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The Sun
12 minutes ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Trump names final deadline before launching attack on Iran but Israel says it ‘won't wait' for US to hit nuclear plant
DONALD Trump has given Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a final two-week deadline to strike a nuclear deal or face 'grave consequences' from US strikes. The president is said to have privately approved plans for bombing Iran's key nuclear site, but was waiting for Tehran to come back to the negotiating table. yesterday. Trump said he "may" join Israeli strikes against Iran and its nuclear programme, but added: "I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do." But the White House said today that the president will decide on whether the US will get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict in the "next two weeks". Citing a message from Trump, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: 'Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.' She reiterated claims that Iran is just "weeks away" from producing a nuclear weapon. She added: "Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon. "All they need is a decision from the supreme leader to do that, and it would take a couple of weeks to complete the production of that weapon." Ms Leavitt said Trump wants to deal with things through diplomacy, but is 'unafraid' to take military action if necessary. She added: 'Nobody should be surprised by the President's position that Iran absolutely cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. He's been unequivocally clear about this for decades." However, Israel will not wait long for Trump's decision to strike Iran and could attack the Fordow Nuclear Plant itself, the country's Channel 12 media reports. It said that if Trump does not intervene, Israel will take the initiative to attack the enrichment facility, which is at the heart of Tehran's nuclear program. A daring special forces raid to obliterate the site is reportedly being considered Te; Aviv. But risks are huge and would be a challenge for even the Israel Defence Forces' battle-hardened elite troops. A ground attack on Fordow would be on a scale never before attempted and involve flying or parachuting in scores of troops and sabotage specialists. Israeli special forces conducted a similar raid last September when they destroyed an underground missile factory in Syria in two hours by planting and detonating explosives. Israel said its airstrikes on Iran will not stop until it destroys the regime's capability of enriching uranium to weapons-grade and making a nuclear weapon. If given the go-ahead by Trump, the US would join Israel in pounding Iran's nuke sites, which Tehran has warned would spark "all-out war". Meanwhile, Defence Minister Israel Katz branded Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the "modern Hitler" who "should not continue to exist" while visiting the site of a missile strike near Tel Aviv.
Yahoo
12 minutes ago
- Business
- Yahoo
EU's Dombrovskis Says ‘Making Progress' in Trade Talks With US
(Bloomberg) -- The European Union is continuing intensive trade talks with the US ahead of a July 9 tariff deadline set by President Donald Trump and is 'making progress,' according to EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. Security Concerns Hit Some of the World's 'Most Livable Cities' JFK AirTrain Cuts Fares 50% This Summer to Lure Riders Off Roads Taser-Maker Axon Triggers a NIMBY Backlash in its Hometown How E-Scooters Conquered (Most of) Europe NYC Congestion Toll Cuts Manhattan Gridlock by 25%, RPA Reports 'Our preference is to find a mutually acceptable solution and in a sense to park those trade tensions,' he told a news conference after a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday. Still, he warned that the EU is 'ready to take measures to protect our economic interests and our businesses should we not be able to find this solution.' Asked whether the EU is resigned to Trump maintaining a 10% baseline tariff, he said 'so-called reciprocal tariffs' were 'speculative assumptions which are not reflecting the current state of negotiations.' The EU faces the threat of 50% levies on nearly all its exports to the US when a deadline set by Trump expires on July 9. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said a trade deal with the EU is likely to be among the last the US completes. The EU has approved tariffs on €21 billion ($24.1 billion) of US goods in response to Trump's metals levies that can be quickly implemented. They target politically sensitive American states and include products such as soybeans from Louisiana, home to House Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as agricultural products, poultry and motorcycles. The bloc is also preparing an additional list of tariffs on €95 billion of American products in response to Trump's so-called reciprocal levies and automotive duties. They would target industrial goods including Boeing Co. aircraft, US-made cars and bourbon. Ken Griffin on Trump, Harvard and Why Novice Investors Won't Beat the Pros Is Mark Cuban the Loudmouth Billionaire that Democrats Need for 2028? The US Has More Copper Than China But No Way to Refine All of It How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants Can 'MAMUWT' Be to Musk What 'TACO' Is to Trump? ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Yahoo
17 minutes ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's parade didn't make him feel tough. Maybe a war with Iran will?
