Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged that Iran’s leadership actively sought to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News aired on Sunday, Netanyahu claimed that Tehran’s Islamic regime identified Trump as “enemy number one” due to his hardline stance against Iran’s nuclear program.

Netanyahu stated “They want to kill him. He’s enemy number one.” Pointing to the U.S. president’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement and authorization of the drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, Netanyahu remarked "He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak."

During the interview, Netanyahu also claimed that he himself had been targeted by the regime while making a reference to an incident in which a missile struck the bedroom window of his residence. Describing himself as Trump’s "junior partner" in confronting Tehran, he claimed that both leaders had faced serious threats for opposing Iran’s ambitions to develop nuclear weapons.

Netanyahu further claimed his country faced an immediate and growing threat from Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. He claimed that Iran was accelerating both its uranium enrichment and missile production. He called Iran an existential danger to Israel. According to his claim, Iran’s expanding arsenal and producing thousands of ballistic missiles annually which is capable of delivering heavy warheads at high speeds directly into Israeli cities.“No country can sustain that and certainly not a country the size of Israel, so we had to act,” he said.

Defending his government's actions the Israeli prime minister stated “Negotiations with the terrorism-sponsoring regime are going nowhere,” he said.

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Raichur: The priest of the Ambabhavani Temple in Athkur village has been accused of stopping Dalit youngsters from entering the temple for a ritual related the Navaratri festival, although related parties, including the priest and Dalit leaders of the village, have denied knowledge about the incident.

A video of the youngsters, belonging to the Madiga community, who wanted to wear the ritual garlands for the festive period, being denied entry into the temple and the priest handing them the garlands keeping them outside the threshold has gone viral on social media platforms.

Yapaladinni Police officers, however, have said no police complaint about the matter has been filed so far. In addition, Dalit leaders in Athkur have said no such incident has occurred in the village, but the police officers are conducting an inquiry since youngsters have alleged that they were denied entry into the temple.

The temple priest has also refuted the charges against him, clarifying that action will be taken if a complaint is filed.