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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, hailing the “very close” relationship between Russia and Iran. The meeting comes as Iran braces for an Israeli response to its missile attacks on Tel Aviv earlier this week. “We are actively working together in the international arena, and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close,” Putin said, as reported by Russia’s state news agency TASS.The cooperation between the two sanctioned nations has sparked renewed alarm in the West. U.S. officials have said Tehran is supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles to use in its fight against Ukraine. In return, Russia is suspected of providing Iran with sensitive nuclear technology – as it draws nearer in its capabilities to being a fully nuclear-armed state. “Russia is the world’s largest nuclear power. It holds an advantage even with the United States when it comes to nukes, especially in the tactical warhead realm and, obviously, it can share,” Rebekah Koffler, former senior official in the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and author of “Putin’s Playbook,” told Fox News Digital.”Nuclear is not the only capability – strategic capability of concern – there’s also cyber and space weapons,” she said. Former President Donald Trump launched the U.S. Space Force in August 2019 to counter Russia and China’s capabilities in space.”Russia has, again, one of the world’s most robust counter space weapons and has a developed, mature space warfare doctrine,” Koffler went on. BIDEN, NATO HEAD CLAIM A STRONGER OBAMA RESPONSE TO CRIMEA INVASION MAY HAVE PREVENTED UKRAINE WAR”Nuclear weapons do not work without satellites. Whatever Iran has right now, however close they are in terms of developing the actual capability, can’t do anything without a satellite network. You can’t do targeting, you can’t do command and control, missile warning, all that stuff, you cannot negate the adversaries command and control capability, and that is what Russia can, and probably has, to some extent, provided to Iran, although there’s no conclusive analysis.” During the gathering, Putin reportedly backed up Pezeshkian’s condemnations of Israel. Pezeshkian said that Israel must “stop killing innocent people” and blamed the U.S. and European Union for supporting Israel in the war. The pair met on the sidelines of an international conference in Turkmenistan. Pezehskian agreed to visit his counterpart in Russia, according to state-run RIA news agency.”Economically and culturally, our communications are being strengthened day by day and becoming more robust,” Pezeshkian was cited as telling Putin by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.”The growing trend of cooperation between Iran and Russia, considering the will of the top leaders of both countries, must be accelerated to strengthen these ties,” he said.NORTH KOREA TROOPS NOW FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA IN UKRAINE, SEOUL SAYS The meeting represents a stark reorienting for Putin, who in the past has been the “most pro-Israel president in Russian history,” according to Koffler. But both Russia and Iran face steep sanctions from the U.S. Around 20% of the Jewish population in Israel are Russian expatriates. “Jewish people, traditionally, are very smart, highly educated, highly employable. And with Russia having a demographic issue, Putin ideally wants those people, or their children or their grandchildren to come back to Russia,” Koffler explained. The Israeli Prime Minister was initially resistant to providing arms to Ukraine when Russia invaded. But the Pentagon tapped into a little-known stockpile of U.S. weapons stored in Israel for its defense to help fill Ukraine’s request for artillery last year. The U.S. has offered Ukraine over $100 billion in arms assistance over the course of the war. Russia views Israel, which is also armed by U.S. supply, as squarely in the camp of the Americans. “It’s not Iran that pushed Russia. Iran has no influence. Russia has always been the top dog in that relationship,” said Koffler. “But it’s Russia that oriented itself towards Iran as a result of the Biden administration’s policies.”



