
Russia's nuke warning to Trump: Kremlin tells US a tactical nuclear weapon strike on Iran would be 'catastrophic' as it warns America and Israel not to kill Khamenei
Russia has today warned Donald Trump any use of tactical nuclear weapons in Iran would be 'catastrophic' as the US President says he will decide in the next two weeks whether to join in Israel 's war.
Russian news service Tass is reporting the Kremlin has issued a fresh plea for Trump to avoid using bunker busting bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities amid fears it could spark wider conflict across the Middle East.
Last night, Iran-backed militias threatened to join in the war with Israel if the Trump administration enters the Israel-Iran conflict.
Hashtags

Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles

Reuters
11 minutes ago
- Reuters
Elon Musk says Senate bill would destroy jobs and harm US
June 28 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill released by the U.S. Senate, calling it "utterly insane and destructive," weeks after the world's richest person and its most powerful ended a feud sparked by Mark's opposition to the bill. "The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!" Musk wrote in a post on X. "It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future."


The Independent
12 minutes ago
- The Independent
Elon Musk lashes out at Senate's take on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill as support comes down to the wire
Elon Musk has slammed the Senate version of President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' as support for the motion to proceed with the legislation in the upper chamber comes down to the wire. 'The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!' Musk wrote on X on Saturday afternoon. 'Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.' Republicans are attempting to garner sufficient support on Saturday to pass a motion to proceed with the legislation. Senate Republicans dropped the final text of the sprawling 940-page bill late on Friday evening. Trump has said he wanted the Senate to pass the legislation --which would include sweeping spending cuts to pay for the tax cuts he signed into law in 2017, increased spending for the military, oil exploration, and immigration enforcement--before the July 4th weekend. Republicans, who have 53 seats, plan to pass the bill using the process of budget reconciliation. That would allow them to sidestep a filibuster from the Democrats as long as the legislation relates to the budget. For the past week, the Senate parliamentarian's office has issued advisories about which parts do not comply with the rules of reconciliation. The biggest sticking point was major changes to Medicaid. Specifically, the legislation would require that Medicaid recipients who are able-bodied and without dependent children would have to work or participate in community service or education for 80 hours a month. In addition, the legislation limits the amount of money states can tax health care providers like hospitals and nursing homes to raise money for Medicaid. But the American Hospital Association said this would devastate rural hospitals that rely on Medicaid dollars. The parliamentarian removed the provider tax provision, but the new version of the bill simply delays when the cap goes into effect. Before the text dropped, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who hails from a state with a large number of rural hospitals and that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2023, said he was a "no" on the motion to proceed because of Medicaid. "It will cause a lot of people to have to be moved off of Medicaid," he told The Independent on Friday evening. "Is just inescapable. The price tag's too high, and the transition protocol, even if you agree with the ultimate target." In addition, the legislation also rolls back some of the renewable energy tax credits implemented in the Inflation Reduction Act, the legislation former President Joe Biden signed that used the same budget reconciliation process. If the bill passes the Senate, it will return to the House of Representatives, which passed it last month. But plenty of conservatives have made objections to the Senate's changes. Trump lobbied senators on Saturday while playing golf with Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Tillis, who's up for re-election in 2028, outlined his opposition to the bill again on Saturday, saying in a statement that 'It would result in tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina, including our hospitals and rural communities. This will force the state to make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands in the expansion population, and even reducing critical services for those in the traditional Medicaid population.' Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana wrote on X ahead of the vote on Saturday, 'I have just concluded productive discussions with leadership. I will be leading an amendment to strip the sale of public lands from this bill. I will vote yes on the motion to proceed. We must quickly pass the Big Beautiful Bill to advance President Trump's agenda.'


