Speaking to the BBC's US news partner CBS, US President Donald Trump has said he "couldn't care less" about whether allies could do more to assist in the war on Iran.

"They can do whatever they want. The loyal ones are already in," the president said.

Trump was pressed on the possibility of the UK had readied aircraft carriers for possible deployment to the Middle East - something the president earlier said would not be needed.

In Saturday evening's interview Trump added: "It's a little bit late to be sending ships, right? A little bit late."

In Iran

The IDF says it has launched a fresh wave of attacks targeting Iran's infrastructure, after oil depots in Tehran were hit overnight.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran’s “openness to de-escalation” has been “almost immediately killed” by President Trump’s “misinterpretation” of Iran’s capabilities and intent.

In the Gulf

The Kuwait army says it has been dealing "with a wave of hostile drones", including an attack on fuel tankers at the Kuwait International Airport. Elsewhere, a huge fire engulfed a tower.

A resident of Dubai was killed after shrapnel from an “aerial interception” fell on a vehicle in the Al Barsha area, the Dubai Media Office said.

In Israel

Opposition politician Yair Lapid urged the government to "destroy all of Iran's oil fields" to cripple its economy.

The IDF reported that it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran and said it had carried out a strike on the Quds Force in Lebanon, the overseas operation arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In Lebanon

Lebanese officials reported multiple strikes overnight, including one which they said was an Israeli airstrike on a hotel - it killed four people.

They said nearly half a million have been displaced by the fighting so far.

In the US

President Trump hit out at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a Truth Social post saying “we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won”. This was after the BBC learned that UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has been placed on advanced readiness.

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The US president took to his social media platform Truth Social to say the US did not need the UK's two aircraft carriers in the Middle East.

"The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!"

This comes after Starmer refused to let the US use UK bases in the initial strikes on Iran. Trump later said "he has not been helpful".

“I never thought I’d see that. I never thought I’d see that from the UK," he told the Sun newspaper.

For context: The UK government has not joined offensive operations or given any commitment to do so. Earlier, the BBC reported one aircraft carrier had been put on an advanced state of readiness in case it needed to be deployed to the region. The UK has allowed the US to use its bases for defensive operations.

Overnight, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced that four people had died and another 10 were injured in an Israeli strike on a hotel in Beirut.

Photos from a Ramada hotel show its walls blackened and damaged.

Eight people were also killed in strikes on more than 20 towns and villages, AFP news agency reported, citing the health ministry.

The Israeli military said it had carried out a "precise strike" in Beirut on members of the Quds Force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' overseas operations arm. It did not say who had been targeted or where the strike hit.

Earlier in the night, it said it was striking "Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh area in Beirut".

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on X that they have just "launched another wave of attacks across Iran", addiong that they are targeting infrastructure throughout the country.

The announcement came at around 08:30 in Tehran (around 05:00 GMT), as the capital woke up after a night of strikes on its oil refineries.

About half an hour earlier, the IDF had said it was working to intercept missiles from Iran.

Overnight, Israeli strikes targeted oil refineries in Tehran sending plumes of smoke into the sky.

One resident told the BBC, "it was as if night had turned into day".

The flames have spilled into the nearby Koohsar Boulevard, where an onlooker said they were burning homes and shops.

Overnight in Lebanon, the health ministry said that an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed four people, and injured 10 others.

The hotel was housing people displaced by the fighting in Southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs, according to Reuters news agency.

Some had been seen leaving the building for fear of further strikes.

As we had been reporting earlier, the IDF said in a post on Telegram that they carried out a "precise strike" which targeted "key commanders in the IRGC's Quds Force's Lebanon Corps who operated in Beirut".

The Quds Force is the overseas operations arm of the IRGC or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IDF said earlier this week that they had killed the temporary commander of the Lebanon Corps, Daoud Alizadeh.

In the statement about tonight's strike the IDF accused the Quds Force of having "operated to advance terror attacks against the state of Israel and its civilians" and said they will "continue to precisely eliminate the commanders of the Iranian terror regime wherever they operate."

The statement did not specify the exact location of the strike. Iranian officials do not appear to have commented on the strike so far.

Several hours earlier, the IDF had said they had begun "an additional wave of strikes in Beirut" on "Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh area".

Civilian facilities in Kuwait have been damaged by falling debris after drone interceptions, the Kuwait army says.

"Some civilian facilities have sustained material damage as a result of debris and shrapnel falling from interception operations", an official spokesman of the Ministry of Defense is quoted saying in a post on X, shared by the Kuwait army.

Footage on social media has shown a large fire engulfing a tower in Kuwait.

The country's air force "continues to engage hostile aerial targets", the spokesman says, as the army urges citizens and residents to "adhere to the safety and security instructions".

We have moved our live coverage here, and will continue to bring you ongoing news from the conflict in the Middle East, which has now entered its seocnd week.

Oil depots in Tehran have been hit, Lebanese officials say four people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hotel in Beirut, and Israel says it struck "key commanders" of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, the IRGC's overseas operations arm.

Gulf states have also been reporting missiles and drone strikes.

A huge fire has engulfed a tower in Kuwait, where the army says it has been dealing "with a wave of hostile drones that breached the country's airspace".

We will bring you more details as we get them. Stay with us.