Ahead of the World Cup semi-final, Argentina has leveled accusations against the Royal Navy, claiming an ‘illegal incursion’ into their waters surrounding the Falkland Islands.

The diplomatic tensions sharpened following Argentina’s dramatic 2-1 victory over England last night in Atlanta, a game that left English fans disheartened.

Amid the post-match controversy, Argentina’s players were criticized for ‘war mongering’ when they unfurled a banner asserting their claim to the Falkland Islands.

Britain has maintained sovereignty over the Falklands for nearly two centuries, first taking control of the then-uninhabited islands in 1690. In a 2013 vote, a resounding 99.8 percent of residents chose to remain a British Overseas Territory.

Several prominent players, along with team captain Lionel Messi, were seen celebrating beside a banner proclaiming ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas,’ emphasizing their national claim.

The new diplomatic row centres on HMS Medway, a patrol vessel based in the Falklands – and came hours after Argentina’s vice-president called England ‘usurping pirates’ and demanded the Islands back.

Argentina’s foreign ministry has accused the Royal Navy of making an ‘unconsulted and illegal’ passage through Argentine territorial waters.

Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said HMS Medway had breached agreements between the two countries in a diplomatic note of protest submitted to the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.

‘In diplomacy, work is not shouted about like goals, but we are driven by the same conviction: the pride of being Argentine and the constant defence of our interests,’ Quirno wrote on X.

A formal complaint released by the foreign ministry claimed the incident occurred shortly before last night’s grudge match.

Britain rejected the accusation, insisting HMS Medway’s passage was conducted as ‘innocent passage’ in accordance with international law and that Argentina had been notified in advance. 

The Ministry of Defence said the transit took place on July 8 as the vessel returned to the Falklands after supporting scientific operations in Antarctica.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said: ‘The Falkland Islands are British. The Conservatives will always defend them.’

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said today: ‘Whilst I am disgusted at the behaviour of some Argentinian players last night, the most important thing to do is build up the Royal Navy quickly.’

HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel permanently stationed in the Falkland Islands. It became the Royal Navy’s permanent guard ship in the region in January, replacing HMS Forth.

The vessel is tasked with maritime patrols and fisheries protection duties.

An MOD spokesman said: ‘HMS Medway undertook a routine logistics visit to Punta Arenas on 5-8 July supporting British Antarctic Survey (BAS) operations, delivering essential stores and supplies to sustain scientific research in Antarctica.

‘The transit from the Falkland Islands to Chile and back was carried out via the most direct practicable route, considering operational safety and weather factors to ensure timely delivery.

‘This planned logistics activity reflected the UK’s ongoing commitment to world-leading polar science and maintaining the infrastructure that supports BAS operations.’

The animosity dates back principally to a ten-week war in 1982, when an Argentinian invasion of the Falklands was seen off by the British – at the cost of 907 lives.

It spilled over into football four years later when Maradona scored his infamous ‘hand of God’ goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final clash.

He used his fist to put the opening goal past England, allowing Argentina to win 2-1 and go on to claim the World Cup trophy.

Quirno earlier claimed the people living on the islands had been ‘artificially implanted’ – and that a referendum on British sovereignty was illegitimate.   

New footage has revealed how Argentina’s classless players shushed the crowd before hoisting a provocative banner claiming the Falkland Islands as their own after beating England in the World Cup semi-final.

Several of the team’s stars including talisman Lionel Messi are now facing calls to be banned from the final after celebrating with the incendiary and ‘idiotic’ sign.

Despite FIFA’s ban on political flags, Tottenham captain Cristian Romero, Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez and ex-Spurs midfielder Giovani Lo Celso celebrated with the controversial banner after the final whistle.

Captain and star player Messi was also dancing alongside it after his team beat the Three Lions 2-1 in Atlanta last night.

Tory shadow minister Andrew Griffith said: ‘Labour’s Chagos surrender has made us look weak, and British territory up for grabs. The Falklands are British. Whoever won the football. This idiotic display from the Argies was clearly against FIFA rules. They should be punished.’

He added: ‘FIFA fined our players for wearing poppies in 2016. They banned Spanish players in 2024. The Argentinian players’ display yesterday was disgusting and an insult to the Falkland Islanders. Why shouldn’t FIFA ban the Argie players from the final?’

Shocking footage taken from the stands showed the Argentinian team holding their fingers to their lips before raising the Falklands banner aloft. 