The Sun
19 minutes ago
- The Sun
NATO jets scrambled to intercept Russian spyplane as Kremlin threatens ‘direct' response to military buildup on border
GERMAN fighter jets were dramatically scrambled to intercept a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea. It came just hours before the Kremlin warned of a 'direct' response to NATO's growing presence on its doorstep. 8 8 Two Eurofighters roared into action on Friday after NATO radar spotted a Russian Il-20 with its transponder switched off. The plane had taken off from Kaliningrad and was heading west toward Poland and Germany, according to Bild and The Kyiv Independent. Germany's quick reaction team made visual contact about 100km off the coast. They snapped a photo before the lumbering Russian aircraft turned north, skirting just 40km from the Baltic island of Usedom but staying out of German airspace. It's the ninth time this year German jets have been scrambled to shadow Moscow's snoopers. NATO says the Kremlin is using these flights to test alliance defences and gather intel on troop positions as the Ukraine war drags on. The airborne drama came as Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Estonia's willingness to host NATO aircraft armed with nuclear weapons, branding it a 'direct' danger to Moscow. 'Directly, of course,' he said, when asked if such a move posed a threat, Russian news agency TASS reported. Peskov sneered that Baltic leaders often make 'absurd' statements, and added icy relations could scarcely get any worse: 'It is very difficult to do anything worse.' Tallinn's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur had earlier revealed Estonia is ready to welcome NATO jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear bombs — pointing to recent visits by US F-35s that could soon be guarding the tiny nation's skies again. It comes amid mounting alarm that Vladimir Putin is readying Russia for a showdown with NATO itself. Bruno Kahl, head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, recently warned 'Ukraine is only a step on the journey westward,' adding: 'We have intelligence showing it.' NATO chief Mark Rutte piled on the pressure, saying the alliance must brace for the possibility of a Russian attack by 2030. Putin's forces have already begun amassing hardware and troops close to Finland, just 35 miles from the border, according to satellite snaps showing activity at four Russian bases — Kamenka, Petrozavodsk, Severomorsk-2 and Olenya. Defence experts fear Moscow may attempt to provoke NATO into a limited clash, testing the alliance's Article 5 pledge of mutual defence without triggering full-scale war. Meanwhile on the battlefield, Putin's summer push in Ukraine is grinding on at a snail's pace, with Kyiv's fierce drone attacks bogging down Russian advances. After 448 days of fighting in Chasiv Yar in Donetsk, Moscow's troops reportedly control just half the city — clawing back land at a rate so slow that even snails would outpace them. But with an estimated 125,000 Russian soldiers massing along Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv borders, Kyiv is bracing for what could be Putin's last big gamble to seize ground before negotiating a ceasefire. Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said his forces had managed to pin down a 50,000-strong Russian assault near Sumy, stabilising the lines for now. 8 8 8 Back in Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz poured more cold water on any thaw with Moscow, telling Süddeutsche Zeitung he won't pick up the phone to Putin given Russia's relentless bombing of Ukraine. His predecessor Olaf Scholz had broken ranks last year by speaking with the Kremlin tyrant — but Merz insisted the time for friendly calls is over. As Putin's bombers continue to pound Kyiv and Odesa with hundreds of drones and missiles every night, NATO eyes remain fixed on the Baltic and beyond — wary that Moscow's next gambit could spark the very clash the world fears most. It comes after Ukraine landed another humiliating blow on Vlad's war machine — blitzing two of Russia's prized Su-34 fighter jets in a daring long-range drone strike. Kyiv's forces targeted the Marinovka military airfield in the Volgograd region, flying drones 200 miles to smash four of the £37million jets. Two were destroyed outright, while the other pair were damaged, sending pro-war Russian Telegram channels into meltdown over the 'multi-billion dollar' losses. Furious Kremlin cheerleaders raged the attack 'could and should have been prevented.' Ukraine's SBU boasted the strike sparked a fire in critical infrastructure used to prep and repair Russian warplanes. Putin lashed out in brutal revenge. Overnight, Russia flattened a 21-storey tower block in Odesa, killing a married couple and wounding at least 14 others — including three children.