US-Iran war live updates: Flight out of Dubai lands in Sydney, Hegseth confirms US sunk warship with torpedo

RECAP: US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has confirmed the Iranian vessel that sunk in the Indian Ocean was taken down by a US torpedo. 

Katherine Kraayvanger, Max Corstorphan and Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
European nations including the UK, France and Greece are deploying military assets to Cyprus following Iranian drone attacks on RAF Akrotiri.

THE NIGHTLY: Read the recap of events below.

Key events

04 Mar 2026 - 09:36 PM

Hegseth confirms US sunk Iranian warship with torpedo

04 Mar 2026 - 08:27 PM

140 missing as Iranian warship feared sunk

04 Mar 2026 - 08:13 PM

First planeload of Aussies stranded in Middle East land back home

04 Mar 2026 - 07:31 PM

Iran state funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei postponed

04 Mar 2026 - 06:56 PM

US Senate to vote on Trump’s war power

04 Mar 2026 - 06:45 PM

Major Saudi oil refinery attacked again

04 Mar 2026 - 06:15 PM

China calls for ‘immediate cessation’ of strikes on Iran

04 Mar 2026 - 05:18 PM

Iran bombed ‘out of spite’: Foreign minister

04 Mar 2026 - 04:29 PM

Large smoke plume spotted near Beirut International Airport

04 Mar 2026 - 04:23 PM

‘Broad scale’ strikes on Iran imminent, Israel says

04 Mar 2026 - 03:14 PM

US spy planes make secret stop in WA amid war

04 Mar 2026 - 03:14 PM

1000 dead in Iran, including hundreds of children, agency reports

04 Mar 2026 - 03:12 PM

Qantas puts on new flight for UK travellers

04 Mar 2026 - 03:11 PM

3-day ceremony for Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran

04 Mar 2026 - 02:55 PM

New Iranian leader a ‘target’ for Israel, says minister

04 Mar 2026 - 02:24 PM

Israel issues evacuation order for Beirut suburbs as smoke reported in Lebanon capital

04 Mar 2026 - 02:05 PM

Aussies in Dubai describe blasts, fear and flight chaos

04 Mar 2026 - 01:53 PM

Australia’s ambiguous strategy persists on Iran strikes

04 Mar 2026 - 01:34 PM

Iran wakes up to US-Israeli bombardment

04 Mar 2026 - 01:19 PM

Death toll from Lebanon attack rises

04 Mar 2026 - 01:15 PM

How Middle East conflict could be good for Aussie economy

04 Mar 2026 - 11:59 AM

Google, Amazon close offices as big tech flee Dubai

04 Mar 2026 - 11:33 AM

Rescue operation in Lebanon after Israeli strike

04 Mar 2026 - 11:26 AM

New claim on Trump’s timeline for Iran bombing order

04 Mar 2026 - 10:59 AM

Six crisis teams headed to Middle East to help Aussies get home

04 Mar 2026 - 08:23 AM

‘Shooting all the things that can shoot at us’: Epic Fury update

04 Mar 2026 - 08:10 AM

IDF strike ‘covert’ Iranian nuclear site

04 Mar 2026 - 08:03 AM

Footage emerges of overnight strikes on Tehran

04 Mar 2026 - 07:46 AM

Israel unleashes new wave of ‘extensive’ strikes on Iran

04 Mar 2026 - 07:35 AM

Pentagon identifies four US soldiers killed during Operation Epic Fury

04 Mar 2026 - 07:17 AM

UK jets scramble in defence of Kingdom of Jordan

04 Mar 2026 - 07:01 AM

Emmanuel Macron says France will lean into Middle East conflict

04 Mar 2026 - 07:00 AM

Trump claims he ‘forced Israel’s hand’ to take part in strikes against Iran

04 Mar 2026 - 06:59 AM

Carney rolls out laundry list when asked ‘is this war of choice or necessity?’

04 Mar 2026 - 06:59 AM

Canadian PM Mark Carney says allies should be part of the ‘diplomatic solution’

04 Mar 2026 - 06:46 AM

ATP players race off court after nearby explosions: ‘Get inside’

04 Mar 2026 - 06:40 AM

US has hit over 1700 targets since Saturday: CENTCOM

04 Mar 2026 - 06:20 AM

Israel conducts hundreds of strikes on Iran and Lebanon

04 Mar 2026 - 06:07 AM

Trump says US navy will shadow ships through Strait of Hormuz

04 Mar 2026 - 05:54 AM

‘Not Winston Churchill’: Trump’s sledge at UK’s Starmer

04 Mar 2026 - 05:36 AM

Rubio confirms diplomatic staff are evacuating Middle East

04 Mar 2026 - 05:33 AM

Wong reveals when first repatriation flight from Dubai could depart

04 Mar 2026 - 05:28 AM

Missiles rain as Lebanon dragged into Middle East war

04 Mar 2026 - 05:23 AM

Iran announces new Supreme Leader as tensions rise

04 Mar 2026 - 05:11 AM

‘Violation of human rights’: UN blasts Australia over strikes

04 Mar 2026 - 05:08 AM

US consulate in Dubai on fire after drone strike

04 Mar 2026 - 04:47 AM

Trump says Iran's armed forces have been ‘knocked out’

Trump says Iran's armed forces have been ‘knocked out’

Donald Trump says the joint US-Israeli strikes have delivered knockout blows to all arms of the Iranian military.

“[Iran] has no navy, it’s been knocked out. They have no air force, that’s been knocked out. They have no air detection, that’s been knocked out,” Mr Trump told media during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House.

“Their radar has been knocked out. Just about everything’s been knocked out.

“They no longer have air protection. They no longer have any detection facilities at all left, and so they’re going to be in for a lot of hurt,” Mr Trump added.

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