Israel has launched more strikes on targets in Iran, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is in "full control" of the skies in Tehran. Donald Trump has said Iran wants to de-escalate the conflict.
Monday 16 June 2025 18:18, UK
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Germany will start evacuating its citizens from Israel via Jordan, a foreign ministry spokesperson says.
A charter flight will travel from the capital, Amman.
"Germans in Israel who are registered on the Elefand crisis preparedness list have been informed about this option and the details," the spokesperson said.
It joins Portugal, Slovakia and Poland in attempting to help their citizens leave.
Citizens from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the Philippines and Finland have crossed from Iran into Azerbaijan, according to local media.
Iran has launched missiles toward Israel, the Israel Defence Forces has said.
Alerts have been activated in several areas in the north of the country, it added.
"The air force is working to intercept and attack wherever necessary to eliminate the threat.
"The defense is not hermetic, and therefore the instructions of the Home Front Command must continue to be obeyed."
Israel has struck the studios of Iranian state news channel IRIB.
A loud explosion was heard as the anchor was presenting live on air, followed by some light debris falling from the ceiling.
Moments ago, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz posted on X: "The Iranian regime's propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority was attacked by the IDF after a widespread evacuation of the surrounding residents."
Echoing the sources in our last post, Donald Trump says Iran wants to de-escalate the conflict with Israel.
At a news conference at the G7 summit in Canada, the president was asked if he had heard any signals or seen any messages from intermediaries that Iran wishes to de-escalate the conflict.
"Yes, they'd like to talk, but they should have done that before," says Trump.
"Iran is not winning this war."
Asked what it would take for the US to become involved militarily, he says: "I don't want to talk about that."
Iran has gone to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman asking them to go to Donald Trump, so he can press Israel to agree to a ceasefire, sources have told Reuters news agency.
In return, Iran is said to be willing to offer flexibility in its nuclear negotiations with the US.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tehran was signalling it wanted to end fighting as well, citing Middle Eastern and European officials.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have called on the residents of Tel Aviv to evacuate as soon as possible, the country's state media reported.
It is a move that exactly mirrors Israel's own tactics.
Earlier today, Israel told residents of Tehran to evacuate, and later conducted strikes on the Iranian capital - see our 14.46 post.
Sir Keir Starmer has advised British nationals in Israel to register their presence.
"For British nationals in Israel, we're giving advice today to register their presence, so there will be a portal for that," he said.
"So I think all countries are also taking the necessary measures on a protective basis."
You can find the registration link
The prime minister is in Canada for the G7 summit.
He also called for de-escalation, which he said was a focus of the meeting.
"We all accept Israel's right to self-defence of course, but there must be de-escalation and that will be the central focus of much of the discussion today."
Israeli attacks on Iran in recent days have followed a playbook previously used when Israel attacked Hezbollah, defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke says.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Lebanon last year to neutralise the threat of Hezbollah following several cross-border attacks.
Comparing that scenario to Israel's recent attacks on Iran, Professor Clarke says: "In terms of the Israeli attacks, they very much they follow what we might call the Hezbollah playbook.
"They've attacked fairly specific targets, coupled with a series of assassinations against senior leaders.
"They're trying to decapitate the command structure while they attack air defence to open up Iranian air defence and then attack Iran."
Energy infrastructure 'creaking'
On top of targeting Iran's nuclear sites, Professor Clarke says Israel has also been aiming to disrupt the country's energy infrastructure, which "feeds Iran's military machine".
"They're trying to bring down the internal energy infrastructure of Iran, which is creaking," he says.
Iran, Clarke said, was trying to do something similar in attacking Israel's port city of Haifa.
"There's a rationale to both sides."
The G7 has reached a draft statement on the Israel-Iran conflict - but US President Donald Trump has not signed off on it yet.
World leaders have been meeting in Canada today.
It is a meeting overshadowed by the conflict in the Middle East and plagued by fears of what Trump may do.
The draft calls for de-escalation, but says that Israel has the right to defend itself.
It stressed Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and that the leaders would work ot safeguard market stability.
It isn't clear how close, or far away, the US leader is, and he infamously abandoned a G7 joint statement during his first term.
