🇮🇱 🇵🇸 The Israeli security cabinet has approved a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, recommending that the wider government give its final green light, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "After reviewing all the political, security and humanitarian aspects, and understanding that the proposed deal supports achieving the objectives of the war, (the security cabinet) has recommended that the government approve the proposed framework," the office said in a statement. The full cabinet will convene later Friday to decide on the deal.

🇺🇸 The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States on 19 January. In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning the app. With that decision the ban, due to start Sunday, effectively stands even if lawmakers and officials across the political spectrum were calling for some sort of delay. White House officials have told US media that they would not enforce the ban and leave it up to President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a day later. The law was an answer to widespread belief in Washington that the highly popular app could be used by China for spying or propaganda.

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