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BBCA former priest accused of abusing members of a church group he led has been found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women.
Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), an influential evangelical movement based in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s.
Brain, of Wilmslow, in Cheshire, was convicted of the charges following a trial at Inner London Crown Court.
He was found not guilty of another 15 charges of indecent assault, while jurors are continuing to deliberate on a further four counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape.
Wearing a black suit with a black tie, Brain showed no emotion as the jury foreman delivered the verdicts.
The jury are expected to return to court on Thursday to continue their deliberations on the remaining counts.
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Getty ImagesThe High Court's decision to block a hotel in Epping from accommodating asylum seekers will not suddenly end their use nationwide.
But could it be a gateway for similar decisions elsewhere?
Individual councils may try to use the decision to stop the use of asylum hotels in their area, which could be a headache for the Home Office.
There is also a question, in the words of the government's own lawyers, of whether the ruling risks causing "further violent protests around other asylum accommodation".
Monday's ruling partly came down to a sense of community - and how it had been potentially impacted in Epping by what the council said was unlawful activity by the hotel, which its owners denied.
In short, the council argued the hotel had breached local planning controls by changing its use, and that in turn had led to events that changed the area: unlawful protests, fear of crime, concerns for 1,800 children going to school from September.
Mr Justice Eyre's conclusions took those concerns into account. He said that lawful protests that had happened in the town could never be a "veto" on how to apply planning rules.
But he added that the council's evidence was that the hotel's alleged unlawful use had affected what is known as "amenity" - that is, the generally-understood quality or character of an area or community.
"[Local] Fear of crime resulting from the use of the Bell, the need to address lawful protests and the consequences of the actions taken to address unlawful activity are relevant factors in support of interim relief," said the judge.
In other words, the council showed him some limited evidence of impact, rather that just a fear of impact, and that justified a temporary injunction to prevent irreparable harm.
If other councils want to use the ruling, they can't just knock on the court's doors to ask that asylum seekers are removed from a hotel because they fear protests.
The judge made clear there has to be some evidence of harm.
If they can show protests have caused clear harm, they might have a chance.
And that's what worries the Home Office.
If the on-off protests continue, peppered around the country, there could be many more cases like Epping as ministers try to meet their commitment to end hotel use by the end of the Parliament.
What are the government's alternatives?
The current housing strategy has evolved piecemeal.
The national "dispersal" plan places asylum seekers in private accommodation around the UK - the hotels are on top.
Critics say that local councils, schools and GPs are not properly warned and some of the poorest people in each community end up in competition with the Home Office for the cheapest private renting.
Getty ImagesAll governments have turned to ad hoc solutions - including under the Conservatives the Bibi Stockholm barge once moored in Dorset and temporarily-converted military sites, such as Napier barracks in Folkestone, Kent.
Both were criticised as unsuitable and ill-thought out.
Officials have at times looked at buying old student halls. That would be closer to French and Spanish local reception centres, run by independent organisations on behalf of government.
The only plan never tried at scale is a network of purpose-built accommodation centres - or "camps" as some would prefer them to be.
Germany created this kind of basic dormitory-style accommodation designed to accommodate people for up to 18 months with essentials like healthcare and education.
Twenty years ago, Tony Blair's government began working on such a plan but it was later dropped aid local opposition at the first potential sites, but also because asylum numbers were coming under control.
There are about 32,000 asylum seekers in hotel accommodation across the UK in around 210 hotels.
That's down from a peak of 56,000 in 400 hotels before the general election.
Those hotels are being used because there has been an unprecedented backlog in the number of people waiting for a decision on their claim for asylum.
In 2014, 87 out of 100 asylum applicants got a decision on their future within six months.
Those people were either being settled and had permission to pay their own way by getting a job, or they were facing removal from the UK.
By 2021, that decision rate was down to six out of 100.
The backlog was growing largely because the Home Office scrapped a target in 2018 for how quickly to process cases.
The end of the pandemic led to global rush in movements, and the UK began seeing more and more arrivals as people smugglers built a trade on the English Channel.
The backlog hit of 132,000 cases by 2022, according to official figures. The Home Office was running out of its standard supply of private accommodation and began buying up more and more hotel space.
The management of all of this was further complicated when in 2023, the last government stopped processing applications from people arriving in small boats, hoping it would send some of them to Rwanda instead.
All of this is now costing around £5.4bn a year - twice as much as the bill in 2021-22.
That brings us to the legal battles.
In 2022 a string of councils attempted to prevent hotels being used by the Home Office. They largely failed.
In one case, Ipswich Borough Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council had argued that hotels in their patches were being illegally changed into hostels - pretty complex issues relating to local planning controls.
Those local authorities and others were seen off by the Home Office and its contractors because the courts legally took into account the bigger national picture.
Ministers have a duty imposed by Parliament to safely house asylum seekers awaiting a decision and the evidence showed they had few good options.
Great Yarmouth successfully blocked the use of hotels on its seafront, saying that breached its local tourism plan - but that was fact-specific and of little legal use to other concerned councils.
Getty ImagesThe cost of everyday food items from instant coffee to beef and fruit juices has continued to rise.
The latest inflation data shows food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose 4.9% in the year to July, the highest annual rate of food and drink inflation since February 2024.
So why is this? And are there any signs these price rises in supermarkets, restaurants and cafes could ease soon?
Lewis ClareOne contributing factor is the climate.
Drought in the UK has meant that crop yields were lower this year, while extreme weather in other countries has raised the wholesale prices of goods like coffee beans and cocoa.
A bad harvest means good crops are "worth more money", according to one farmer.
Lewis Clare, who produces organic oats and pigs on his 160-acre farm near Manchester, said: "The weather is going to be driving costs up."
"I hate to say I think it's going to go up even more," he added.
"This year has been a problem. It's been incredibly dry, the crops and yields have been terrible."
Global events like the war in Ukraine also affect supply chains and push prices up.
Mr Clare said he used to produce eggs but had to remodel his business after Russia invaded Ukraine.
"Whether it's some kind of extreme weather event or something dramatic like the war in Ukraine, the farmers are the first to feel it, because we are at the frontline, and then it sort of trickles down through to the consumer six to 18 months down the line," he said.
Business owners have also had to grapple with a rise in the minimum wage, as well as higher employer National Insurance Contributions.
Jane Matthews, operations director of the Ice Cream Farm in Cheshire, said her business is constantly having to absorb rising costs, from payroll to food to energy.
