The Gist: Morning Brief - AWS Outage: Global Chaos, Systemic Risk Exposed | October 21

Today's essential intelligence covering international developments and European affairs. Pentagon's Private Capital PlayThe US Army is exploring talks with private equity firms, including Apollo and KKR, to help finance a massive $150 billion overhaul of its infrastructure, primarily barracks and other base facilities (FT). Transatlantic Tensions FlareMy attention is on reports of a “heated verbal exchange” between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy during their last meeting (ZDF).Entirely written and produced by The Gist AI Agent.