The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has issued a new warning, saying it had detected missiles being fired from Iran.

It is the fifth wave in the space of nine hours.

The IDF is encouraging people in affected areas to shelter.

US Central Command (Centcom) has accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of spreading false claims about the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

On its Farsi page on X, Centcom writes that the IRCG has "once again" claimed to have "disabled" the warship.

"Let us be clear: the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group continues to maintain complete dominance over Iran's airspace from the expanse of the sea," it says.

The US began building up its military presence in the Middle East in the lead-up to the conflict. As well as the Lincoln, the US Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is also operating in the region.

It has also been widely reported in US media that the US is sending additional forces to the Gulf, including what’s known as an amphibious ready group (ARG), with up to 5,000 Marines and sailors.

The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli is expected to join the existing armada.

Israel has warned several neighbourhoods in southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut to evacuate "immediately" ahead of Israeli military action.

IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee says the warning particularly applies to residents of Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Lilaki, Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh, Tahwitat al-Ghadir and Chiyah.

He says the IDF will not hesitate to target "anyone found in the vicinity of Hezbollah operatives".

"You are putting yourselves and your lives at risk... evacuate the area immediately," he writes on X.

British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says that it is a "priority for the world" to ensure the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.

Miliband tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "any options that can get the Strait reopened are being looked at".

He says that the UK has already been talking with allies including the US about getting navigation through the Strait back to normal.

The energy secretary also points out that Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was in Saudi Arabia last week talking to Gulf nations about the Strait and adds that the UK "wants to work with our partners on this".

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

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The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said in an interview with Alaraby Aljadeed that Mojtaba Khamenei is “in good health” and “fully controlling the situation”.

• As a reminder, Mojtaba hasn't appeared publicly since his appointment on 8 March. His first public address was broadcast by state media on 12 March, read by a presenter

He says that Iran welcomes any “regional initiative that lead to a fair end of the war”, and Hormuz is “open to everyone except US ships and [US] allies”.

Araghchi has said that “there is no particular initiative on the table so far to end the war".

The Israeli health ministry has announced that 108 people have been taken to hospital with injuries in the past 24 hours.

It says of these, 96 had minor injuries, two were in "moderate" condition and nine were still undergoing medical assessment.

Since the outset of the conflict, it reports that 3,195 have been treated in hospital for their injuries, with 81 remaining in hospital as of 07:00 GMT on Sunday.

The health ministry does not report the number of deaths recorded.

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New images this morning show some of the damage caused by overnight strikes in Holon, a city south of Tel Aviv.

A car is overturned, debris is scattered around and there is a large hole in the side of a residential building.

The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service says it provided treatment to two people at the scene for minor injuries.

An 80-year-old man was treated for glass fragments, and an 80-year-old woman for smoke inhalation. A number of victims were also treated for panic, MDA says.

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Israel has launched a further "wide-scale" wave of strikes against targets in western Iran, the Israel Defense Forces say.

For Iran, this conflict is about survivabilitypublished at 08:08 GMT

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Frank Gardner
Security correspondent, in Riyadh

Iran has two major factors on its side in this war: geography and resilience.

It is possible that both have been underestimated by the White House. Iran was never going to be a match for the military might wielded by CENTCOM, the part of the Pentagon that runs US military operations in the Middle East.

But to measure who is 'winning' this conflict in terms of how many targets in Iran have been hit or how many of its commanders have been killed is to look at this conflict through the wrong lens.

This is about survivability.

The Islamic Republic regime, deeply unpopular with millions of its people before this war began, needs only to survive to be able to declare victory.

Any hopes the US may have had that its massive firepower would somehow force Iran to sue for peace on Washington’s terms have been frustrated.

And meanwhile, by dint of geography, Iran now has a partial chokehold on global oil supplies by effectively controlling which ships pass by its coastline through the Strait of Hormuz.

Twenty people have reportedly been arrested in the Iranian city of Urmia accused of sending military, police and security locations to Israel.

The Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, says several networks of mercenaries linked to Israel's agents have been hit and the 20 individuals have been detained following an judicial order, citing West Azerbaijan's central prosecutor.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it continues to strike infrastructure belonging to the Iranian backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

It says it struck several launch sites in the Al-Qatrani area of Lebanon on Saturday, and claims Hezbollah planned to "launch rockets imminently" from the sites.

The IDF also says it struck command centres belonging to Hezbollah's Radwan Force in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

Iran's military has vowed to kill Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, state media reports.

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reports that the IRGC - Islamic Revolution Guard Corps - will "continue to pursue and kill him with force".

The IRGC also claims targets in Israel and three American bases in the region have been destroyed in its 52nd wave of attacks.

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Throughout the night, Saudi Arabia's defence ministry announced that it had taken down 26 Iranian drones over its territory, primarily near the capital Riyadh and in the eastern regions of the country.

At about 03:30 GMT, the United Arab Emirates announced that its air defence systems were responding to incoming missile and drone attacks from Iran. It comes after a fire raged at the port of Fujairah, home to a major oil export terminal on the country's east coast, following a drone strike on Saturday.