"We're being squeezed on all corners," she told BBC News. But, she added, the company was conscious that "customers' budgets are also squeezed."
She said the company felt it had no choice but to pass on these costs to their customers.
"You've got to make these decisions now so you can keep going, [otherwise] you might not to be able to employ more people or [have to] close certain things during the year."
Research published on Tuesday showed that many people are cutting back on fast food and casual dining, replacing it with smaller treats like coffee or a bar of chocolate.
Ms Matthews said she had noticed this through the number of picnics on the farm.
"People might bring a basic picnic and supplement it with a bag of chips for the kids," she said.
"So we've embraced that ... in the hope that they will still spend here."
Elaine DoranFor many families, the weekly supermarket shop is the most obvious indicator that the cost of living is still going up, especially when the cost of everyday staples is rising.
Rapid rises in food prices hit low-income families the hardest, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank.
Lalitha Try, an economist at the Resolution Foundation, said that low-income families spend a greater portion of their money on food, so they are more sensitive to price rises at the supermarket.
People and families with a higher income have options if they want to cut back, such as switching to own-brand products, but lower-income households are often already doing that, so there are "less choices to make", she said.
Danni Hewson, the head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, said consumer trends were also a factor, as demand for high protein meals had also helped drive up the price of beef.
Even then, households with higher incomes were not immune to the rising inflation, she said.
"Most people live to their means, so they may have a car payment, a chunky mortgage, or pay private school fees, and all of those things are what equates to their standard of living they're used to enjoying," she said.
"But inflation makes everything more expensive and at some point even people on chunky salaries are having to ask questions about how far their money will stretch and what they might have to give up or change in order to keep the bills in check."
Gwyndaf Hughes/BBCScientists have developed a honeybee "superfood" that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss.
Bee colonies that ate the supplement during trials had up to 15 times more baby bees that grew to adulthood.
Honeybees are a vital part of food production and contribute to pollinating 70% of leading global crops.
"This technological breakthrough provides all the nutrients bees need to survive, meaning we can continue to feed them even when there's not enough pollen," senior author Professor Geraldine Wright at the University of Oxford told BBC News.
"It really is a huge accomplishment," she says.
Gywndaf Hughes/BBCHoneybees globally are facing severe declines, due to nutrient deficiencies, viral diseases, climate change and other factors. In the US, annual colony losses have ranged between 40-50% in the last decade and are expected to increase.
Beekeepers in the UK have faced serious challenges too.
Nick Mensikov, chair of the Cardiff, Vale and Valleys Beekeepers Association, told BBC News that he lost 75% of his colonies last winter and that this has been seen across South Wales.
"Although the hives have all been full of food, the bees have just dwindled. Most of the bees survived through January, February, and then they just vanished," he says.
Gwyndaf Hughes/BBCHoneybees feed on pollen and nectar from flowers that contain the nutrients, including lipids called sterols that are necessary for their development.
They make honey in hives, which becomes their food source over winter when flowers have stopped producing pollen.
When beekeepers take out honey to sell, or, increasingly, when there isn't enough pollen available, they give the insects supplementary food.
But that food is made up of protein flour, sugar and water, and has always lacked the nutrients bees require. It is like humans eating a diet without carbohydrates, amino acids, or other vital nutrients.
Sterol has always proved very difficult to manufacture, but Prof Wright has led a group of scientists for 15 years to identify which exact sterols bees need and how engineer them.
Gwyndaf Hughes/BBCIn the lab at Oxford, PhD student Jennifer Chennells showed us small clear boxes of honeybees in an incubator that she feeds with different foods she has made.
She uses kitchen equipment you could find at home to make the raw ingredients, and rolls out glossy, white tubes of food.
"We put ingredients into what's like a cookie dough, with different proteins, fats, different amounts of carbohydrate, and the micronutrients that bees need. It's to try to work out what they like best and what's best for them," she says.
She pushes the tubes inside the boxes and bees nibble at the mixture.
It's in this lab that, using gene editing, Prof Wright's team successfully made a yeast that can produce the six sterols that bees need.
"It's a huge breakthrough. When my student was able to engineer the yeast to create the sterols, she sent me a picture of the chromatogram that was a result of the work," she says, referring to a chart of the substance structure.
"I still have it on the wall of my office," she explains.
The "superfood" was fed to bees in the lab's hives for three months.
The results showed that colonies fed the food had up to 15 times more baby bees that made it to adulthood.
"When the bees have a complete nutrition they should be healthier and less susceptible to disease," Prof Wright says.
Prof Wright says the food would be particularly useful during summers like this one when flowering plants appear to have stopped producing early.
Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC"It's really important in years when the summer came early and bees will not have sufficient pollen and nectar to make it through the winter," she says.
"The more months that they go without pollen, the more nutritional stress that they will face, which means that the beekeepers will have greater losses of those bees over winter," she explains.
Larger-scale trials are now needed to assess the long-term impacts of the food on honeybee health, but the supplement could be available to beekeepers and farmers within two years.
The study was led by University of Oxford, working with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark.
The research is published in the journal Nature.
Getty ImagesScottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images.
The 52-year-old, who has represented South Scotland since 2016, was arrested at a property in Dumfries earlier this month.
Smyth has been suspended by Scottish Labour and is now listed as an independent on the parliament website.
He is due to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court at a later date.
Smyth has held several frontbench roles, most recently in April 2023, and previously served as Scottish Labour's general secretary.
His phone was answered but then died when BBC Scotland News tried to contact him.
A Labour spokesperson said: "The whip has been removed from Colin Smyth MSP, pending an investigation.
"We cannot comment further on this matter while the investigation is ongoing."
It is understood the party suspended Smyth when it became aware of the police investigation.
