Top news of the day: April 8, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) warned against supplying weapons to Iran, threatening immediate 50% U.S. tariffs on any country that does so. “A country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, at 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions,” Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social platform. He also said in a separate post that his administration is “talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran,” several hours after he announced a temporary ceasefire with Tehran.

The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel’s chief asked them to “get lost” at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the ECI accused them of “shouting”. After the meeting, TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP. “Then he said, ‘Get lost’. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke,” Mr. O’Brien said.