BBC Updates
Blasts are heard in Tehran, shortly after Donald Trump told “everyone” to evacuate Iran’s capital immediately
The US president is also cutting short his G7 visit because of the Middle East situation – Anthony Zurcher reports from the summit
Trump has asked his National Security Council to convene – but the US is not joining the Israeli offensive on Iran, US officials say
In Iran, our reporter says roads are blocked and people exhausted; ‘how can 10 million people evacuate,’ one resident asks
Sirens in Israel have sounded a number of times in the past few hours, without any significant damage reported yet
Earlier on Monday, Israel said it had attacked Iranian state media buildings in Tehran, with strikes captured on live TV
Iran’s health ministry says at least 224 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since Friday; the number killed in Israel rose to 24 earlier
AlJazeera updates
Blasts rock Tehran and air raid sirens go off in Tel Aviv as Iran says it is preparing for what it calls the largest and most intense missile attack in history on Israeli soil, after a strike on Iranian state television.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not escalate hostilities, but would “end the conflict”.
US President Donald Trump issues a threat on social media, ordering all residents of Tehran to flee and saying that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 220, including 70 women and children. More than 20 people have been killed in Iranian attacks on Israel.
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