Lo Celso later carefully laid the banner on the pitch as the team taunted the English fans.

UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Peter Kyle, said today it was ‘entirely inappropriate’ to wave the banner, praising England for acting with dignity in ‘real contrast with what we saw with the Argentina team’.

Scottish Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said: ‘One thing needs to be made very clear this morning. The Falklands have never belonged to Argentina. And never will.’ 

FIFA has yet to comment, but the governing body is under huge pressure to punish Argentina for flouting its rules with an incendiary banner backing the country’s claim to the Falkland Islands. Manchester United and Spurs are being urged to punish Romero and Martinez.

Twelve years ago, the team carried the same banner at an international friendly and was fined just £20,000.

But there are growing calls for the players who carried the banner at a match of such magnitude – watched by an estimated 950 million people worldwide – to face tougher sanctions.

A total of 255 British servicemen were among the 907 people who died in the 1982 Falklands War, which saw UK armed forces retake the islands after an Argentine invasion.

Britain first landed on the uninhabited islands in 1690 and claimed them for the Crown in 1765. It has maintained a permanent presence there since 1833 – 47 years before Argentina became a fully unified state following its declaration of independence from Spain in 1816.

The last official referendum of Falkland Islanders was held in 2013, when 99.8 per cent of voters chose to remain a British Overseas Territory.

The offensive banner made a terrible night even worse for England. The team were leading 1-0 with just five minutes remaining.

Thomas Tuchel is facing calls to be sacked over his tactical decisions and defensive substitutions as England stood on the verge of reaching their first World Cup final since 1966.

The German manager insisted after the game that he had ‘no regrets’, but pundits and fans have turned on him after his team surrendered the lead when he took off speedy goalscorer Anthony Gordon and replaced the winger with defender Ezri Konsa.

Tuchel then took off Declan Rice for Nico O’Reilly and Reece James for Dan Burn in a further retreat 10 minutes later. Enzo Fernandez equalised with five minutes left and Lautaro Martinez won it for Argentina in stoppage time.

‘There are a million coaches after the game who know what to do better. If it doesn’t end up well, it’s easy to say that my decisions were wrong,’ said Tuchel. 

Some claimed he blamed the players as he added: ‘After the goal, we dropped back and waited too much, and the crosses and chances kept coming. I tried to help the team.

‘It doesn’t help if we don’t have the ball. We couldn’t get out, of course we wanted to go for the second goal.’

FIFA had banned flags referencing the Falklands from the stadium due to their political significance and the incident is likely to be reported to footballing authorities. 

On X, there were calls for Romero to be stripped of the Spurs captaincy and for Manchester United to sell Martinez for their part in the stunt.

Others called for the players to be suspended from the final, while acknowledging how unlikely that was in light of repeated accusations that FIFA and referees have been biased towards the Argentine team during the competition.

Previous financial sanctions have also done little to deter Argentine players from displaying slogans about the Falkland Islands in the past. 

In 2014, the Argentine Football Association was fined just £20,000 after its team displayed an almost identical ‘Las Malvinas Son Argentinas’ banner before a friendly against Slovenia.

Authorities are said to be treating this case more seriously as it is on the World Cup stage – in front of England and their fans. Plus, FIFA had banned such banners and threatened disciplinary action to those who broke the rules.

Tensions over the ownership of the Falklands, which are located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina but owned by Britain, had been a major talking point in the build-up to England’s semi-final. 

Argentina’s players were captured singing a chant in which they claimed the Falkland Islands were theirs in the aftermath of their last-16 victory over Egypt.

The country’s Foreign Minister, Pablo Quirno, also claimed the people living on the islands had been ‘artificially implanted’ – and that a referendum on British sovereignty was illegitimate.

And after Argentina’s victory, vice-president Victoria Villarruel posted on X that ‘it wasn’t just another match’ alongside a video of what appeared to be Argentine soldiers.

‘The Falklands are Argentine,’ she wrote.

‘They banned bringing them to the stadium and forgot that we carry them in our blood and our hearts.’

In the build-up to the game, Villarruel also branded England as ‘usurping pirates’. 

She wrote: ‘Tomorrow we play against the usurping pirates. This isn’t just another match. 

‘I’m not going to be politically correct or cold-hearted; against the English, it’s always something more.’

