That’s a wrap – thanks for reading the Need to Know blog today. These were some of the main stories:

• Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening: Donald Trump on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) said he will travel to Paris on Saturday to attend the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

• Allan says Victoria is strong despite bruising BCA report: Jacinta Allan says the state’s economy is strong despite a report card from the Business Council of Australia that ranked Victoria as the worst state or territory for doing business.

• Musk loses bid to restore record $86b pay package: Elon Musk’s record-setting Tesla pay package was again rejected by a US judge, even after shareholders supported reinstating it.

• First veterans bill to be tabled in February: Matt Keogh says some of the key changes recommended by the royal commission into veteran suicide will be put to parliament in February.

• Israeli drone strikes Lebanon days after fragile ceasefire: Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) that one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit a motorcycle.

• Elton John says he has lost his eyesight: Music legend Elton John told a theatre audience in London on Sunday (Monday AEDT) that he had lost his sight after struggling to recover from an eye infection earlier in the year.

• Trump promises ‘hell to pay’ if Gaza hostages are not promptly released: Donald Trump said there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip were not released prior to his January 20 inauguration.