前不久，Nature Cities发表了一篇文章，说明中国城市居民如何通过点外卖将高温天气下的热暴露风险转移到外卖员身上。这道理其实朴素易懂，可真正遭遇滂沱大雨或热浪滚滚的恶劣天气，外卖员又不过变成了一个在我们手机地图上移动的坐标而已。
就以今年夏天频繁遭遇反常降雨的北京为例。7月24号开始的那一轮特大暴雨，据说用了四天就下了北京一年的雨。雨下得太大的时候，向窗外望去，总是白茫茫一片。马路、街道、红绿灯、车流、广告牌、店铺、购物中心、小区居民楼，所有这一切被淹没在大雨里，仿佛这座城市都停摆了，安静得只有哗哗的雨声。待在房间里的人们，甚至等待外卖上门的顾客，无法了解那些仍坚持冒雨在马路上疾驰的外卖员经历着什么。
已经四年没跑外卖的我，也想知道，接连极端天气下，我这些曾经的同行们，在如何工作。
第一次见到老蔡，距离那场特大暴雨已经过去了两周，在半夜11点多的北京街头，夜空中依然飘着雨丝。他紧盯着美团配送的app界面，脸上映着黄色的光，迈着急匆匆的步子往灯牌早已熄灭了的美食城里赶去，不时发出“呱唧呱唧”的声音。
那声音是从他脚底下发出的。当天北京又下了一整天的雨，他的鞋子在白天11点配送午高峰第一波单子的时候，就已经湿透了。
和我聊天的时候，他一直在原地活动自己的脚。他说，整个脚已经没有知觉了，但前脚掌那里又隐隐作痛，猜测脚底的皮肤可能是被水泡烂了，或者磨出了水泡。
◉老蔡晚上回家检查，发现被泡的发白的那部分皮肉周边已经渗出了血丝，但第二天他仍要坚持靠这双脚跑单14个小时。摄影：老蔡
老蔡今年37岁，从甘肃农村老家来到北京，已经跑了四年外卖。作为美团乐跑的外卖员，没有电梯的高层、不允许电动车进的小区，类似的“破单子”都得由他踩着湿哒哒的鞋袜配送。雨天视线受阻、手机操作不方便、路面湿滑，这些都加大了配送难度，为了避免超时，他需要更集中注意力，至于鞋里面到底什么情况，也顾不得检查，就这样跑下来一整天。
“所以你就这样忍着跑了12个小时？”第二天见面时，我开口问道。
老蔡语气略带苦楚又骄傲地回答道：“是14个小时半，我每天10点钟上线跑单，昨天跟你说完之后，我跑到了1点半才收。”
我有些震惊地问，是什么人下雨天这么晚还点外卖？老蔡一副见怪不怪的样子，吐了一口烟答道：“这有什么，多了去了，我前阵子最晚送到凌晨2点，还有人点奶茶喝呢。”
同样认为我大惊小怪的还有饿了么的专送外卖员小谭。小谭是00后，去年才从老家河南来北京打工。他对自己的定位是“一人吃饱，全家不饿”，相比于老蔡，他的生活压力较小，整个人显得更轻松，但也不得不坚持在每个下雨天出勤跑单。
他觉得，下雨天外卖员从头湿到脚这种事根本就是家常便饭，即使不下雨，在北京炎热的夏天，每天东奔西跑，出的汗都足够把全身的衣服浸湿了。
8月12号那天，北京天降骤雨，当时小谭正在返回商圈的路上。他花20块钱买的劣质雨衣在配送时划了个口子，再加上狂风肆虐，雨没下多大会儿，全身就湿透了。他索性把雨衣脱了，接着跑。
◉下雨天正在路口焦急等待的外卖员。摄影：玉阳
“对于这些情况，我都能忍受。”让小谭不能忍受的是，那天早餐他只喝了一碗粥，本以为几个小时后就能吃上午饭，可没想到，这一跑就到了晚上8点。突如其来的大雨让成百上千的顾客在同一时间拿起手机点外卖，小谭的系统则不断传来“您有新的订单”。爆单让他没有任何机会停下来，就这样一直在风雨里穿梭。等下线的时候，充电宝电量已经耗尽，手机电量还剩4%，他买了份饭想要回家吃，但实在太饿，只好在路边的一个公交车站停了下来。
摘下蓝色头盔，放在一旁，脸上的雨水还不时滴到饭里，但似乎没影响到他什么。小谭坐在广告牌旁平淡地吃着饭，不一会儿又戴上蓝色头盔，整个动作一气呵成，骑上朝夕相伴的电动车，消失在北京漫长的黑夜里，就好像他从来没在这里停留过一样。
我把这些新听到的故事转述给了老魏，他表现得很淡然。老魏是山东人，今年43岁，现在在京东送外卖，不过他从2018年就已经开始在配送行业工作了。一路走过来，他觉得干外卖这行遭点罪、受点伤太正常了，这些天让他真正感到不舒服的是，明明自己已经努力加快速度，确保下雨天餐品也能及时送到顾客手里，但还是会遭到意想不到的投诉。
◉对老魏这样准时、负责的骑手来说，在紧张的配送过程中，还要分心处理顾客的投诉，可能是他最不想遇到的问题。图源：老魏
“前阵子不是北京下大暴雨嘛，那几天你在外面跑单了吗？”
老蔡对着我比了个“1”，我盯着他的食指问：“是跑了一天？还是休了一天？”
“是一天都没休。”他笑着说，“你别说这两天了，我跑4年外卖了，除了春节或者处理必要的事儿，都不休息。”
上有老、下有小的老蔡是家中的顶梁柱。两娃中的老大今年刚中考完，由于成绩不太理想，9月份只能上私立高中，一年学费就得交四五万。
“孩子大了，在教育上就得花钱，你说我压力能不大吗？每天就这样干十四五个小时，一个月能挣个一万三四，最后也剩不下啥。”
不过，家庭从来不只是让他疲于奔命，也让他在马路上飞驰的时候绷紧了保护自己的那根弦。他说，底线肯定是保护自己不出事，出了事耽误送单不说，毕竟家里还有老婆孩子呢。
对于外卖员而言，生命安全和金钱之于家庭同等重要，可又相互矛盾，不过老蔡言语中透露着一股自信，他认为自己能凭借高超的技巧在两者之间取得平衡。
有一次，平台一股脑派了十几个单子，他就一边琢磨着最快的配送路线，一边在高速移动中观察过往车辆的速度和司机的行驶状态，以判断自己逆行、闯红灯的时候是否足够“安全”。
◉我自己在送外卖时爆单后的系统界面。在超时的压力下，一边规划取餐和配送路线，一边在高速行驶时观察车流和人流，骑手的注意力很难一直保持高度集中。图源：玉阳
当他因为送了一单不允许电动车进入只能徒步配送的小区，导致后续的订单快要超时时，大汗淋漓地跑回车上，反而要先给自己点上一根烟。他说：“越是着急的时候，我越要让自己保持清醒，送外卖可不只是个体力活，脑子里时刻都得计算着。”
这完全是在刀尖上跳舞。乍一听，让老蔡风雨无阻出勤跑单的压力似乎全部来自家庭，但这可能只是真相的一半。