Falklanders were asked in a 2013 ballot whether they wanted the islands to remain under British rule, with 99.8 per cent voting yes.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper rejected the referendum attack and tried to cool tensions.

The animosity dates back principally to a ten-week war in 1982, when an Argentinian invasion of the Falklands was seen off by the British – at the cost of 907 lives.

It spilled over into football four years later when Maradona scored his infamous ‘hand of God’ goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final clash.

He used his fist to put the opening goal past England, allowing Argentina to win 2-1 and go on to claim the World Cup trophy.

During last night’s match, an impressive performance from the Three Lions at the start of the second half saw Antony Gordon put the side in front. 

But disastrous substitutions to send England into a defensive set-up would heartbreakingly backfire.

England were just less than six minutes away from their first World Cup final for 60 years when Enzo Fernandez scored the equaliser that denied them.

This was followed two minutes into injury time by a header from Lautaro Martinez, who secured Argentina’s place in Sunday night’s final against Spain in New York.

England fans complained about the conduct of the Argentinian fans after the game.

One supporter told the Daily Mail: ‘Obviously [we] were upset about the game, walking out the stadium, minding our own business.

‘Some guy, Argentina fan, comes up waving his flag, shoves it in our face, winding us up. 

‘You know obviously someone’s going to retaliate, right? But luckily we didn’t retaliate but there’s a lot of animosity.

‘When Argentina scored, an Argentinian guy next to me took his shirt off, waving it, slapping it in my face, absolutely disgusting.

‘Disgusting behaviour from the Argentinian fans, absolutely disgusting.

‘Tonight there’s not enough cops to police all of this. I’m telling you right now it’s going to kick off later in bars and stuff for sure, 100 per cent.’

It was England’s fourth-ever appearance in the final four of a World Cup, making this the most high-stakes match since 1966.

But in a story familiar to long-suffering fans, they just couldn’t keep ahead at the final whistle.

The royals were among those quick to congratulate the team for their impressive run to the semis, with King Charles III taking to social media and writing: ‘Commiserations to Harry and the team.

‘While you Three Lions may be licking your wounds today, you remain the pride of a nation – and will rise again.’

And outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to England’s ‘passion’ and ‘energy’.

Writing on X, he said: ‘Gutted. Tonight wasn’t the result we all hoped for, but this England team has given it their all.

‘The passion and energy they’ve shown representing the badge has made us all proud.’

In a potential development brimming with legal intrigue, Blanche has suggested that the Justice Department might delve into allegations of perjury against Jack Smith, the former special counsel. This pertains to testimony Smith provided to Congress concerning his investigation into ex-President Trump’s purported attempts to derail the peaceful transition of power after the 2020 elections.

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, a prominent Republican, pointed to a cache of documents disclosed by Chuck Grassley on Tuesday. These records reveal that Smith’s investigative team procured text messages from the National Archives and Records Administration. The messages encompassed communications from a notable 44 members of Congress.

According to the Justice Department, one of Smith’s investigators sought broad access to text communications stored in the National Archives. They requested all messages from October 2020 to January 20, 2021, linked to certain White House employees. This request inadvertently captured interactions between White House officials and numerous lawmakers.

The lawmakers spanned the political spectrum, including both Republicans and Democrats whose communications with White House staffers were retrieved by Smith’s team. Republicans such as Grassley, Hawley, Cruz, and Maine’s Senator Susan Collins, alongside Democrats like Senators Cory Booker, Representatives Adam Smith of Washington, and Joshua Gottheimer of New Jersey, as well as former Representative Karen Bass of California, found themselves on this extensive list.

Back in December, House legislators queried Smith over the records he amassed during the course of his investigation. Their focus was on the toll records gleaned from Congressional members. These toll records, which divulge call metadata such as telephone numbers, timestamps, and call durations, notably omit the actual content of any messages.

During one exchange, a House investigator asked Smith whether he sought search warrants for the content of text messages from members, to which Smith answered, “No, I don’t recall that.” He did say he sought a warrant for the toll records. 

But Hawley suggested that Smith had lied to Congress when he was asked about the toll records. 

“Maybe there’s some nuance I’m missing here, but it seems to me like this guy didn’t tell the truth,” Hawley said. “Have you thought about investigating this guy for perjury?”

In response, Blanche said, “we take testimony in front of this body very seriously. Yes.”

In a significant humanitarian gesture, U.S. troops were seen unloading what was reportedly China’s sole aid flight to Venezuela, as the nation remains in recovery mode following last month’s devastating earthquakes.

