A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect after a nearly three-hour delay. The statement came after Hamas named the three Israeli female captives to be freed on Sunday as Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari. Netanyahu said earlier that Hamas had not lived up to its commitment to provide the names of the three captives it’s set to release in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.

As the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’ history ravage the city, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has been fanning the flames of misinformation. The owner of social media platform X has injected himself into this story, weaponising it against California’s Democratic leadership and contorting the facts to attack the state’s progressive policies. His quarterbillion-dollar investment in the Trump campaign may have earned him a seat at the top table, but – as his meddling in British and German politics

The long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings to a halt more than 15 months of genocidal war on the occupied Gaza Strip. Its timing - on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration - also raises uncomfortable questions about the Biden administration's role in earlier peace talks. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights lawyer and former peace negotiator, joins us to discuss the deal's implications and the prospects for a lasting truce. Elon Musk's unstoppable misinformation machine As the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles' history ravage the city, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has been fanning the flames of misinformation. The owner of social media platform X has injected himself into this story, weaponising it against California’s Democratic leadership and contorting the facts to attack the state’s progressive policies. His quarterbillion-dollar investment in the Trump campaign may have earned him a seat at the top table, but - as his meddling in British and German politics shows - Musk is still not satisfied.

Victoria Rose is a British senior plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has been on two medical missions to Gaza since October 7, 2023. In this interview of Al Jazeera’s new series Reframe, author and journalist Fatima Bhutto speaks to Victoria Rose about the devastating effect of the war on the healthcare system in Gaza, including severe lack of food, specialist doctors, medical supplies and difficulties in access for international aid groups. During her time in Gaza, Victoria Rose worked around the clock and close to 90% of her cases were children. She tells us about the extreme injuries she saw and the psychological effects of the war.

A decade ago, US President Barack Obama stunned the world, announcing that the US and Cuba would re-establish diplomatic ties after more than half a century. That breakthrough was then shut down by the Trump administration which hit the island nation with new sanctions. The Biden administration largely stuck with the Trump policy until this week, when the two countries again announced a surprise deal.

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that will ban social media platform TikTok in less than 48 hours. It says the app must be sold by its Chinese parent company, or be removed from the US market.

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not relent until all the captives are released. He also says that the deal was achieved with the cooperation of US President Joe Biden and President-Elect Donald Trump.

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced the Gaza ceasefire will start on Sunday at 8:30am local time in Gaza (06:30 GMT). “We advise our brethren to remain cautious, exercise the utmost care and wait for instructions from official sources,” spokesperson Majed al-Ansari wrote in a post on X in Arabic.

A Gaza ceasefire deal backed by Hamas, the US and governments worldwide - but with Israeli politicians the final hurdle. Implementing it will mean overcoming major obstacles, too. What are the challenges? And what's needed from each side?

From embracing Zionism as a Holocaust survivor to becoming a vocal critic of Israeli policies, renowned doctor and author Gabor Maté reflects on the evolution in his thinking, on trauma as a driving force behind Zionism and Israel, and on how collective Jewish trauma has been exploited by Israel to justify its war in Gaza.