A ceasefire appears to collapse within a few hours of it being announced - with Israel saying it is launching strikes on Tehran, while accusing Iran of breaching the agreement. Listen to Trump 100 as you scroll.
Tuesday 24 June 2025 09:38, UK
Iranian state media has responded to Israel's accusations, saying Iran denies reports that it has violated the ceasefire.
Israel's military said it had detected launches from Iran earlier, with defence minister Israel Katz later adding that Israel would respond "forcefully".
By Tom Cheshire, data and forensics correspondent
Even as Iran and the US officially confirmed a ceasefire, we were left waiting on official word from the Israeli government.
Eventually it said it had agreed to the deal, stating it had removed "a dual immediate existential threat 鈥� both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields".
Perhaps it was playing wait and see.
And maybe it should have waited longer because only an hour or so later, the IDF said more missiles had been launched by Iran.
We will need to wait to see whether the ceasefire survives the morning, let alone the day.
But if one part of that dual threat clearly remains - ballistic missiles - people will also ask questions of the second, more existential threat - Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Because the text from the Israeli government wasn't just a statement, it was an argument.
"In Operation Rising Lion, the State of Israel achieved great historical achievements and placed itself on a par with the world powers," the government said.
That achievement would belong to the man who has driven affairs, launching this war and then enticing Donald Trump to join it - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It is a stunning achievement and has done much to repair his reputation.
But if the war with Iran is indeed over - a big if - attention will refocus on his failures - to bring back the hostages, dead and alive, still held by Hamas, and to end nearly two years of war in Gaza, a war has brought almost unimaginable suffering and left tens of thousands dead.
Israel's military will attack Iran "with force" after it committed a "serious ceasefire violation", a spokesperson for the IDF says.
Earlier, the military said it had identified missiles launched from Iran two hours after the start of the ceasefire.
If you're just joining us, here's the latest:
Israel's defence minister says he has instructed the military to "respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran."
Israel Katz's comments appear to have come before the military detected Iranian missiles in northern Israel a short while ago (see last post).
It is unclear at this stage which Iranian strikes he is referring to, although medics say five people were killed in Beer Sheba overnight after missiles fired by Tehran.
We'll bring you more detail on this as we get it.
Israel's military says people in the north of the country can now leave air raid shelters following reports of Iranian missile fire.
Emergency services Magen David Adom said it hasn't received any calls about casualties, except for one man who was injured making his way to a shelter.
We haven't seen any Iranian confirmation of the attack.
If hostilities in the Middle East have come to an end "people will breathe a sigh of relief", Pat MacFadden, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has told Breakfast presenter Wilfred Frost.
Asked if the UK was pleased or disappointed by the US strikes on Iran over the weekend, MacFadden said: "I don't think we're disappointed.
"If this brings Iran's nuclear programme to an end, I think the world will be relived about that."
He went on to say the US strikes on Iran were "their decision".
"It's not a military action we were involved in but what we want to see Iran agree to end its nuclear programme," he added.
The Israeli military says it has identified missiles recently launched from Iran heading towards Israel.
"Defence systems are working to intercept the threat," the military adds.
A second update says air raid alerts were recently activated in the north of Israel following the detection of missiles.
We'll bring you more on this story as we get it.
By Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, business and economics reporter
Many of us wonder what comes next between the US, Iran and Israel.
Oil investors, however, seem to have put those worries behind them as the price has fallen to levels last seen before Israel struck Iran.
A barrel of Brent crude oil now costs $68.76, a low not seen since 12 June.
The drop below $70 in April was seen as symbolic as expectations of a US recession rose following Donald Trump's announcement of country-specific tariffs.
The current rate is still well below the average $80 seen in 2024.
After Trump announced a ceasefire, US stocks rose in out-of-hours trading.
In Asia, nearly all major stock market indexes have risen.
Germany's Friedrich Merz has welcomed Donald Trump's ceasefire between Israel and Iran, appealing to both countries to now adhere to it.
"If this ceasefire succeeds after the decisive US military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, it will be a very positive development," he says in a post on X.
"It will make the Middle East and the world safer."
The German chancellor says he will discuss ways to stabilise the situation with American and European partners on the sidelines of today鈥檚 NATO summit in The Hague.
