The US says it won't take part in any Israeli response and urges its ally to exercise caution.

The US says this doesn't need to escalate into a wider conflict, after Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel.

US officials have said they have ruled out participating in any Israeli response to Iran's attack.

World leaders are scrambling to prevent the Middle East entering a damaging wider conflict.

Humza Yousaf described the attack as 'worrying' and stood by his call to end UK arms sales to Israel.

Iran's attack on Israel marks a major escalation in a long-running shadow war between the two nations.

With Iran and Israel in direct confrontation, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner considers what comes next.

Tehran says such a move would receive a "decisive and much stronger response".

For the first time ever, Iran has carried out strikes against Israeli territory.

The MoD says the RAF will repel "any airborne attacks within range" of its jets in the Middle East.

President Joe Biden met promptly with US national security officials after Iran launched its attack.

Iran had been warning it was going to strike in response to an attack on its consulate in Syria.

The MSC Aries was seized by troops descending from a helicopter early on Saturday, the ship's owner says.

US officials tell CBS News that Iran is ready to launch a major strike imminently.

Iran is believed to be planning retaliation after an Israeli strike on its consulate in Syria.

"We're going to do all we can to protect Israel's security," Mr Biden said amid growing fears of retaliation.

Iran warns of retaliation for a strike on its Damascus consulate, saying Israeli embassies are no longer safe.

The Israeli army also cancels leave after Iran threatens to retaliate over the killing of its general.

Iran blames Israel for the strike in Syria but its options for retaliation may be limited, experts say.

A friend of Pouria Zeraati tells the BBC the journalist appeared to have been targeted for attack.

Will the killing of foreign a id workers exhaust the patience of Israel's allies?

News presenter Pouria Zeraati was stabbed outside his home in Wimbledon on Friday.

Photos after the strike in Syria show smoke and dust rising from a flattened building in western Damascus.

Israel will "regret this crime", Iran's supreme leader says of the attack that killed two generals.

Counter-terrorism officers are investigating the stabbing of news presenter Pouria Zeraati in London.

Pictures showed the flattened remains of a building that was next door to Tehran's embassy in Damascus.

Iranians who have converted to Christianity from Islam can only practise their faith in secret.

London-based Iran International says Pouria Zeraati was attacked by a group in the south of the city.

London-based Iran International says Pouria Zeraati was attacked by a group in the south of the city.

The BBC gets rare access to a US aircraft carrier trying to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea.