompanying

1:30.3

data-centred technology together. It is the latest in a string of AI infrastructure deals

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struck by the ChatGPT developer, following similar arrangements with AMD and NVIDIA, two other chipmakers.

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Broadcom's stock rose nearly 10% on the announcement.

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Andre Rojolina, Madagascar's president, fled the country.

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He was evacuated by a French military plane after speaking with France's president, Emmanuel Macron,

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according to RFI, a French broadcaster.

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Earlier, Mr Rojolina warned of an attempt to seize power from him after an elite army unit joined anti-government protests.

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His grip on power had weakened since the protests broke out

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on September 25th. Joel Mochir, Philippe Aguon and Peter Howitt shared the Nobel Prize for

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