Once a popular staple on store shelves nationwide, a certain lemon-lime soda has transformed into a rare specialty drink, attracting a devoted group of enthusiasts.

Bubble Up made its debut in 1919, a full ten years before the arrival of 7UP, marking the beginning of its citrusy journey.

Despite the passage of time, this soft drink has maintained its appeal, with loyal fans seeking it out for its natural ingredients and nostalgic glass bottle packaging.

With its catchy slogan, “kiss of lemon, kiss of lime,” Bubble Up was initially distributed through the Coca-Cola bottler network, until Sprite entered the scene.

However, Bubble Up’s journey wasn’t without a few bumps along the way.

The company changed ownership several times, struggled with distribution and fell into bankruptcy.

The makers of Dad’s Root Beer acquired the company in 2007 and produces Bubble Up in limited quantities today.

Bubble Up has a more natural taste than many of its competitors because it’s made with pure cane sugar and lemon and lime oils, rather than high-fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors, The Tasting Table reported.

“I love Bubble Up,” wrote one reviewer on BeveragesDirect.com. “Been drinking it since the early 1950s. My drink.”

“Best lemon-lime drink to date,” wrote another. “No aftertaste as in 7UP plus the cane sugar is the key.”

“As wonderful tasting as I remember from my childhood,” reads another review.

The premium soda — which can fetch up to $3.49 for a single 12-ounce bottle — is available at some grocery stores, including Albertsons, online through Amazon and at specialty soda shops.

In Nashville, Tennessee, amidst the bustling competition of the Iroquois Steeplechase where jockeys and horse owners vie for top prizes, a beloved tradition continues to steal the spotlight: the parade of foxhounds.

On Saturday, over 20 foxhounds, a breed known for their prowess in running alongside horses and hunters, graced the turf course. As the excitement of race day began, spectators eagerly snapped photos and videos of the hounds in action.

The huntsman, accompanied by his team known as whippers-in, faced the challenging task of guiding the hounds through the course. This task becomes even more daunting with the presence of thousands of fans in the infield, not to mention the tempting aromas of tailgating delights.

According to Charles Montgomery, a master and huntsman with the Mells Foxhounds, one particular hound was so charmed by the adoration of fans that she strayed from the course. “She had the best time,” Montgomery recounted, noting her fondness for the beer tents.

Montgomery humorously added that this hound enjoyed the beer tent so much that she repeated her detour the following year. Consequently, she is no longer part of the race day lineup.

The Iroquois Steeplechase is one of the premier American steeplechase races, with a total of $730,000 awarded in purses, on a grass turf course with hurdles that opened in 1941 as a Works Progress Administration project. The Nashville race was founded by members of the Hillsboro Hounds, another fox hunting club in the Nashville area.

Steeplechase racing and fox hunting are wedded together, said Stephen Heard, one of the trustees of the Iroquois Steeplechase and a member of the Mells Foxhounds group. The tradition came from the British Isles, where horses were raced from church steeple to church steeple and trained to jump obstacles like fences while hunting with dogs.

“Many of the horses that we use fox hunting are ex-steeplechase horses, Heard said.

With 25,000 spectators who are eating and drinking in tents and in the stands, the dogs need some time to adjust to the noise and smells.

“I took one dog last year and he heard the speakers and he said, ‘This is not for me,’” Charles Montgomery said.

“It’s high pressure,” said Boo Montgomery, one of the whippers-in. When a child held out a fried chicken leg through the rails one time, it was a temptation no hound could resist. “You couldn’t fault Brightly for stopping and having a snack,” she said, of one of the foxhounds.

Charles Montgomery said he usually will bring the veteran hunting hounds who can guide the younger ones along the course. On the morning of the race, the hounds bounded off their trailer, eager to sniff grass and chew on sticks and roll in the clover.

The hounds wear GPS-equipped collars whenever they hunt and when they come to the racetrack. That came in handy last year when a dog got spooked and took off into the wooded park nearby.

While the racetrack is not their normal working environment, the hounds seem to enjoy the challenge that comes with kicking off the horse races, Boo Montgomery said.

“It’s a great exposure for hunting to get to see these hounds and the horses,” Boo Montgomery said. “It’s nice to be able to show off.”

Amid ongoing peace negotiations, Iran has issued a warning of possible strikes on US-controlled locations in the Middle East, as specialists highlight a potential oversight in Iran’s progress toward developing nuclear weapons.

On Saturday night, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced plans for “heavy attacks” on American bases and vessels in the area, while the US president is still anticipating a response regarding peace accords aimed at ending the conflict.

According to AFP, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards stated, “Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centers in the region and enemy ships.”

This latest threat from Tehran follows just a day after the US targeted two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

The two nations are engaged in ongoing discussions about reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital international channel for Iran’s oil exports.

American officials hoped the standoff would lead to the end of Iran’s nuclear program, but experts have flagged a pathway through Tehran’s massive plutonium supply.  

According to nuclear weapons experts, Tehran’s plutonium reserve holds enough material for more than 200 nuclear bombs.

United Against Nuclear Iran policy director Jason Brodsky told Fox Digital that the US must ‘cover the plutonium pathway’ in any negotiations.

As Trump awaits an answer from Iran amid peace talks, the country has threatened to attack US ships

The US is racing to stop Iran’s nuclear program. Experts have said the country has enough plutonium to create 200 nuclear bombs

‘I do believe any proposed deal with Iran needs to address the plutonium pathway to nuclear weapons. Israel struck the Arak heavy water reactor twice over the last year — in June 2025 and in March 2026,’ he said. 

‘Intelligence suggested Iran had repeatedly attempted to reconstruct the facility even after the bombing, so any deal with Iran should cover the plutonium pathway.’

Nonproliferation Policy Education Center Executive Director Henry Sokolski explained that the US should closely monitor imports, exports and reactors in the port city of Bushehr.  

‘Pentagon should watch to make sure Iran does not remove any of the spent fuel at Bushehr,’ he said. ‘It could do this with space surveillance assets or, as it did in 2012, with drones. 

‘Second, any “peace” deal President Trump cuts with Tehran should include a requirement that there be near-real-time monitoring of the Bushehr reactor and spent fuel pond.’

A spokesperson for the State Department told Fox that Iran’s ‘nuclear program’ is a ‘threat to the United States and the entire world.’ 

‘Iran today stands in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations by failing to provide full cooperation with the IAEA,’ they said. 

‘Iran’s leadership must engage in serious diplomatic negotiations with the United States to resolve the nuclear issue once and for all.’

In an effort to tamp down Iran’s ability to acquire weapons altogether, the US imposed sanctions on Friday against ten of the country’s top suppliers. 

United Against Nuclear Iran policy director Jason Brodky encouraged the US to consider Iran’s plutonium supply in any peace agreements

Experts advised that any peace negotiations should include careful monitoring of nuclear facilities in Bushehr

‘While the surviving [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] leaders are trapped like rats in a sinking ship, the Treasury Department is unrelenting in our Economic Fury campaign,’ said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent in a press release. 

‘Under President Trump’s decisive leadership, we will continue to act to Keep America Safe and target foreign individuals and companies providing Iran’s military with weapons for use against US forces.’

Trump claimed Friday that the White House was nearing a deal with Iran, and expected an answer from them that evening.  

‘We’re getting a letter [from Iran] supposedly tonight, so we’ll see how that goes,’ he told reporters.

In response to speculation that the Middle Eastern country was intentionally dragging out the deal, the president said: ‘I don’t know. We’ll find out soon.’

The countries agreed to a ceasefire last month, but US launched a round of ‘self-defense’ strikes against Iranian oil tankers on Friday as they attempted to port in the Gulf of Oman.

US Central Command said on Thursday that its forces intercepted an ‘unprovoked’ Iranian attack on three of its vessels as they transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman. 

The US disabled multiple Iran oil tankers this week, though the president said the apprehensions were not in breach of the ceasefire

Iranian leaders have condemned the US’s retaliatory actions. 

‘Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the US opts for a reckless military adventure,’ Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in a statement, the Daily Mail previously reported.

If peace talks fail to move forward, the president threatened to return to ‘Project Freedom,’ reported the New York Post. 

The initiative, which was initially axed, would require US destroyers to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. 

‘We may go back to Project Freedom if things don’t happen, but it’d be Project Freedom-plus, meaning Project Freedom plus other things,’ he said. 

The Daily Mail contacted the White House for comment. 

As President Donald Trump indicates potential progress toward an agreement with Iran, Israeli officials and experts are increasingly defining the essential components they believe must be included to prevent Iran from re-establishing its military and regional dominance.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Wednesday that Israel and the United States are in “full coordination” as discussions persist.

“We share common objectives, and the most important objective is the removal of the enriched material from Iran, all the enriched material, and the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment capabilities,” Netanyahu remarked at the start of a security cabinet meeting.

The Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran, pictured on April 29, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“We’ve had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll make a deal,” President Trump announced to reporters from the Oval Office on Wednesday.

At the same time, Trump warned that if negotiations fail, “we’ll have to go a big step further.”

For Israel, the question is not simply whether the war ends, but whether Iran emerges from negotiations weakened or repositioned to rebuild. Israeli officials fear a weak agreement could allow Tehran to preserve strategic capabilities, regain economic breathing room and eventually restore the regional network of armed groups that threatened Israel before the war. Jerusalem is also seeking guarantees that any future deal preserves military leverage and freedom of action if Iran violates its commitments.

