Huge fire engulfs Kuwait tower as war in the Middle East enters a second week

A huge fire engulfs a tower in Kuwait and missile and drone attacks are reported across the Gulf as the war in the Middle East enters a second week.

Meanwhile, President Trump accuses Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to "join wars after we've already won" and says that "we don't need" UK aircraft carriers.

The comments come as the BBC learns that British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has been placed on advanced readiness.

In Tehran, oil depots were hit by intense aerial bombardment, with locals reporting multiple explosions and heavy smoke. "It was as if the night had turned into day," one man tells BBC Persian.

Israel has warned residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut to evacuate as it targets the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.

An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed four people, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.

Israel says it struck "key commanders" of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, the IRGC's overseas operations arm.

Civilian facilities in Kuwait have been damaged by falling debris after drone interceptions, the Kuwait army says.

"Some civilian facilities have sustained material damage as a result of debris and shrapnel falling from interception operations", an official spokesman of the Ministry of Defense is quoted saying in a post on X, shared by the Kuwait army.

Footage on social media has shown a large fire engulfing a tower in Kuwait.

The country's air force "continues to engage hostile aerial targets", the spokesman says, as the army urges citizens and residents to "adhere to the safety and security instructions".

Oil depots in Tehran have been hit, Lebanese officials say four people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hotel in Beirut, and Israel says it struck "key commanders" of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, the IRGC's overseas operations arm.

Gulf states have also been reporting missiles and drone strikes.

A huge fire has engulfed a tower in Kuwait, where the army says it has been dealing "with a wave of hostile drones that breached the country's airspace".