US-Iran War Live Updates: Trump unleashes in withering takedown of Israeli PM

We’re pausing our US-Iran live coverage now. Here is a recap of what’s taken place today.

• Donald Trump has continued to talk up the US peace deal with Iran, but has offered few details.
• The president has unleashed a fresh verbal salvo on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning his military's actions in Lebanon should cease.
• Reports say Iran will be permitted to sell its oil and other fuel immediately after Friday's signing of the peace deal.
• The Australian government has eased its travel advice for some Middle Eastern countries. 

Donald Trump’s behaviour immediately following a group photo at the G7 has raised more questions about the president’s health.

After a group photo with world leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron gestured with his thumb in the direction the politicians should walk.

Instead, Trump patted him on the arm and started shuffling in the other direction.

“The other side, the other side,” others can be heard saying as Trump started walking to the wrong side of the platform.

Trump then stops and changes direction.

As other world leaders chatted and laughed with each other, Trump did not interact with anyone else as he walked away.

A former Trump cabinet member and foreign policy hawk has voiced concern over reports the president will allow Iran to sell its oil.

Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has been commenting about a Wall Street Journal report claiming Iran will be immediately permitted to export oil and other fuel following Friday’s signing of the US-Iran deal.

“If this is true, Iran wins,” she wrote on X about potential easing of sanctions on Tehran.

“There should be zero sanctions relief day one.”

American politicians and US allies have been clamouring to see the text of the peace agreement, but so far have been given only snippets of what they may be.

One that has been getting airtime is reports of a US$300 billion reconstruction fund to be paid to Iran.

US Vice President JD Vance has today doubled down on critics who said it could entail the US handing over a huge amount of money to the Iranian regime to help rebuild the country.

He told Fox News the proposed fund would not be available for Iran “unless they totally transform themselves.”

“And if they do, that’s a huge win for everybody, for the region. If they don’t, no skin off our backs.”

US officials say the US$300 billion fund would be paid for by Gulf nations.

Earlier CNN reported a request by Israel to see the text of the agreement had been rejected by the Trump administration.

Complaints by the Iranian World Cup football team that it was forced to swiftly exit the US after its tournament opener have been refuted by American officials.

“We were clear this was the process,” Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force, told The Associated Press overnight.

The Iranian footballers drew 2-2 with New Zealand near Los Angeles on Monday.

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei (below) said the team had been ordered to leave the US and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours later.

Ghalenoei said the team had expected to spend the night in California to maximise the normal recovery process after its opening game.

Oil prices sank again overnight and dropped below US$80 per barrel for the first time since early March during the opening days of the war.

Optimism continued that a tentative US-Iran deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz at the end of the week and get the global flow of oil going again.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 5.1 per cent to settle at US$78.

That is a sharp drop from its US$100-plus level of a few weeks ago.

Donald Trump has continued putting the heat on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of this week’s peace deal signing.

Speaking the G7 summit in France, the president says he told Netanyahu that he’s been unhappy with Israel’s continuing strikes in Lebanon, which threatened to jeopardise negotiations between Washington and Tehran, reports Associated Press.

“Without the US, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel because no other president was willing to do what I did,” Trump said.

“I have had a great relationship with Bibi. Now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.”

Iran would be permitted by the US to immediately sell oil and other fuel as part of the peace agreement, according to a report.

The Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified sources, is reporting that Iran will only go ahead if the Iranian regime abides by the terms of the deal struck with the US.

These include abandoning the development of a nuclear weapon and allowing free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

American politicians have previously opposed offering any financial relief for Iran.

The Australian government has today lowered its travel advice warning for some Middle Eastern countries impacted by the Iran war.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade guidance for Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been eased from ‘Do Not Travel’ (Level 4) to ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ (Level 3).

Some areas within Israel remain ‘Do Not Travel’.

In a joint statement, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlewaite say the US-Iran peace deal is welcome, but the situation in the region could rapidly change.

“Level 3 remains a high threshold. We continue to urge Australians to postpone non-essential travel.

“‘Reconsider your need to travel’ also means ‘reconsider your need to transit’. If you need to transit these locations, stay as short a time as possible and eliminate unnecessary activities.”

Donald Trump usually can’t wait to hop back on Air Force One and head back to the US after summit meetings, but he’s made an exception at the G7.

The president says the opulent setting of the Palace of Versailles for a one-on-one dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron after the summit in France was too much to resist, reports Associated Press.

“I’m a fan of beautiful places, and I was leaving in the afternoon, and then the French president who happens to be a very nice man, invited me to dinner at Versailles,” Trump said.

“And Versailles is not gold leaf — Versailles is the real deal. And I said I’d like to do it.”

Trump said it will have little impact on his schedule, noting that he’s “not a big sleeper anyway” and will get home early in the morning: “I won’t lose any time in the Oval Office”.