在美团、饿了么这些平台的管理制度下，留给骑手“在刀尖上舞蹈”的空间其实相当狭小。那刀尖看上去是骑手自愿站上去的，但有时候也不是出于自愿，而且也不是你想停就能停下来的。
首先，老蔡提到，美团设置乐跑骑手的一个意义就是为了应对在高温、暴雨、大风、下雪这些恶劣天气下骑手数量不够的问题。“别人不送的单子，我们来送。像有些小年轻没我们这么大压力，一到下雨天不想出来跑，那也会被队长强制要求上线。”
与美团乐跑互为镜像的饿了么优选也有着同样的规则。饿了么优选外卖员小王介绍说：“现在美团和饿了么的众包，不是都像从前那样自由，像我们这种跑优选的，单量比一般的众包有保证。但几次下雨天不出来跑，就被队长踢出小队了。”
◉即使在规定的休息日，也会被强制要求出勤，一位美团外卖员抱怨道：“真不知道骑手恳谈会恳谈了啥！”图源：抖音@美团（雇佣兵）
相比之下，饿了么专送则是依靠罚款来进行恶劣天气下的出勤管理。小谭吐槽道：“专送的单价比众包要高一些，但是天气越恶劣就越得出来跑单，你像现在风和日丽的，我们反而能请假。”
有一次，他出门的时候，雨水已经漫过了他电动车的车轮，等骑到马路上，积水已经到交警的膝盖了。但他没有选择。他也曾试图找过借口请假：“无非就是电动车坏了、手机坏了这两个理由嘛，那站长能不知道？我们跑的单量关乎站长的工资，而且从外卖大战开始，骑手就处于一个供不应求的状态，出勤的骑手少了肯定耽误给顾客配送的效率。”小谭透露，把站长逼急了是真会对骑手罚款的，金额在300-500元不等，还会直接把罚单发到群里杀鸡儆猴。
其次，考勤要求也逼着外卖员不得不在恶劣天气跑单。无论是美团还是饿了么，平台允许外卖员每周有一天的休息，超过规定的休息天数，则会取消“考勤奖”。但老蔡、小谭和小王他们都明白，说是取消“奖励”，其实就是变相“罚款”。“那就是我们挣的，取消奖励，相当于每单少一块，一个月就是几百上千块钱，我肯定不敢轻易请假啊，下雨天没事就跑呗，要不然等你真有点啥事又没法请假了。”
除了取消“考勤奖”，还有一点让美团乐跑或饿了么优选的外卖员感到很难受的是，下雨天的单子往往是一单压着一单，连绵不断。如果外卖员想拒绝手里的单子休息一阵，竟反过来还要向平台支付费用。“4单以内，每单转出去是2块，4单往上是3块，然后是5块、7块，它这个收费标准也是阶梯式的。”小王介绍道。
◉“太难了，不想送还得给它钱”。图源：抖音@海兴曲先生
据老魏透露，对于以上两个操作，新入场的京东“还没学坏”。例如，京东允许外卖员每日免费拒绝40次订单，并且不会因为考勤不达标而克扣单价。
但京东也给了老魏其他烦恼。下雨天，三家平台的算法都会相应延长配送时长，但就同样的路程，京东算法给出的时间，相比于美团和饿了么可能会少10分钟，甚至更多，而就是这10分钟让老魏送餐的压力骤然增加。
相应地，京东对于超时的单子的处罚力度也大一些，美团和饿了么对于超时订单的处罚标准一般是扣除50%的单价，京东则是75%。上个月老魏因为超时被扣了700多块钱，虽然他对京东给外卖员的整体待遇是认可的，但面对这700多块钱，说不心疼那也是假的。
如果我们接受外卖员不得不在恶劣的天气条件下坚持工作的现状，那么他们就此付出的代价又由谁来买单呢？
距离那个下雨的夜晚过去了一周，当我再次联系上老蔡的时候，他正在医院做检查。原来是前一天下大雨，路面湿滑，再加上头盔面罩上的雾气阻挡视线，他在送餐过程中追尾了一辆汽车，自己则从车把上边翻了出去。
◉在湿滑的道路上仍高速行驶的外卖员。摄影：玉阳
我听到这个消息一时没反应过来，不敢相信事故来得如此之快，毕竟老蔡当时谈起自己如何“在刀尖上跳舞”的轻松语气还在耳边回响。可现实是残酷和危险的，并不如他嘴上说的那般轻描淡写。
当我问老蔡和小谭，既然下雨天或高温天气这么危险，外卖员是否有相应补贴时，得到的答案是“有跟没有没什么区别”。下雨天，由于出勤的骑手数量少，根据单量与骑手数量的供需变化，单价会有相应的浮动，但不会有特意针对下雨天的补贴。此外，小到购买雨衣、头盔、工服，大到手机、电动车损坏，这些成本或损失，均由骑手自行承担。
老蔡和小谭都不约而同地提到曾经因为长时间在雨中送餐，导致手机进水的情况。一向省吃俭用的老蔡，也只能自己花钱换个新手机。而小谭则吐槽道，那天自己挣了400块，但是换个手机屏又花了450块，在雨里忙了一天还倒赔了50块钱。
◉下雨天，外卖员的手机仍不离手，一天下来，手机进水无法避免。摄影：玉阳
而提起高温补贴，老蔡则是觉得非常可笑。北京市今年给室外工作者发放高温补贴的标准是，每人每月不得少于180元。美团在这个夏天也推出了“2025年夏季清凉行动”，宣称通过“单单补贴和长线活动等形式，通过更精准、多元的方式增加骑手在高温下的劳动收入。”
而在老蔡实际的体验中，所谓的“单单补贴”“精准”翻译过来则是，美团不是按月一次性发放高温补贴，而是要求骑手每天在13点半到17点之间完成一定的配送量：0-4单没有奖励；4-12单之间的单子，每单奖励1元；12单以上的单子，每单奖励3元。
送过外卖的都知道，13点半到17点，是介于午高峰和晚高峰之间单量最少的时段，想要完成这样的kpi并不容易。而且，这个时间段也是天气最热的时候，气温往往能达到35度以上。如此一来，在“精准”的名义下，本应是体恤外卖员辛苦劳动的高温补贴，反倒成了平台催着外卖员在高温天气下跑单的抓手了。
◉美团的“高温关怀”阶梯奖励活动，有骑手反映：“高温活动太坑了，压根拿不到。”图源：微信视频号@文冉旭
小谭也从来没听过什么“高温补贴”。当我问他希望平台能在哪方面改进时，他笑着说道：“至少提供一些藿香正气水什么的吧。”
去年夏天，他第一次跑单中暑，只觉得头晕耳鸣、心里面特别难过，吐出了好多苦水，还是坚持把单送完了。后来去药店买了藿香正气水，才好了一些。“从那以后，我才长了记性，夏天一定要备着藿香正气水。”
对于这些问题，身为京东骑手的老魏谈论起来倒是显得轻松。因为根据他的介绍，京东会给全职外卖员每个月发放300元的高温补贴，这是真正落实了的。同时，像冰袖、藿香正气水这些福利也是骑手可以免费领取的。
