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Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon have exchanged strikes as the Iran conflict widens across the Middle East.

The Lebanese health ministry said Israeli attacks in Beirut and southern Lebanon have killed at least 31 people, with 149 injured. Israel said it was responding to Hezbollah attacks.

Meanwhile, apparent Iranian strikes around the region continue - with explosions reported in Bahrain and Dubai, while an oil refinery was attacked in Saudi Arabia.

In Kuwait, “several” US fighter planes have crashed, the Kuwaiti military has said.

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Global oil prices have risen after Iran continued to launch strikes across the Middle East in response to ongoing attacks by the US and Israel.

Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, jumped by 10% to touch more than $82 a barrel on Monday after at least three ships were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend. Natural gas prices also surged by as much as 25%.

Iran warned vessels not to pass through the crucial waterway in the south of the country, through which about 20% of the world's oil and gas is shipped.

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A wave of extreme violence has been sweeping across Mexico after the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho".

He died in custody, shortly after being captured in a bloody firefight in Jalisco. Mexico's president praised the country's special forces for "bringing down" Mexico's most wanted man.

Mexico’s drug cartels wield enormous power in the country and have an arsenal that rivals the military. But violence, intimidation and corruption are their weapons too, and they are prepared to kill anyone who stands in their way; politicians, journalists and civilians.

As the BBC's Quentin Sommerville found in another Mexican cartel hotspot, Culiacán in northern Sinaloa state, the vacuum left by the removal of a powerful cartel leader can trigger a surge in violence as warring factions battle for control.

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As rockets continue to rain down across the Middle East, oil tankers have been targeted in a key shipping lane off Iran, the Strait of Hormuz. It’s raised fears of the global economic impact of the conflict. Thousands of flights have also been suspended across the Middle East, after Iranian missiles hit airports.

US President Trump has announced the death of three service personnel as he says American combat operations will continue until all its objectives have been achieved.

Iran’s capital Tehran has again been the main target of US and Israeli airstrikes, with authorities there saying hundreds of civilians have been killed. A hospital has been hit.

It follows confirmation by the Iranian regime that the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed. Opponents of the regime celebrated on the streets, while mass demonstrations of supporters have held rallies threatening vengeance.

Iran has been continuing to strike back, with more rockets hitting US allies across the region including Israel. Nine people were killed in the city of Beit Shemesh.

Clive Myrie and Reeta Chakrabarti present BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Joe Pike, Gordon Corera, Sarah Smith, Lucy Williamson, Barbara Plett Usher, Marc Ashdown and Faisal Islam.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has launched another wave of strikes on Tehran, while Iranian officials say at least 153 people including children were killed after a reported strike hit a school.

In Israel, nine people have been killed after a missile strike in the city of Beit Shemesh, according to medical services.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he's "given instructions for the continuation of the campaign" against Iran during a meeting with his defence minister, chief of staff, and the head of the Mossad security service.

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Today, we look at the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli attacks on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump released a statement late in the evening saying he was targeted via intelligence and tracking systems.

International editor Jeremy Bowen joins Laura and Paddy to discuss how it happened, what it means for the future of Iran and the region, and how the rest of the world is reacting.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his office on Saturday morning during a US-Israeli attack.

The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the past three decades was announced by US President Donald Trump and later confirmed on Iranian state TV.

Ali Khamenei was born in the city of Mashhad in 1939, and he would later join the religious opposition movement of Ayatollah Khomeini.

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Ali Khamenei became deputy defence minister and helped organise the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.

When Khomeini died in 1989, Ali Khamenei was selected to be the new supreme leader.

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The UK defence secretary has said protecting UK military and civilians in the Middle East from "indiscriminate attacks" by Iran was his priority.

John Healey told the BBC that "no-one will mourn" the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of US and Israeli air strikes on Iran.

Healey said some British military personnel at a base in Bahrain had been "within several hundred yards" of a retaliatory missile and drone strike on Saturday, while two missiles had been fired in the direction of Cyprus.

The UK did not participate in the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Healey said the government was reviewing the terror threat level in the UK.

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Iran's state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, after attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time.

The state media confirmation of Ayatollah Khamenei's death came after US President Donald Trump had announced the news in a social media post on Truth Social, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Khamenei's Tehran compound had been destroyed in "a powerful, surprise strike".

Iran responded to the attack by launching missiles and drones towards Israel and four Gulf Arab countries which host US military bases: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.

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Donald Trump has announced that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed.

The US President stated on his Truth Social platform: "This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World.”

"He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do… This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”

Satellite images show the compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader in ruins, following the launch of attacks by the US and Israel across the country. Israel said it had killed seven other senior Iranian leaders in the strikes.

In response, Iran launched attacks throughout the Middle East. Strikes have been reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, and Kuwait - all places with US military bases, or that are allied to the US.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Sarah Smith, Baran Abassi, Chris Mason and Frank Gardner.

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