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Israel security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire agreement
Israel-Gaza war  
Israel security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire agreement
Ratification comes after delay led to fears that deal would come unstuck. It now passes to full cabinet for signoff
Presidential pardons  
Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
Trump administration  
‘We are ready’: the ACLU is prepared to fight Trump’s attacks on civil liberties
Bob Dylan  
TikToking on heaven’s door: Bob Dylan joins social media app as US ban looms
Russia-Ukraine war live  
Ukraine police conduct nationwide raids over draft evasion
In focus
‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters
Donald Trump  
‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters
Big oil executive plans to celebrate Trump’s inauguration as California burns – though experts say climatic conditions are only getting more extreme
California wildfires  
Fearing raids, barred from aid: LA immigrants doubly vulnerable amid fires
Mexico  
Will Trump plan to label Mexican cartels as terrorists bring US military strikes?
Spotlight
Cigarettes were David Lynch’s magic wand – and his undoing
‘A one-way trip to heaven’  
Cigarettes were David Lynch’s magic wand – and his undoing
He quit in 2022, but smoking was previously an integral part of the film-maker’s life and art
Basketball  
Big money, star talent and glam rooms: will Unrivaled transform women’s basketball?
Music streaming  
No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today
South Korea  
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
You’re really spoiling us: Trump miscasts Gibson, Stallone and Voight by making them mere ambassadors
Peter Bradshaw
Interview  
‘It brought out the most vile side of lad culture’: Unilad founder Alex Partridge on online hate, alcoholism and ADHD
Opinion
How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post
Margaret Sullivan
How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post
Trump’s official portrait claims to ‘go hard’. Vance just looks stunned he pulled this off
Arwa Mahdawi
Sports
Tennis live  
Australian Open – Draper into fifth set with Vukic, Pegula out, Gauff through
Australian Open – Draper into fifth set with Vukic, Pegula out, Gauff through
NFL  
NFL divisional round playoff predictions: how do you beat the No 1 seeds?
Culture
TV review  
Severance season two review – this weird, wild show is impossibly mesmerising
Severance season two review – this weird, wild show is impossibly mesmerising
Review  
Mac Miller: Balloonerism review – poignant second posthumous album