The IDF have said they have identified missiles launched from Iran towards Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer has said RAF jets and military assets are being sent to the Middle East. Follow the latest updates below.
Saturday 14 June 2025 21:46, UK
David Lammy has said he has called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East in a call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sarr.
Here is what the UK's foreign minister has said this evening...
We have more information coming in from the IDF following our last post.
They have said they have identified missiles launched from Iran towards Jerusalem.
"Upon receiving an alert, the public is instructed to enter a protected space and remain there until further notice," the IDF has said.
Reuters reports "several missiles" have been seen over Jerusalem.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has instructed residents across the country to remain close to protected spaces.
"Movement in public areas should be minimised, and public gatherings must be avoided," the IDF has said.
"Upon receiving an alert, enter a protected space and remain there until an official update is issued."
The US has a major presence in the Middle East but Iran may soon consider those bases a target.
Looking at the threats from Iran, our US correspondent Mark Stone says it is "clearly alarming" but it is something Britain, France and US were expecting.
"The Americans have a massive military and diplomatic presence across the Middle East, with 40,000 troops at the last count which was back in October last year," Stone notes.
He says those those US air bases are now under threat and we have seen them be hit before.
Stone adds: "The question is strategically what will they decide to do? The biggest air base in the Middle East is in Qatar, which is where Donald Trump visited just a few weeks ago.
"But for the Iranians to hit that, it would be hitting Qatari soil and that would be a game changer in terms of their decision making.
"Hitting places like Iraq - that would be diplomatically easier for them to do because Iraq is largely aligned with Iran anyway so they could get clearance from the Iraqis."
Stone points out though that this could all "spiral very quickly".
"If the Iranians were to decide to hit an American air base and were to be successful in killing American troops then it would be a game changer," he adds.
The latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for tomorrow in Muscat will not take place, a senior US administration official has told Sky's partner network NBC News.
However, the official said the US is "not shutting the door to future discussions".
"While there will be no meeting on Sunday, we remain committed to talks and hope the Iranians will come to the table soon," the official said.
Earlier, Omani foreign minister Badr Albusaidi said this on X...
The sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks was set to be held in Oman tomorrow.
Following Iran's retaliation - which Israel said came in four waves and involved more than 200 missiles - attacks have continued in both countries.
Dozens have been injured, with at least three killed in Israel, according to medics, and Iran reporting many more deaths.
Here, our Europe correspondent Adam Parsons takes a look at the Israel-Iran attacks...
Iran has "presented an existential threat for decades" in the Middle East, Israel's former deputy national security adviser Chuck Freilich has said.
Speaking to Sky's lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, Freilich says we are in the second day of the war and "war has its own timetable".
"This may last for a couple of weeks and when it comes to how it ends I imagine the US will have to play a major role," he says.
"I think the objective is for it to end in a diplomatic agreement and the real end game is to put pressure on the Iranians to agree to the kinds of concessions that they have refused to accept until now."
On why Israel was doing this, he says "this is something that has been in the works for 30 years now".
"We've had the Islamic Republic - ever since it was established in 1979 - repeatedly calling for Israel's destruction," he adds.
"And it's not just rhetoric - it's the nuclear programme, it's the ballistic missile programme, it's the vast sums that they invest in Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis."
Freilich goes on to say that Iran has "presented an existential threat for decades" in the region.
"I don't believe that any other state that faces this kind of threat would behave differently," he says.
There has been an "escalation in Israel's attacks", our Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall has told Yalda Hakim.
Bunkall notes that in the last couple of hours there have been reports from western Iran that Israel has hit a number of major gas facilities.
He says this would "mark an escalation in Israel's attacks".
"It would represent a broadening of the scope of Israel's attacks against Iran to not just be against nuclear facilities, military facilities and senior military personnel but now parts of Iran's national infrastructure," he says.
"So it is very significant."
Our special edition of The World With Yalda Hakim on the Israel-Iran conflict is now live.
Tonight, Hakim is reporting live from Amman in Jordan on the escalating hostilities.
You can watch the show in the stream above - and we'll bring you any updates as we get them.
We reported earlier that RAF jets and military assets are being sent to the Middle East (see post at 6pm).
Now, Downing Street has said the UK is sending further military assets to the Middle East to "support regional security".
Number 10 said "further refuelling aircraft" have been deployed from UK bases and "additional fast jets will be deployed".
"The military reinforcements will provide contingency support throughout the Middle East, should escalation continue," Downing Street said in a statement.
"The aircraft began deployment preparations on Friday morning, when it was clear the situation in the region was deteriorating.
"The UK already has RAF jets in the region as part of its Operation Shader contribution."
