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Here are the latest lines from the Kremlin's daily briefing.

Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Middle East was plunging into "an abyss of instability and war".

He also repeated Moscow's offers to mediate.

Russia has close ties with Iran but also maintains links with Israel.

The Kremlin also said that Putin had guarantees of safety for the Russian workers at Bushehr - Iran's only operational nuclear plant.

Our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett recently spoke to Peskov, catch up on that here:

Iran has "always sought peace and tranquillity", the country's president has just said.

But Masoud Pezeshkian added in a social media post: "In the current circumstances, the only way to end the imposed war is to 'unconditionally stop' the enemy's aggression and provide a definitive guarantee to end the adventures of Zionist terrorists forever.

"Otherwise, our responses to the enemy will be harsher and more regrettable."

Pezeshkian's comments echoed those of foreign minister Abbas Araghchi earlier (see 9.28 post).

Donald Trump had called for Iran's unconditional surrender earlier this week, while Israel said its goal is to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon.

David Lammy comes to the Iranian talks in Geneva as "arguably the most important member" of a European trio, our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn says.

He's in the Swiss city today where foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany, as well as an EU foreign chief, are meeting with their Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi.

Sky News understands the meetings will take place later today, with the European ministers sitting down over lunch.

The main event with the Iranians will then take place later.

But Lammy comes to Geneva fresh from Washington DC, where he's been meeting with two top members of Donald Trump's team.

Lammy to act as US messenger today

Waghorn explains Lammy met with his American counterpart Marco Rubio and Stephen Witkoff, who is Trump's chief negotiator.

Waghorn says: "We're told the meeting between Lammy and Rubio and Witkoff in Washington was good.

"Sources tell me that the Americans expressed a preference for a diplomatic solution, but stressed that any military solution still remains firmly on the table.

"And I'm told that David Lammy is coming here to Geneva with a message from the Americans for the Iranians, and obviously how the Iranians respond to that message will be absolutely crucial in a sense of us."

Watch his full analysis here:

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has warned "there is no room for negotiations with the US until Israeli aggression stops".

State TV in the country reported the comments.

It comes with Araghchi in Geneva today to meet with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his counterparts from France and Germany.

In further comments to state TV, Araghchi said the Swiss talks would focus on nuclear and regional issues.

He added that Tehran's ballistic missiles programme was non-negotiable.

Here's the latest episode of our Trump 100 podcast.

The US leader has once again found himself at the heart of an international crisis.

Our US correspondents Mark Stone and Martha Kelner unpick Donald Trump's decision to give himself more time to make a decision about intervening in the Middle East.

They also break down the competing voices in the ear of the US leader.

Listen to the full episode here:

The big diplomatic news over the past 12 hours or so came from the White House, where Donald Trump's press secretary revealed a two-week timeline.

By then, Trump will decide if the US will attack Iran or not - with the apparent hope being that a peaceful solution can be found to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions in the meantime.

The president has been under the spotlight all week, as both Israel and Iran wait to see what his next steps will be.

According to our US partner network , he's increasingly leaning on a small group of aides to guide him in his decision.

Citing two defence officials and a senior administration official, the report states Trump has been crowdsourcing with an array of allies outside the White House and in his administration.

It's a question that's split his base in two - with prominent figures backing strikes on Iran and equally influential MAGA supporters against.  

Despite routinely asking a broader group of people what they think he should do, Trump tends to ultimately make many decisions with just a handful of administration officials, NBC added.

These include vice president JD Vance, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and secretary of state Marco Rubio.

Israeli emergency services have said six people suffered minor injuries in Beer Sheba, in the south of Israel, after Iranian strikes.

These are some of the latest pictures from the scene.

As we've been reporting, European foreign ministers, including the UK's David Lammy, are heading to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterpart today.

One European diplomat characterised the importance of the talks, telling the Reuters news agency: "The Iranians can't sit down with the Americans, whereas we can.

"We will tell them to come back to the table to discuss the nuclear issue before the worst-case scenario, while raising our concerns over its ballistic missiles, support to Russia and detention of our citizens." 

Two diplomats also told Reuters there were no great expectations of a breakthrough in Geneva, but said it was vital to engage with Iran because once the war stopped, the problem of the Iranian nuclear programme could remain unsolved.

An Iranian official also told Reuters that Tehran always welcomed diplomacy.

They added: "Iran remains committed to diplomacy as the only path to resolving disputes 鈥� but diplomacy is under attack." 

Donald Trump's statement yesterday evening, that a decision would be made within two weeks on whether to intervene, buys the US time not just politically but militarily as well, our military analyst Michael Clarke says.

He has just been speaking to Breakfast presenter Anna Jones.

Clarke says that Trump's statement "gives himself some flexibility" and works well politically to avoid being bounced into a decision.

However, Clarke adds it was also important for military decisions as it opens up more options for the US.

He explains: "It makes sense in a way, for the Americans as a policy machine to give themselves a bit more time for military preparations.

"If there is going to be an American strike, backing in behind the Israeli operations, then it may not be a single strike, it may take a while, and it may lead to a bigger engagement, and that's the great problem.

"So for the Americans, getting more stuff in place is quite important."

He adds that diplomatic routes seem to bring the US "back to the 2015 deal" with Iran to control its nuclear production - the one Trump scrapped in his first term.

Watch Clarke's full breakdown below:

Iran's air defences have been activated in Tehran, state media has said.

It could signal another Israeli attack.

Israel has seemingly had free rein over the skies of the capital and parts of western Iran in recent days.

We'll bring you any developments.