Images from the U.S. government depict an Air China aircraft making its landing at Simón Bolívar Airport on July 6, almost two weeks after the seismic events shook the country on June 24.

Upon arrival, the Chinese government’s relief supplies were carefully removed from the plane by American soldiers, who have been at the forefront of coordinating the disaster response and ensuring the prompt distribution of aid.

The photographs shared with news outlets reveal U.S. military personnel methodically extracting substantial packages from shipping containers. Using specialized vehicles, they expertly maneuvered pallets on the airport tarmac, preparing the boxes for onward transportation and distribution to areas in need.

“Secretary Rubio promised the Trump administration’s response to the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela would be big, fast and effective. We continue to deliver on that commitment,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement to News Media.

“While some countries say they’ll deliver aid — weeks after natural disasters occur — America shows up, unloads the aid and ensures that assistance reaches the hands of those who truly need it thanks to our close coordination with the Department of War and the great public-private partnerships our Department has spearheaded.”

The U.S. has moved more than 1.5 million pounds of assistance into Venezuela since the earthquakes struck June 24, according to the State Department.

A big part of that was repairing Simón Bolívar Airport, which sits just outside the capital city of Caracas after its runways were seriously damaged in the natural disaster.

“The U.S. military was able to repair that airfield and get it up and running to allow for C-17 and other large aircraft to land there. And that’s very important as we continue to obviously get international relief supplies in,” a senior State Department official told reporters in late June.

One runway is operational at the airport, and one of the first American flights into the airport was carrying forklifts to help get supplies unloaded off future flights, according to the State Department official.

Florida-based Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), one of the leading nonprofits gathering and sending aid to Venezuela, said it aims to deliver 100,000 boxes of supplies monthly for the next three to six months, according to The Associated Press.

According to GEM’s website, it has shipped nearly 1 million pounds of aid. This includes over 38,000 hygiene kits, more than 27,000 tents and tarps and 48 generators.

GEM founder and President Michael Capponi told the AP delivering aid to Venezuela now is a “whole different animal” compared to when he tried to send supplies during the reign of Nicolás Maduro.

Maduro, who was captured and deposed during a U.S.-led raid Jan. 3, did not allow Capponi into the country.

“We land a private plane. It gets unloaded by U.S. soldiers. It goes in a truck we pay for and to a warehouse that we completely control. It doesn’t touch the hands of the Venezuelan government,” he said.

The State Department said July 9 that the U.S. government has committed more than $386 million in financial assistance to Venezuela flowing through trusted partner groups. 

The Chinese foreign minister announced in late June a $14.72 million commitment for financial and material aid to Venezuela, according to Chinese state-run media.

Nearly two weeks after the earthquakes struck, Chinese state media reported about what they called the first batch of aid arriving at Simón Bolívar International Airport on July 6. State media said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil and Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela Lan Hu received the shipment, said to include tents and generators, at the airport.

In late June, the U.S. also mobilized more than 300 search and rescue personnel throughout the country. 

The Miami Herald reported last week that those teams left after they “completed their mission.”

As of Tuesday, 4,734 people have died from the earthquakes, according to figures released by the Venezuelan government, cited by Reuters. Additionally, there are at least 16,740 people injured, while nearly 18,000 people are homeless.

The earthquakes have destroyed 190 buildings and damaged over 850, Venezuelan officials told the AP.

Lindy Li, once a prominent Democratic fundraiser, contends that President Joe Biden is doing himself no favors by intending to clarify his decision to seek re-election in 2024 amidst growing concerns about his age and mental acuity.

Li asserts that Biden’s forthcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” is poised to unearth painful memories that Democrats have been trying to surpass ever since the disappointing showing in the 2024 elections.

In many respects, she perceives the book as a reflective microcosm of Biden’s tenure in office.

“People are thinking, ‘Why can’t you just stay quiet?’ Before I departed from the party, they wanted to distance themselves from him entirely. It got to the point that when Biden finally stepped down on July 21, there was a lack of farewell festivities, apart from a small gathering of staff in the Rose Garden. Absolutely nothing beyond that,” Li remarked.

“Jill has him authoring books that lack readership appeal instead of fully embracing retirement life,” Li added, referring to Jill Biden, the former First Lady.

