Government security briefings on the Middle East conflict give Northern Ireland "a seat at the table" to raise issues, an Alliance Party MP has said. Sorcha Eastwood was responding after First Minister Michelle O'Neill refused to join a second Cabinet Office briefing with senior officials.

The warning comes as Iran retaliates against a joint U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of top Iranian officials on Saturday.

Iran's ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel has led to sporting events being postponed in several countries, while competitions elsewhere have been hit by travel disruption, with thousands of flights cancelled in some of the world's busiest transit ​hubs.

Israeli airforce attacking cities simultaneously with a ‘wave of extensive strikes’ as soldiers are deployed on the ground in southern Lebanon

Drones struck two facilities in the United Arab Emirates directly, and damaged a data center in Bahrain, Amazon said.

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Since the US and Israel first struck Iran with bombing and missile attacks over the weekend, the speed at which this war has exploded into a regional conflict is ‘dizzying’, says the Guardian’s Oliver Holmes.

Commercial flights across parts of the Middle East have been grounded due to the escalating conflict after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, stranding foreign nationals and prompting governments to consider repatriation.

The high prices came as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain.