• A Senate election in Alabama on Tuesday will test whether voters remain just as willing to shrug off truth-stretching as in last year’s presidential election. [The New York Times]

• In Poland, critics fear that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the governing party, is taking the country in an authoritarian direction. [The New York Times]

• Britain’s foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, ended a visit to Tehran without a public resolution on the fate of an imprisoned British-Iranian dual citizen. [The New York Times]

• At the Bolshoi in Moscow, “Nureyev” had its premiere in front of a starry crowd that didn’t include its director, who is under house arrest. [The New York Times]

• Chinese spies have tried to infiltrate political and business circles in Europe by using fake LinkedIn profiles, Germany’s intelligence agency has warned. [Associated Press]

• Fierce winter weather left thousands of travelers stranded at Heathrow and other European airports. Expect more rain and snow in much of Europe today. [The New York Times]

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