“Just like she had him out running for president — a presidency that no one wanted, not even Democrats — instead of enjoying his retirement. He should have been in retirement 10, 20 years ago, but they need the money.”

Biden described his upcoming book in a post to X Wednesday morning.

“It’s about the challenges we face as a nation. About the decisions I made and why I made them,” Biden said, igniting mockery on social media. “It’s about why I chose to run for reelection and why I chose to step aside.”

“The first lie of Joe Biden’s book launch: ‘I’ve written a book,’” conservative communicator Steve Guest wrote.

“Joe Biden couldn’t sign his own pardons. Now he’s ‘written’ a book, which Democrats forced him to release after the midterms so he wouldn’t be in the news to remind people how bad he was,” wrote Outkick founder Clay Travis. “Who in the world is buying this book?”

“Who do we think wrote this book,” Daily Wire editor-in-chief Brent Scher wondered.

“Did the autopen write this too,” Missouri Republican Rep. Jason Smith questioned.

Li, who is publishing a new book of her own, “Unburdened,” later this year, was privy to many of the party’s internal discussions, research and panic behind the scenes, which indicated Biden enjoyed only shaky support even among his own camp long before he ultimately dropped out of the 2024 election.

In light of what she knows, Li doubts there is a way for Biden to spin his exit that won’t do further harm to his own image, an image his campaign went to great lengths to protect.

Li recalled how the Biden campaign confiscated her phone at a 2023 event.

“The [Democratic National Committee] was routinely confiscating the phones of top donors with social media followings,” Li said, referring to a party fundraising and campaign group.

“They took away my phone because they knew I was a prolific tweeter. And I posted something on Instagram that night, and a finance director from the DNC called me at around 10 or 11 that same night to instruct me to delete everything from Instagram about Biden that I posted that day.

“The reason is because [Biden] seemed infirm. He seemed weak.”

Now on this side of his presidency, Li believes he will further aggravate Democrats who have wanted to move past the 2024 election and reignite questions of why Biden wasn’t asked to step aside sooner.

“It’s very clear they were trying to hide the fact that instead of having a candidate they could be proud of, they were busy hiding a candidate that they were deeply ashamed of,” she added.

Fox News’ Ashley DiMella contributed to this report

On a night of vibrant fireworks painting the sky during the Fourth of July, vivid sparks were igniting a different kind of spectacle in the VIP area of country sensation Jelly Roll’s Goodnight Nashville bar. Here, his former wife, Bunnie XO, was seen in a passionate embrace with a much younger man, over two decades her junior.

Amidst the glow of the fireworks and haze from rooftop smoke, 46-year-old Bunnie, who is no stranger to a past life as a prostitute, was inseparable from reality TV personality Dylan Wolf, aged 24. This new romantic entanglement unfolded against the backdrop of her estranged husband’s buzzing venue, seemingly marking her bold move onward.

Adding another twist to the saga, an episode of Bunnie’s revealing podcast, Dumb Blonde, where she openly discussed her shocking separation from Jelly Roll, mysteriously disappeared from circulation.

Released shortly after the divorce headlines surfaced in May, the podcast episode illustrated a complex emotional landscape. Bunnie spoke of Jelly Roll, 41, as her ‘best friend,’ disclosed his new romantic pursuits, and intriguingly mentioned that they still intend to have a child together despite the end of their decade-long marriage.

Insiders reveal that this emotional rollercoaster mirrors the reality of the couple’s behind-the-scenes tumult, encapsulating a tale of love, transition, and unexpected revelations.

‘It’s messy,’ an insider told the Daily Mail. ‘Everything involving Bunnie is going to be messy right now but the kids are still happening.’

A second insider also said Jelly and Bunnie – real names Jason and Alisa DeFord – are still moving forward with their plans for a surrogate pregnancy. 

‘As of right now, Jelly and Bunnie remain committed to expanding their family despite the long and emotional IVF journey they’ve been through,’ the source said.

‘After previously losing embryos, they’re hopeful the remaining embryos will lead to a successful pregnancy through their surrogate. They aren’t giving up even if their marriage is and will remain over.’

In her now‑deleted podcast episode, Bunnie detailed just how brutal that journey has been.

The pair started IVF nearly two years ago and tried multiple times to get pregnant, she said, but suffered four embryo losses.

Jelly also had to ‘get on a bunch of hormones’ after discovering he had low sperm count, forcing him to confront medical issues of his own while juggling a booming career, she said.

