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Israel Says It Opposes Withdrawing Its Forces from Lebanon; Trump Heads to G7 Summit After U.S.-Iran Agreement Announced; Trump, G7 Leaders Convene in France Amid Geopolitical Tensions; Oil Prices Sink After Trump Says Strait of Hormuz to Reopen; Key Strait May Reopen Soon, but Supply Disruption May Linger. Aired 9-10a ET

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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well U.S. President Trump on his way to the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, after announcing the U.S. and

Iran have reached an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz. It is 03:00 p.m. in France, it's 05:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi.

I'm Becky Anderson from our Middle East programming headquarters. You're watching "Connect the World". Also coming up, a deadly overnight barrage by

Russia sparks a massive fire at a centuries-old monastery in Ukraine. And Great Britain wants to give kids their childhood back, but will a new

social media ban actually work well.

Well, the stock market in New York opens about 30 minutes from now, 09:30 local time. Futures 30 minutes out are rallying on that U.S.-Iran news.

Will it last? We'll see. Well, after months of conflict and uncertainty, the U.S. and Iran say they have reached an agreement.

It is set to be signed on Friday in Geneva, and would reportedly see the immediate end of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, as well as the

reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices fell sharply on that news, but critical, crucial questions remain about exactly what happens next?

Well, Tehran says there will be a 60-day negotiation period, which would hinge on the U.S. meeting certain commitments they say, those include the

release of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian funds, something Washington rejects. Also unclear the status of Lebanon.

Iran has said the agreement includes an end to the conflict there, but Israel says it will not withdraw from southern Lebanon. Well, Israel is

making it clear it is not happy with this U.N.-Iran agreement. We are hearing criticism from politicians of different political camps, and as we

have been reporting.

Israel's Defense Chief says the IDF won't be pulling out of Lebanon. CNN's Oren Liebermann has the view from Jerusalem. And why is it that Israel,

seemingly across the board, at least when it comes to government officials, so unhappy with this agreement? And do we know where the Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands?

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: Well, we don't know publicly because he hasn't made a statement about the ceasefire deal yet, or what

his intentions are here. In fact, the only statement we saw on social media yesterday that had anything to do with President Donald Trump was a happy

birthday message that celebrated how closely they're working together.

And yet other ministers in the government, even politicians in the opposition, have come out against this deal, specifically because of what

is expected to be the demands upon Israel as it relates to Lebanon. Iran pretty much from the beginning has demanded that any ceasefire between the

U.S. and Iran include Lebanon and a potential withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Well, Israel's Defense Minister said he will not, and that Israel will not be withdrawing forces from the territory it occupies in southern Lebanon.

So clearly signaling there, and he talked about, by the way, the existing and expected pressure. So, there's clearly an expectation that the U.S.

will put pressure on them to withdraw.

The question is, ultimately how does Benjamin Netanyahu handle this pressure and what are his options? Trump has clearly boxed him in at this

point. Trump, in fact, said just a couple of days ago that Israel should not be attacking anywhere in Lebanon. He also said Hezbollah should not

attack Israel.

Well, we have seen him say that in mid-April and that fell apart within a matter of days. So, it's clear the Israeli government ministers, those who

are very close to Netanyahu, are very unhappy with this agreement, the language they've used, the statements they've put out.

Netanyahu has been very careful here. He has virtually never publicly criticized Trump, and at least as of right now, that is still the case,

Becky.

ANDERSON: Oren, I want our viewers to hear what Former President Barack Obama told ABC about this new agreement. Let's have a listen.

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BARACK OBAMA, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different, or a significant improvement

from the deal that we had in the first place, and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it.

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ANDERSON: So, this isn't MOU. It is effectively a promise to talk at this point. Oren, there's a sense, is there a sense that many Israelis in and

outside the government actually agree with Mr. Obama? This is likely to be just like the old deal, which Israel didn't like the first time around.

