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In response to a growing body of evidence about the harm social media can do, the federal government is planning to ban Canadian children under the age of 16 from using it. Australia was first to do this and governments around the world have been accelerating their plans to implement age restrictions that limit what young people are exposed to while online. At the same time, social media companies are under pressure to embed measures into their platforms rather than putting the onus on parents and governments. Mackenzie Gray reports. Iran and Israel have attacked each other again, the first time since a precarious ceasefire was declared two months ago. The missile strikes have now stopped and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will hold off on attacking Iran for now. Both countries have backed off after U.S. President Donald Trump made some phone calls. But as Jackson Proskow reports, the peace deal Trump keeps offering remains elusive.