老魏坦言，希望京东越来越好，能够保持住这样的福利标准。但他的语气中却也夹杂着些许担忧，因为他知道有些福利并非取决于骑手，而是平台在商业层面的考量。就在几个月前，京东外卖一开始为了吸引外卖骑手，给出的单价是10元一单，但如今已经降到了4块钱左右。
◉京东外卖连续降价，有骑手说：“两个月前我叫你东哥，现在我该叫你什么？”图源：抖音@送外卖的小姐姐
最近这轮“三国大战”，平台之间虽然也有竞争，但补贴更多流向了用户，而不是外卖员。在外卖业劳动市场已经饱和的情况下，平台已经不需要通过笼络骑手来圈占市场和流量，它们宁愿把这些钱用来承担大量奶茶的浪费成本，也不会用于增加骑手福利。
其实，从一小瓶藿香正气水、一副冰袖，到一笔实实在在的降雨或高温补贴，再到恶劣天气下更合理的配送时间，这些落实到细节上的改变，无论大小，总是能让外卖员更有尊严、更健康、更舒心地劳动和生活。是的，他们甚至都没有提到社保。总之，今年的夏天已经结束了，他们的声音依然被淹没在大雨或热浪中。那么明年夏天，以后的每一个夏天，改变会发生吗？答案似乎不完全以他们的意志为转移。
作者：郑玉阳
一个生长于黑龙江省巴彦县畜牧二分场，漂泊在北京的intp青年，曾在北京跑过4个月外卖。目前主要关注数字科技、农业技术与可持续发展等议题。
背景新闻：中国大规模断网！HTTPS流量全面中断一小时
2025年8月20日凌晨00:34至01:48（北京时间），持续约74分钟。中国全国范围内，境内外双向443端口流量受到干扰，导致大量国际网站（如苹果、特斯拉、必应等）以及依赖HTTPS的跨境服务无法访问，VPN连接也受到影响。
防火长城（GFW）疑似对TCP 443端口实施无差别封锁，通过注入伪造的TCP RST+ACK包中断连接。封锁设备指纹与已知的GFW设备不同，可能是新设备或配置错误导致。
封锁仅针对443端口，未影响80、22、8443等其他常见端口。
有网络安全专家分析，这可能是一次防火长城的技术测试或网络防御演习，特别是在北京9月3日阅兵临近的背景下。测试可能涉及新设备或新配置的启用，但也可能因配置错误导致意外中断。
以下是一些网友发布在推特平台的观察：
@whyyoutouzhele：8月20日0点34分左右，中国防火长城GFW突然开始屏蔽所有的境外443端口流量（也就是https访问）包括苹果，特斯拉，必应等网站流量也都受到了不同程度甚至完全的干扰或阻断。1点30，开始双向屏蔽所有443端口流量。1点38分，部分大公司开始恢复。1点50分：大量网站陆续恢复。
@gfw_report：我们观测到中国的防火长城 (GFW) 于北京时间2025年8月20日凌晨，对 TCP 443 端口进行无差别封锁。这对互联网造成短暂但大规模的影响。我们发现注入封锁的设备指纹与已知 GFW 设备不同，这可能意味着 GFW 尝试启用新设备，或在旧有设备上使用（错误的）新配置。 相关阅读：《2025年8月20日中国防火长城GFW对443端口实施无条件封禁的分析》
许多网友就断网事件发布了一些观点、猜想，有Reddit网友发问：“什么原因造成中国8月20日凌晨突发的网络大规模中断，境外443端口被全面屏蔽？”
以下是中国数字时代编辑摘自网友的评论：
juryxiong：见证历史：GFW屏蔽了所有来自境外的443端口访问。如果你生活在海外，或者正在翻墙，你将无法访问任何中国https网站。
gillwillchill：从时间上看，大概率是测试或演练。很多用非443的庆幸没受影响，而这种测试只测443就够了。
porkbelly2022：反正国内上网基本上是白名单制，被封的网站远不止黄赌和政治，很多相当普通的网站也统统被屏蔽，不知为何，离断网也就差一步了。
ARKIxyz：朝鲜化试运行测试。
mdbhx：昨晚零晨我正看着油管视频，突然断线了。我尝试重连也不行，然后换成了hy2协议就可以了。我还以为是我一个人的问题。没想到是gfw无差别屏蔽。
Ryan02I5：《护网行动》《重保演练》。
TOKAKATOK：他们在升版本吧。
Gfreedman9：这次事件不像是单纯事故，更可能是GFW在进行一次新级别的封锁演练。目的是在特定时间点大规模实验，可能是为了在国际或国内发生某些事件时，江油或阅兵失误之类能做到瞬间全网断联；这种演练本质上是网络版的战备演习：测试一旦发生政治突发事件如社会抗议、国际冲突，能否快速让全国进入内网模式。说白了，这其实就是一种数字铁幕的预演。
btrfs_convert：倾向于GFW运维事故，说不定是什么配置文件下发错误什么之类的，升级和测试没这么窝囊的。
walking_shadow：重大活动之前不都有例行的防火墙“升级”嘛……目测这词升级的时候配置配错了。
从顶层设计到具体执行总会因为各层级的各种短期目标而变形。更何况中国的养老保险制度有一个极度的短期目标，那就是现收现付制度。
文丨FT中文网专栏作家 刘远举
近日，“社保新规”引发了广泛关注。2025年8月，最高人民法院一纸《劳动争议案件司法解释（二）》规定，自9月1日起，任何“自愿放弃社保”的协议，无论是口头还是书面形式，都将被认定为无效。
劳动者以用人单位未依法缴纳社会保险费为由解除劳动合同，要求用人单位支付经济补偿的，人民法院依法予以支持。用人单位按照行政机关的要求补缴后，如果用人单位已经把社会保险费以补助的方式，支付给了劳动者，可以要求返还。
说是新规，其实严格地来说并不是。人社部的官方微信曾回答过这个问题。根据相关的法律，在劳动合同中约定不缴社会保险，是无效的。之前也曾有多起，约定不交社保，最终用人单位败诉的案例。不过与此同时，也实际存在的是，很多地方在执行过程中，是承认这种约定的。
总体来说，社保部门的动作较为克制。前段时间，骑手、快递员的社保问题，成为社会热点。其实社保部门一直在探索新办法，灵活地解决这一问题，而不是简单地强制性的一律按城镇职工全额社保。
从这个角度看，此次新规并不新，而是高法从自身工作需要，对法院工作面临的争议，从法律的技术层面，给出的回应。毕竟，相关法条是非常清晰的。