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Billie Eilish declared that she would not share details about her personal life “ever again.”The 22-year-old singer faced backlash over candid comments that she made about sex earlier this year. In a cover story interview for Vogue’s November issue, Eilish asserted that she would not be as forthcoming in the future.”I wish no one knew anything about my sexuality or anything about my dating life. Ever, ever, ever,” the nine-time Grammy Award winner said. “And I hope that they never will again.”BILLIE EILISH RECALLS HATING HER BODY AS A TEEN AND OVERCOMING HER PAINFUL DIAGNOSIS”And I’m never talking about my sexuality ever again,” she continued. “And I’m never talking about who I’m dating ever again.”Eilish made headlines and sparked controversy when she opened up about sex and revealed intimate details about her experiences during an April interview with Rolling Stone.”I basically talk about sex any time I possibly can,” she said then. “That’s literally my favorite topic.””My experience as a woman has been that it’s seen in such a weird way,” Eilish continued. “People are so uncomfortable talking about it, and weirded out when women are comfortable in their sexuality and communicative in it.”The “Happier Than Ever” singer told the outlet that “self-pleasure is an enormous, enormous part of my life” as well as a “huge, huge help for me” due to “extreme body issues and dysmorphia that I’ve had my entire life.”Eilish also candidly discussed exploring her sexuality and discovering her attraction to women, which she said inspired a song on her latest hit album “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSWhile speaking with Vogue, Eilish explained that she did not realize her remarks would garner such widespread media attention.”I guess I also underestimate that things I say will be blown up into the biggest news of the whole world,” she said.”That’s so unnatural,” Eilish added. “We’re all babies. We’re all little kids growing up and learning ourselves.”Eilish will kick off her “Hit Me Hard and Soft” tour Friday night at the TD Garden in Boston. The tour marks the first time the singer is hitting the road without her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell playing guitar alongside her or her parents accompanying her.O’Connell, 27, will join his younger sister on stage at a few of her tour stops, but he told Vogue that he believes that Eilish is ready to set out on her own.”There were many years where I sort of felt like I would never miss a show because, you know, Billie was 16 or 17, and I really had this feeling of needing to be there for every minute,” he said. “And the truth is, over the last few years of touring she’s really become an adult.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”She has a really disciplined way of existing on tour,” Finneas added. “She sleeps through the day to make sure that she’s rested for the show. She does hours of physical therapy. She does hours of vocal warm-ups.”Eilish began performing with the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus at the age of 8 and started writing music when she was 11. The pop star was 13 when she skyrocketed to fame after releasing her viral hit “Ocean Eyes,” which was written and produced by Finneas. Since then, Eilish has released three studio albums and embarked on seven concert tours.While speaking with Vogue, Eilish shared that she had suffered physical injuries over the years while performing.”I’ve basically been in pain since I was nine,” she said. “Growing up, I’d always hear people be like, ‘Just wait until you’re older! You’re going to have so much pain!’ And I remember being so furious.”Eilish admitted that launching her career at such a young age has not always been easy.”I got famous at 13 and suddenly had to live a really weird life, and I never went to school,” she said.The “Birds of a Feather” hitmaker also recalled that life on the road has been challenging at times. “I’ve had some really dark times on tour,” she shared. “For a long time I was kind of living like it was temporary. Like, yeah, I’m touring for now, and it’s kind of unpleasant, and whatever. It’ll be over.””And the truth is, it’s the rest of my life,” she added.Elish told Vogue that she now has a more optimistic outlook on touring.”I didn’t realize that I could make touring enjoyable,” she said. “I just was very lonely for many years, and I’m not interested in that anymore. I want to enjoy the show as well as my days.”