Having an insecure president during a time of crisis is a problem, largely because he's going to say things like this when asked about possibly bombing Iran: 'I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.' That was President Donald Trump's wildly problematic comment on June 18. First, President Dodo-head seems to think the decision to draw America into a potentially cataclysmic conflict in the Middle East is his alone ‒ you'll note the use of the first person four times in two sentences. Apparently, Congress and the American public have no voice in such a decision. It all rests in the little hands of the Supreme Leader. Trump says, 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do.' No kidding. Second, the man who oversees the world's largest military probably shouldn't be saying, ' Nobody knows what I'm going to do.' That sounds like something an unhinged dictator would say and … well, never mind, I guess that tracks. Trump was speaking outside the White House, where he was having two enormous flagpoles installed. It was effectively an advertisement for male overcompensation, which makes sense in the wake of Trump's poorly attended and morose military parade, the one he thought would cast him in the all-powerful-ruler light he desires. The weekend and weakened parade was overshadowed by millions of Americans across the country protesting Trump and his king-like behavior. Before that, the president's previous show of manly-man toughness ‒ sending the U.S. Marines into Los Angeles to address anti-ICE protesters ‒ also failed. Now, soldiers are just standing around in a city that's doing fine. Will the quest to quench this man's insecurity ever end? Trump stumbled disconsolately from his puny parade to the summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Canada on June 16, then left early the next day to return to Washington, DC, ostensibly to deal with the worsening crisis between Israel and Iran. After getting home, Trump's 'dealing with the crisis' seemed to largely involve posting unhinged comments on social media, bizarrely advising residents of Tehran to evacuate and, despite claiming the United States isn't involved in Israel's ongoing attacks on Iran, boldly proclaiming: 'We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.' Opinion alerts: Get columns from your favorite columnists + expert analysis on top issues, delivered straight to your device through the USA TODAY app. Don't have the app? Download it for free from your app store. Trump raises flagpoles while threatening war So are we in or are we out? It's a reasonable question for any American to ask, and it's one Trump clearly won't answer, as evidenced by his 'nobody knows what I'm going to do' comment during the apparently critical installation of new White House phallic symbols. 'These are the most magnificent poles made,' Trump posted on social media on June 17, the night before the flagpoles went up. 'They are tall, tapered, rust proof, rope inside the pole, and of the highest quality.' Great job, Mr. President. Americans are laser-focused on White House pole quality and are not at all concerned about you starting a war nobody wants ‒ a new Economist/YouGov poll finds "only 16% of Americans think the U.S. military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran" ‒ without congressional approval. Trump's sad-boy feelings will always override what's best for America Trump is proving, as if we needed proof, that insecure men are dangerous. They act impulsively, with no focus beyond soothing their own tender feelings. Dispatching troops against American citizens didn't make Trump feel big. A military parade didn't make him feel big. He didn't feel big around other world leaders at the G7 summit, so he left and did some online hollering and saber-rattling. And now? We wait to see if our capricious president needs to drop a bunker-busting bomb on Iran to feel big. We wait to see if Trump single-handedly marches America into war, leaving us to suffer the blowback of his inextinguishable self-doubt.
Sky News AU
17 minutes ago
- Business
- Sky News AU
One in eight Australians getting swindled by Chinese manufacturers claiming to sell luxury goods on social media
As many as one in eight Australians have bought counterfeit designer goods from China, new research from Finder has revealed. The data comes as a social media trend has surged on TikTok, where Chinese manufacturers have been using the platform to advertise their products to Aussie consumers. The manufacturers claim to sell items belonging to luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Lululemon direct from the factory at much lower price than retail. In Finder's survey of 1005 respondents, 12 per cent admitted to buying counterfeit goods from manufacturers in China such as DHgate and Alibaba - making it an estimated 2.6 million Aussies purchasing these items which range from activewear to luxury handbags among other products. The majority (73 per cent) said they had not and were not considering it, while the other 16 per cent said they had not, but were considering purchasing the knock-off items. Research also found women (15 per cent) were almost twice as likely to have purchased counterfeit designer goods directly from China than men (eight per cent). Chinese manufacturers' move to market cheaper versions of designer goods has come off the back of United States President Donald Trump's decision to impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Personal finance expert at Finder, Sarah Megginson, said social media users were attracted to the bargain offers which had gone viral. 'Chinese manufacturers claim to be giving consumers the inside scoop on where luxury brands are really made,' she said. 'These Chinese e-commerce sites are trying to convince consumers to buy direct at lower prices." Ms Megginson warned if an offer looks "too good to be true" that "it usually is". 'What might seem like a savvy shopping hack could end up costing consumers more if the goods don't turn up," she said. 'The rise of counterfeit culture on social media is putting Aussies at financial risk — with many losing money to parcels that never arrive or dodgy sellers that disappear overnight.'
Shafaq News
19 minutes ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Trump weighs Iran strike options
Shafaq News/ US President Donald Trump on Thursday reviewed potential military responses targeting Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment facility, CBS News reported. Reuters also cited diplomats confirming that the United States and Iran are engaged in direct talks aimed at defusing the escalating conflict with Israel. Now entering its seventh day, the confrontation has featured sustained missile and drone exchanges. Iran's latest barrage caused heavy damage in Tel Aviv and Beersheba, injuring 271 people, according to Israeli Channel 12. Following the strike, Israeli officials accused Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of committing 'grave war crimes' and vowed accountability, alleging that a missile hit Soroka Medical Center, which is responsible for treating around a million Israelis.