LIEBERMANN: I think that's sort of dawning on the Israeli public and Israeli politicians. We've even seen some of the pro Netanyahu right-wing

media start criticizing not only the deal, but also President Donald Trump, as well, which would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, or just a

few weeks ago, during the war.

And you're exactly right to point out what this is, Becky. All this memorandum of understanding is an attempt to reset the situation in the

Strait of Hormuz to what it was before the war. There are no promises that we're aware of on the highly enriched uranium or Iran's nuclear program or

its ballistic missiles or proxies here.

We need to wait to see what's in the deal, and certainly Trump could help us by releasing the text of the MOU, but all this really is right now is

talks about talks as they try to reset the Strait of Hormuz to what it was before. It's also worth pointing out that Trump has repeatedly boasted

about Iran not having a nuclear weapon under his agreement.

Well, if you look at the language of the Iran nuclear deal under Former President Barack Obama, the JCPOA, that's provision three under the

preamble and general provisions that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. This isn't some new thing that Trump has discovered, it is exactly what was

in the Obama era nuclear deal.

ANDERSON: We're going to, I want to ask, just to hear from Ursula von der Leyen. She said, and she's, of course, the EU President. Oren, she said, in

part, freedom of navigation must be restored toll-free. This is essential for regional stability in the global economy.

It opens the door to broader negotiations on peace and security in the Middle East. And should end Iran's nuclear and ballistics programs and its

destabilizing activities in the region. Look, that statement could have been written by any of the Gulf countries. Where I look, this is -- this

doesn't feel as if we are anywhere close to a comprehensive agreement that would deal with.

And I know that Israel would want this. The threat of a, you know, the core nuclear issue here, the threats of a ballistic missiles and drone program

and proxies at this point. So, it's interesting, isn't it? You know, the Gulf could have written that statement that Ursula von der Leyen has

recently posted, and that aligns to a degree with what we understand to be the position by most Israeli politicians, if not Israelis themselves.

LIEBERMANN: I mean, the key to understanding what's in this deal is to see the text of it. We haven't seen that yet, but then it's negotiating the

real issues. Opening the Strait of Hormuz is just the beginning here. She is right. It is an international waterway. It should be open for the world

to use.

But Iran discovered throughout the course of this war that they have a tremendous amount of leverage and an ability to open and shut it

effectively at their will, and that's given them a tremendous amount of power, even if their military has been destroyed by the U.S. and Israel.

That was never their strength here to begin with. Now it's the broader issues she mentions, and what can be negotiated of that. I mean, the JCPOA

under Obama took years to negotiate, and they want to do all of this in 60 days. Meanwhile, Iran is fully aware of the U.S. political timeline that

midterms are looming, for Trump.

And one thing he doesn't want to see is, is gas prices skyrocket again, and that would happen almost immediately if the negotiations fail, and Trump

decides to restart the war, and Iran shuts the Strait of Hormuz again. So, there are difficult months here ahead. There is a sense of relief, I think,

in the Gulf and beyond that we got to this point, but to close a final deal is we're certainly not there yet.

ANDERSON: Yeah, absolutely. All right, good stuff. So, as we -- thank you, Oren. As we consider all of the angles of this MOU, and let's call it what

it is, it is an MOU. Let's not use the word deal at this point, and let's not even use the word agreement. Frankly, it's a framework that is to be

used in discussion negotiations about where the U.S. and Iran are headed next.

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I want to draw your attention to this piece on CNN Digital that my CNN Abu Dhabi colleague, Mostafa Salem co-wrote, quote, dissent grows against deal

in Iran, but the regime is likely to have final say in it. They say just as there are voices in the U.S. and Israel opposing any agreement with Tehran,

Iran has its own dissenting factions.

While they stop short of directly challenging the supreme leader, these voices are now bold enough to claim even that Mojtaba Khamenei has been

deceived into blessing the agreement. I'll post that on my social platforms @BeckyCNN, and you can find my thoughts there later today on where we are

at and where we are headed.

