HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins and star pass rusher Maxx Crosby got into a scuffle late in practice Friday before their teammates quickly jumped in and separated them.

Cousins, who is operating the first-team offense in training camp, remained on the field to finish the drive. Crosby, however, was sent to the sideline.

“Those are two leaders of our team going at it, so that is part of camp,” coach Klint Kubiak said. “Obviously, if you fight in a game and throw a punch in game, then you’re out of the game. So we’ve got to be smart and treat it like a game.”

Cousins appeared upset that Crosby tipped his pass, forcing an incompletion, and then charged the 6-foot-5, 256-pound defensive end who is three inches taller and 42 pounds heavier.

“We don’t want to be throwing punches, but I think on any padded day of camp, there’s going to be some tussles,” tight end Michael Mayer said. “That’s our starting quarterback right now, and you want him to defend your team and you want him to have some edge to him, which he does. He’s always had since the first day I met him when he came in here.

“I don’t want him getting thrown out. I don’t want him getting a flag. Nothing like that, but you’ve got to be able to defend yourself.”

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As negotiations continue over the Strait of Hormuz experts are urging the Trump administration to keep their eye on the ball when it comes to the Iranian nuclear program. 

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to news of reported comments from IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi, warning that Israel would continue preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, with or without a diplomatic agreement. 

The remarks in question by Vahidi, which were first seemed to be reported in 2025 in an interview with an Iranian-regime-linked outlet, went viral on Wednesday, but after further investigation they seem to have come from an interview when he was interior minister and an adviser to the IRGC.

He reportedly told ILNA that the country’s official line was that building a bomb was not on the table but “Iran’s hand is open…Iran can take actions if has not taken until now,” in an account published by Khabar online, and shared with Fox News Digital. 

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In reaction to the remarks that were amplified by Israel’s Ch. 14 on X, Netanyahu said during his speech that, “Today, we heard the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Vahidi, explicitly declare Iran’s intention to continue developing nuclear weapons — ‘continue,’ as he put it,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony marking the reinterment of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of the founder of modern day Zionism, Theodor Herzl.”

“Well, as prime minister of Israel, I too, am determined to continue — to continue preventing Iran from possessing nuclear weapons,” he said.

Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump as Israel’s greatest friend in the White House and expressed appreciation for the two countries’ joint efforts against Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

“Israel’s existence is not subject to negotiation,” Netanyahu said. “With an agreement or without an agreement, I am determined — we are all determined — to do whatever is necessary to ensure our security and our future.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office for clarification of his remarks.

The comments came as nuclear experts urged Trump to keep Iran’s nuclear program at the center of negotiations, warning that Tehran could use the Hormuz crisis to secure sanctions relief and other concessions before addressing its remaining nuclear capabilities.

Trump told “Fox News at Night” Tuesday that military force remained an option if Iran abandoned the talks, while insisting Tehran could not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.

“If they back out again, they’re going to get hit really hard,” Trump told Fox News’ Trace Gallagher. “They know that. They understand that. I have no choice. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple.

“The hard hit is yet to come, and hopefully we won’t have to use it.”

Trump said negotiators held an “all-day negotiation” Tuesday and described the discussions as “very good.” He has said the talks would initially focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz before turning to Tehran’s nuclear program.

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Andrea Stricker, deputy director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program, said that sequence could play directly into Iran’s strategy.

“It is in the Iranians’ interest to steer the negotiations toward the issues that they most care about,” Stricker told Fox News Digital, including securing major U.S. concessions over Hormuz and “maintaining control of that crucial waterway that has proven a lifeline for Tehran to survive this war.”

She said Iran would also seek oil sanctions relief and potentially relief from all U.S. sanctions, before addressing the nuclear file.

“If Tehran is able to structure the talks that way — and I’m concerned that Trump appears to be going along with that approach — there may be little left in terms of leverage to get big concessions from the Iranians on the nuclear file down the line,” Stricker said.

There is evidence that Tehran has sought to sequence the talks in its favor. Axios reported in April that Iran proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war before beginning nuclear negotiations, potentially reducing U.S. leverage over enrichment and Iran’s enriched-uranium stockpile.

The Washington Post later reported that Tehran was focused on preserving its leverage over Hormuz rather than engaging deeply on major nuclear restrictions.

Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, agreed Iran is seeking to capitalize on the leverage it gained by disrupting maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

“The current focus on the Straits of Hormuz is not surprising. Iran is looking to capitalize on leverage gained by disrupting maritime traffic through the waterway and test if Trump is willing to negotiate in good faith,” Davenport told Fox News Digital.

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She said Tehran understands that any durable agreement will ultimately have to address its nuclear program but said, “At the end of this conflict, Iran will still possess the capabilities necessary to build a bomb,” Davenport said, “The relevant knowledge and nuclear expertise cannot be bombed away.

