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(1)Trump says he left instructions to bomb Iran if Tehran kills him - NY Post

US President Donald Trump said he had left instructions for action if Iran succeeded in assassinating him, warning Tehran would face “a heavy price,” the New York Post reported Friday.

“I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before,” Trump said, adding: “I hope you’ll miss me.”

(2)Iran denies reports of new US talks next week - IRGC outlet

A source close to Iran’s negotiating team denied media reports that Tehran and Washington were preparing to hold a new round of talks next week, the IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency reported.

The source told Fars that claims about finalized preparations for talks in Islamabad and continued technical discussions next week were false and had no factual basis.

The source added that any developments in the negotiation process would be announced only through official channels of the Islamic Republic.

"No negotiations will be held until the Trump administration fulfills its commitments," said Mohammad Marandi, a member of the Islamic Republic’s delegation in Islamabad talks

(3)New US-Iran talks expected next week in Switzerland - Axios

A new round of US-Iran talks is expected to take place next week, possibly in Switzerland, Axios reported Friday citing a source familiar with the matter.

The report said regional mediators were working to de-escalate tensions and create the conditions for negotiations to resume after recent fighting between Washington and Tehran.

(4)Hardline heavyweight urges Iran officials to avenge Khamenei’s death

Influential hardline politician Saeed Jalili said avenging Ali Khamenei’s killing was the nation’s right and the authorities’ duty, in remarks seen as one of the first public signs of a rift within Iran’s leadership in the post-Khamenei era.

“What kind of revenge is this? Why is our nation calling for a great revenge? This nation wants to defend its rights,” Jalili told a group of Khamenei mourners in Mashhad.

“If you seek the release of frozen assets, know that the Iranian nation’s greatest asset was its leader. Today, our nation has the right to seek revenge. And it is the authorities’ duty to pursue this revenge. Revenge is the nation’s right and the authorities’ duty.”

Influential hardline politician Saeed Jalili said avenging Ali Khamenei’s killing was the nation’s right and the authorities’ duty, in remarks seen as one of the first public signs of a rift within Iran’s leadership in the post-Khamenei era. — Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) July 10, 2026

(5)UK condemns Iran's Persian Gulf attacks, urges return to diplomacy

Britain’s representative to the United Nations Security Council condemned Iran’s recent attacks in the region and against commercial vessels, saying London stood in solidarity with its Middle East partners.

The envoy said the fragile situation underscored the urgent need to preserve the diplomatic track, de-escalate tensions and return to diplomacy, while welcoming reports that the parties were moving back toward talks.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607049017

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(6)Trump says Iran talks to continue but ceasefire is over

Summary

US President Donald Trump says Iran has asked to continue talks with Washington and that the US has agreed. However, he warned that the ceasefire is over, saying Washington had made that clear to Tehran “in no uncertain terms.”

Qatar is pressing Iran and the United States to uphold their memorandum, with Qatari negotiators in Tehran for US-coordinated talks focused on de-escalation and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

CNN, citing US officials, reported that the United States gave diplomacy with Iran room to work while remaining prepared to carry out strikes if needed.

The governor of Konarak in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province said a naval military area in the city was targeted in two waves of airstrikes by fighter jets.

A senior official in Iran’s southern Bushehr province said explosions heard in the city on Thursday were caused by air defense fire against US drones, while a military site on the outskirts of Bushehr was also struck by what he called a “US-Israeli” projectile. A US official, however, told CNN the US was not conducting any airstrikes in Iran.

(7)France says Tehran’s attacks violated US-Iran MoU

France’s envoy to the United Nations, Jerome Bonnafont, told a Security Council meeting on Friday that Iran’s attacks on Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and vessels in the Strait of Hormuz violated the US-Iran MoU, urging Tehran to reopen the strait under international law.

(8)Russia sends engineers back to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is sending the first six employees back to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, CEO Alexei Likhachev said, according to RIA Novosta.

Rosatom, which is building two new units at the site, evacuated hundreds of staff after the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.

(9)Bahrain urges Iran to stop threatening maritime security

Bahrain’s envoy to the United Nations Jamal Fares Alrowaiei told a Security Council meeting on Friday that Iran continued to threaten maritime security, urging Tehran to comply with its MoU with the United States.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607049017

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(1)Vance, Witkoff, Kushner in contact with Qatar over Iran diplomacy - CBS

US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been in contact with Qatari officials this week as part of diplomatic efforts related to Iran, CBS News reported Friday citing a source familiar with the discussions.

