The attacks in the Middle East are continuing. Countries in the Gulf are being hit, and sirens are blaring across Israel, Jordan, UAE and beyond.
Iran and other countries are reporting deaths and injures.
Various countries are condemning or throwing support behind both sides, while we wait to hear from the US president and Iran's Supreme Leader.
We will continue our live coverage of the situation in a new blog to bring you the latest throughout Sunday. Click the link below:
Four people have been injured after a blast on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah Island neighbourhood.
Unverified videos circulating on social media show a rocket plummeting into a building.
A fire broke out near a hotel and huge plumes of smoke could be seen from a distance, with emergency teams responding to the 'incident'.
Blasts echoed throughout the day and missile trails streaked across the sky above several cities. Residents took cover in windowless bathrooms and closets.
UAE state media also said one person had been killed in Abu Dhabi, but gave no details.
I want to come back to one line Donald Trump said in the video he posted earlier tonight.
He said:
"The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties - that often happens in war. We're doing this, not for now, we're doing this for the future and it is a noble mission."
This is a significant departure from how he has spoken about US military action in recent times. Last year, Donald Trump seemed to get a taste for the tactical, strike-type mission where elite elements of the US military attack with minimal risk to American life.
He sent the B-2 bombers to Iran last year and he sent special forces to snatch Nicolas Maduro from a presidential compound in Venezuela in the middle of the night. US forces were in and out with no casualties on their side.
Speaking to MAGA supporters in the US over the past year, I have asked them about the contradiction of Trump getting the US into new arenas of battle when he promised to be "America first." Some of them have told me their line in the sand is "boots on the ground" and risking the lives of American soldiers.
Now, Trump is saying casualities are something that "often happens in war."
There will be domestic implications for Trump on this. There have, of course, been political consequences for other US presidents who decided to launch "ongoing" combat operations in foreign lands.
But it's especially potent for Trump because he promised he would be different.
An official from the European Union's naval mission Aspides says that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran's Revolutionary Guards saying "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz".
The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Iran had not formally confirmed any such order. Tehran has for years threatened to block the narrow waterway in retaliation for any attack on the Islamic Republic.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) also said it received multiple reports of vessels operating in the Arabian Gulf with the same message.
But it said the claims of the closure are not legally binding under international law, "unless lawfully enforced".
The strait is the world's most vital oil export route, which connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
There was no immediate confirmation from Iran.
Iran's Al-Alam TV has reported that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will speak "within minutes".
That both indicates he's safe and that we'll find out what Iran plans to do next.
US President Donald Trump was also expected to address his nation, according to Axios, but it remains unclear when that may be.
Israel's Prime Minister said he spoke to Trump and released this photo.
The book on the desk is Tim Bouverie's Allies at War (a book about WWII) — an obvious nod to the US and Israel being allies in this war.
It is possible they will release snippets of what they discussed in the call.
At 8 am AEDT (10 pm in Paris) the UN Security Council will meet, at the request of France, to address the situation, the French Foreign Minister said.
Donald Trump was given blunt assessments about the risks and potential rewards of a US attack on Iran, according to a Reuters report.
Ahead of the strikes, the US president received multiple briefings from officials including CIA director John Ratcliffe, US General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Admiral Brad Cooper, who leads US forces in the Middle East as the head of Central Command, also flew to Washington on Thursday to join discussions in the White House Situation Room.
One US official said those who briefed the president warned military action could lead to major US casualties but also a generational shift in the Middle East in favour of US interests.
The joint US-Israeli operation was presented as a high-risk, high-reward scenario, they added.
A second US official said that prior to the strikes, the White House had been briefed on a number of risks associated with operations against Iran, including retaliatory strikes on multiple US bases in the region by Iranian missiles that could overwhelm defenses, as well as Iranian proxies attacking US troops in Iraq and Syria.
Both US officials requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the internal discussions.
The White House and Pentagon have not commented on the report.
Israel's military says it has begun a "flyover and is currently striking missile launchers in Iran", as Iran continues to fire waves of retaliatory airstrikes at Israel and US bases in across the region.
Here's the latest on what's happening in the different countries.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says British forces and planes have participated in coordinated defensive efforts in order to protect the country's interests and allies.
He used a televised statement to say Iran should refrain from further strikes and cease violence and oppression against its people, and stressed the importance of preventing further escalation and of returning to a diplomatic process.
Reporting by Ben Knight
In June 2025, the outbreak of conflict between the US, Israel and Iran ended with the dropping of the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the world on an Iranian nuclear facility.
It had lasted 12 days.
This time, the reasons the US and Israel have given for striking Iran are broader, and the objectives are harder to achieve.
Both countries appear to be seizing a moment that may never come again to overthrow the Iranian regime.
You can read more here.