By Zaheena Rasheed and Ted Regencia

    Explosions rock Tel Aviv and Tehran as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on for a sixth straight day.

    US President Donald Trump demands Iran’s “unconditional surrender”, saying, “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.” The US also deploys more fighter jets to the Middle East, reports say.

    The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 240, including 70 women and children. More than 24 people have been killed in Iranian attacks on Israel.

    In Gaza, Israeli forces have killed at least 89 Palestinians, including 70 people seeking food aid in the city of Khan Younis.

    Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 55,432 people and wounded 128,923, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

UAE urges UNSC to take urgent action on Israel-Iran conflict

    The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates is calling on the UN Security Council to take “urgent and necessary measures” to obtain a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

    Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed al-Nahyan also said that diplomacy is required to “prevent the situation from spiralling into grave and far-reaching consequences”.

    He went on to warn that “reckless and miscalculated actions” could result in the conflict spilling beyond the borders of Israel and Iran, and called for urgent action to end hostilities “before the situation spirals out of control”.

Israel intercepts drone ‘from the east’

    The Israeli military says the drone triggered sirens at around 5:55am local time and has been shot down.

Former US diplomat urges Trump to give Iran an ultimatum

    A former US diplomat and senior foreign policy expert has called on US President Donald Trump to send Iran a “demanding proposal” with “a time limit to accept”, before taking further action that could draw Washington directly into conflict.

    Richard Hass, a veteran diplomat and former president of the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said in a post on X that Trump should demand Iranian denuclearisation with verification “in exchange for no attack and sanctions relief”.

    “If rejected, US should attack Fordow and other sites. Better to avoid war if possible, but Iran cannot become the next North Korea,” he said.

    Iran has threatened to target US interests in the Middle East region should Trump decide to be directly involved in Israel’s military operation.