Donald Trump says he took the decision to launch a war against Iran because it was the “last, best chance” to stop the country’s regime.
Speaking at the White House for the first time since attacking Iran, the president said the US is continuing to carry out “large-scale combat operations”
The US and Israel struck Iran on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israeli military has since launched new strikes on Tehran
Earlier, new Iranian strikes were reported on a major gas plant in Qatar, where officials later said they had shot down two Iranian aircraft, seven missiles and five drones
PM Keir Starmer said the UK’s decision not to join the US-Israeli strikes on Iran was “deliberate”, adding his government “does not believe in regime change from the skies”
And in Lebanon, the health ministry says Israeli strikes have killed 52 people. Israeli officials argue the response was necessary after Iran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, writes our reporter in Beirut
