Ellen Connolly
Ellen Connolly is a journalist and digital editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
US-Iran war live updates: US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil; Three Australians on US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM confirms; People ordered to evacuate southern Beirut
The conflict in the Middle East is intensifying, as reports of drone strikes spread across the region, and Iran vows revenge after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko, Nick Newling and Alexander Darling
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US-Iran war news updates: Iranian warship sunk by torpedo off Sri Lanka; Hegseth says US ‘just getting started’; First repatriation flight lands in Sydney
Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, and retaliatory strikes impact the entire region. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
US-Iran war updates: Khamenei’s son tipped as likely new leader as Trump says US ‘decimated’ Iran; Israeli ground troops in Lebanon; Death toll continues to rise
Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, Israel launches an offensive in Lebanon, and Iran returns fire across the region. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Josefine Ganko and Brittany Busch
US-Iran war as it happened: Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, vows to fire on ships trying to pass; Trump warns of ‘big wave’ of strikes as Iran death toll passes 550
The US-Israel war on Iran continues, while attacks have also started on the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Hundreds of people have been killed across the region as Iran returns fire. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly, Lynette Eyb and Brittany Busch
As it happened: Israeli strikes kill 31 in Lebanon after renewed attacks on Iran following death of Khamenei; Three US troops killed as death toll rises among Iranian civilians
The US-Israel attacks on Iran continue after the country’s senior leaders and more than 100 others were killed. Iran is returning fire. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly and Josefine Ganko
US-Iran war as it happened: Trump orders Iran to back down in fiery post; nine killed as hundreds storm US consulate
The US has joined Israel in launching a daylight attack on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s downtown. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Supratim Adhikari, Alexander Darling, Lynette Eyb, Ellen Connolly, Jessica McSweeney, Ashleigh McMillan and Angus Delaney
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested as it happened: Former prince released from custody after 11 hours amid Epstein scandal; King Charles, Trump, Virginia Giuffre’s family issue statement
Follow our live coverage of the arrest of the former prince.
- Josefine Ganko, Ellen Connolly, Daniel Lo Surdo and Isabel McMillan
US-Venezuela as it happened: Maduro appears in New York court; UN condemns US strike; Machado praises Trump’s ‘courageous vision’
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife have appeared in a Manhattan federal court, as opinion on the Caracas operation continues to split. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Ellen Connolly, Jack Gramenz and Daniel Lo Surdo
Girls as young as 14 recruited for sexual massages, second batch of Epstein files reveals
The FBI found additional victims beyond those identified by police by combing through high school yearbooks.
- Michael Koziol and Ellen Connolly
Louvre heist the work of petty criminals, not professional organised crime: prosecutor
The four suspects arrested for the brazen daylight robbery were not Ocean’s Eleven-style professional gangsters capable of executing complex operations.
- Ellen Connolly