Iran launches ballistic missiles and drones at UAE and Israel: Live

A new series of missiles are targeting the United Arab Emirates.

The UAE’s Ministry of Interior said air defences ‘are now dealing with a missile threat’.

‘Please stay in a safe place and follow the warnings and updates on official websites,’ it added.

Four people have killed in Iranian attacks on the UAE since last Saturday, the country’s defence ministry said.

The UAE has detected hundreds of missiles and almost 1,500 drones, the vast majority of which have been destroyed, it added

Explosions have been heard over Tel Aviv as Iran sends a series of missiles at Israel in retaliation for overnight strikes which left Tehran burning.

‘A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,’ the military said.

Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said Iran’s ‘firepower has dropped dramatically all across the region, not only towards Israel’.

The missiles come after Israel bombarded Tehran overnight, hitting oil depots and causing enormous blazes.

Dark clouds of smoke billowed across the Iranian capital on Sunday morning.

A fresh round of rockets have also been sent into Israel from Lebanon, with rocket sirens blaring in in Karmiel, in northern Israel, and in surrounding towns.

The American and Israeli war with Iran today entered its ninth day as violence continues to spread across the Middle East.

If you’re just joining us, here are the main developments:

• A ‘river of fire’ has engulfed Iran after an oil spill ignited Tehran amid ongoing US-Israeli air strikes
• Israel says it will ‘pursue every successor’ of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran appoints its next Supreme Leader
• Three people are injured from shrapnel at a university in Bahrain following a missile attack as Iran continues to attack the Gulf
• Two border guards have died in Kuwait after the country was hit by a series of missiles and drones – as a huge fire enguls Kuwait City Tower
• Donald Trump criticises Sir Keir Starmer again, telling him ‘We don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won’
• A seaside hotel in Beirut has been hit by Israeli missiles in strike on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards based in the building
• The US has denied claims from Iran that a number of American soldiers have been taken prisoner
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country has ‘many surprises’ for the next phase of the war

Fire flows through Tehran after oil spill

Iran’s capital erupted into flames as Israel and the US launched a fresh wave of devastating strikes in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The skies over Tehran turned a disquieting red and filled with acrid smoke after several oil and fuel depots were blown up across the Iranian capital.

Huge fireballs could be seen erupting across the city’s skyline, while residents complained of a lingering burning smell in the air, as both the US and Israel doubled down on their pledge to fight until the ‘eradication’ of the Iranian regime.

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Police investigating a large explosion at a US embassy in Norway have said it could have been a terror attack.

Frode Larsen, head of a joint unit for investigation and intelligence, added: ‘But we are not completely stuck on that.

‘We have to be open to the possibility that there may be other causes behind what has happened.’

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Iran’s foreign minister has insisted his country’s attacks on US targets are a response to a war imposed by the United States and Israel.

‘This is not the war of our choice. This is imposed on us by the United States and Israel,’ Abbas Araghchi added.

He said Iran’s military actions were directed at US bases, installations and assets – even if they are located in neighbouring countries.

Two IDF soldiers have been killed in Lebanon, marking Israel’s first military casualties of the war.

In a statement, the IDF named one of the soldiers as Master Sergeant Maher Khatar, 38, from Majdal Shams.

It said the soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps died during combat in southern Lebanon.

The IDF said the family of the other has been notified but his name has not yet been cleared for publication.

No further details have been released about their deaths.

Dark plumes of smoke are continuing to linger in the sky following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran.

Residents in the capital have been left disorientated with the smoke blotting out the light.

‘I thought my alarm clock was broken,’ a driver in his fifties said.

The fuel depot strikes are the first time Iranian oil infrastructure has been targeted during the nine-day war.

Iran has sent a wave of missiles at Israel and the UAE in response

The Arab League has blasted Iran for carrying out ‘reckless’ attacks on its members.

The Arab League’s secretary-general said that Iranian attacks were a ‘massive strategic mistake’ and must be stopped.

Addressing an emergency videoconference of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Ahmed Aboul Gheit said the strikes ‘cannot be justified under any pretext or excuse’, and Tehran repaid peace efforts by Gulf countries with ‘treacherous rockets and drone strikes’.

Six people are injured, including one seriously, after Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack on Israel.

Israeli emergency services said they have treated at least three people with shrapnel injuries.

One man in his 40s in Tel Aviv is in a serious condition, while a 25-year-old and 56-year-old man have suffered minor injuries in Petah Tikva.

An enormous fire which engulfed Kuwait City tower following drone strikes in the early hours on Sunday morning has been contained, according to local authorities.

Kuwait’s Ministry of Information said firefighting teams ‘managed to combat the fire’ by containing it and preventing its spread.

The tower is a government site, operated by the Public Institution for Social Security, and the department said it had been targeted, ‘resulting in material damage to the building’.

It comes after the Kuwait army said it was dealing ‘with a wave of hostile drones’ including an attack on fuel tankers at the Kuwait International Airport.