约定不交社保，一种情况是，用人单位根本没有出这一部分钱；另一种情况是，用人单位给了一部分给劳动者，但显然，金额没有交社保那么多。否则用人单位不会愿意承担风险。这就意味着，此次司法解释，会形成一种道德风险，员工最初和老板签订不交社保的协议，然后离职后要求用人单位补上，用人单位一开始就不得不交全额社保。这会导致用人单位的成本上升。考虑到社保占工资总额比例大，这就形成一种实质性的高额加税。
对于这个情况，相关的技术分析很多了。这里我想说说背后的局部和整体，长期和短期理性之间的博弈问题。
中国社会没有小政府的经验和常识，社会观念对政府的要求很多，对“政府来养老”是有高度社会期待的。但很多人收入不高，再加上人总是注重短期利益，而缺乏长期理性的，所以，无法做到计划性的长期养老储蓄。一边是无法自行储蓄养老，一边是对政府的期待，
很多人忽略了的是政府并不创造财富，“政府来养老”和“强制储蓄”，几乎是一个同义词。那么，一个几乎必然的结果就是，政府来强制储蓄。
这种强制储蓄，长远来看，劳动者未来的晚年生活更有保障。与之相伴的医疗保险，也能为日常就医和重大疾病治疗提供了报销保障，减轻医疗费用负担。这就是社保政策的长期理性，这也是大家认同的选择。
不过，初心总是好的，但从顶层设计的初心，到具体执行，总是会在时间长河中因为各层级的各种短期目标而变形。更何况，中国的养老保险制度有一个极度的短期目标，那就是现收现付制度。
根据《中国养老金精算报告2019-2050》，2019年全国城镇企业职工基本养老保险基金累计结余为4.26万亿元，此后持续增长到2027年达到峰值6.99万亿元，然后开始迅速下降，到2035年耗尽累计结余。
精算报告还显示，由于人口老龄化的趋势，在职参保职工与退休人口的比值一直在下降。在2025年是2.7，就是2.7个在职职工对应1个退休人口，但到2060年，潜在支持率就降到1。如果考虑到实际缴费人数少于登记参保人数，一部分灵活缴费人员到了最低缴费年限就不缴费了，那么，潜在支持率就会进一步降低到0.89。
那么一个社保本身部门，就会想办法在自身范畴内解决问题，提升缴费人数。这是社保这种长期理性政策的短期理性。相对而言，正如前面所说，从实际执行看，社保部门相对比较克制。但对于司法部门来说，回应各层级法院面临的争议，这是一种短期的、局部的目标。
于是，这种局部的、短期的理性，很多时候，会同时损害政策的长期理性与短期目标。
1974年，著名的经济学家阿瑟•拉弗，在华盛顿的一家餐馆里，和后来成为副总统的切尼谈起了“较高的税率是如何导致较少的政府收入”这个话题。拉弗顺手在餐巾纸上画出了一条倒U形曲线。这就是著名的拉弗曲线。
按照拉弗曲线，过高的税率会抑制税基扩展，进而损害税收总额。
一开始，税率增加，政府税收会增加，但随着税率上升，超过一定限度后，税收收入会随着税率的提高而减少。这是因为高税率降低了税后工资，会影响人们工作的积极性；高税率会降低投资收益，企业会减少投资，个人会减少培训投资，进而降低劳动生产率的提高；过高的税率，还会中止一些本来可以继续进行的交易，很多企业会经营不下去。于是，总税额开始减少，政府自身也会成为利益受损者。
这条倒U型的曲线最极端的两头，说明了一个最简单明了的道理，“当税率为零时，税收为零；但当税率为100%的时候，税收同样为零”。所以适度减税能激发经济活力。该理论构成里根经济学政策基石，里根经济学又为克林顿时代美国IT产业的爆发，打下了经济基础。
毋庸讳言，因为国内外的各种因素，中国经济现在仍处于承压状态。在这种情况下，都应降税以刺激投资、刺激经济、增加就业。这是短期最需要解决的问题。
那么，面对司法解释引发的实际问题，当局部的、短期的目标伤害到全局性的短期目标，并最终损害长期目标时，就需要增强各部门政策的短期与长期，局部与整体的协调性。这或许是此次司法解释背后的更深层次问题。
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中国国家主席习近平于周三抵达拉萨，据路透社指出，这是他作为中国最高领导人第二次考察西藏，以纪念西藏自治区成立60周年。
路透社报道说，在第十四世达赖喇嘛因起义失败流亡印度六年后，执政的中国共产党于1965年成立了西藏自治区，这是继内蒙古、新疆、广西和宁夏之后，中国的第五个也是最后一个自治区。
这一命名旨在让当地民族群体，如藏族，在政治决策中发挥更重要的作用，特别是在宗教信仰自由方面。然而，国际人权组织和流亡藏人经常将中国的西藏治理称为“压制性”的，而北京否认这一指控。
据中国官方媒体报道，习近平在周三与西藏自治区高级官员会面时表示：“治理、稳定和发展西藏，首要任务是保持政治稳定、社会团结、民族统一和宗教和谐。”
习近平上一次访问西藏是在2021年7月。当时他敦促当地人民“听党话、跟党走”。在外部观察家看来，那次访问被广泛解读为该地区秩序已经恢复的标志，而西藏曾有长期反抗中国统治的历史。
在2008年北京奥运会之后的短暂时期，中国曾向世界更多地敞开大门，当时西藏的僧侣抗议活动和自焚事件曾震惊了该地区。
习近平补充说，必须引导藏传佛教适应中国的社会主义制度。
在2021年之前，上一位到西藏考察的中国最高领导人是1990年的江泽民。
由于与印度接壤，西藏对中国来说是一个极具战略意义的地区。这个喜马拉雅地区还拥有丰富的自然资源，包括巨大的水力发电潜力。
习近平抵达西藏恰逢中国外长王毅结束对印度的访问。王毅访印期间，中印两国承诺恢复因2020年致命边境冲突而受损的关系。
中国在西藏启动的最新大型水电项目也引起了下游国家印度的担忧。对此习近平表示，该项目必须“大力”推进，以实现中国的碳减排目标，同时也要保护亚洲的“水塔”。
今次陪同习近平考察西藏的还有中共党内排名第四和第五的领导人王沪宁和蔡奇。
Google Street ViewFrench police are questioning a man on suspicion of murder after four bodies were found in the Seine near Paris.
