Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent

I’m in the Pentagon press room where the spotlights are on two empty podiums set for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine.

This morning I’d expect them to echo some of what we got from Trump last night. Likely there will be more of Hegseth’s characteristically belligerent rhetoric and his sense of overwhelming American supremacy.

But given Trump’s mixed signals, it will be interesting to hear what the defense secretary says about the timing of any potential end to the war.

As much as the administration projects the opposite, it takes two sides to stop the fighting.

The administration is clearly spooked by the febrile markets responding to the crisis for energy transit. So I wonder if we’ll get more from Hegseth to try to settle oil prices, perhaps on potential military activity in or around the Strait of Hormuz.

• We are expecting to hear from Hegseth and Caine at 12:00 GMT (08:00 local time) at the Pentagon. We will bring you live updates and you can watch live by pressing play at the top of the page.

Israel, Qatar and the UAE are all reporting fresh Iranian missile attacks towards their countries.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says defensive systems are operating to intercept them, and that a warning message has been sent to those in affected areas.

The UAE Ministry of Defence says its air defences are "currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran". It asks those nearby to "adhere to the safety and security instructions".

Meanwhile, the Qatar Ministry of Defence says armed forces have intercepted a missile attack targeting the country.

Oil prices have fluctuated substantially since the onset of the war - reaching a peak on Monday of almost $120 a barrel. It currently sits around $90 a barrel.

Prices spiked over fears that the conflict could cause disruption to supplies from the Middle East through the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump has threatened that Iran would be hit "TWENTY TIMES HARDER" if the flow of oil through the Strait was stopped.

Here's a look at how the price has changed over the last few days.

There have been two explosions in Tehran, according to AFP journalists in the Iranian capital, shortly after the Israeli military warned it had begun a wave of strikes on the city.

The image above, of a blast in the eastern part of the city, has been shared with the BBC.

The number of people killed in Iran since the start of the war has reached 1,332 - including 206 women and children - according to Iranian government officials.

Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani also claims dozens of health centres have been targeted by strikes.

Soroush Pakzad
BBC Persian

I've just heard from a mother in Mehrshahr - an upmarket neighbourhood of Karaj, a city near the Iranian capital Tehran - following a night of what has been described by some people there as the most intense strikes of the campaign so far.

The woman in her 50s claims she heard Iranian forces had moved into residential areas in Iran "and are even staying in places like hospitals and schools, which has put people in even greater danger".

The US and Israel have accused Iranian forces of operating from civilian areas but the BBC hasn't been able to verify this.

She says last night a target near her home was hit, "the closest place to us, and we truly felt the shadow of death over our heads".

"My brother, who lives in a different city, says that he has seen two schools that are now being used as stations or hiding places by Basij militants and armed forces after their base was hit by Israeli missiles," the woman says.

She adds that her family is "standing firm until the end, to survive and to be free".

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The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it is investigating reports of an incident involving a cargo ship 36 miles north of Abu Dhabi.

A loud bang was heard close to a bulk carrier at around 08:00 GMT on Monday, it reports. It doesn't specify who or what might have caused it.

The UKMTO says it has received 13 reports of incidents affecting vessels operating in and around the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman since the war begin - including 10 reports of attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has begun a new waves of strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran.

On Monday, US President Donald Trump had a phone call with Vladimir Putin, and later said the US could lift some oil sanctions, without specifying which countries might be affected - more on that here.

The oil price has a major impact on Russia's economy - and the budget for its war in Ukraine. Our Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, looks at how Russian media is reacting to the spike in oil prices caused by the US-Israel war with Iran.

Barbara Plett Usher
Reporting from Doha

President Trump and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are trading threats over the Strait of Hormuz, as nations take emergency measures over disruptions in global oil and gas shipments.

Pakistan’s navy has launched a maritime security operation to protect shipping lanes and energy supplies.

Islamabad relies heavily on fuel imports from the Gulf, and its military says this operation – named Protector of the Seas – aims to ensure uninterrupted national energy supplies.

President Trump has vowed to launch “fire and fury” against Iran if it seeks to block tanker traffic, and the IRGC responded that it would not allow one litre of oil through the crucial water passageway as long as Israel and the US continued their attacks.

The head of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company and the largest exporter of oil in the world, warns that the war is the “biggest crisis” the region’s energy industry has ever faced.

Amin Nasser says there would be “catastrophic consequences” for the world’s oil markets if the conflict continues to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Damage to historic palace following strikes in Isfahanpublished at 10:14 GMT 10 March

10:14 GMT 10 March

By Shayan Sardarizadeh and Ghoncheh Habibiazad

BBC Verify and BBC Persian have examined images showing damage to Chehel Sotoun, a 17th Century palace and Persian gardens recognised as a Unesco World Heritage site in the city of Isfahan, central Iran.

Verified footage shared yesterday by Iranian media shows the interior of the palace has been affected - with woodwork damaged and windows broken.

Iranian news outlets have reported the office of Isfahan’s provincial government, located about 110 metres (370 ft) from Chehel Sotoun in the city's historic centre, was targeted by a strike. Two other World Heritage sites are within a short distance of the office.

Ruhollah Seyyed-Asgari, Isfahan province’s deputy for cultural heritage, said several other historical landmarks have been damaged - and accused the US of targeting them.

It is not possible to say from the footage what the target of the reported attack was or who carried it out.

Verified videos from last week show damage to two other landmarks after strikes in Iran’s capital - the Tehran Grand Bazaar and Golestan Palace, also a World Heritage site.

