By Laila Bassam and Steven Scheer
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in southern Lebanon warned people displaced by three months of war between Israel and Hezbollah against rushing home on Monday despite a U.S.-Iran deal to end the wider conflict, as Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the south.
GDANSK, June 15 (Reuters) - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
Below is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety.
AUSTRALIA
PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the ceasefire agreement reached with Iran was "good news", especially as it could lead to a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
"If this news is confirmed by developments in the coming days and the signing of a memorandum of understanding ... it is good news. We can only welcome it," Lagarde told France Culture radio.
Iran will take center stage at the World Cup on Monday after arriving in the United States following a build-up shrouded by uncertainty due to war in the Middle East.
The Iranian squad, whose preparations have been dogged by political tensions and visa issues arising from the US-Israel military strikes on Iran, face New Zealand at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, a day after touching down in California on Sunday.
By Parisa Hafezi, Yomna Ehab and Humeyra Pamuk
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian officials said they had reached an agreement to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Tehran's nuclear program to further negotiations.
While still a framework, the deal marked the biggest breakthrough towards resolving the conflict that has killed thousands and upended energy markets since it began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
By Gabriel Stargardter
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 15 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet at a French lakeside resort on Monday shortly after the U.S. and Iran said they had reached a preliminary deal to end their war.
Discussing next steps on Iran will be one of several issues the global leaders will wrestle with during the June 15-17 summit, which will also seek common ground on the war in Ukraine, tackling global economic imbalances and sourcing critical minerals outside of the dominant supplier China.
US President Donald Trump on Monday arrived to attend a G7 summit in France, with allies hoping his outline deal with Iran translates into a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Air Force One carrying Trump touched down at the airport in the Swiss city of Geneva, from where Trump was to transfer to the nearby French spa resort of Evian for the summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The United States and Iran agreed to a peace deal and an end to military operations on all fronts, signalling the apparent end to more than three months of war in the Middle East.
Here are reactions from across the globe:
- 'Critical step': UN -
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the peace deal as a "critical step towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict."
- 'Ready to support': France -
President Emmanuel Macron called for "the urgent and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," adding that France and the UK were "ready to support."
Oil prices dropped towards $80 a barrel and stocks rallied Monday after Washington and Iran reached a framework deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, spurring relief across global markets.
The announcement lifted the Dow to a fresh record, while the tech-dominated Nasdaq piled on more than three percent behind a nearly 20 percent surge in SpaceX following its impressive market debut Friday.
Over the course of the US-Israeli war on Iran, waves of airstrikes killed an entire echelon of the Islamic republic's political and military elite, starting with supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
President Donald Trump had claimed in March that the campaign had achieved "regime change", but Iran showed resilience in rapidly replacing killed leaders and keeping up the war against the US and Israel.
With Washington and Tehran agreeing on a deal announced Monday to halt the conflict, here is a recap of the some of the key figures killed in the war:
