Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

The Israeli military said that its strikes overnight targeted what it called “regime infrastructure” in Tehran. It says it has also been attacking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the armed group’s strongholds in Beirut.

Israel’s military is stressing what it says is its “synchronised action” and “truly historic co-operation” with US forces in Iran.

The IDF chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, said that the initial “surprise strike phase” had involved establishing “air superiority” and attacking ballistic missile sites. He said there would be “additional surprises” in the next phase to “further dismantle the regime".

Overnight, Israeli warplanes carried out their fourteenth wave of strikes on Iran since Saturday, with heavy bombing reported in Tehran and other cities. On Thursday, sirens warning of Iranian missiles went off repeatedly in Israel with one apparent use of a cluster warhead – although no injuries were reported.

In Lebanon, there were more explosions in southern Beirut overnight, after Israel’s military gave warnings for people to leave entire neighbourhoods – causing scenes of panic.

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Last night at the US Central Command, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper and President Donald Trump held a briefing on US operations against Iran.

Hegseth said “the amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically”.

He added that the UK decision to allow the US to use the Diego Garcia military base would help Washington intensify attacks.

“It was unfortunate that the Brits didn’t from day one say, ‘Hey, go ahead and have access,’” Hegseth said. “But we got there.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is now sending four additional Typhoon fighter jets to join Britain’s squadron in Qatar. The UK has allowed the US to use British bases “to conduct defensive operations”, the PM said.

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US President Donald Trump has told NBC News, external that it would be a "waste of time" currently to send US troops to Iran, and that it is not something he is thinking about right now.

"It's a waste of time. They've lost everything. They've lost their navy. They've lost everything they can lose," Trump told NBC on Thursday.

He added that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's earlier remarks to NBC that Iran was ready for a US or Israeli ground invasion was a "wasted comment".

Trump also said he wanted to "clean out" the current Iranian leadership structure.

“We want them to have a good leader. We have some people who I think would do a good job," he said, without naming anyone.

Strikes have been reported across the Middle East overnight, as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its seventh day.

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BBC correspondent Greg Mackenzie was at Stansted Airport speaking to passengers on the first UK government flight evacuating citizens from the Middle East. Some spoke about the anxiety and stress they experienced in Muscat, Oman as they waited for their flight to depart.

The UK government has said it is looking into organising more charter flights in the coming days out of Oman.

There have also been commercial flights flying out of the United Arab Emirates to the UK.

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During this war, BBC reporters have been deployed across the Middle East. While not on the ground in Iran, our colleagues have also managed to speak to some people inside the country despite internet outages.

Here is some of what people have been telling us on the ground:

• "The number of explosions, the destruction, what is happening - it's unbelievable," says Salar, whose name has been changed, in Tehran. "Each day has felt like a month," he says. "The volume of attacks is so high."
• "We are not used to having missiles intercepted above your head," influencer HofitGolan living in Dubai told BBC News. "I saw missiles being intercepted and smoke on the Palm [building].”
• "Let them say whatever they want - I'm not going to Beirut to be on the streets," said Mohamed, who is among the civilians in southern Lebanon told to leave their homes because of military action. "I'm not next to Hezbollah or any of its infrastructure, so I should be fine," he said, adding that he would rather die in his home than flee.
• Andrew Crow and Jean Weir, from Glasgow, had checked out of the Fairmont The Palm hotel in Dubai just hours before it was caught in a large explosion on Saturday. "The flight was a long one on the way back, I can assure you, but we are relieved to be home," Andrew said.

We're continuing to bring you the latest developments from the war between Israel, the US and Iran.

Here are the key developments from the last few hours:

• In a briefing at the US Central Command, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that firepower over Iran is about to expand dramatically
• While President Trump said the US has been striking Iranian drone and missile systems "every single hour"
• Hegseth said that the US can sustain its campaign for as long as it wants to, and that a number of US allies have also stepped up to help
• He also said that Trump will have a "heck of a say" in who will run Iran, while Trump himself earlier told US outlets that he will "have to be involved" in the appointment of the next leader
• Meanwhile, Israel says it has launched strikes in Beirut and Tehran; Iran says that it has launched missiles at Tel Aviv; Bahrain said Iran had attacked a hotel and residential buildings; and Qatar said it intercepted a drone attack on a US base
• The first UK government flight evacuating citizens out of the Middle East has landed at London Stansted Airport after its departure from Oman