Right, Alayna Treene in Geneva, where President Trump is expected to land soon, before he heads to the G7 summit close to the Swiss border in France.

So, the U.S. President will attend G7 before heading to Geneva to sign this MOU on Friday. We have seen this playbook before, Donald Trump at Sharm El-

Sheikh on the Gaza deal in Davos with the border piece.

We know he likes the optics. What more can we expect from the G7 summit itself, Alayna?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, look, I think there's no question, Becky, that the president is thrilled that he has an agreement

in hand with this memorandum of understanding as he touches down here in Europe ahead of this G7 summit from the White House officials, Becky, I

spoke with yesterday, shortly after they had announced that an agreement had been reached.

They told me that the president really been hoping to come into the summit being able to tout a victory on the Iran war, specifically after he had

lashed out at so many of the leaders that he's about to meet face to face with over what he said was their refusal to intervene with the Strait of

Hormuz.

Now, of course, there's many questions about what is actually into this agreement. We have not yet seen the text. I will note, as well, we're

hearing a lot of mixed signals, even from the U.S. side. We just heard from Vice President JD Vance, Becky, saying that they had already the Washington

and Tehran has already signed the deal, they signed it virtually, he said yesterday.

That leaves a lot of questions, because what we heard from President Trump was that the Strait of Hormuz would be open on Friday after the signing

ceremony, and that's when the U.S. blockade would lift as well. So, questions now about how this is actually being implemented.

And of course, many other parts about what the 60-day technical negotiations, which is of course triggered by the signing of this

agreement, what that's going to look like to your question about what we should expect here on the ground. I think so much, of course, of the

conversations that are going to happen over the next three days in Evian- les-Bains, France are going to focus on exactly this.

We know many of these European leaders were hearing the way in publicly. European officials have been talking to CNN, essentially saying that they

are happy about this agreement, but they want to see the strait opened immediately, and they also are eager to learn specifically what is in it as

well.

They are also trying to get briefed. They have not seen the text, we were told either, and so that's going to dominate, I think, a lot of these

conversations, of course, in my conversations with other people in the White House, they said broader, more broadly, you'll hear conversations

about trade, about artificial intelligence.

But what's interesting is that you know, having someone who's covered the president do these types of foreign trips in the past, he's not someone who

really enjoys them. I spoke with one senior White House official, Becky, who essentially said they really look at the G7 summit in its totality as

one big photo op.

And that really a lot of the conversations that they have will be great for the president to see them face to face, but a lot of the more important

announcements end up coming following the summit and the meetings that they set up, so just an inside look into how many people the White House and the

president himself are viewing this.

But all to say I think, of course, we're really going to see Iran dominate much of what takes place here over the next couple of days.

ANDERSON: Yeah, he hasn't got good form on these, hasn't he? He's walked out of a couple of them. Anyway, as long as it's working for Donald Trump,

I'm sure he'll stick it out. Thank you, Alayna. G7 leaders are on their way to France, where the U.S.-Iran agreement and Russia's war with Ukraine are

expected to be part of what is this three-day summit agenda.

America's allies will again have the challenge of managing their relationship with President Trump, who has criticized some of them for

their resistance to joining his war with Iran. Officials say Trump plans to press his fellow leaders to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Now that an agreement is in place. And to be honest, that is exactly what the international community said it would do once an agreement is in place.

So, let's see what comes out of that. The British Prime Minister welcomed the agreement when he spoke in London earlier today.

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KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: This is a hugely significant moment. We have long called for de-escalation.

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And it is vital that all parties seize this opportunity to secure stability in the region and restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,

which in turn will ease the economic pressures felt by people here in the United Kingdom and around the world.

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ANDERSON: CNN's Melissa Bell joining us now. So, our sources tell us that Donald Trump wanted to enter this week's G7 in a position of strength with

an agreement with Iran in hand. He's got this, as we understand it, signed over the weekend, although we can't, you know, we can't stand that up

necessarily.