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Martha Stewart is getting real. The lifestyle guru admitted in the trailer of her new Netflix documentary “Martha” that she had an affair during her decades-long marriage to her only husband, Andrew Stewart. “Young women, listen to my advice, if you’re married and your husband starts to cheat on you, he’s a piece of s—,” the 83-year-old said in the trailer. “Get out of that marriage.” “Didn’t you have an affair early on?” a producer can be heard saying to the home and garden maven. ‘DIRTY DANCING’ STAR KELLY BISHOP DETAILS AFFAIR WITH MARRIED MAN BEFORE FINDING HER TRUE LOVE”Yeah, but I don’t think Andy ever knew about that,” Stewart answered. The new documentary covers Stewart’s marriage, her rise in the lifestyle industry and her legal woes. “What does it mean to be the first female self-made billionaire in history?” Stewart asks herself rhetorically at the beginning of the trailer before laughing.  She added in the trailer that she was “considered crazy” as her career came together, “but it worked.” MARTHA STEWART, 81, LANDS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS AS SHE POSES IN DARING SWIMSUIT”I’m strict, and I’m demanding, and I’m all those good things that make a successful person,” she added. Someone in the trailer said that while those qualities were great for a businessman, Stewart was labeled a “b—-.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”All of that did inspire me tremendously,” Stewart admitted of being called a b—-. Stewart, a former model, worked as a stockbroker and then began a catering business in the 1970s that led to her first cookbook, “Entertaining,” in 1982. More cookbooks followed, and she began to make TV appearances. Her magazine, Martha Stewart Living, published its first issue in the winter of 1990. But at the height of her success in 2004, she was charged and found guilty on several counts, including conspiracy, securities fraud and obstruction of justice. She served five months in a minimum security federal prison.”I was a trophy for these idiots,” Stewart claimed in the documentary. “I was dragged into solitary. No food or water. Those prosecutors should have been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSShe said that after she got out of prison, she had to “climb out of a hole” professionally, but in her mid-80s, the lifestyle icon continues to stay relevant, from her friendship with Snoop Dogg and posting thirst traps on social media to the continued success of her brand. “What is more important? A marriage or a career?” she posited in the documentary. After a producer told her, “You tell me,” Stewart answered, “I don’t know.” “The cookie cutter house and the cookie cutter life was not for me,” she said in the trailer. “I could’ve just been a miserable, has-been housewife, but I didn’t let that happen to myself, and I’m so happy I didn’t.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe former couple married in 1961 and divorced in 1990. Their only daughter, Alexis, 59, has followed in her mother’s footsteps as a radio and TV host, including for her mother’s brand. Stewart admitted the divorce was hard for her, in a 2020 interview with People magazine. “Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me, because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she said. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful. But I’m very strong, and I’m very motivated to get on with life.””Martha” is available to stream on Netflix on Oct. 30. 



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CNN host Jake Tapper asked a panelist on his show if Vice President Kamala Harris should be doing more events in advance of the presidential election. “Are you surprised that she’s not doing like five events a day?” Tapper asked CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist Karen Finney on Thursday. “I mean, there’s only 26 days, barnstorming every battleground state, three or four events a day.” “Forget the interview thing, okay? I realize I’m biased as a reporter, I want interviews,” Tapper added. “But the local news interviews, town halls, it just doesn’t feel like October with the schedules I’m looking at for both of them,” he said. “But I kind of think [Trump] has the edge right now.”82 DAYS: KAMALA HARRIS HAS YET TO DO FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE EMERGING AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE”Well, I don’t know if I agree with that,” Finney responded. “I think they’re being very active,” she said of the Harris campaign. “And look, she also has her day job. We did just have a tremendous storm come through Florida,” Finney said. “She was here in Washington to help deal with that to some degree, but I think you’re going to see that activity kick up over the next several weeks, as it should, by the way.”Harris has gone 82 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president, without holding an official press conference. Former President Trump has held six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August, including another on Friday after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about hurricane relief efforts.BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HARRIS DROPPING FAR-LEFT POLICIES ‘IN ORDER TO WIN THE ELECTION’Harris has stepped up her interviews in recent weeks, including doing podcast hits, a solo sit-down with “60 Minutes,” and friendly appearances with “The View,” Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Fox News’ Brian Flood and David Rutz contributed to this report. 



