Top news of the day: Trinamool claims CEC Gyanesh asked leaders to ‘get lost’; Trump warns 50% tariffs on countries supplying weapons to Iran, and more

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Wednesday (April 8, 2026) warned against supplying weapons to Iran, threatening contiguous 50% U.S. tariffs connected immoderate state that does so. “A state supplying Military Weapons to Iran volition beryllium instantly tariffed, connected immoderate and each goods sold to the United States of America, astatine 50%, effectual immediately. There volition beryllium nary exclusions oregon exemptions,” Mr. Trump said connected his Truth Social platform. He besides said successful a abstracted station that his medication is “talking Tariff and Sanctions alleviation with Iran,” respective hours aft helium announced a impermanent ceasefire with Tehran.

The gathering betwixt a Trinamool Congress delegation and the afloat seat of the Election Commission connected Wednesday (April 8, 2026) culminated connected an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel’s main asked them to “get lost” astatine the extremity of the seven-minute meeting, portion the ECI accused them of “shouting”. After the meeting, TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien told mediapersons that they handed implicit letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and besides apprised him of circumstantial instances of canvass officials having links with the BJP. “Then helium said, ‘Get lost’. We person done 8 to 9 meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, nary of the different predetermination commissioners spoke,” Mr. O’Brien said.