US-Israel-Iran war live updates: Strikes engulf the Middle East as Hezbollah targets in Beirut attacked; Iran targets British base on Cyprus; Trump says Iranian military should ‘surrender or face certain death’

Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the war in Iran. Keep reading for a summary of where we’re at after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran (or head here for a more detailed version). We’ll be keeping an eye on these and other developments overnight and into Tuesday.

• US and Israeli forces have hit more than 2000 targets in Iran since first striking on Saturday. They have sunk nine Iranian naval ships and killed 48 of the country’s commanders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In return, Iran has struck dozens of targets across at least eight countries that host US or Israeli assets. Iran would not negotiate with the US, the Islamic Republic’s security chief said.
• Israel opened a new front by targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, which it accused of firing rockets into Israel.
• Hundreds of civilians have been killed in Iran, according to the Red Crescent. At least nine people are dead in Israel, while US President Donald Trump reported that three American soldiers had been killed. He vowed to avenge their deaths and urged Iran’s leaders to “surrender or face certain death”.
• The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said they would defend their interests in the region. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed to allow the US to use British bases for defensive operations; Iran later attacked one such base on Cyprus.
• About 115,000 Australians remain in the Middle East following the closure of airports and civilian airspace. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said arranging repatriation flights would be challenging. The airports in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi are stopover hubs; Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports have been hit by shrapnel and other debris following Iranian counterattacks.
• Australian Grand Prix boss Travis Auld was confident the race would go ahead this weekend despite the travel chaos.
• Motorists face rising petrol prices as the conflict rattles energy markets amid fears that oil prices could blow past $US100 ($140) a barrel for the first time in years.

Read more on the US-Israel-Iran war:

• • The news: Trump signals willingness to speak to Iran’s new leadership
  • What we know so far: Why have Israel and the US attacked Iran?
  • How it unfolded: Within 12 hours of the first strikes, Khamenei was dead
  • Opinion: Many inside Iran welcomed the bombs, writes Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m not sure it’s possible to fathom just how difficult it must have been for the Iranian women’s soccer team to turn out on the Gold Coast tonight given all that’s going on at home.

They’ve just lost 3-0 to South Korea in their first game of the tournament.

Both teams are in Group A, alongside Australia and the Philippines.

Our sports reporter Frances Howe says Iranian fans celebrated despite the loss, many holding aloft the Lion and Sun Iranian flag – the flag used in Iran prior to the revolution and the flag still used by Iranians who oppose the government.

Next up for Iran: the Matildas on Thursday night.

The UK foreign minister says her team is looking at all options – including evacuations – to help hundreds of thousands of British citizens who are trapped in countries being targeted by Iran.

There are an estimated 300,000 British citizens – expats and people on holidays in the Middle East, as well as those in transit – in Gulf countries. Of those, 102,000 have registered their presence with the UK government since the attacks started on Saturday.

Dubai in particular is an increasingly popular package holiday destination among Brits.

“We’re working on every possible option,” Cooper told Sky News when asked whether she was planning an evacuation. “We have to recognise the scale of this as well, and also the fact that there are strikes still under way.”

We reported earlier that about 115,000 Australians are also in the Middle East following the closure of airports and airspace. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said arranging repatriation flights would be challenging.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 31 people and injured 149 others, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Israel has targeted what it said were Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. Hezbollah is a Lebanon-based militant group that acts as an Iranian proxy.

Israel said it would continue to launch attacks into Lebanon after the Israeli military claimed Hezbollah had been firing rockets across its shared border following Saturday’s US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

It is also speculated that drones targeting UK bases on Cyprus, which we wrote about earlier, may have been launched from Lebanon.

Israel has not ruled out a ground invasion of Lebanon.

We posted earlier about the Iranian women’s soccer team, who are in action tonight in the Asian Cup on the Gold Coast.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN’s nuclear watchdog claims the joint US-Israeli airstrikes have targeted his country’s Natanz nuclear enrichment site.

The United States bombed the site during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June last year, but the US and Israel are yet to confirm activity there this time round.

Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, told journalists he condemned what he called the “unlawful, criminal and brutal” attacks by the US and Israel against Iran.

“Again they attacked Iran’s peaceful safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday,” he said. “Their justification that Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons is simply a big lie.”

US President Donald Trump used Iran’s nuclear program as a primary reason for launching Saturday’s attacks.

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Some photos are coming in from protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir today, where teargas was used on Shiite Muslims who were protesting against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In neighbouring Pakistan yesterday, at least 10 pro-Iranian protesters were killed in clashes with police as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Karachi.

More on oil.

Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco was forced to temporarily shut its Ras Tanura refinery today after it was hit by a drone, state media has confirmed.

The Ras Tanura complex, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast, houses one of the Middle East’s largest refineries (and Saudi Arabia’s largest). It has a capacity of 550,000 barrels a day and serves as a critical export terminal for Saudi crude.

Debris from the interception of two drones that were targeting the facility led to a fire at the plant, the official Saudi Press Agency said. The blaze was brought under control.

As we reported earlier, oil is a big unknown in this war. So much of it comes from or through facilities that are now potential war targets, while the Strait of Hormuz – a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman – is a shipping superhighway for oil exports.

Amid all the chaos of this war, spare a thought for the Iranian women’s soccer team, who are in Australia for the Asian Cup.

They have just walked out to play South Korea in their first game of the tournament on the Gold Coast.

They will play their second game – against the Matildas in front of a packed crowd – on Thursday.

In his 7.30 interview, Albanese also criticised a small number of Islamic centres in Australia that mourned the death of Khamenei.

“I don’t think they’re appropriate, and certainly, I think that, overwhelmingly, people won’t be participating,” he said.

“We are a country that believes in human rights, that believes in democracy, that believes in freedom, and we of course want to see that right around the world. It is up to the people of Iran now to determine their future. And over coming days and weeks and the period ahead, we await what comes.”

At least one Islamic Centre in Melbourne’s west offered its condolences for Khamenei publicly on social media and planned to honour him at a service last night.

NSW Premier Chris Minns also condemned plans by a Sydney prayer hall to host a vigil.