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.

(Source: BBC)