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. Watch below as the White House holds a news conference and scroll down for updates.
Thursday 19 June 2025 17:55, UK
We're expecting to hear from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shortly.
She will be taking questions from reporters, and we'll bring you anything she says on the conflict between Israel and Iran.
You can watch along in the live stream at the top of this page. We'll also be providing text updates here.
Here are some of the latest pictures from the Israel-Iran conflict.
On Monday, Israel carried out a strike on Israeli state broadcaster IRIB which the TV station was broadcasting.
A presenter was live on air when the explosion rocked her studio, causing her to flee off-screen as debris fell.
The pictures below were taken today, and show the aftermath of the attack on the site.
France's ambassador to the United Kingdom has told Sky News that there is no military solution to eliminating Iran's nuclear programme, and called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations.
Speaking to our political editor Beth Rigby, Helene Duchene said France is "very concerned" about Iran's nuclear programme, but argued that negotiation is the path forward rather than the risk of broader regional instability.
"The message we have is that we are, of course, very concerned by the Iranian nuclear programme," she said.
"It's a serious threat to our security interests, to the security interests of the region. We see that for long since this programme has been discovered in 2003.
"But we don't think that there is a military solution for eliminating this nuclear programme because, you know, even destroying Fordow [an Iranian nuclear facility] would maybe delay, degrade the programme."
Watch the interview in the video below.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has spoken to Iran's foreign minister several times over the phone since Israel began its strikes on Iran last week, three diplomats have told Reuters.
The talks are part of efforts to find an end to the conflict, and mark the most substantive direct discussions between the US and Iran since they began negotiations in April.
Abbas Araqchi is reported to have told Witkoff that Tehran would not return to negotiations unless Israel stopped its attacks.
The diplomats also said the talks included a brief discussion of a US proposal given to Iran at the end of last month, aiming to create a regional consortium that would enrich uranium outside of Iran - something Tehran has so far rejected.
It comes as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy will be meeting US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Washington today.
Our US partner network NBC News has been told Witkoff will also be present at that meeting.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for moderation in Israel's campaign against Iran during a phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Merz voiced his country's support in principle for Israel's military attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a German government source told Reuters.
But the source said he also stressed the importance of seeking diplomatic solutions to the conflict.
We saw Israel's prime minister earlier this afternoon at the site of the Soroka Hospital, where he spoke of the possibility of regime change in Iran.
Watch what he had to say in the video below.
By Alistair Bunkall, Middle East correspondent
Benjamin Netanyahu has again spoken about the possibility of regime change in Iran as part of Israel's war on Iran.
It's not entirely clear though whether this is an actual objective or still being hope for as a possible consequence of the bombing.
Although there have been calls in Israel for the people of Iran to rise up and overthrow the regime, we are unlikely to see mass protests whilst the capital, Tehran, is under heavy bombardment.
And there is another factor to consider: Israel has been a deeply divided country for years, with many protesting weekly against the Netanyahu government and its ongoing war on Gaza. But the conflict with Iran has generally united Israelis behind the cause, at least so far.
To an extent, the same can be said of Iran. The regime is certainly unpopular amongst many millions of Iranians, but it is a country of immense pride and they don't see Israel's bombing as the right way to topple the Ayatollah.
More to bring you from Benjamin Netanyahu now, who has been at the site of the Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba, southern Israel.
As we've been reporting, Israel says the hospital was hit by an Iranian missile, leaving at least 40 injured - Iran denies striking the hospital directly, claiming it was damaged by the shockwave of a strike on a nearby military headquarters.
"People ask me are we targeting the downfall of the regime," Netanyahu told reporters at the hospital site.
"That may be a result but that's up to the Iranian people to rise for their freedom.
"Freedom is never cheap, it's never free. Freedom requires the subjugated people to rise up and it's up to them but we may create conditions that will help them do it."
Netanyahu's message strikes a similar tone to Israel's foreign minister, who told reporters that a regime change in Iran "can be a result" of its attacks, but it is not the goal (see 14.25 post).
The US and Israel will dodge responsibility for the aftermath of attacks on Iran, says Emile Hokayem, senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies thinktank.
He said the conflict is going to be a "major shock" to the balance of power in the region.
"There's also a broader expectation that this is about regime change.
"There's a broader understanding that the US and Israel will not own the problem and it will be pushed onto other players to essentially manage the aftermath."
Speaking at a panel about the war, he pointed out differences between the conflict and 2003 Iraq war.
On the international stage, he noted that in 2003, both France and Germany opposed the invasion of Iraq.
"Whereas reading the G7 statement there's broad endorsement of the war - not necessarily support, but endorsement."
He continued: "There's no ground invasion on the cards, the goal of regime change is still being debated at very senior levels."
Here are some of the latest pictures from the Israel-Iran conflict.
We've reported throughout the day at the Soroka Hospital, in Beer Sheba, southern Israel.
Israel says it was hit by an Iranian missile early this morning, injuring at least 40.
Iran has denied striking the hospital directly, claiming it was damaged by the shockwave of a strike on a nearby military headquarters.
Donald Trump has rubbished reports by the Wall Street Journal that he approved attack plans for Iran but is holding back on the final order for now.
Trump told senior aides he is waiting to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear programme first, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the deliberations.
But the president has since posted a brief rebuttal on his social media platform, Truth Social.
"The Wall Street Journal has No Idea what my thoughts are concerning Iran," he wrote.
As our US correspondent Mark Stone explained yesterday, Trump has been ambiguous on his next steps.
This suits him, Stone said, with his support base split firmly between those supporting intervention and those against entering the US into a war.
Watch Mark Stone's analysis below...
