Oil production has been halted at a US oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan after an attack there, say authorities.

An update shared on X by the Kurdistan regional government says the oil field, which is operated by US firm HKN Energy and is in the Dohuk province, was attacked “by outlaw groups in Iraq".

This has resulted "material damage to the field and the suspension of production there.”

Citing a security source, the AFP news agency is separately reporting that the attack was carried out by two drones on Thursday.

The Kurdistan region is an autonomous area of northern Iraq, run by the Kurdistan regional government.

An underground bunker that was planned to be used by the former supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been destroyed following an attack involving 50 Israeli fighter jets, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

It says Khamenei was “eliminated” before he could use the bunker - which was intended to function as the supreme leader’s “secure emergency command centre.”

The IDF says the bunker “spanned multiple streets” in the centre of Tehran and “continued to be used by senior Iranian regime officials.”

Jenna Moon
Live page editor

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The Middle East has been plunged into crisis, following joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran targeting the country's missile infrastructure, military sites and leadership. Tehran, in response, has launched strikes across the region, including on Israel.

Here's an overview of what to know, one week into the war.

On Saturday, just before 06:30 GMT, Israel launched strikes on Iran. Within an hour, US President Donald Trump confirmed his country's involvement in an eight-minute video posted to his Truth Social platform. By late Saturday, Trump confirmed that the strikes had killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top officials.

On Sunday, Iran launched massive retaliatory attacks on Israel and US allies in the Gulf. Strikes targeted the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.

On Monday, the Israeli operation expanded to Lebanon, with the Israel Defense Forces saying it was targeting Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group. The economic cost of the war also became apparent, with oil prices spiking and airline shares sinking.

By Tuesday, reports were emerging about the scale of destruction inside Iran, with one journalist inside the country saying "every part" of the capital, Tehran, had been hit.

On Wednesday, the conflict – largely conducted in the air – expanded to the sea, with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing that the US sank "an Iranian warship" in the Indian Ocean.

By Thursday, the crisis expanded again, with Azerbaijan's foreign ministry saying two Iranian drones struck the country, including an airport.

And today, Friday, residents in Tehran say that have experienced the "worst night" of Israeli strikes so far – with the US saying attacks are set to intensify.

Updates have rapidly developed over the past seven days. We'll continue to bring you what we learn right here.

Katie Williams
Live reporter

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It is now the seventh day of the conflict in the Middle East.

Residents in Tehran have told the BBC last night was "the worst night" of the conflict so far. A fresh wave of strikes was also launched on Beirut, Lebanon overnight, the Israel Defense Forces says.

Earlier, Israel warned of Iranian strikes on its territory but quickly said the threat had ended. The country’s emergency services has said there are no reports of casualties so far.

Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, have also reported intercepting Iranian attacks overnight.

Evacuation efforts are under way as thousands of people remain stranded in the region. The first UK chartered flight from Oman landed at London Stansted Airport overnight, one man described the experience of getting on the flight as “surreal.”

It is the government’s “intention and hope to see more charter flights out of Oman and commercial flights out of the region,” UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy tells the BBC.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Lammy says the UK had been "very clear" that it did not want to be part of the US and Israel's "original offensive action", but it would "of course" support defensive action.

Meanwhile, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised the government's response to attacks on an air base in Cyprus.

"Our bases are being fired upon and even now HMS Dragon is still in Portsmouth... we should've been there by now," she says, referring to the warship the prime minister has promised to send.

Lucy Williamson
Middle East correspondent, reporting from the Israel-Lebanon border

Israel’s opposition leader has called for Israel to create a “sterile zone” in southern Lebanon, similar to the Yellow Line in Gaza, by removing Lebanese villages there.

Yair Lapid, who heads the centrist Yesh Atid party, told a local television channel that Israel would “have no choice” but to create a “sterile zone” in southern Lebanon. “It might be unaesthetic, or unpleasant, to scrape away two or three Lebanese villages,” he said, “but they brought it upon themselves.”

For days now, the sound of air-strikes and intense sustained bursts of machine-gun fire has echoed along this border, as Israel intensifies its war against Hezbollah.

