US media is now reporting that at least 12 American soldiers were injured in the Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airbase, an increase on the 10 we reported earlier, according to the BBC's news partner CBS.

At least two of the soldiers have been "very seriously injured", with the Wall Street Journal reporting that they were inside a building at the base when it was struck.

The attack included at least one missile and several drones, and several aerial refuelling planes have also suffered damage, sources told the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

The Pentagon and US Central Command had not responded to media outlets' requests for comment at the time of reporting.

The United Arab Emirates is using air defences to respond to a drone and missile attack from Iran, according to a statement from the ministry of defence.

It says it is "intercepting cruise missiles and [unmanned aerial vehicles]" from Iran.

Overnight in Tehran, sources told the BBC of "heavy strikes" across the city, with Iranian outlets reporting that the capital city's air defences had been activated and explosions were being heard.

It is currently just after 05:30 local time in Tehran (01:30 GMT).

Image source, Anadolu via Getty Images

Image source, Anadolu via Getty Images

Earlier on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the US and Israel of "continued illegal attacks" on "civilian targets and centers", including schools, hospitals, historical and cultural buildings and residential areas, according to Iranian state media.

He added that the country will continue resolutely "defending the Iranian nation".

It comes less than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump said he would pause any attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure for a further 10 days.

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Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said earlier that the US is hopeful for meetings with Iran "this week".

Speaking at the F11 Priority event in Miami, Witkoff said that the US are talking to Iran, and added: "We think there will be meetings this week, we're certainly hopeful for it.

"Ships are passing, that's a very very good sign."

He went to say that Trump wants a peace deal, and later added: "We have a 15-point deal on the table that the Iranians have had for a bit of time. We expect an answer from them."

It came following earlier comments from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who spoke to reporters outside a G7 meeting in France on Friday and said the US has clear objectives and "We are very confident we are on the verge of achieving them very soon".

He added that the US could achieve its goals "without any ground troops", and when asked how long the US operation is expected to last in Iran, said "we are talking weeks, not months".

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Israel "has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure".

In a message shared on X, he said that "Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S." and the attack "contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy".

Iran will "exact HEAVY price," he added.

The Israeli military has also struck the Arak heavy water plant in central Iran, and BBC Verify has authenticated images that show a ball of fire and smoke rising near the reactor within the facility.

Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation has confirmed that the Arak facility was targeted twice today, adding that no casualties or contamination has been reported.

Ten American soldiers have been injured in an Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airbase, sources have told the BBC's US media partner CBS News.

The attack involved missiles and drones, the source reportedly said.

Two of the Americans were "very seriously" injured while eight were "seriously" injured, they added, noting those mean two different things in the military's classification system.

Six drones have been shot down in Kuwait the past 24 hours in "areas of responsibility secured by the task force", says the Kuwait National Guard in a statement on X.

It follows an attack on Kuwait's main commercial port Shuwaikh this morning, where there was "material damage but no human casualties", according to the country's ports authority.

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Ben Chu

The interruption of oil and gas supplied through the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israel war with Iran has dramatically pushed up global energy prices.

Petrol has gone up already and UK domestic heating bills are almost certain to follow.

But it's not just fuel that's been impacted by the conflict. A host of other vitally important chemicals, gases and other products normally enter international supply chains via the Hormuz Strait.

BBC Verify has found that the price of a host of goods - ranging from food, to smartphones, to medicines - could be affected, as the number of ships passing through the Hormuz Strait has dropped from well over 100 a day before the war to just a handful.

Read more about the exports affected by the strait's closure here.

Attacks continue across the Middle East, as Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff says that the US is hopeful of having meetings with Iran "this week" and "expects" an answer the 15-point deal reported earlier this week.

In the past couple of hours, heavy strikes have been heard in Tehran, and Iran says that the Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked for the third time this month. Israel says it has also hit the Arak heavy water plant in central Iran.

Iranian state media reports that US-Israeli strikes are targeting civilian sites, according to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who has said his country will exact a heavy price.

Several Gulf nations report fresh strikes and interceptions, with the UAE saying its air defences engaged ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran.

Ten American soldiers have been injured in an Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airbase, sources have told the BBC's US media partner CBS News.