The report said the contacts came as Qatar, Pakistan and other mediators sought to ease tensions following the recent escalation between the United States and Iran, though it was unclear how much progress had been made.

(2)US cannot negotiate while Iran reneges on obligations, envoy tells UN meeting

US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Tammy Bruce told an emergency Security Council session that Washington remained open to diplomacy with Iran,but warned talks could not continue while Tehran was breaching basic obligations.

“While dialogue remains possible,the US can’t negotiate while Iran reneges on simple obligations, like don’t shoot on civilian objects.If you shoot at civilian objects or ships, we will respond,” Bruce said, adding that “President Trump prefers peace.

Bruce said Iran had violated international law and Security Council resolutions, arguing that such actions “cannot be met with council equivocation and obstruction.”

(3)Iran MP says Arab neighbors will pay ‘irreparable price’ for backing US

Regional countries that support US policies will pay a “heavy and irreparable price,” Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Saleh Jokar said Friday.

Jokar also said the Strait of Hormuz would not return to prewar conditions and would be managed under arrangements set by Iran, Iranian media reported.

(4)Iran denies reports of new US talks next week - IRGC outlet

A source close to Iran’s negotiating team denied media reports that Tehran and Washington were preparing to hold a new round of talks next week, the IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency reported.

The source told Fars that claims about finalized preparations for talks in Islamabad and continued technical discussions next week were false and had no factual basis.

The source added that any developments in the negotiation process would be announced only through official channels of the Islamic Republic.

"No negotiations will be held until the Trump administration fulfills its commitments," said Mohammad Marandi, a member of the Islamic Republic’s delegation in Islamabad talks.

(5)New US-Iran talks expected next week in Switzerland - Axios

A new round of US-Iran talks is expected totake place next week, possibly in Switzerland, Axios reported Friday citing a source familiar with the matter.

The report said regional mediators were working to de-escalate tensions and create the conditions for negotiations to resume after recent fighting between Washington and Tehran.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607049017

Ana Navarro LOSES IT When Asked if She Knows the Names of Americans Murdered by Illegals While Railing Against ICE Agents for Shooting Their Attackers

by Jordan Conradson Jul. 10, 2026

CNN commentator and co-host of The View, Ana Navarro, lost her mind during a panel discussion on CNN last night when asked to name the American citizens who have been murdered by illegal aliens.

The discussion centered around the latest ICE-involved shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo,an illegal alien from Mexico who tried to run over ICE agents during a traffic stop. He was fatally shot after ramming an ICE vehicle, refusing to follow multiple verbal commands, and attempting to run over an ICE agent.

While Navarro was raging against ICE and Border Patrol and listing the lawless criminals shot and killed by federal authorities in self-defense,former Trump White House staffer Caroline Sunshine interrupted, asking, “Do you know the names as well of Americans who have been killed by illegal immigrants? Do you have that list?”

“I know some of the names. I don’t have the list, but I do know some of the names,”Navarro said, refusing to say any of their names on the air. When pressed, she said, “This is not me doing a contest of whether you know the names or whether I know the names.”

“I want to pronounce these names because I think we need to put names and faces and stories,” she then said,shamelessly sympathizing with people who attacked ICE agents and endangered their lives but refusing to speak of innocent young women and girls like 22-year-old Laken Riley, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungary, 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, and others.

“I agree. Absolutely. And to the faces of Americans who have been killed by illegal immigrants as well,” Sunshine replied.

But Navarro ignored the innocent American lives lost to the mass migration crisis, arguing instead, “Okay, but the people they killed don’t have criminal records.”She then, out of nowhere, argued, “And what are the names of people that have been killed by U.S. citizens?”

“Let’s start talking about people who have been killed in this country,” Navarro continued. “There’s a hell of a lot more people that have been killed by U.S. citizens than people who have been killed by illegal aliens. And that’s not what we are talking about right now. We are talking about a government agency that is out of control, killing even American citizens, killing immigrants without a criminal record that are not the target of the investigation.

Transcript via CNN:

This last case, again, it’s something else that’s not happening in a vacuum. It’s the latest case that’s happened, but there’s been now at least five people killed by ICE in the streets of America.