A senior military official said yesterday that ground forces were taking additional hilltops inside Lebanon, a couple of kilometres from border, to better defend Israeli communities. But his chief of staff has said the wider objective in Lebanon is disarming Hezbollah, and he won’t let up until that’s done.

There’s been a significant military build-up along this border – this morning we passed dozens of newly-positioned tanks and armoured bulldozers, amid reports that a full-scale ground invasion is planned.

Maersk, one of the world’s biggest container shipping groups, says it has temporarily suspended its FM1 service connecting the Far East to the Middle East, as well as the ME11 service linking the Middle East to Europe, following a “risk assessment and operational review”.

"This decision has been taken as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of our personnel and vessels while minimising operational disruption across our wider network," the Danish company said in a statement.

Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Beirut

Here in the Lebanese capital Beirut, people who have been forced from their homes are looking for anywhere that will give them shelter.

Inside the National Theatre, two families are sleeping on mattresses overlooking the stage.

Mohamed Baydoun tells me he fled from his home in the southern city of Tyre.

“They’re not giving a specific target. These are entire areas they’re telling to leave," the 73-year-old says of the sweeping Israeli evacuation orders.

"There is no mercy, the enemy doesn’t have mercy," he adds.

Mohamed says this war “feels different to all of the others” he has lived through, but he says he is not afraid.

“Everything that happens to you is what God has written for you,” he says.

Nikos Papanikolaou
BBC News

The UK has updated its travel advice for Cyprus, warning that the risk of a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says in its updated guidance: “Terrorist attacks in Cyprus cannot be ruled out.”

It adds: “There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK interests and British nationals, including from groups and individuals who view the UK and British nationals as targets. Stay aware of your surroundings at all times.”

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By BBC Persian

Despite the ongoing internet blackout, the BBC Persian service has managed to contact people inside Iran to find out what it's like inside the country right now. BBC Persian is the Persian language service of BBC News, used by 24 million people around the world - the majority in Iran - despite being blocked and routinely jammed by Iranian authorities.

Iranians in Tehran have described sleepless nights and stress as the US and Israel continue joint strikes on city.

One man says that he is "not okay. I barely slept last night because of the constant explosions". He adds that his house was "shaking for five minutes straight".

"It was terrible", one woman says. "They were hitting so hard that all the windows were shaking. It sounded as if it was a dragon".

A man who identified himself as Salar says this morning he woke up at 05:00 to the sound of three explosions. "For a week now, my blood pressure hasn’t come down," he told the BBC. "This situation really isn’t good for me. Right now I’m taking nine pills a day, and I’m still stressed!

"Honestly, I might survive the bombing but not the stress," he says.

Iran has now been in an internet blackout for six full days, says the independent internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

It says that the country has "1% connectivity at the 144-hour mark".

Internet blackouts are one of the factors that make it difficult for international news organisations to report on what is happening inside Iran.

The Iranian state also cut off internet services amid anti-government protests earlier this year.

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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says she would support Royal Air Force jets striking Iranian missile launch sites.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she criticises the government's response to Iranian attacks on a British air base in Cyprus, saying the equipment already there is not enough to defend staff stationed on the island.

"Our bases are being fired upon and even now HMS Dragon is still in Portsmouth... we should've been there by now," she says, referring to the warship the prime minister has promised will travel to Cyprus to bolster air defence.

She says the government needs to "do more now" to "stop the missile sites" in Iran.

It comes after Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy earlier told the programme that striking missile sites within Iran to prevent the launch of attacks "would be legal".

In a swiftly followed update, the IDF says that citizens in Israel who had been sheltering in protected spaces can now leave them.

This follows its instruction a short while ago to citizens in relevant areas to shelter in protected spaces after reporting it was working "to intercept" Iranian missiles.

The update, on Telegram, says that the Home Front Command is advising that it is "now permitted to leave protected spaces in all areas across the country and to remain near them".

Separately, Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency services says: "At this stage, no reports of casualties have been received”.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it is working to intercept new missiles launched towards the country from Iran.

"A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel," is says in a statement posted on Telegram.

"Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat."

It adds that the Home Front Command has sent "a precautionary directive" to mobile phones of people in "relevant areas".

It is urging those who receive the text to "enter a protected space and remain there until further notice."

Four people have been arrested in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation relating to Iran, the Metropolitan Police say.

Police arrested one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

The investigation relates to the suspected surveillance of locations and individuals linked to Jewish communities in London, the Met says.

Searches remain ongoing in Watford, Barnet, and an address in Wembley.

A 40-year-old and a 55-year-old were arrested at addresses in Barnet, a 52-year-old in Watford and a 22-year-old in Harrow.

Six other men aged 29, 39, 42, 49 and two aged 20, were arrested at the same location in Harrow on suspicion of assisting an offender.

You can read more in our news story.

The UK has been "very clear" that it did not want to be part of the US and Israel's "original offensive action,” Lammy continues, adding that "of course" the UK will support defensive action.

Asked what this defensive action involves, and what its limits are, Lammy says he does not want to be drawn into "operational details".

Pushed further, he says he believes that striking missile sites within Iran to prevent the launch of attacks "would be legal".

"It is entirely legal to protect our people and protect our staff, and therefore all operational capability is available to us in those circumstances," he says.

The conversation moves onto Cyprus, with Lammy saying he has 400 additional staff dealing with air defences, including over the island.

The UK has deployed Typhoons and F35s to the region, he says, adding that France, Germany and others have also sent ships to the region.

Cyprus is part of Nato and the safety of the military base there is essential, he says.

For context: Cyprus is not a member of Nato.

When pushed on why HMS Dragon will not arrive for "weeks". Lammy says that the warship is not the only capability the UK has and that the air force is already keeping people safe there.

HMS Dragon will "bolster that over the coming days", he says.

Lammy then highlights that the UK pre-deployed to Cyprus in January and February into the region, "anticipating concern that many people will recognise".

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy says 6,500 Brits have already returned from the UAE and adds that he is pleased that a flight from Oman arrived at London Stansted Airport overnight.

He tells BBC Breakfast that 100,000 British nationals across the Middle East have registered their presence there.

"It is our intention and hope to see more charter flights out of Oman and commercial flights out of the region," he says.

He adds that the UK government is working with commercial airlines to "get our people out" when the airspace opens back up.

"This is a technical operation, and we've got more people to evacuate than in Afghanistan... this is a pretty big feat".

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A flight chartered by the UK government to bring back some Britons stranded in the Middle East landed at London Stansted Airport overnight.

The flight departed from Oman's capital city, Muscat - nearly 24 hours late due to technical issues - on Thursday night local time before landing at 00:53 GMT on Friday.

British nationals who landed in the UK on the first government flight out of the Middle East since the widespread conflict began six days ago have told the BBC how they scrambled across borders to get on the plane.

Fazal Chowdhury, a resident in Dubai, describes the experience as "a little bit surreal to be honest", saying that he and his wife decided to drive to Oman's capital Muscat as soon as they saw the initial reports of attacks.

"We just made a run for it straight away, checked into a hotel in Muscat, and there we were just waiting," Chowdhury said after landing in Stansted this morning.

Thousands of British nationals remain stuck in the Middle East.

Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday that the repatriation process is "not going to happen overnight", adding that the government will lay on additional charter flights in the coming days.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy will be speaking to the BBC shortly, we’ll bring you all the key lines.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

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“The house was shaking for five minutes straight. Last night was the worst night,” says a man in his 30s in Tehran when I asked if he was doing okay.

He says he isn't. He tells me he could barely sleep last night because of the “constant explosions.”

It is still very difficult to contact people inside Iran amid the ongoing internet outage in the country, but some have managed to connect momentarily. I am withholding the identities of those I am speaking to, so I can protect their safety.

“I woke up to the sound of explosions at 5am and haven’t been able to sleep ever since,” says one woman in the capital.

“It was terrible. They were hitting so hard that all the windows were shaking. It sounded as if a dragon was making noises,” another woman says.

Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry says it intercepted missile and drone attacks within its territory overnight.

Across several updates on X, it says a cruise missile was "intercepted and destroyed" near the city of Al-Kharj, south east of the capital Riyadh.

In the last hour it has also reported that several drones have been taken down near the capital itself.