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Denmark says it's ready to talk with the incoming Trump administration about security concerns in the Arctic. The Danish Foreign Minister made the announcement during a visit to Israel. He says Copenhagen shares Donald Trump's concerns about the region, and pledged to coordinate future discussions with Greenland to protect American interests. Mikkel Olesen is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. He says the focus on Greenland is a spill-over of geopolitical tensions between US, China and Russia

The push to lift sanctions on Syria is gaining momentum. The new administration is engaged in a major diplomatic outreach... And top European and Arab diplomats have discussed the issue in Riyadh. So will the West be prepared to lift the restrictions, and help rebuild Syria?

The leader of the opposition in Israel, Yair Lapid, has spoken at the Knesset about a potential ceasefire deal. Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut is following the latest ceasefire development from Jordan's capital, Amman, because Israel has banned Al Jazeera from operating in the country. Yossi Beilin, former Israeli Justice Minister who initiated the Oslo peace accord in the early 1990s, has told Al Jazeera a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is “long overdue”.

In a dramatic reversal, Meta has axed its fact-checking program – the latest signalling of Big Tech bowing to incoming president Donald Trump. What does this mean for the spread of misinformation in the US and globally, and for Trump’s control over information in his second term?

After going undiagnosed for years, Ayah Jaghoub discovered she had two autoimmune diseases and thyroid cancer. She speaks to Samantha about her journey, and the years of neglect she says she experienced by the medical industry. We also talk to an endocrinology consultant to better understand thyroid issues. On this episode of Now You Know, we want to know why it can take so long to get a diagnosis, and how thyroid cancer impacts women differently to men.

Israel's war on Gaza has spared no one, not even those saving lives on the front line. Israeli forces have detained at least 262 health workers in Gaza, including Hussam Abu Safia, the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital, the most prominent healthcare facility in the besieged territory’s north. It remains unknown where many of them are. Elias Hussam Abu Safiya, Doctor Abu Safiya's son, told Al Jazeera his father has been tortured in Israeli prison. Naji Abbas is the Director of Prisoners and Detainees Department at Physicians for Human Rights Israel. He says hundreds of medical workers have been detained, tortured and starved by Israeli forces.

The deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the UK are in Geneva in Switzerland to discuss Iran's disputed nuclear programme. It's the second meeting between Iran and European officials since November. It's being held in private.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bet his political future on waiting for President-elect Donald Trump to assume office, argues Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News. Grim tells host Steve Clemons that Netanyahu’s gambit paid off, and now he may not be able to reject a ceasefire after January 20 – inauguration day for Trump, who has promised that “all hell will break out” in the Middle East if he does not get his way. “Whether it holds or whether it’s just something that’s announced so that Trump can celebrate it and say he’s moving on” is the bigger question, Grim says.

The AfD has become a major player in German politics in just 12 years. The far-right party has won over voters with its extreme views, from immigration to energy. It's candidate for Chancellor is promising mass deportations of immigrants. Can Alice Wiedel help her party win more power in a general election next month?

US President-elect Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East is in Israel, as diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza ramp up. Steve Witkoff has met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump has warned “all hell would break loose” if the captives held in Gaza aren't released in time for his inauguration next week.