Ruben Rey Martinez, they killed a young man, they killed in San Padre Island in Texas. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, Keith Porter, they killed him in L.A. Renee Good and Alex Pretti, they killed them in Minnesota, and now Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

SUNSHINE: Do you know the names as well of Americans who have been killed by illegal immigrants? Do you have that list?

NAVARRO: I know some of the names. I don’t have the list, but I do know some of the names.

SUNSHINE: What are their names? What are some of their names?

NAVARRO: Listen, we have heard all of the names.

SUNSHINE: No, just what are some of the names?

NAVARRO: This is not me doing a contest of whether you know the names or whether I know the names.

SUNSHINE: It’s not a contest.

NAVARRO: I want to pronounce these names because I think we need to put names and faces and stories.

SUNSHINE: I agree. Absolutely. And to the faces of Americans who have been killed by illegal immigrants as well.

NAVARRO: Okay, but the people they killed don’t have criminal records.

SUNSHINE: What are their names?

NAVARRO: The people they killed.

SUNSHINE: Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Kate Steinle.

NAVARRO: And what are the names of people that have been killed by U.S. citizens?

SUNSHINE: How is that relevant to this?

NAVARRO: Well, you want to start talking about people who have been killed? Then let’s start talking about people who have been killed in this country.

But there’s a hell of a lot more people that have been killed by U.S. citizens than people who have been killed by illegal aliens. And that’s not what we are talking about right now. We are talking about a government agency that is out of control, killing even American citizens, killing immigrants without a criminal record that are not the target of the investigation, lying about it as they have done and there being no full investigations and accountability.

(If Ana was on the street with an illegal, They would care less about her. She has to have a situation where she has to admit, illegals are a problem.)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/watch-ana-navarro-loses-it-when-asked-if/

Trump’s ‘cruel gift’: Why Patriot license will be useless for Ukraine

The production rollout will likely face nearly impossible technological and security challenges, multiple experts argue

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(I thought the same thing.)

President Donald Trump has told Vladimir Zelensky that the US is willing to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missile interceptors – one of the few weapons in Kiev’s foreign-sourced arsenal capable of shooting down state-of-the art Russian missiles.

“We’ll give them the right to make Patriots,” Trump said, seated beside Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, on Wednesday. “This way he can’t complain that we’re not giving him enough. I said, ‘Make them yourself,’” Trump added. He called the undertaking complex but voiced hope that Kiev would work it out quickly.

While significant on paper, the pledge sparked a lot of skepticism among defense analysts who pointed to numerous technical, legal, and security hurdles, while dismissing it as a mostly symbolic gesture or even a political trap for Zelensky.

Here is why a Patriot license offer seems to be dead in the water.

What regulatory approvals does the license require?

While announcing the offer, Trump admitted he had not yet discussed the plan with Lockheed Martin or RTX – the two main companies that actually build the Patriot system. The defense firms haven’t commented on the issue either.

However, even if the companies were wholeheartedly willing to help meet Trump’s pledge, any transfer of Patriot production technology falls under strict US export-control laws and congressional oversight. The Pentagon, State Department, and Ukraine would also have to agree on what exactly Kiev would be permitted to build, where, and under what kind of oversight.

US defense security rules further require any foreign facility handling classified missile technology to have vetted personnel and secure information-handling systems in place before production can begin at all. Ukraine would then need to test-run new lines and train technical crews from scratch – steps that typically stretch the process out over years, not months.

According to the US-based magazine Responsible Statecraft, the licensing venture “would create substantial risks to US national security by making it easier for competitors to get access to sensitive information.”

What other countries have Patriot licenses?

Of all US allies and partners across the globe, only two –Germany and Japan – are licensed to produce Patriot missiles, and their example serves as a cautionary tale of the hurdles Ukraine faces.

Japan, a highly technologically savvy country, was granted the license in 2005, and it took the country three years to test PAC-3 interceptors, which are produced in cooperation between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin. Japan currently churns out an estimated 30 missiles a year – an amount widely deemed completely inadequate to meet the standards of full-scale war – and lacks a full production cycle of its own.

Germany’s example is even more telling: the US granted Berlin the Patriot license in 2022 after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict. Four years later, it still has not built a single missile, while factory construction only started in late 2024.

https://www.rt.com/news/642844-trumps-cruel-gift-patriot-ukraine-useless/

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What industrial issues does Patriot production face?

Even if every legal and political hurdle were cleared overnight, the production setup is incredibly difficult. In a post on Facebook, Ukrainian defense expert and economist Oleg Belinsky said that any plans to start production within a few months “crash into the laws of physics and mathematics.”