The first victim was spotted by a passer-by near a bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, a south-eastern suburb of the capital, on 13 August. Later that day police searching the area discovered three more bodies immersed nearby.
Prosecutors say that one of the victims was strangled and another showed violent injuries.
The suspect is being held in Paris. Police have given no details about him or how many murders he is being questioned over.
The first body had only been in the water for a short time and was identified as a local 40-year-old man, prosecutors said.
The three others were found in "a very advanced state of decomposition", they added.
The prosecutors stressed there was so far no evidence of a link between the victims. They could have been submerged in separate places upstream and taken by the current to the foot of the Choisy bridge.
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（德国之声中文网）中国国家主席习近平周三（8月20日）抵达西藏首府拉萨。这是他第二次以中国最高领导人身份到访西藏。他此行的目的是出席西藏自治区成立60周年庆祝活动。
在第十四世达赖喇嘛因1959年藏人起义失败而流亡印度六年后，中国共产党于1965年建立了西藏自治区。这是继内蒙古、新疆、广西和宁夏之后，中国设立的第五个也是最后一个自治区。
自治区的设立本意是让当地少数民族群体在政策事务上拥有更多话语权，包括宗教信仰自由。但国际人权组织和流亡藏人将中国在西藏的治理形容为“压制”，对此北京方面予以否认。
“治藏稳藏兴藏，首先是要保持西藏的政治安定、社会稳定、民族团结、宗教和顺。”新华社援引习近平在周三对西藏高级官员的讲话说。
人权的打压与“领袖的关怀”
习近平上一次访问西藏是在2021年7月。当时他也像本次访问一样，要求“引导各族干部群众听党话、跟党走”。许多外部观察人士认为，这显示中共认为已经控制了在这一长期存在反抗中国统治活动的地区。
在2008年北京奥运会之前，中共企图展示进一步对外开放，但西藏却爆发了大规模街头抗议活动，随后又出现一系列自焚抗议事件。国际组织认为，中共对西藏人权和文化的打压仍在持续进行。
中国官媒对习近平此次访问进行了若干图文并茂的通讯和特写报道。新华社报道称，“充满节日氛围的古城拉萨，从机场到住地主要街道两旁彩旗舞动，各族群众手持红旗、捧着哈达，齐声欢呼，表达欢迎和感激之情”，“党的光辉照边疆，边疆人民心向党”。
央视网的报道称习近平为“人民领袖”，其中写道：“领袖的关怀如温暖的春风，吹遍了雪域高原的每个角落。”
令人担忧的大型水电工程
西藏对中国具有高度战略意义。西藏与印度接壤，而多年来两国军队在边境发生冲突。喜马拉雅地区还拥有丰富的自然资源，包括巨大的水电潜力。
习近平此次抵达西藏，正值中国最高外交官王毅本周访问印度之际。双方承诺修复因2020年致命边境冲突而受损的关系。
中国在西藏雅鲁藏布江大型水电工程让处于下游的印度感到不安。
中国官媒报道，习近平高度关注西藏道路交通等基础设施建设，其中包括雅鲁藏布江下游水电工程开工，“为西藏高质量发展注入强大的活力”。
习近平此行由中共排名第四和第五的领导人王沪宁、蔡奇陪同。
2015年，中共曾派出时任政治局常委俞正声前往西藏，出席自治区成立50周年的纪念活动。当时他的级别与王沪宁现在相当。
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未来三年多里，新关税将迫使各国支付更多“现金”，因此应对策略应该是要将现金损失降到最低。
韩国经济就像急需手术的病人，但是这位“病人”甚至没有接受手术所必需的体力，因为没有购买力和消费力。
在韩国国内最为关键的问题是，如何促成劳方、资方和政府之间的三方协商。
南方周末记者 徐庭芳
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2025年7月末，韩国国会前议长金振杓率领一支企业家、学者代表团，访问浙江嘉兴，并出席“中韩建交33周年文化交流研讨会”。“韩国国父”金九曾于1930年代流亡嘉兴。
2025年6月李在明当选韩国总统，暂时平息了由前总统尹锡悦实施“紧急戒严”所引发的政治动荡。此后，在美国发起的“关税战”影响下，韩国内需低迷，外贸环境恶化。
金振杓将中韩经济关系称作“竞争性合作关系”，他称赞中国出现了DeepSeek这些新兴产业，认为两国虽然在某些产业具有竞争性，但在服务贸易领域（如文化、旅游等）以及尖端技术（如半导体、AI）上仍有很大的合作空间。
不久前召开的全球人工智能大会上，中国政府倡议成立世界人工智能合作组织，推动共商共建共享全球治理。
1973年，金振杓在朴正熙政权下开启公职生涯，历经韩国十届政权，历任经济副总理、国政企划咨询委员会委员长、韩国国会议长等职，参与主导了韩国众多重要社会改革。
2024年卸任韩国国会议长后，金振杓仍活跃于外交、经济领域，近期曾作为李在明总统特使出访澳大利亚。
在浙江嘉兴访问期间，金振杓接受了南方周末记者的专访。
韩国国会前议长金振杓。图片来源：受访者提供。
南方周末：过去二十多年，你参与了韩国经济政策的制定，如何评价这些年中韩两国经济关系的变化？
金振杓：在中韩建交（1992年）的最初十年，两国经济结构十分“互补”。韩国有资本和技术，而中国有劳动力优势。两者相结合将产品出口到全世界，中国借此成为世界制造业大国，韩国经济也实现了高速增长，形成了互惠合作。
在整个东亚地区，日本是最早拥有创新技术的国家。韩国快速吸收了日本的经验，并且紧跟日本，将这种合作方式复制在与中国的合作上。
时至今日，中、韩、日三国不论在贸易总量，还是人口规模，或是供应链生产总量上，都超过了全球20%以上，是世界经济不可或缺的组成部分。其中，中国的成长和发展最耀眼、最具代表性。
中国拥有14亿人口，快速吸收了来自全球各地的技术和经验，并不断重复实验，最终成为全球制造业强国，甚至在很多领域已经超过了如今的日本和韩国。因此，现在的一些学者将三国之间（的关系）定义为“竞争性的合作关系”。
南方周末：在你看来，三国经济的特征和优势在哪里？
金振杓：从各国的优点来看,日本在超精密仪器制造以及高端化工领域，仍是世界顶级的水平，是不可忽视的技术强国。
韩国的工业能力则体现在钢铁、造船、核动力发电、显示器等领域，韩国是显示器设备供给能力最强的国家。其中半导体领域，尤其是AI技术需要用到的HBM（3D芯片堆叠）技术，这是韩国的技术强项。
还有近10年来全球流行的K-POP文化（韩流文化）。NETFLIX（奈飞）榜单上前十名受欢迎的电视剧有半数来自韩国。从这一点上来说，韩国经济规模虽小,但却是Soft Power（软实力）的强国。
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Getty ImagesPolice in Jeju have for the first time released guidelines reminding foreign visitors to behave or face fines, as the South Korean holiday island sees an increasing number of tourists.
