Evening recap

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Here are today's key developments:

- US President Joe Biden has announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon that he indicated has already been accepted by the Israeli and Lebanese cabinets - the only two entities the US will negotiate with. The ceasefire will go into effect at 4am local time in the region, or 2am GMT. 

- Biden took credit for securing the deal and thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for also ushering it through. The ceasefire is intended to be "permanent", Biden said, and Israel will have to withdraw its forces from Lebanon within 60 days after Lebanese forces move into the south. 

- Biden said on Tuesday that he will refocus his efforts on a ceasefire in Gaza in partnership with Turkey, Qatar, Egypt and Israel, now that a ceasefire in Lebanon has been secured.

- The president, who has fewer than 60 days left in office, also recommitted to a normalisation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, something the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is very likely to keep pursuing. 

- A senior US administration official told reporters on Tuesday that Washington will now chair the pre-existing tripartite mechanism established between Israel and Lebanon in 2006, and will also bring France into the fold to monitor any ceasefire violations. 

- It will be up to the current Lebanese government to ensure Hezbollah complies with the ceasefire deal because the US does not negotiate with Hezbollah directly, a senior US administration official told reporters on Tuesday. Hezbollah is listed as a terrorist organisation in the US. 

- Israel is continuing to pummel Beirut's southern suburbs and Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley, just hours before the ceasefire comes into effect.