While a license can be signed in a day, building a factory and procuring all of the equipment would take at least five years, billions of dollars in investment, and integration into the US military supply chain, which relies on hundreds of contractors, he said.

The hardest part of the missile, according to Belinsky, is not its electronics but its solid-fuel engine. Dozens of components have to be blended in exact proportions, then vacuum-treated to remove microscopic air bubbles, before being consolidated for weeks under strict temperature and humidity control. The finished charge is then X-rayed for the smallest internal cracks.

If even a single parameter is off, the missile is scrapped because even a microscopic crack can make the fuel burn too fast and cause the engine to explode on launch. Producing components pure enough to meet that standard requires an entire chemical industry that Ukraine does not currently have, Belinsky said.

Russian military expert Vasily Dandykin echoed the assessment, telling news.ru that Ukraine does not have the necessary resources for production and that the only viable option is to set up production facilities abroad.

While noting the difficulty of creating solid-fuel engines, Bloomberg also pointed to challenges linked to building small steering motors, which enable the Patriot interceptor to maneuver effectively in the thin upper atmosphere.

“Production is already constrained by existing supply-chain bottlenecks,” Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, told Bloomberg. “Even if Ukraine builds a production factory, it still needs to build the network of suppliers. That is a significant defense industrial base challenge.”

Is the Patriot license a political ploy by Trump?

The overture of the US president – who has been reluctant to finance Ukraine – to Zelensky looks like a “cruel offer” that “seems interesting, but is less interesting than it seems,” Tiago Andre Lopes, an assistant professor of International Relations at the Law Faculty at Lusiada University, told CNN Portugal.

He argued that Trump’s real purpose was to shift blame onto Kiev: if Ukraine fails to produce missiles despite holding the license, Washington can say the Patriot shortfall is Kiev’s fault, not its own.

“In six months or a year, when the Ukrainians say they don’t have Patriots, Trump will respond, ‘no, I gave you the license; why aren’t you producing them?’Lopes said.

https://www.rt.com/news/642844-trumps-cruel-gift-patriot-ukraine-useless/

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“From the point of view of altering the status quo in the war in Ukraine, in the short and medium term, this doesn’t change a thing”: “It’s not money, it’s not defensive capacity, it’s not offensive capacity, it doesn’t change anything.”

Agostinho Costa, a military expert at CNN Portugal, also noted that the offer in no way heralds a change in the Trump administration’s stance on the Ukraine conflict: “The European Union pays, the US supplies, Ukraine executes.”

How will Russia respond to a Patriot license?

Western military experts in unison argued that even if Ukraine were to somehow weather all technological challenges, any Patriot facility on Ukrainian soil would become a top priority target for Russian strikes the moment it broke ground. Russia has consistently targeted Ukraine’s defense facilities, including a plant producing elements of the Flamingo cruise missiles.

“If I were doing it, I would have the Ukrainians build the factory in Poland,”William Alberque, a senior fellow at the Pacific Forum, told Bloomberg. “Otherwise, it’s going to be a prime target. They’ll never be able to construct it.”

George Beebe, director of the grand strategy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, told The Guardian thatRussia would attack the facility “as soon as the first cornerstone is laid,” forcing Kiev to divert existing batteries to guard the site. He also warned that theUS should understand that granting the license to Ukraine “is very likely to expose Patriot technology to Russian intelligence collection.”

Commenting on Trump’s announcement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian authorities “know quite well what should be done,” stressing that Moscow would do “whatever it takes” to defend its interests.

Bottom line

The production of Patriot missiles in Ukraine faces a litany of challenges, some simply tough while others nearly insurmountable. Both US and Ukrainian officials have so far remained silent on how they are planning to address them.

No manufacturer has been briefed, no legal framework drafted, no site chosen. Experts across the spectrum agree that the idea will do nothing to address Ukraine’s immediate needs and would likely sink under the weight of technological and security challenges.

https://www.rt.com/news/642844-trumps-cruel-gift-patriot-ukraine-useless/

German corporate bankruptcies hit 21-year high

Almost 5,000 companies filed for insolvency in April-June 2026, according to new data

Published 10 Jul, 2026

Germany has recorded its highest number of corporate bankruptcies in more than two decades, with nearly 5,000 companies filing for insolvency in the second quarter of 2026, according to the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).