In fact, Bunnie suggested that IVF didn’t just test their bodies – it quietly started to dismantle their relationship.

She described the fertility process as the beginning of the end, that the emotional strain and constant disappointment laid the foundation for arguments that ultimately blew the marriage apart.

The tipping point, in her retelling, came on Mother’s Day this year, when a fight escalated and Bunnie snapped at Jelly: ‘Well, then file the f***ing divorce papers.’

What she thought was just a frustrated outburst became a challenge he took literally.

Court documents later showed Jelly filed for divorce days later on May 18, listing May 9 as their official date of separation and citing irreconcilable differences. Then, moving trucks and boxes appeared outside their $6.5million Nashville home as the couple called it quits on their decade-long marriage.

At the time, one insider told the Daily Mail that the couple had ‘disagreements over timing’ of when to have children, and that Jelly’s ‘increasingly demanding career’ contributed to ‘tension’ in their relationship.

Meanwhile, another source highlighted the ‘conflict’ between Jelly’s renewed – and very public – Christian faith and Bunnie’s lifestyle, which they said involves ‘posing mostly naked and talking about porn and penises on her podcast.’

The details of the sudden split of such a seemingly enamored couple is perhaps why the disappearance of Bunnie’s divorce podcast episode has become so intriguing.

Because it didn’t just spill on IVF – it was Bunnie’s attempt to control the narrative about their divorce.

Bunnie told listeners that she and Jelly were ‘ending this marriage on the best possible terms,’ praising him for ‘taking care of her in the divorce’ and stressing there was no cheating involved, just two broken people who couldn’t hold it together any longer.

It quickly became one of her most‑viewed episodes ever and generated around $100,000 in revenue.

But, according to Bunnie, her raw vulnerability ‘backfired.’ 

In her latest podcast episode, she admitted that she didn’t want one of the hardest moments of her life to become a ‘permanent headline,’ frozen in audio forever for fans and trolls alike to replay.

She stressed that if she cared only about money, she would have left the episode up and let it earn ‘another f***ing 100 grand,’ but that healing mattered more to her than downloads.

Our first source, however, suggested there was another reason for pressing that delete button. 

The episode was recorded and released immediately after the split went public – and before Jelly and Bunnie sat down to compare notes in private.

‘The podcast was honest and released hours after the public knew and maybe there wasn’t a lot of communication between the two of them,’ the source said.

Once they finally talked, the source added, ‘things that were questioned were answered between them in private,’ and parts of Bunnie’s podcast no longer reflected where they’d landed.

‘The public was trying to scan through it to see things and figure out things,’ the insider said, so the pair decided ‘it was best if it’s just not there for them to look through.’

And while fans dissected the episode like a relationship post-mortem, rumors of infidelity and rebounds swirled.

There was speculation that Bunnie had moved on with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, forcing her to publicly say that there was ‘no Chad and Bunnie Xo,’ and apologize to the singer and his band for roping them into such drama. Meanwhile, Jelly told a concert crowd at the time that ‘nobody cheated on nobody,’ blasting rumor‑mongers as ‘liars.’

Bunnie also revealed that Jelly has already started seeing someone and that she’s ‘happy for him,’ while slamming online rumors linking him to 21-year-old singer‑songwriter Jessie Murph.

With Murph only a few years older than his 18‑year‑old daughter Bailee Ann, Bunnie called the idea ‘absolutely f*****g kind of disgusting’ and ‘disrespectful.’

As for her smooch with Wolf, Bunnie said on her podcast that she isn’t interested in dating anyone and is only ‘here for fun.’ However, she criticized those who filmed the kiss, saying she’s just ‘a woman who’s trying to move on with her life and has been through hell this entire … year.’

And that year from ‘hell’ has clearly taken a toll.

Bunnie said that she had dropped a dramatic 20 pounds since the split, describing how she was not eating nor drinking as she clearly struggled under the weight of the public break‑up.

Jelly, meanwhile, who famously lost almost 300 pounds during their years together, said in a YouTube video on Friday that he had ‘been overeating the last three or four days’ out of stress.

It is all a far cry from where the couple started, getting hitched at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas a decade ago.

Now, those vows are broken – but only time will tell if promises of a baby will come to pass.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO for comment. 

President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is inclined to negotiate a peace deal to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. This assertion comes despite stern warnings from Moscow, which cautioned that any Western troops involved in enforcing such a peace agreement would be seen as targets by Russian military forces.

