US President Donald Trump said today that he is not actually considering providing Ukraine with long-range "Tomahawk" missiles, Reuters reported.
When asked by a journalist aboard the presidential plane "Air Force One" Asked if he was considering providing these weapons to Ukraine, Trump replied: "No, absolutely not".
The US president indicated that he could deploy US troops to Nigeria or order air strikes to stop what he said was the killing of large numbers of Christians in the West African country.
Asked by reporters whether he was considering deploying troops or air strikes, Trump replied: "Maybe. There are other things possible. I'm looking at a lot of options. They're killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria. We're not going to let that happen.".
The US leader made the comments on his way back to Washington from his Florida mansion. On Saturday, Trump threatened Nigeria with military intervention if it "continues to allow the killing of Christians."
There are currently no plans for the nuclear weapons tests ordered by US President Donald Trump to include nuclear explosions, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
“I think the tests we're talking about right now are systematic tests,“ Wright said in an interview with “Fox News“. “These are not nuclear explosions. These are so-called "non-critical explosions," he added.
The tests will include all remaining parts of the nuclear weapon to ensure they are functional and capable of detonating a nuclear explosion, said Wright, whose agency oversees U.S. nuclear testing.
The tests will be conducted with new systems to ensure the new nuclear weapons are better than previous ones, he said.
Just before meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, Trump said he had ordered the U.S. military to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a 33-year hiatus, in a move seen as a message to nuclear powers China and Russia.
On Friday, he confirmed his comments but did not directly answer a question about whether that would include underground nuclear tests, which were common during the Cold War.
On Wright's words The United States conducted nuclear explosion tests in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and collected detailed information and measurements.
“With our science and computing power, we can simulate with incredible accuracy what exactly would happen in a nuclear explosion“, Wright said.
The United States announced $3 million in humanitarian aid for Cubans affected by Hurricane "Melissa", which devastated several provinces in the eastern part of the island nation, reported Agence France-Presse.
"The United States is coordinating with the Catholic Church to distribute $3 million in humanitarian aid directly to the people in eastern Cuba, who are most affected by the devastation of Hurricane "Melissa", announced in "Ex" Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Hurricane Melissa, which devastated parts of Jamaica earlier this week, hit eastern Cuba and flooded Haiti, killing nearly 60 people in the Caribbean.
In Cuba, the government, which had evacuated more than 700,000 people as a precaution, has not yet reported any casualties. However, several provinces in the eastern part of the country have suffered significant damage: collapsed houses, destroyed power grids, devastated crops.
On Friday, the United States, which has imposed an economic embargo on Cuba for more than six decades, said it "stands with the courageous Cuban people", and the State Department announced that it "stands ready to provide immediate humanitarian assistance directly and through local partners", without going through the government.
The proposal was described as "degrading" from Havana.
"If it were a matter of this government's sincere desire to support our people, they would unconditionally lift the criminal blockade and remove us from the list of countries that support terrorism, on which we should never have appeared", reacted Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party.
Since the end of 2021, the United States has included Cuba again on its list of "states that support terrorism", which has led to a tightening of the embargo. Former President Joe Biden removed it from the list a week before leaving the White House, but his decision was quickly reversed by Donald Trump.
In the past, the Catholic Church has regularly served as a mediator between the two countries - ideological enemies.
Elsewhere in the Caribbean, the United States has mobilized rescue teams in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Bahamas and Haiti. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Cuba was also included in the US program.
Cuba has already received aid from Venezuela and Mexico, in addition to assistance provided by UN agencies, AFP reported.