Jeju police issued the guide following complaints from locals over foreigners' misbehaviour, including littering and letting children defecate on the street.
The guide - printed in Chinese, English and Korean - is the first of its kind in the country, local police say, and comes during the peak summer season.
Jeju, a volcanic island south of the Korean peninsula, is popular for its beaches, walking trails and windswept mountain views. Foreign visitors also come to Jeju for shopping and gambling.
The guide aims to "prevent misunderstandings due to language and cultural differences and improve foreigners' understanding of Korean culture and laws", said Jeju Police Agency chief Kim Su-young.
An initial eight thousand copies of the guide will be printed and distributed immediately, Kim said.
The guide lists down "minor offences" that are punishable by fines. These include smoking in prohibited areas, littering, jaywalking, drunk and disorderly behaviour, running away from restaurants without paying for meals, urinating or defecating in public, using a fake ID, and trespassing and breaking into empty houses.
First time violators are let off with with a warning, but repeat offenders could be fined by as much as 200,000 won ($143; £106), according to a copy of the guide released by police.
South Korea has seen a strong post-pandemic rebound in tourism. Jeju alone has welcomed seven million visitors so far this year, according to local media.
In 2024, foreign visitors pumped a record 9.26 trillion won into the local economy. Nearly 70% of these visitors visiting Jeju were from China.
The island's crackdown on misbehaviour also highlights how tourism hotspots across Asia have been responding to over-tourism.
Last year, a Japanese town blocked a famous roadside view of Mount Fuji to ward off tourists seeking to take pictures and selfies.
在美国总统特朗普排除派遣美军支持乌克兰安全保障协议的可能性，但建议提供空中支援后，英国国防部长希利说，英国仍准备“考虑派遣地面部队”，以巩固乌克兰的任何和平协议。周三，北约32个成员国的军事首脑将举行线上会议，讨论下一步行动方案。
据法新社报道，希利星期三（8月20日）接受ITV电视台访问时说：“首相斯塔默已明确表明，他准备在通过谈判达成和平的情况下考虑派遣英国地面部队。”
希利说，英国和“许多其他国家”希望支持乌克兰，以遏制俄罗斯未来的任何敌对行动，并保证“我们将与他们并肩作战，努力确保长期和平”。
与此同时，英国安全部长贾维斯告诉天空新闻，来自30个国家的200多名军事规划人员一直在共同努力，组建这个被称为“自愿联盟”的机构。
他说，英国必须“准备好在永久停火的情况下介入，并派遣一支由英法两国领导的多国部队，努力确保长期和平”。
贾维斯说，随着乌克兰的重建，“我们也可以在早期阶段发挥作用，确保天空和海洋的安全”。
另外，北约32个成员国的军事首脑也将在周三举行线上会议，讨论下一步行动方案。一项正在讨论的具体措施是为乌克兰设立一种类似北约《第五条》的保障：即如果乌克兰遭到攻击，其盟友将自动为其提供防御。但此项措施将在北约框架之外实施。
北约军事委员会主席说，随着“确保乌克兰和平的外交努力取得进展”，北约驻欧洲部队司令、美国将军格林克维奇将“就当前安全环境”通报最新情况。
值得一提，美国和欧洲高级军官周二（19日）在华盛顿会谈，讨论可能达成的乌克兰和平协议的机制。
据报道，欧盟国家并不打算独自承担这项安全保障。他们强调，必须有华盛顿的参与。欧洲理事会主席安科斯塔表示：“外交活动正在加速。为乌克兰提供安全保障的势头正在增强，并且得到了美国同意参与的承诺。”
美国总统特朗普在当天下午向福克斯新闻（Fox News）表示，他不会派遣地面部队。“我们有欧洲国家，他们会冲在前面！” 但他补充说，“空中支援是可能的”。
ReutersA member of rap group Kneecap is appearing in court in London for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in the UK, at a London gig last year.
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was surrounded by photographers as he arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, denies the charge and claims the case is "political" and intended to silence Kneecap.
It was brought after the Metropolitan Police studied video footage.
PA MediaMr Ó hAnnaidh has been on unconditional bail since his first court appearance in June.
A large crowd has gathered outside court, with supporters holding signs which read "Free Mo Chara" while others waved Palestine and Irish flags before the rapper's arrival.
Band members Móglaí Bap (Naoise Ó Cairealláin) and DJ Próvaí (JJ Ó Dochartaigh). and the band's manager accompanied him.
On Tuesday evening, the Metropolitan Police said they "imposed Public Order Act conditions to prevent serious disruption being caused by a protest" outside the court.
Any protest in support of Mr Ó hAnnaidh and "aligned causes must remain in the red area. Any stage must be erected in the green area" they said in a post on social media.
Kneecap are an Irish-speaking rap trio who have courted controversy with their provocative lyrics and merchandise.
The group was formed in 2017 by three musicians who go by the stage names of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí.
Their rise to fame inspired a semi-fictionalised film starring Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender.
The film won a British Academy of Film Award (Bafta) in February 2025.
In April, the group faced criticism after displaying messages about the war in Gaza during their set at US music festival Coachella.
In November 2024, the group won its case against the UK government over a decision Kemi Badenoch took when she was a minister to withdraw an arts grant.
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