What are we -- what are you hearing from those who've been planning this week's meetings about what is expected to come out of this? And how much do

you believe that the U.S.-Iran war will sort of dominate to the degree that, for example, AI, which I know was supposed to be sort of front and

center in this meeting, maybe sort of, you know, not dismissed outright, but certainly sort of shoved to the side?

MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Becky, Ukraine and Iran had been going to be central to this G7 anyway. President

Zelenskyy arrives here in Navy only, but tomorrow morning, he's also going to be joined here in Navy only by the leaders, for instance, of Egypt, the

UAE, and Qatar, because the plan had always been for G7 leaders to take the opportunity to look at these two major wars and to try and figure out what

progress they could make on it.

Specifically given just how divisive Iran has been between the American President and the rest of his G7 counterparts. It's been a very carefully

stage managed G7 because, as you mentioned of President Trump's tendency to walk out early if he's displeased with someone, and because of the tensions

that currently exist, and more specifically over Iran.

Clearly given this memorandum of understanding, this is going to dominate even more, and you're quite right, there have been these other subjects

that were to be discussed, no doubt they will to continue to be, they were the only ones, by the way, who were ever going to be at the center of any

common declaration.

The French presidency, beyond having planned this Versailles dinner on Wednesday to ensure that President Trump sticks this G7 out, has also very

carefully stage managed the agenda, avoiding, for instance, climate change, saying there will be no joint declaration on the topics like Iran and

Ukraine, because they simply know that this is very difficult to achieve.

Now, with the events over the course of the weekend, Iran clearly will dominate a great deal more, and we've been hearing European leaders really

line up this morning to express this sort of guarded optimism, Becky. On one hand, saying that they're very pleased, as you just heard from Keir

Starmer, that this has happened, they're keen for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The French President announcing this morning that you'll remember that Franco-British naval operation that it had been pledged would be ready to

go once hostilities stopped to help ensure the free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. That is ready to go, said President Macron.

The military assets necessary to ensure that the Strait of Hormuz remain open are actually in place. We've heard also from Kaja Kallas, who's the

EU's top diplomat, saying that they are poised and ready and coming here now to try and figure out with their fellow G7 leaders how more the

European Union can get involved in this process, having pretty much been left out of it as a result of not having been consulted at all on the

beginning of the war, Becky.

How they can get involved at this particularly critical juncture to ensure that these initial steps towards peace gain momentum and can be helped. So,

you've got the EU lining up to do what it can to help. You heard from Ursula von der Leyen as well. The rest of the G7 leaders are going to be

very keen to take this opportunity to try and fix relations with the American president, get involved in trying to return the global economy to

normality with the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

But in everything we've heard this morning, Becky, there is this cautious optimism. I said, because, as you've pointed out so rightly over the course

of the last few minutes, there is so much left to do, and so much potential still for this to be derailed.

ANDERSON: Absolutely, good to have you, Melissa. Thank you, and thank you for working through the noise behind you. The helicopters bringing in the

big guns. All right. Thank you. Still to come, 1000-year-old monastery in Kyiv goes up in flames after a massive Russian attack.

And unplugging kids from social media, the United Kingdom announces a sweeping ban for under sixteens. We get you the details, and indeed the

backlash, after this.

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ANDERSON: Well, a major Russian assault on Kyiv has damaged one of Ukraine's most revered landmarks. This UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk

monastery caught fire after the overnight barrage, prompting outrage from European leaders. France's Foreign Minister says for the French it would be

like bombing Notre Dame.

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JEAN-NOEL BARROT, FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER: In Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Russia showed the extent of its cruelty and massively striking the capital,

Kyiv, causing extremely severe damage to the Cathedral of the Assumption, and is the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which for us

French would be the equivalent of bombing Notre Dame or Saint-Denis, something that is obviously unacceptable.

