Donald Trump has responded to reports he approved attack plans on Iran but is holding back on the final order. Meanwhile, Iran has denied attacking an Israeli hospital where dozens have been wounded. Scroll down for updates.
Thursday 19 June 2025 23:55, UK
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read out a statement from Donald Trump earlier, in which he said he will make his decision "whether or not to go" on Iran in the next two weeks (see 18.28 post).
But what's next for Trump after he set out that timeline? Our US correspondent Mark Stone takes a look...
We can bring you these pictures from earlier today showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on Holon, central Israel.
It is located just south of Tel Aviv and was one of several areas targeted by Tehran's strikes last night.
By Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor
Diplomacy to prevent the conflict between Israel and Iran spiralling further out of control is picking up pace with the UK at its centre.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has met with his US counterpart Marco Rubio and Donald Trump's chief negotiator Steve Witkoff in Washington and flies next to Geneva.
Sources close to the talks say the meeting in the US capital was positive and the Americans are seeking a diplomatic solution while retaining military action as very much an option on the table.
Lammy flies to meet with Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and their French and German counterparts in Geneva tomorrow. He will be taking with him a message to the Iranians from the Trump administration.
Their response could be crucial in what happens next in a conflict that threatens to escalate engulfing the region.
There are limitations to the diplomacy underway not least because Israel is not involved in the talks.
Israelis say Iran cannot be trusted and do not want their stunning military progress jeopardised by weeks of delaying diplomacy fearing the Iranians will play for time.
While Starmer hosted Bahrain's crown prince (see 22.25 post), UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been in Washington.
He's been meeting US secretary of state Marco Rubio, with spokesperson Tammy Bruce saying the two sides agreed Iran "can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon".
Our US partner network NBC News was told that Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff would also be present at the meeting (see 17.00 post).
They discussed other key areas of US-UK cooperation, including efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
Lammy and Rubio also addressed the upcoming NATO summit, and reaffirmed the importance of increased defence spending to secure peace and stability.
An update to bring you from the Israeli military, which has just issued an evacuation warning to residents in an Iranian village.
The warning is for the industrial area of Iran's Kolesh Taleshan village, which is situated to the north west of Tehran.
Israel says the warning comes as it prepares to strike Iranian military infrastructure.
Back in the UK, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has met the Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at Downing Street.
A spokesperson said the two leaders agreed on the need for closer relationships to support stability in the Middle East.
"The leaders called for de-escalation and both agreed on the need for enduring closer relationships across the region to support stability," the spokesperson added.
Starmer and the crown prince also discussed strengthening ties between the UK and Bahrain through new security, defence and investment agreements.
By Cordelia Lynch in Beersheba, Israel
As I approached Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba, Israel, I could still see the smoke rising in the heart of the city after an Iranian missile strike.
At the gates, stunned-looking patients were still emerging. Among them, Jummah Abu Kush, who was inside the building when it was hit.
"Suddenly we heard an enormous explosion," he told me.
"We knew it was close. All sorts of things fell from the roof. The doctor was injured and others in the room were hit by the debris too.
"The building opposite was on fire. It was very dangerous, very worrying and very scary."
By Alix Culbertson, political reporter
With fighting ongoing since Israel attacked Iran last Friday, celebrities and activists fear the situation in Gaza has become a "secondary" warfront.
To that end, another 100 famous names have added their signatures to a letter urging Sir Keir Starmer to "end the UK's complicity" in the Palestinian territory.
Sky News can exclusively reveal Bond actress Judi Dench is among a host of public figures who have added their names to the letter.
At the end of May, Sky News revealed about 300 actors, bands, singers, activists and sportspeople signed the letter, organised by refugee charity Choose Love, calling on the UK to suspend all arms sales and licences to Israel.
Celebrities and activists also read out all the names of children killed in Gaza in front of parliament.
But three weeks later, they say nothing has changed.
In our special programme Gaza: Doctors on the frontline, Dr Victoria Rose, a consultant plastic surgeon who worked in Gaza twice last year, gives her first-hand account of the war.
The word "dire" does not adequately describe the situation in Gaza's hospitals.
On a daily basis when I was working there, I had a list of at least 10 patients, and 60% of them were under the age of 15.
These were tiny children with life-threatening burns and limbs blown off, often losing significant family members in the attacks and left to cope with their life-changing injuries alone.
The streets were unrecognisable, just pile after pile of dust and rubble.
Such a scale of destruction could only be justified if every single building in Gaza was part of Hamas's infrastructure.
Watch our special programme in the live stream at the top of this page.
A special programme will be shown on Sky News from 9pm, focusing on the war that has been fought for 621 days - the war in Gaza.
It will be told through the eyes of two British doctors, who travelled to the region to save lives and ended up showing the world the horrors of war.
You can watch Gaza: Doctors on the frontline in the live stream at the top of this page when it begins shortly.