In an interview with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, Trump shared a direct message he claims to have conveyed to Putin: “I say, ‘Vladimir, it’s time for you to stop. It’s time for this war to end.’”

Trump expressed his belief that Putin is “ready to make a deal” to resolve the ongoing hostilities.

Despite these diplomatic overtures, fierce fighting persists across Ukraine, including in Russian-occupied areas.

The escalating drone warfare has compelled both armies to explore innovative countermeasures, often repurposing older weaponry to intercept modern unmanned aerial vehicles.

A video supplied by East2West shows a Russian soldier apparently losing control of a Soviet-era YakB-12.7 rotary machine gun mounted on an improvised ground platform.

The weapon begins spinning violently, dragging the service member around before throwing him several yards from the mounting. Another soldier ducks as the gun swings in his direction. 

East2West reported that no one was injured, though News Media has not independently verified the location, date or circumstances of the footage.

The four-barrel machine gun was originally developed for use aboard the Soviet-designed Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter. Russian forces have reportedly attempted to repurpose such weapons as ground-based defenses against Ukrainian drones, East2West news reported.

On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said any multinational force deployed by Ukraine’s allies after a ceasefire would be unacceptable to Moscow.

“We would regard such units as legitimate military targets,” Zakharova said, according to a Reuters report published Wednesday.

Members of the Western “coalition of the willing” reaffirmed at a meeting in Paris this week that they intend to deploy a multinational force after hostilities end. The proposed force would seek to reassure Ukraine and help Kyiv rebuild its military.

Ukraine’s military said Wednesday that its forces struck the Balaklava thermal power station in Russian-occupied Crimea, a facility that accounts for nearly half of the peninsula’s electricity generation, according to Reuters. 

Russia, meanwhile, launched another major drone and missile attack against Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, killing three people, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said. He said civilian, industrial and port infrastructure had been targeted during five consecutive days of Russian attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said Wednesday that Ukraine expects to develop the technical capability to manufacture missiles for U.S.-made Patriot air-defense systems by the end of 2026.

Reuters contributed to this story.

A viral incident has unfolded involving a former Chili’s employee from Louisiana, who claimed his dismissal was due to refusing to adhere to a coworker’s preferred pronouns. However, Chili’s has stated that the firing was a result of ongoing harassment, which contravened the company’s conduct policies, rather than any personal stance on gender identity.

The ex-employee, Wesley Kirk Ford Jr., took to social media on Saturday to assert that he was dismissed after addressing a nonbinary coworker using “her actual legal government name.”

Contradicting Ford’s account, Chili’s has clarified that he persistently mocked and intimidated the coworker, disregarding requests to cease such behavior.

“While we typically do not address personnel matters publicly, it is crucial to provide context for the actions taken in this instance,” a spokesperson for Chili’s explained to Fox News Digital.

The spokesperson elaborated, “The individual’s termination resulted from numerous harassment occurrences towards a team member, breaching our policies, which impacted the team member’s ability to work. Despite being instructed multiple times to halt the behavior, the individual persisted.”

The spokesperson added, “Harassment, bullying, or behavior that disrespects another person is not consistent with our values and is not tolerated. As always, our focus remains on supporting our team members, caring for our Guests, and maintaining a respectful environment for everyone who works or dines with us.”

In a Saturday post on Facebook, Ford wrote, “I just got fired from Chilis in Denham Springs for calling a nonbinary coworker by her actual legal government name lolol. I now need to find a new job.”

Ford added, “I also need to find a first amendment/civil rights attorney. I will post more details on exactly what happened after I wind down some because I’m fired up right now lolol.”

In a video posted Saturday, Ford said he was fired for refusing to call the coworker not by her name, but by her “chosen name,” which he said was “Fish.”

He said he’d never been fired or even disciplined at any job before.

“I’m not participating in that s— anymore,” Ford said in the video. “Like, I don’t care. I don’t care, I put my foot down. And I’m just not, I’m not participating in it.”

Chili’s, however, maintained that Ford was committing harassing behavior.

“In this instance, the terminated team member excessively and unnecessarily mocked the other team member in an antagonizing manner to harass and intimidate,” the spokesperson said.

“This conduct was intentional, targeted, and designed to provoke a reaction. These repeated bullying actions created a hostile working environment and interfered with the ability to do their job.”