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ANDERSON: Well Ukraine says last night's attack on Kyiv and other cities killed at least nine people? I want to bring in Sebastian Shukla, my

colleague, who has the very latest. And let's start with the damage to that historic monastery. Just how bad is it?

SEBASTIAN SHUKLA, CNN PRODUCER: Yeah, Becky, there's something really striking about seeing those synonymous golden onion shape domes known all

across the Orthodox world, being on fire, and we've heard there from the French Foreign Minister just how angry people are, and it extends all over

Europe, and including from the Ukrainians themselves.

They're irate that a place of worship somewhere that's supposed to be a place of sanctity and haven has been targeted like this. The Ukrainian

security services are saying that they've been able to identify that a drone specifically targeted and hit the monastery, something that we at CNN

are not able to independently verify, but they have allegedly been down to the site and taken pieces of the drone, which proved that this particular

model, a Geran-2, struck the monastery.

And as you said, Becky, it's 1000 years old, you know, it's medieval, almost literally, and has been through many different iterations. It's been

attacked before, earlier in this war. It's also been razed to the ground during the Second World War under Ukraine's Nazi occupation, and has been

rebuilt.

And Pechersk Larva, as the kind of rough translation of it translates to a monastery of caves. It really is somewhere that is incredibly sacred to

Ukrainians. And as a result of Russia's attack last night, we've seen that number rise now to 11 dead and just over 50 people injured.

Take a listen to what the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, had to say about the attack too last night.

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KAJA KALLAS, EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF: Last night we saw again increased attacks on civilians, also UNESCO inherited sites. So, these are all war

crimes that Russia is committing. Of course, we are also coming today with more or less things, more sanctions that we have been working on, on the

military industrial complex of Russia, but also the shadow fleet --

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SHUKLA: Becky, I just want to read to you as well what President Zelenskyy had to say, he -- He also equated this to a war crime. It is one of the

biggest crimes against Christian culture that Russia has committed here. And as these attacks are taking place, or this attack took place last

night, Becky, a really significant and important milestone for Ukraine in its membership with the European Union took place.

We just heard from Kaja Kallas there. She is speaking today, or was speaking today, ahead of an EU Foreign Ministers meeting, which is

essentially going to kick off, be the first step on ratifying, or giving the option for Ukraine to join the European Union. And I just want to front

load it by saying, Becky, that Ukraine, there's a European Council meeting happening this week.

Ukraine's not about to join the European Union. In fact, we're some years off, with estimates somewhere between 4 and 10 years, but it's highly

significant that Ukraine is now going to be allowed to begin these talks, because the European Union have finally determined that this is the moment

for Ukraine to be able to start them.

The initial talks are going to be about this first cluster, which generally looks at, you know, is Ukraine able to uphold democracy and the core values

of the European Union. And so those talks are going to begin largely in earnest and a major step for Ukraine, Becky.

ANDERSON: Got it. Thank you. All right, Sebastian, with us out of Berlin. Markets breathing a sigh of relief at word of a deal between the U.S. and

Iran, or an agreement at least. Oil prices are sharply lower, but will that last as we do await the real sort of pen to paper, as it were, and the

negotiations on a real deal to begin. We'll talk business just after this.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back, I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. You are watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines this hour. And the U.S. and

Iran say they have reached an agreement aimed at ending hostilities and will sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday.

President Trump says the U.S. will lift its blockade of Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz will reopen once that agreement is signed. Iran says

one of its top priorities will be the lifting of sanctions, and we've just heard from the U.S. Vice President saying that the agreement was signed

digitally on Sunday.

Donald Trump posting, ships are starting to move, many loaded up with oil out of the Strait of Hormuz. They are going along the southern highway,

which is totally safe, secure, and pristine. There are other areas of travel also exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark.

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Let's get you the opening bell on Wall Street. And let me tell you, these markets are expected to come out of the gates, sort of roaring today.

That's the bell that will usher in the trading day, and let's get you a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The other two markets will need

to settle just somewhat, but the Dow Jones already looking in sterling form.

More than 1 percent higher, expecting to see a similar rise on both the S&P and on the NASDAQ, perhaps even higher on the NASDAQ. Keep your eyes out

for that. We'll get you that in a moment. Oil prices helping, dropping to their lowest in more than three months today.

Right now, Brent crude trading like that, down nearly 5 percent and WTI, which is the U.S. benchmark, of course, down more than 5 percent. These

markets, remember, are significantly higher than they were before the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks on Iran in February, just over 110, 111

days ago.

So, one has to wonder whether this is the new normal to a degree. CNN Business Senior Reporter David Goldman is here. How do you describe what

we're seeing on the oil markets today?

DAVID GOLDMAN, CNN BUSINESS SENIOR REPORTER: Yeah, it's exactly as you said, maybe I should add some exclamation marks to this too, because oil

prices really are falling very sharply, as you noted, I mean, 5 percent we're just not seeing that kind of action for quite some time.

We see this on days when there's a surprise, right? But we knew that this was going to happen since Friday. We knew that this deal was imminent, and

so the fact that we're down we were just above $90 on Thursday, and we're down this much, that's a pretty significant move.

And it lends credence to this quote, from our President Donald Trump, who said that it's going to come down like a rock once this deal signs, so what

happens. Well, listen, let's put this into perspective. We were below $70 a barrel, we're above 80 now, as you said, we're still significantly higher

than we were.

What is it going to take to get oil back down to normal? Will it really fall like a rock? Well, the oil market says no. The oil market says that we

are not going to return to $70 until October of 2031. Remember, there's a front month contract, that's the one that's for delivery next month, that's

coming down very sharply, but the other contracts, they are not budging.

2031 is when the oil market says that we're going to come below 70, and the reason for that is the following, we have here a map of the Strait of

Hormuz, and there are two ways to get out. First way is right around the coast of Iran, and then the second is right around here.

And this is what led President Trump to give all of his exclamation marks about how to get out. There have been ships around the coast of Oman that

are getting out. Around here you've had to pay a toll to get out, but this is only 23 miles wide, right here. And so, imagine the flood of ships that

need to get out of the strait once the deal is actually in place.

It's going to take a long time, and there's mines all around here that's going to make it very difficult. It could take a month to clear all of the

mines. And so, this is going to be a very, very slow process. But that's not all. Then you need to get all of the ships back in to take the oil back

out.

So, we're not talking on the scale of weeks, we're talking on the scale of months. And then once that's done, the production in all of these places,

well, that all needs to come back online as well. There's a lot that needs to happen, and then once all of that happens, we need to refill our

stockpiles.

There is a billion barrels of oil that need to be refilled in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and all of the emergency stockpiles all around the

world. And what effect will that have? It means that oil will have demand that is basically inelastic for prices. It doesn't matter what the price

is, we need to refill those, and that will support oil prices too.

That is why we think that right now the market is predicting 2031 to get back down to normal, Becky.

ANDERSON: Fascinating. Always good to have you, David. Thank you very much indeed.

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I do want to check back on the stock markets. I'd suggested the NASDAQ may be higher, and it is significantly higher today, 2.3 percent up 600 points,

trading at just shy of 26,500 and the S&P in good spirits as well, trading over 7500 and nearly 1.5 percent higher. On the NASDAQ, SpaceX shares up

some five- and three-quarter percent, been a little bit higher than this today, just come off since we've been trading.

So, kicking up about nearly 8 percent on the open and coming back off just a little bit, but still higher, remember $135 was the debut price for

SpaceX shares on Friday. Investors clamored for a piece of the company, piece of the action, when it went public, pushing the shares well up now

from the IPO price, making Founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, plus some.

The UK has announced one of the world's most far-reaching social media bans for children aged under 16. Not only will the UK see kids banned from using

platforms like TikTok, Instagram, or X, but it will also restrict their use of gaming and live streaming platforms.