A total of 4,996 companies filed for insolvency in April-June, up 9% from the previous quarter and marking the highest second-quarter figure since 2005, the institute said in a report published on Thursday.

The increase spanned almost all major sectors, including construction, real estate, trade, hospitality, and services, affecting around 45,500 jobs.

In June alone, 1,702 companies filed for insolvency, 20% more than a year earlier and 80% above the pre-pandemic average for the month.

Steffen Muller, head of insolvency research at IWH, said corporate failures remained at an “exceptionally high level.”

“The situation remains challenging: insolvencies are affecting the economy broadly. Many industries and regions are being hit simultaneously,” he said, adding that the institute expects insolvencies to remain above last year’s level in the third quarter.

Germany, the EU’s largest economyhas faced mounting pressurefrom high energy costs since phasing out Russian oil and gas imports following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.The strain has been compounded by a recent spike in crude prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, adding to pressure on the industrial powerhouse.

The German economy contracted in 2023 and 2024, marking its first back-to-back annual decline in more than two decades, and is projected to grow by just 0.5% this year. Official data shows corporate insolvencies have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by more than 22% in both 2023 and 2024.

The pressure has been particularly severe in manufacturing, especially the automotive sector. Volkswagen workers staged protests on Thursday as the company pushed ahead with arestructuring plan that could reportedly eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and shut factories across Germany.

https://www.rt.com/business/642816-germany-record-corporate-insolvencies/

Russia's new bullets disintegrate into 3 to hit high-speed drones

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

A Russian company has developed anew type of rifle calibre bullets that split into three mid-flight, according to reports. This can help increase hit probability against high-speed drones.

Developed by Russia’s Rostec, these multi-bullet “Mnogotochie” rounds can successfully hit drones. Reports have claimed that thefirst batches of these bullets have been delivered to Russian troops.

Effective option for combating drones

Vysokotochka, a subsidiary of Rostec, has developed “Mnogotochie”. These bullets reportedly offer high-density fire for combating drones.

Bekkhan Ozdoyev, industrial director of Rostec’s Armament Cluster, had earlier revealed that the Mnogotochie cartridges for rifled automatic weapons provide an effective option for combating drones. These are essentially standard 5.45x39mm and 7.62x39mm cartridges, but with a special bullet that splits into three parts upon exiting the barrel. This provides high-density fire. This means that shooting down a small drone with three bullets at once is much easier than with one.

Rostech previously also revealed that the 5.45x39mm caliber CT 226 and 7.62x54mm caliber CT 228 cartridges contain a three-element bullet that disintegrates in flight.

Standard cartridge case and standard propellant powder are used

The standard cartridge case and standard propellant powder are used, which simplifies serial production of the Mnogotochie at ammunition industry enterprises. Thanks to the design, all three elements are evenly separated upon exiting the barrel, improving firing accuracy and substantially increasing the probability of hitting small targets, reported TASS.

Earlier, Rostec also highlighted that small arms’ performance characteristics remain unchanged when using the Mnogotochie, eliminating the need for modifications or installation of attachments.The cartridge can also be fired with a silencer installed.

Footage released by the company shows the 5.45mm variant downing a drone hovering about 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground from a distance of 100 meters (328 feet) after four shots. Full-scale production is underway, with the first batch already delivered to the Russian military. The Mnogotochie’s three-piece nose separates after leaving the barrel, creating a controlled spread that allows a single shot to release three projectiles, reported NexGen Defense.

Reports indicate that the anti-drone round is effective at distances of up to 300 meters. While that range is relatively limited compared to dedicated air-defense systems, it is intended for situations where troops need to defend themselves against drones flying close to the battlefield.

Small commercial and military drones have become increasingly common in recent conflicts, performing reconnaissance, surveillance, and precision attack missions. Their relatively low cost and widespread availability have created new challenges for conventional military forces, driving demand for affordable countermeasures.

The development of specialized anti-drone ammunition reflects the changing nature of warfare, where inexpensive UAVs have become an important part of combat operations. Instead of relying solely on costly missile-based air-defense systems, militaries are exploring solutions that allow frontline troops to engage drones using standard firearms equipped with purpose-built ammunition.

If the new ammunition performs as intended in operational conditions, it could provide infantry units with an additional layer of defense against low-flying drones while complementing larger air-defense systems.

https://interestingengineering.com/military/russia-new-rifle-calibre-bullets