Against that backdrop, Israeli analysts say Jerusalem’s red lines focus on four core areas: dismantling Iran’s enrichment infrastructure, restricting its ballistic missile program, preventing Tehran from rebuilding Hezbollah and Hamas, and ensuring the regime does not gain political legitimacy or strategic relief from the negotiations.

No enrichment, no sunsets

On the nuclear issue, former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror said Israel’s position remains uncompromising.

“Weaponized uranium must leave Iran,” Amidror said. “The Iranians must not be allowed to enrich uranium.”

Israeli journalist and commentator Nadav Eyal agreed, adding that Israel is seeking a much stricter framework than previous agreements. 

“Israel wants Iran to stop enrichment for as long as possible and for the enriched material to leave Iran,” Eyal said, adding that Jerusalem is looking for “an arms control agreement that would be extensive and robust.”

An unclassified image released by U.S. Central Command showing strikes on Iran. (U.S. Central Command/Reuters)

Avner Golov, vice president of the Mind Israel think tank, told Fox News Digital that Israel also wants Iran’s underground nuclear infrastructure dismantled entirely. 

“In the nuclear arena, what matters is the removal of the enriched material, the destruction of the underground facilities, including those still being built, and a prohibition on new sites,” Golov said.

Golov also warned against “sunset clauses” that would allow restrictions to expire after several years. 

“There must be an agreement without sunsets,” he said, calling for “unprecedented monitoring and supervision, anywhere, under any conditions and not dependent on Iranian approval.”

Jonathan Ruhe, Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) fellow for American strategy, told Fox News Digital, “Ultimately the United States and Israel should have strongly similar redlines for an acceptable deal,” he said, including “shutting down Iran’s nuclear weapons program completely, permanently and verifiably.”

Ruhe said that goes beyond Iran handing over highly enriched uranium and includes shutting down remaining enrichment-related facilities at Pickaxe and Isfahan.

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on Oct. 13, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Missiles seen as equal threat

Alongside the nuclear issue, Israeli analysts say Iran’s ballistic missile program has become equally central to Israel’s security concerns.

“One of the key questions is whether there will be any sort of limitation on the ballistic missile program of the Iranians,” Eyal said. “Israel sees this as no less of an existential threat than the nuclear issue.”

Amidror warned that without missile restrictions, the threat could eventually extend beyond Israel and Europe. 

“If there are no restrictions on the missile program, then missiles that today can reach half of Europe will, within five to 10 years, be able to reach the United States,” he warned.

Golov argued that a nuclear-only agreement would leave Iran free to rebuild a missile shield protecting a future nuclear breakout. 

“A deal that focuses only on the nuclear program would allow the Iranians to produce thousands of missiles and create a protective shield around their nuclear program.”

Ruhe similarly said limiting Iran’s missile arsenal must include preventing Iran from rebuilding production capabilities damaged during the war.

Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts projectiles over Tel Aviv on Feb. 28, 2026, amid retaliatory missile barrages from Iran targeting Gulf states and Israel. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Hamas, Hezbollah and the proxies question

Another major Israeli concern is that sanctions relief or renewed trade could funnel money back to Iran’s regional proxies.

“Israel is demanding that the Islamic Republic isolate itself from involvement with Lebanon and Gaza and stop supporting armed groups that operate against Israel,” Eyal said.

“For Israel, it is a material issue that the money injected into Iran will not be used to rebuild the proxies in the region,” he added.

Amidror said Iran’s ability to support Hezbollah and Hamas has already been weakened by the collapse of regional supply routes. 

“The Iranians cannot effectively support the proxies because there is no longer a land bridge from Iran to Syria,” he said, but warned that if negotiations leave the impression that Washington backed down, Iran’s regional proxies could emerge stronger even after the war.

No ‘victory image’ for Tehran

Ruhe similarly argued that Israel wants to avoid any agreement that restores legitimacy to the Iranian regime without fundamentally weakening it.

“Avoiding anything that legitimates Iran’s regime and abandons the Iranian people” is critical, Ruhe said, including “giving guarantees against future attacks or compensating Tehran for wartime damages.”

Satellite imagery shows reinforcement efforts at the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site, a heavily fortified, deep underground tunnel complex near Iran’s Natanz enrichment site. (Vantor/Handout via Reuters)

Ruhe warned that for Israel, a “bad deal” is ultimately any agreement that restrains Israel’s future freedom of action against Iran and its proxies.

“This is one big reason Iran wants to ensnare the Trump administration in open-ended negotiations that sideline military options and create daylight between Washington and Jerusalem,” Ruhe said.