A coffin carrying the seventh US soldier to be killed in the US-Israel war with Iran has been returned to the United States overnight.

Sgt Benjamin N Pennington died following injuries sustained on a strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia last week.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth were in attendance at the ceremony as the coffin was unloaded.

Image source, Reuters

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Iranians in Tehran have described how they were left "in total darkness" following heavy strikes overnight.

A man in the Iranian capital tells BBC Persian: "The electricity went out and I had no idea what was happening."

"I’m dying from a headache now. They hit hard last night. All you can see in our house are cracks in the walls. Sleeping has become the hardest thing for me.”

Also in Tehran, a woman says "every few hours there are explosions" while a man describes how strikes were happening for "20 minutes in a row" at one point.

Residents in nearby Karaj have similarly described how the electricity was fluctuating on Monday night. "There were some fluctuations, but I’ll tolerate this situation as long as the regime is gone," one man says.

BBC Persian is the Persian language service of BBC News, used by 24 million people around the world - the majority in Iran - despite being blocked and routinely jammed by Iranian authorities.

Image source, Red Crescent via Reuters

Iranian state TV is celebrating the new supreme leader, but Khamenei himself is yet to appearpublished at 09:51 GMT 10 March

09:51 GMT 10 March

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

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I have been monitoring Iranian state TV since the announcement late on Sunday of the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late supreme leader, as the third head of the Islamic Republic.

While the mood on state TV has been very much celebratory since his selection, Khamenei himself has not issued any statements or appeared in public.

State TV news channel has referred to him as a “veteran of the Ramadan war”, without giving any further information as to whether he has been injured during the ongoing conflict.

In addition to his father, Mojtaba Khamenei’s mother and wife were also killed in the US-Israeli strikes.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he was “disappointed” about Khamenei’s selection as supreme leader. Before he was chosen, Israel had said it would “continue to pursue every successor”.

Iranians inside the country who oppose the establishment tell me they expect him to continue his father’s hard-line policies.

Mojtaba is the second son of Ali Khamenei and, although he had long been regarded as one of the front-runners to succeed him, has kept a low profile - being seen to exercise influence from behind the scenes.

Both his father, Ali Khamenei, and his predecessor, the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini, had criticised hereditary succession in the context of the Pahlavi monarchy, which was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The UK Ministry of Defence says RFA Lyme Bay is being prepared in case it is needed to help out in the Eastern Mediterranean.

In a statement this morning an MOD spokesperson says: “As part of prudent planning, we have taken the decision to bring RFA Lyme Bay to heightened readiness as a precaution, should she be needed to assist in maritime tasks in the Eastern Mediterranean.”

RFA Lyme Bay is a landing ship with medical facilities on board - at present it's in Gibraltar.

The UK is also sending the warship HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean, with Defence Secretary John Healey saying yesterday that it would leave Portsmouth in the next couple of days.

Image source, PA Media

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Iran's internet blackout is now among the "most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally", according to independent internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

It reports that it's been 240 hours since the internet shutdown in Iran began, and that the country has now spent a third of 2026 offline.

Emily Wither
Reporting from the Turkey-Iran border

Image source, REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Iran that violations of Turkish airspace “cannot be justified” and says attacks on countries in the region help no one.

In a phone call with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, he says Turkey is trying to open the door to diplomacy to help bring the war to an end.

In a cabinet meeting last night Erdogan said: “Despite our sincere warnings, extremely wrong and provocative steps continue to be taken that will jeopardise Turkey's friendship.”

The comments come after Nato air defences shot down a second Iranian ballistic missile that had entered Turkish airspace on Monday.

Turkey has Nato's second-largest army and shares a long border with Iran that has been stable for 500 years.

No other Nato country has the same depth of contact with what remains of the regime inside Iran. Erdogan is positioning himself, as he has done on Ukraine, Gaza and in several other theatres, as a mediator.

Nick Edser
Business reporter

We mentioned earlier that London’s FTSE 100 index had opened higher, and the relief rally has been seen right across Europe following gains in the US and Asia.

The FTSE 100 is now up 1.7%, more than compensating for Monday’s fall. In Germany the Dax index is up 2.4% while France’s Cac 40 is 1.9% higher.

Bank shares have seen some of the biggest gains - with Barclays, Societe Generale and Deutsche Bank all up more than 4%.

When markets were sinking on Monday, shares in oil giants BP and Shell were among the few to rise. So you probably won’t be surprised to hear that today while most shares are up, the two oil giants are down - with both slipping about 2%.

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Late on Monday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gave a wide-ranging interview, external on the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran to US broadcaster PBS News - here are the key takeaways:

• Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment - Araghchi says the appointment of Ali Khamenei's son is a "continuation" of his father’s regime, and provides "some sort of stability" at the same time
• Negotiations with the US – Asked if Iran had been in contact with US officials to talk about negotiations over the war, Araghchi says he doesn’t believe that will "be on the table" as Iran has “very bitter experience of talking with Americans”
• US-Israeli objectives - “I don't think they have any realistic endgame in their mind,” says Araghchi, who adds that he believes they have failed to achieve all of their goals so far
• Oil prices - Araghchi says a rise in oil prices "is not our fault", blaming "the attacks and aggression made by Israelis and Americans against us". He adds that Iran “has not closed” the Strait of Hormuz and "we are not preventing them to navigate in that strait"
• Civilian casualties - Iran’s foreign minister says there has been “some collateral damage” from Iranian strikes, but says it has “never targeted any civilian location, any civilian purpose, any civilian place”