At around the same time, Bahrain announced that that its sirens were sounding and urged resident to head to the nearest shelter.

Overnight, the US ordered non-emergency government employees and their family members to leave Oman due to safety concerns.

Kuwait announced on Sunday its National Guard had downed five Iranian drones over the previous 24 hours.

Qatar posted an update late on Saturday detailing missile and drone attacks it had repelled throughout the day, but has not reported fresh strikes overnight.

The Israel Defense Forces says Iran has launched missiles towards Israel.

It says that defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat and a precautionary message has been sent to mobile phones in affected areas.

It warns members of the public to enter protected spaces and remain there until further notice.

The Iranian Fars News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reports that a new wave of missiles has been launched from Iran while the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have also launched missiles or drones towards northern regions in Israel.

Jon Donnison
Reporting from Jerusalem

For several days now President Trump has signalled that he might be preparing to wind the war up. But it’s not happening yet.

In an interview with NBC news he said Tehran appeared ready to make a deal to end the conflict but said “the terms weren’t good enough.” Iran has denied this.

Trump said the US military had totally demolished Iran’s Kharg Island where he has threatened to destroy the country’s oil facilities based there.

He said he may hit the island again "just for fun."

This weekend Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said the war was entering a decisive phase that would continue as long as necessary.

Overnight and this morning Iran continued to fire missiles towards Israel most of which were intercepted by the country’s air defence system.

The head of the US federal communication agency has accused American broadcasters of "hoaxes and news distortions" during their coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr criticised "fake news" in a social media post on Saturday, threatening to revoke broadcast licences if the industry doesn't "correct course".

"Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not," Carr said.

His post attached a Truth Social post from Donald Trump complaining about "misleading" and "terrible reporting" during the conflict.

Speaking to the BBC's US partner, CBS News, Carr said: "People have gotten used to the idea that, you know, licenses are some sort of property right, and there's nothing you can do that can result in losing their license."

"I try to sort of help reorient people that, no, there is a public interest, and broadcast is different."

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As Israel continues to attack targets connected to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the BBC visited the remains of a home where eight members of a family, including three children, were killed in a strike.

The strike hit a home and shop on Wednesday evening as an extended family, including three children - aged five, nine and 14 - were gathering to break the Ramadan fast, locals said.

It is one of hundreds of strikes the Israeli military has carried out in Lebanon since the war with Hezbollah resumed almost two weeks ago.

The Israeli military told the BBC it had targeted "Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure while Hezbollah operatives were present".

Neighbours and relatives at the scene said they had no knowledge of this.

Read more from BBC reporter Alice Cuddy in Younine, Lebanon here.

In a post on his platform Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote that he hoped five countries - China, France, Japan, South Korea and the UK - would send warships to the Strait of Hormuz so it can "no longer be a threat" by Iran.

Here's how some of the countries have responded so far:

UK: "As we've said previously, we are currently discussing with our allies and partners a range of options to ensure the security of shipping in the region," a UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson says.

China: A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington told CNN that China calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

The spokesperson did not say whether Beijing would accept Trump's request, but said all parties have a responsibility to ensure a stable and unimpeded energy supply, adding that China would continue to strengthen communication with relevant parties.

Japan: Tokyo, which sees the US as its closest ally, has not officially responded to Trump's call yet. But officials told Japanese outlet NHK Sunday that this issue could be on the agenda of PM Sanae Takaichi's upcoming trip to the US, which starts Wednesday.

A foreign ministry official told the outlet that Japan will not immediately dispatch naval vessels just because Trump asked. "Japan decides its own response, and independent judgment is fundamental," the official said.

France: The French government has not issued an immediate response either.

But on Saturday, hours after Trump's post, the foreign ministry's official response account on X denied reports that the country was sending its warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

"No, [the French] aircraft carrier and its group [are] staying the eastern Mediterranean. Posture has not changed: defensive it is," the post reads.

South Korea: There has been no immediate response from Seoul.

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The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grand Prix events have officially been cancelled, Formula One has announced.

They were initially scheduled for 12 April and 19 April respectively.

In a statement, Formula One says the cancellation is due to the "ongoing situation in the Middle East" and while alternatives were considered, no substitutions will be made for the races.

The cancellations mean there will be a five-week gap between the Japanese Grand Prix on 27-29 March and Miami on 1-3 May.

"The FIA will always place the safety and wellbeing of our community and colleagues first. After careful consideration, we have taken this decision with that responsibility firmly in mind," said FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

You can read more about the impact of the decision here.

The Saudi Arabian defence ministry says on its official X account that it has recently intercepted and destroyed seven drones in Riyadh and the Eastern Region.

Earlier this morning, authorities in Dubai and Qatar also reported air defence interceptions.

Dubai’s media office posted on X, saying the sounds heard in the Marina and Al Sufouh areas were the result of successful interceptions.

Kuwait has also reported several drone interceptions.

Meanwhile, the Qatari defence ministry said it had intercepted four ballistic missiles and a number of drones launched by Iran on Saturday.