“Tehran retains key materials and technologies necessary to build a bomb,” she added. “If left unchecked, the nuclear program will be a source of instability and renewed conflict, even if Iran does not resume more proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities.”

A proposed agreement between Iran and Oman could give Tehran some control over ships entering the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters Wednesday. One regional source described the arrangement as a concession that had already been made, although the precise meaning of Iranian “control” remained under negotiation.

Iran is also seeking fees from ships traveling through the waterway, according to Reuters, while Washington has opposed both Iranian control and mandatory transit charges.

Stricker said postponing the nuclear issues would allow the regime to preserve its remaining enriched-uranium stockpiles and avoid fully dismantling its nuclear infrastructure.

She said Iran also wants to avoid accounting for its past nuclear weapons-related work or committing to end uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing.

“Leaving them as a last-order issue in the negotiations likely means that we will not see the Iranians make big concessions and make a solid nuclear deal,” Stricker said.

Davenport said the administration should prioritize restoring access for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency before beginning detailed nuclear negotiations.

“The IAEA has not visited key Iranian nuclear sites in more than a year,” she said. “It remains unclear how much of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure remains and where any gaps might be in trying to account for Iran’s nuclear materials.”

She said renewed inspections would give Washington a clearer picture of Iran’s remaining facilities and materials, while helping negotiators design a verification regime capable of addressing any gaps.

Davenport also recommended pairing sanctions relief with specific, verifiable Iranian steps rather than negotiating one sweeping package.

“A series of smaller deals could build confidence in the process,” she said.

Stricker urged the administration to link every concession involving Hormuz, sanctions or the U.S. blockade to a measurable Iranian step on the nuclear file.

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“The best approach to ensure a solid deal is to make the nuclear issues just as important as the Strait of Hormuz, removing the blockade and other top Iranian priorities,” she said.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This report has been updated to clarify remarks by IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi, which were previously taken out of context and amplified as comments made this week.

Ukraine continues to strike warehouses and logistics hubs run by Wildberries, which it says aids Moscow’s war efforts.

Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine have killed at least six people, local authorities say, as Moscow and Kyiv trade intensifying strikes targeting each other’s economic and energy infrastructure.

A wave of Russian attacks killed two people and wounded six in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region on Friday, with strikes reported in five districts, governor Oleksandr Hanzha wrote on Telegram. He said five people were killed on Thursday in the same region by a barrage of Russian attacks.

Russia’s military struck Dnipropetrovsk at least 50 times with drones, artillery and aerial bombs on Friday, Hanzha added.

In southern Ukraine’s Kherson, a Molniya drone struck a car driving along a road killing a 77-year-old woman, the local military administration said on Telegram. Eight bus passengers were among dozens wounded in other attacks.

Two people were killed in Kharkiv by cluster munitions, according to the city’s military administration. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said 21 settlements reported strikes from “various” weapons that included missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), wounding at least 18 people.

The governor of Donetsk, Vadym Filashkin, reported one death on Friday morning, noting that Russia shelled the region at least 44 times since Thursday.

In Russian-controlled Crimea, a Ukrainian drone killed two people when it hit an apartment building, said the Russian-installed governor, Sergei Aksyonov.

Ukraine’s president arrived for his first official visit to Serbia on Friday. Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X that he planned to discuss “expanding economic ties between our countries, relations with the European Union, and other things that can work for our peoples”.

The meeting was expected to anger Russia, Serbia’s long-time ally and natural gas supplier.

Strikes on Russia’s commercial heart

Ukraine’s military has continued to take aim at Wildberries, the so-called “Amazon of Russia”.

Multiple drones were seen flying over a Wildberries logistics facility in Yekaterinburg early on Friday, before large fires broke out. The company confirmed the attack on Telegram, saying the facility was evacuated beforehand and the flames had been contained.

The strike, roughly 2,000 km from the frontline, showed “strategic and economic importance”, as well as being a “blow to the consumer economy”, reported Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova from Moscow.

The attack was the latest to target Wildberries since mid-July, when Kyiv began attacking at least 20 of the company’s sites, killing at least 13 people, triggering fires and destroying stock.

Ukraine says Wildberries supports the war effort, a charge Moscow and the company deny.

As it seeks to curtail Russia’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine says its 40-day strike spree has hit 14 refineries, several oil depots and loading terminals, 14 aircraft and four airfields.

For its part, Russia attacked seven oil and gas production facilities in eastern Ukraine overnight into Friday, according to the state oil and gas company Naftogaz, which claimed on Telegram to have destroyed “critical” equipment.

“Russia is systematically attacking Ukraine’s oil and gas production sector in an attempt to inflict maximum damage on our infrastructure ahead of winter,” acting CEO Sergiy Fedorenko said.

The Russian Defence Ministry said forces hit two more cargo vessels in the Black Sea that it said were being utilised for “the interests of the Ukrainian military”.

Russian forces also hit fuel storage facilities at the port of Pivdennyi, the ministry added.