And this policy could come into force by next spring. A survey of parents found 9 in 10 supported the ban. However, it has received mixed support.

I've got to say, from experts, despite that, though, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists the move will quote give kids their childhood back.

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STARMER: This is not something I do lightly, and I will not present it as cost free as if social media has brought no benefits to young people

because clearly that is wrong, but government is always about choices and it's clear to me that a full ban is the right choice.

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ANDERSON: Well, CNN's Nada Bashir joining me from London. I was just having a look at the details of this plan. Keir Starmer going even further than

Australia did last year. So, walk us through how this will operate in the first instance, Nada.

NADA BASHIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, the plan in place is set to be implemented as you mentioned early spring next year, it actually has to go

before Parliament as a bill before Christmas before it can be implemented, but it is going a step further and this is being described by the

government as a watershed moment.

So not only will we be seeing bans on social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat for children under the age of 16, but

they'll be looking at restrictions on gaming platforms, on any sort of platform that would allow a child to interact with strangers live online.

And the focus is, of course, not only on child protection, but also crucially on the mental health of children as well, and ensure that their

screen times are lower as well. And this has raised some questions as to how exactly this will be policed and implemented. We've seen similar

examples in Australia and Spain.

The focus will be on ensuring there is age verification on such platforms. And of course, we've been hearing from the likes of Meta, which, of course,

controls Instagram and Facebook, as well as the parent company of Snapchat, which says that they have already put in place measures to try to enhance

child protection.

There are some concerns that this may potentially, according to one Meta spokesperson, isolate young people from communities that they have built,

and that they might look for that community elsewhere where there are fewer restrictions. But according to the government, this has been widely popular

amongst a survey carried out as part of their consultation process that has been taking place for months now.

More than 100,000 people surveyed, including parents, young people, and industry leaders, and more than 80 percent of the parents who responded

said they believe that the risks posed by social media outweigh the benefits. Take a listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's how kids are socializing, then are we going to have problems with, like, isolation and loneliness. So, there needs to

potentially be alternatives for younger children, social media that's safer for teenagers rather than just point-blank wiping it out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I didn't have social media until I was 16. I loved life before that, and I think, like, a lot of insecurities I had were from, you

know, interacting with stuff online.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good thing, too much time, so on the screens is not good for anyone. Never mind, someone's brain still developing.

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ANDERSON: All right, Nada Bashir reporting for us from London. Well, there's four World Cup matches on tap for Monday, including one of the

favorites, Spain, who are set to begin their campaign just a few hours from now in Atlanta. That is what CNN headquarters are.

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ANDERSON: Well, Lamine Yamal declared fit, but unsure of a starting birth when Spain takes on Cape Verde in World Cup action in Group H. Amanda

Davies joining us now. Spain, of course, are many people's picks to win it. How do you fancy their chances at this point?

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, it's funny to think they haven't won a World Cup since 2010, isn't it? But they are the European champions. I

have to say, I'm also -- I've got, you have to say, France is up there, fascinated to see Argentina as well.

They kick off their campaign tomorrow, the defending champions, but I think it's big news for Spain fans that Lamine Yamal has been declared fit to

play. Whether or not he'll start remains to be seen. Be fascinating. What a World Cup debut for Cape Verde, by the way, against Spain.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

DAVIES: But we've also got Egypt playing their first match of the tournament on Mo Salah's 34th birthday. So, a lot of people with eyes on

him as they look to hopefully claim their first ever World Cup victory. But we're going to be live to Atlanta in just a couple of minutes in "World

Sport".

That is where Spain are playing their game in just a couple of hours. So, I hope people will be able to join us after the break, Becky.

ANDERSON: -- entertainment, as it were, as well some good matches this weekend, first weekend of the tournament. Good stuff, Amanda. "World Sport"

is up next. I'm back in 15 minutes time.

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