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Projectiles struck buildings and killed civilians in Israel while defences in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait continue to intercept incoming fire.

Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Abragchi defended the regime's strikes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Saragchi speaking there, as Trump said in a brief interview with the New York Times on Sunday that the assault on Iran could last four or five weeks.

Meanwhile, officials in Tehran yesterday said that the death toll in the country was already over 200 people, with that figure expected to rise significantly.

It has truly reached the record of all times, an alliance in peace and in war.

Well, as the US and Israeli bombing of Iran continues, President Trump has told ABC that his preferred candidates to lead the state were killed in the initial attack.

Iran has said that it hopes to elect a new supreme leader within the next few days, according to the foreign ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei in an interview with NPR overnight.

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has thrown the country's future leadership into question.

Khamenei did not publicly designate a successor.

Wendy Sherman, former US Deputy Secretary of State, says Iran's regime will be extremely hard to dislodge.

Wendy Sherman there.

It comes as it was reported that President Trump has agreed to talk to Iran's new leadership, the Atlantic, quoting a conversation with the US president saying that they want to talk and I have agreed to talk, though the president didn't specify who that would be.

Iran's National Security Chief Ali Larajani responding on X saying that Iran will not negotiate with the United States.

Travel chaos has extended through the Middle East and beyond, causing major disruptions at some of the world's busiest airports.

Carriers across the Persian Gulf are extended an unprecedented blanket flight suspension after Iran targeted airports in its weekend offensive.

European airline stocks that have begun trading this morning in Europe have plunged.

Lufthansa is down by 11%.

Shares in Wizz Air have dropped by 14%.

Bloomberg's aviation and transport reporter Danny Lee says it's not clear when the disruption might end.