Tehran residents recall worst night as Iran strikes Gulf.

Residents in Tehran told the BBC that last night was the worst of the conflict so far. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces said new strikes hit Beirut, Lebanon overnight.

Earlier, Israel warned about possible Iranian attacks on its territory but soon said the threat had passed. Emergency services there reported no casualties so far.

Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain, also said they intercepted Iranian attacks overnight.

Evacuations are ongoing, with thousands still stuck in the region. The first UK chartered flight from Oman landed at London Stansted Airport last night. One passenger described the experience of boarding 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.

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Meanwhile, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has criticized 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.