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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday took questions from Latino voters at a town hall in Nevada, where she was pressed for specifics on her proposals on immigration, the economy and more.Harris faced about a dozen questions during the roughly hour-long event hosted by Univision, where she sought to win over this key demographic group with just 26 days to go before Election Day. The Democratic nominee pointed to her record as vice president and swung ferociously at her opponent, Republican former President Donald Trump, but she was light on specifics on her plans for the country. Here are the highlights: VOTERS IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES GIVE TRUMP AN EDGE OVER HARRIS ON THIS TOP TIER ISSUE: POLLIn the first question of the night, a voter from Tampa asked Harris about rumors that the Biden-Harris administration did not do enough to respond to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Former President Trump, the Republican nominee, has fanned those rumors, claiming at a recent rally that President Biden’s response to the storms was “the worst hurricane response since Katrina,” invoking the heavily criticized federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Harris defended the Biden administration, accusing critics of “playing political games” and insisting claims the response was inadequate are “just not accurate.” She said she has been working with people on the ground in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and other southeastern states to get Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) resources to people in need. “Another piece of work that I’ve been doing, it’s based on my years of being an attorney general in California, is telling those corporations and those companies that during crisis and emergencies jack up prices,” Harris said. “I’ve seen it happen before, that we’re watching them and at a moment of desperation for these individuals and families, whether it be to be able to get temporary shelter at a hotel for gas prices, for even airline tickets, that we’ll be watching if they’re jacking up prices to make sure they’ll be serious consequence. And that’s the kind of work I will do going forward.”TRUMP CHARGES HURRICANE RESPONSE ‘WORST SINCE KATRINA’ AS BIDEN ARGUES TRUMP ‘ONSLAUGHT OF LIES’ MUST ‘STOP’Voters pressed Harris for specifics on her plans for immigration and how her policies would differ from President Biden’s. In her answer, Harris pointed to her recent trip to visit the border in Arizona and her law enforcement career as a prosecutor and California attorney general to show she’s serious about border security. “I will put my record up against anyone in terms of the work I’ve always done, and it will always be to ensure we have a secure border,” she said. Harris also criticized Trump for leading Republican opposition to a bipartisan border security deal that was endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council in February. She claimed the bill would have sent 1,500 additional Border Patrol agents to the border and provide law enforcement resources to combat fentanyl trafficking. Republicans say the border bill provided too many benefits to illegal immigrants, like work permits and taxpayer-funded attorneys, and would have funded sanctuary city jurisdictions that do not cooperate with immigration enforcement.Harris said there is a “false choice” between a secure border and humane immigration policy. But she did not explain how her policies would be different from Biden, who also supported the border bill.DEM STRATEGISTS FRET HARRIS ‘SUGAR HIGH’ IS OVER: ‘IF YOU’RE NOT NERVOUS, YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION’An emotional moment came when a Las Vegas woman, Ivett Castillo, told Harris that she recently lost her mother before she could get her immigration status legalized. “She was never able to get the type of care and service that she needed or deserved,” Castillo said, holding back tears. She asked how Harris would help illegal immigrants who “have to live and die in the shadows.” Another voter, Francisco Medina of San Diego, California, told the vice president that despite his insurance coverage through the Defense Department, he had to cross the border into Mexico to receive treatment. He asked how she would improve the medical system.”I firmly and deeply believe that healthcare is a right, and should be a right and not just a privilege of those who can afford it or have access to it easily,” Harris said. She pointed to the Biden administration’s efforts to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and cap prescription drug prices as a starting point for what she’d do as president. “The work we have done has been about capping the cost of prescription medication for seniors at $2,000,” she said. “My intention as president of the United States is to make that available for not just seniors, but for everyone.”At one point during the town hall, a self-described independent voter said he was leaning towards voting for Trump because Harris did not win the Democratic nomination through the normal primary process.”I’m a little confused,” said Mario Sigbaum, of Santa Monica, California. “Being a candidate without going through the normal process – that is primary elections or through a caucus – that really caught my attention.” He demanded an explanation for how Biden was “completely destituted.” Harris thanked him for being “candid.” She called Biden’s decision to withdraw from the election amid mounting pressure from the Democratic Party “one of the most courageous a president could make” and said he “put country above his personal interest.” “He made that decision, he… within that same period of time supported my candidacy and urged me to run,” Harris said. “He and I have been partners for the last four years as his vice president to him as the president. And I am honored to have earned the Democratic nomination.”She went on to say there is a “huge contrast” in this election and asserted Trump would be a “dictator on day one,” calling the situation “unprecedented” with “support for democracy” on the ballot. In the closing moments of the town hall, one voter asked if Harris could name three virtues of her Republican opponent. She could not.”I think Donald Trump loves his family and I think that’s very important,” she said. “But I don’t really know him to be honest with you. I only met him one time on the debate stage. I’d never met him before.” Harris came up short searching for two other virtues. Instead, she criticized Trump for taking an “us versus them” approach and using divisive language.”I don’t think that’s healthy for our nation, and I don’t admire that.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.



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