Iran launches new missile barrage at Israel as US Senate backs Trump's war powers

US lawmakers have voted against a war powers measure that would have limited Donald Trump's ability to order further military action in Iran

Iran launches more missiles towards Israel, the IDF says, with explosions heard in Jerusalem, according to reports

The US military has identified two more servicemen believed to have been killed in a drone strike in Kuwait

Meanwhile, a flight chartered by the UK government to bring Britons back from Oman did not take off as planned, and will instead depart today, the BBC understands

Earlier, Israel's military said it launched a new "wave of strikes" targeting military infrastructure in Tehran

The military also said it struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut on Thursday morning

Around 20,000 seafarers are trapped because of events in the Straits of Hormuz, according to a UN body

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean - the Pentagon released footage of the strike

About 180 people are thought to have been on board the Iris Dena - 32 were rescued and Sri Lankan authorities say 80 bodies have so far been found

Iranians have told the BBC the country's capital Tehran "feels empty" and that they "deserve a normal life"

Here is what has been happening

US lawmakers have voted against a war powers measure that would have limited Donald Trump's ability to order further military action in Iran. The measure would have required the withdrawal of US forces from the conflict unless Congress approved the operation.

It failed to pass the US Senate by 47-53 votes, almost entirely down party lines. The House is set to vote on the same question tomorrow.

Here is what else has happened in the last few hours:

The Israeli military says Iran launched several missiles towards Israel in the early hours of Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties

Three people have been killed, and six others injured, after two Israeli strikes near Lebanon's capital. Lebanese media say the strikes were carried out on the road to the Beirut-Rafik Hariri International Airport (RFHA), citing Lebanon's health ministry

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says intensifying violence across the Middle East and beyond has already triggered significant population movement. It said an estimated 100,000 people left Tehran in the first two days following the US-Israeli attack. In Lebanon it said 58,000 people were sheltering across collective sites, though Lebanese officials say the number is more than 80,000

The US military has confirmed the name of a fifth soldier killed in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait in the opening days of the war, and what is believed to be the name of the sixth soldier killed in the attack

Around 20,000 seafarers are trapped because of events in the Straits of Hormuz, the head of the UN's International Maritime Organization has told the BBC

The flight chartered by the UK government to bring Britons back from Oman did not take off as planned on Wednesday evening due to a technical issue, the BBC understands. Qatar Airways says it will operate other relief flights from the Middle East to several European cities on Thursday

Qatar has begun evacuating residents living near the US Embassy in Doha as a temporary precautionary measure, according to the Qatar Ministry of Interior. It comes after US embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the US consulate in Dubai, were attacked by drones this week

A tanker off the coast of Kuwait has been hit by a "large explosion", causing an oil spill, British maritime security agency UKMTO says