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A former senior British military intelligence officer has told Sky News that the world could face huge economic turbulence, depending on how Iran chooses to respond to the US strikes.

Phillip Ingram says what happens next - with the Iranian leadership likely to feel compelled to respond - could be "really, really worrying".

He told Sky News presenter Matt Barbet earlier: "If Iran does shut the Straits of Hormuz, between 20 and 30% of all the world's oil and gas goes through that strait. 

"The economic shock that would cause across the world would make what happened when Russia invaded Ukraine just over three years ago seem like small change."

Iran has other options, Ingram went on, with its proxies across the region.

Some of these, Ingram said, "were scary".

They range from terrorist activity to attacking US bases in the Middle East, he said.

Watch the full interview below:

The UK has further increased its "force protection" measures for its military bases and personnel in the Middle East to their highest level in the wake of the US strikes against Iran, Sky News understands.

This will involve greater security and heightened vigilance to protect British troops, equipment and bases.

The EU's naval mission in the Red Sea has raised its assessment level to "severe".

It applies to ships with US and Israeli interests heading through the Red Sea, Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement.

Our correspondent Cordelia Lynch is reporting from Tel Aviv, where more Iranian missiles hit overnight.

The central Israeli city has been repeatedly struck since Israel initiated fighting last Friday.

Lynch reports from a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city, where the front facade of a building was ripped off.

She describes how people's belongings were left exposed.

Catch up on her full report here:

Russia's foreign ministry has condemned the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.

It added: "The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb strikes, no matter what arguments are presented, grossly violates international law, the UN Charter, and UN Security Council resolutions, which previously unequivocally qualified such actions as unacceptable."

Echoing many other countries, it called for a solution through diplomatic means.

It also said damage to Iran's nuclear infrastructure was of "particular concern".

The US-Russia relationship has thawed considerably under Donald Trump, but that hasn't stopped the Kremlin criticising him this time.

By Emma Birchley, Sky News correspondent

For over a week, Joe has been in "a constant state of anxiety".

"I keep thinking, oh my god, anything could be happening to my family right now.

"I have a sense of guilt."

The British-Iranian lawyer in his 20s was born and bred in Wembley, but many members of his family are in Tehran: his grandparents on his mother's side, his father's father, his aunts, uncles, cousins.

And while the public was told to evacuate before the first strikes by Israel on Friday 13 June, for many, that simply wasn't an option.

"It was not feasible for elderly people," he said. "Vulnerable people like my grandparents were forced to stay. A three-hour journey was taking 20 hours."

Watch: Israel begins a new wave of strikes in Iran

And with only a fraction of the country able to access intermittent internet, it has been hard to confirm that they are safe.

One of his cousins has been able to access social media and has posted updates to reassure relatives here in the UK.

Now, Joe is hugely worried about what lies ahead.

"The way people look at this conflict, it's like a Marvel film; looking for a good side and a bad side."

But it's not that simple, he says.

"If regime change is to come about, I wouldn't know how to feel.

"Part of me would feel relieved and happy, but part of me would feel is it Israel and the US's job to topple this regime?"

Air defences have been activated in eastern Tehran, Iranian state media has reported.

It said it had happened in the eastern Tehran province and the Yazd province.

Large explosions were also reported in Iran's southern city of Bushehr, Shargh newspaper said.

This is notable as Tehran's only operating nuclear plant is in Bushehr.

Israel previously said it struck it, before seemingly rowing back on the comments.

We've just had some reaction from China to the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities overnight.

The foreign ministry "strongly condemns" the attack.

Donald Trump's military action "seriously violates" the UN charter, it added.

 Sir Keir Starmer has just spoken to broadcasters about the US strikes on Iran overnight.

Asked if the UK government supports the action of its ally, the prime minister did not answer the question directly.

He said: "We've long had concerns about the Iranian nuclear programme, and been very clear that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

"The US has now taken action to alleviate that threat. It is important that we now de-escalate the situation, stabilise the region, and get the parties back around the table to negotiate, and I've been speaking with international leaders this morning to that end."

In a message to the British public, he said the government is doing "everything we can to stabilise the situation, to de-escalate the situation, and to get to a negotiated outcome".

He added that "Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon", which he labelled "the greatest threat to stability in the region".

Despite his calls for de-escalation, the opposite seems to be occurring, and Starmer acknowledged that.

"That is a risk to the region, it's a risk beyond the region, and that's why all our focus has been on de-escalating, getting people back around to negotiate what is a very real threat in relation to the nuclear programme," he said.

The PM refused to "speculate about what may happen" and whether the UK could become involved, but said "all necessary measures" have been taken to protect UK interests and personnel.

He also wouldn't say if he felt "foolish", having told Sky News earlier this week that he did not think a US attack on Iran was imminent.

Our correspondent Cordelia Lynch is on the ground in a Tel Aviv neighbourhood that was hit by Iranian strikes overnight and into this morning.

She says there is "huge damage" to homes in the area, and rescue teams were trying to clear away the debris.

In the last hour, a soldier has just removed a cat that survived the strike from a destroyed building.

"You can see, up close, the level of destruction in this neighbourhood on the outskirts of Tel Aviv," Lynch says.

"People's belongings are hanging over the edges of their homes.

"There's a lot of concrete and debris to clear, but despite this intense level of destruction, what strikes you is how many people support Israel's actions against Iran, and this morning also welcome America's intervention.

"They hope it will bring a quicker resolution to this conflict."

Here is a selection of pictures from Lynch and her team: