Iran's Khamenei killed in US-Israel strike

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on Sunday.

- Agence France-Presse

Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei's death early Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the killing of the 86-year-old cleric he described as "one of the most evil people in History".

Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to launch the “most ferocious” operation in history against Israel and US bases, which are located in Gulf countries that were already counting the cost of an unprecedented series of deadly Iranian strikes.

Fresh explosions were heard in Doha, Dubai and Manama on Sunday, according to AFP journalists, as warning sirens ens sounded in central Israel with the military saying it was responding to Iranian missile fire.

Iran's state broadcaster said 27 US bases in the region, as well as Israel's military headquarters and a defence indus tries complex in Tel Aviv, were among the targets in a new wave of strikes.

Trump threatened that any retaliation from Tehran will lead to Iran being hit with a force that has “never been seen before”.