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#aljazeera.com. Nawaf Salam wins enough backing to become Lebanon’s prime minister. Support for Salam shows a big shift in the power balance in Lebanon as Hezbollah wanted PM Mikati to keep the job.

#aljazeera.com. Lebanon President Joseph Aoun starts consultations for PM selection. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and top ICJ judge Nawaf Salam seen as frontrunners.

#washingtonpost.com. Live Briefing: Biden discusses ceasefire and hostage release deal with Netanyahu. The first stage of a three-phase deal would see the release 34 living hostages over a 42-day ceasefire in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

#aljazeera.com. Sabalenka, Zverev and Habib shine on rain-hit first day at Australian Open. Hady Habib becomes first Lebanese player to win a Grand Slam match on an eventful first day at Melbourne Park.

#aljazeera.com. Lebanon’s PM meets Syria’s de facto leader in Damascus. Lebanon’s Mikati and Syria’s al-Sharaa discuss relations, including smuggling between countries and border challenges.

#aljazeera.com. Can a new president change Lebanon’s fortunes?. Appointment of Joseph Aoun ends two years of political paralysis.

#aljazeera.com. Lebanese lawmakers elect president after more than two-year gap. Lebanon’s parliament selected army chief Joseph Aoun as the country’s president, ending a more than two-year gap.

#aljazeera.com. Who is Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon?. Joseph Aoun, the former Lebanese army commander, is country’s 14th president after a two-year vacancy.

#aljazeera.com. Lebanon parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president. Aoun is widely seen as the preferred pick of the United States and regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia.

#theguardian.com. Lebanon elects Joseph Aoun as president after two-year vacancy. Army commander’s election increases confidence that ceasefire with Israel will hold

#economist.com. Lebanon tries yet again to elect a new president. But it will not be easy to convince its corrupt politicians to reform

#theguardian.com. ‘Talking about the Palestinian story was forbidden’: a developer’s struggle to make a game about the 1948 Nakba. Rasheed Abueideh’s game, based on a folk tale about a mother’s escape to Lebanon has been rejected almost 300 times, but he hopes it can be completed even in the event of his disappearance

#washingtonpost.com. Lebanese parliament elects Joseph Aoun president after 2-year deadlock. After years of gridlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected Aoun, the chief military commander, as president. His win could unlock money for postwar reconstruction.

#aljazeera.com. Will Lebanon finally elect a president?. Lebanon’s parliament is to vote for the country’s next president after a two-year void.

#washingtonpost.com. Live Briefing: Trump says ‘all hell will break out’ if no hostage deal by inauguration. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy, told reporters that “good progress” had been made toward a deal that would free Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

#huffingtonpost.co.uk. Trump Appears To Blame Hezbollah For Pro-Trump Violence On Jan. 6. The president-elect on Tuesday also called America a "horrible place" and said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

#aljazeera.com. Lebanon approves extradition of Egyptian activist al-Qaradawi to UAE. Amnesty International warns Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi could be at risk of human rights violations if extradited to UAE.

#aljazeera.com. US diverting military funds from Egypt to Lebanon, report claims. The White House is to send $95m to Lebanon, citing regional security, while eyeing human rights concerns in Egypt.

#washingtonpost.com. Live briefing: Israel signs deals to produce its own heavy bombs. Israel’s Defense Ministry described the need to produce its own heavy munitions as a key lesson of the war in Gaza.

#aljazeera.com. US envoy says Israeli army will withdraw completely from south Lebanon. As Israel pulls out of western sector, Amos Hochstein promises full Israeli withdrawal with 60-day deadline looming.

#washingtonpost.com. Live briefing: Israel pledges heavy punishment after gunmen kill three in West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces said it is pursuing the perpetrators of the shooting in Funduq. Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility.

#aljazeera.com. Egyptian activist al-Qaradawi’s family appeal to Lebanese PM for release. Al-Qaradawi’s family seeks Lebanese PM’s intervention to prevent his deportation to Egypt, fearing risks to his life.

#aljazeera.com. Lawyer fears Egyptian poet could be tortured if extradited from Lebanon. A lawyer for activist and poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf has told Al Jazeera that he would be at risk if extradited to Egypt.

#washingtonpost.com. Live Briefing: Israel and Hezbollah trade threats over future of ceasefire as deadline looms. Israel and the Hezbollah militant group accused each other of failing to meet the requirements of a 60-day ceasefire deal, which expires on Jan. 26.

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