Josefine Ganko
Josefine Ganko is an overnight producer for The Sydney Morning Herald based in London. She was formerly a breaking news reporter and news blogger.
US-Iran war as it happened: Trump calls on countries to send warships to reopen Hormuz; UN chief urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting
Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East enters its third week.
- Caroline Schelle, Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Josefine Ganko
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US-Iran war as it happened: Trump says US bombed Iran’s Kharg Island; 2500 Marines, US warship sent to Middle East; Fresh airstrikes hit Beirut
Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East reaches the two-week mark.
- Paul Dyer, Josefine Ganko and Michaela Whitbourn
US-Iran war as it happened: Australia releases diesel, petrol amid fuel shortages; Trump calls Iran’s leaders ‘deranged scumbags’, warns them more to come
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released his first statement. Read the live blog for our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.
- Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
US-Iran war as it happened: Player refuses to leave as Iranian women’s soccer team departs Sydney; NATO shoots down second missile heading for Turkey
The ripples of the conflict in the Middle East reached Australian shores, as players on the Iranian women’s football team were granted asylum, while others departed the country to return to Iran. Look back on our live coverage.
- Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Ellen Connolly and Josefine Ganko
US-Iran war news updates: Israel vows to take down Khamenei’s successor; Trump considering putting ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran
The conflict in the Middle East has entered its second week as Israel and the US continue to attack Iran, Israel launches a new offensive in Lebanon, and Iran retaliates on US-allied neighbours. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Patrick Begley, Angus Thomson and Josefine Ganko
US-Iran war news updates: Operations partially resume at Dubai airport as missile threats continue; Iran’s president rebuffs Trump’s demand for ‘unconditional surrender’
Flights to and from Dubai have partially resumed after a day of disruptions as the UAE faced further missile threats. Tehran has also come under intense bombardment with the US and Israel continuing to trade blows with Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.
- Sarah McPhee, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
US-Iran war news 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
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
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