Trump - intent on brokering at least one peace deal between warring nations - declared Tuesday he turned down Putin's offer of help with the Iran-Israel conflict, instead reminding the Russian he needs his help to bring the war in Ukraine to an end.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, doubled down on his warning that some countries might give Iran nuclear weapons in the wake of strikes carried out by the United States,