The head of the UN-backed nuclear watchdog has raised fresh concerns over Iran’s failure to fully cooperate with inspections, warning that this is preventing independent verification of its nuclear activities.

Iran remains in economic crisis due to international sanctions over its nuclear program, which have limited its oil exports. The Iranian rial remains weak and inflation is stubbornly high at around 40%. Any further disruption to oil exports would ripple globally.

From the very beginning, Israel targeted Iran’s air defences. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released multiple videos showing missile batteries being destroyed. This afternoon, IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin says Israel has “air freedom all the way to Tehran”.

According to Iranian media, around 60 people, including 20 children, had been killed in an attack on a housing complex. At least three people were killed and several others were injured on the Israeli side as waves of missiles streaked across the Jerusalem sky.

At least 10 people in Israel were killed in Iranian strikes overnight, bringing the country's total death toll to 13. An Israeli oil refinery in Haifa was also damaged by raining missiles

The death toll is growing as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks for a third consecutive day on Sunday, and Israel is warning that worse is to come. I

The United Nations atomic watchdog said there’s no indication of increased radiation levels at Iran’s main uranium-enrichment site, an early sign that Israel’s strikes haven’t penetrated the containment layers protecting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear stockpile.

Iran has rapidly escalated production of fissile material in the past six months and is producing around one nuclear weapon’s worth of 60% highly enriched uranium a month, principally at its Fordow site.