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中国“九三”阅兵星期三（9月3日）上午9时在北京天安门广场举行，官方为现场每个观众提供观礼包。
观礼包内有酸梅汤电解质饮料、纸巾、酒精湿纸、风油精、毛巾、帽子、矿泉水、中国国旗等。
观礼包内还有温馨贴士，提醒观众遇到身体不适、突发降雨等情况如何应对。
备受瞩目的“九三”大阅兵星期三（9月3日）上午9时将在北京天安门广场举行，中外媒体当天凌晨2时45分到北京梅地亚中心集合，接受安检后统一坐大巴前往天安门广场。
《联合早报》记者在星期三凌晨2时30分左右抵达梅地亚中心，已有数百名中外媒体人员到场，为当日采访工作做准备。
由于北京部分道路从9月2日至3日分时分段实施临时交通管控，有媒体人员直接在梅地亚中心过夜，或者入住附近的酒店。
在中心二层发布厅排队领取活动请柬后，外媒人员凌晨3时45分左右到梅地亚中心附近中华世纪坛停车场进行远程安检，由于人数众多、安检严格，安检耗时一个多小时。 在抵达天安门广场后，现场再对进入广场人员进行第二轮安检。
官方对媒体人员随身携带物品有严格规定，文字记者仅允许携带手机、电脑等必要电子产品，不允许携带长焦相机、望远镜、无线耳机等，充电宝必须有3C标识且符合指定规格；食品、水杯和饮料则禁止携带，当局统一发放餐饮包。
各类可连无线网络的摄像、摄影设备和充电宝必须提前报备，并在梅地亚中心查验贴标签。
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Carlos Alcaraz has won 59 matches in 2025
US Open 2025
Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September
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Carlos Alcaraz says he is "here to entertain" after producing another brilliant performance to beat Jiri Lehecka and reach the US Open semi-finals.
The Spaniard took less than two hours to beat the Czech 6-4 6-2 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
The five-time Grand Slam winner laid down an early marker by breaking world number 21 Lehecka in the opening game and displayed a laser-like focus throughout the match.
But Alcaraz still found time for some showmanship during the victory, thrilling the crowd with his astonishing repertoire of shot-making.
"Sometimes I play a shot that I should not play in that moment but it's the way I love playing tennis," Alcaraz, 22, told Sky Sports.
"I want to play solid, play well and play smart but at the same time when I have the opportunity to play a great shot - or a hot shot, let's say - why not?
"I'm here to entertain the people, myself and the team."
Second seed Alcaraz will either face fourth seed Taylor Fritz or 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final.
Lehecka, the 20th seed, double faulted twice in his opening service game to hand Alcaraz the early break.
Despite the nightmare start the Czech settled into the match and by the time Alcaraz closed out the first set there was reason to believe he could mount some form of challenge.
However, Lehecka dropped serve on his opening service game once again to give his Spanish opponent the early advantage.
Alcaraz, who was beaten by Lehecka in the Qatar Open in February, lost just six points on his serve during the second set.
After moving into a two-set lead, Alcaraz relaxed even further and stunned supporters during the third set with a forehand drop-shot on the slide that left Lehecka rooted to the baseline.
It is the third time Alcaraz, who won the US Open in 2022, has reached the semi-finals in New York.
He has reached the last four of a Grand Slam without dropping a set for the first time in his career - and is the youngest man to do so since Rafael Nadal at the 2008 French Open.
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDonald Trump has rejected suggestions that the warming of relations between China, Russia and their allies poses a challenge to the US on the global stage.
The US president told reporters in the Oval Office that he had "a good relationship" with President Xi Jinping and that China "needs us more than we need them".
It comes as Xi prepares to host world leaders at a "Victory Day" parade in Beijing on Wednesday - a showcase of China's military might.
Xi will be joined by North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin, viewed by some observers as a message to the Western nations that have shunned them.
China has sought to position itself as a possible counterweight to the US since Trump's tariffs rocked the global economic and political order.
Trump has pitched his tariffs as essential to protecting American interests and industry. It appears that any diplomatic cost is something he is willing to pay.
Asked by the BBC if he believed Beijing and its allies were attempting to form an international coalition to oppose the US, Trump said: "No. Not at all. China needs us."
He added: "I have a very good relationship with President Xi, as you know. But China needs us much more than we need them. I don't see that at all."
Separately, in a radio interview on Tuesday, Trump said he was not concerned about the axis forming between Russia and China.
He told the Scott Jennings radio show that America has "the most powerful military forces in the world" and that "they would never use their military forces against us".
"Believe me, that would be the worst thing they could ever do," he said.
Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said he was "very disappointed" in Putin, after they failed to reach a peace deal for Ukraine during their meeting in Alaska last month.
"I'm very disappointed in President Putin, I can say that," Trump said, adding that the US "will be doing something to help people live" in Ukraine. He did not specify.
China has not criticised Putin's full-scale invasion and has been accused by the West of aiding Russia's war effort through its supply of dual-use materials and purchases of Russian oil. Beijing denies this.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was engaged in a new troop build up along certain sectors of the frontline.
"[Putin] refuses to be forced into peace," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
KCNAKim Jong Un's arrival in China for his first ever multilateral meeting was always going to make headlines.
But it was the smartly-dressed girl standing just behind him as he exited his armoured train which caught Korea watchers' attention: Kim Ju Ae, the North Korean leader's daughter.
According to South Korea's spy agency, Miss Kim is her father's most likely successor.
But details - including her exact age - are thin on the ground. So what exactly do we know?
KCNAMiss Kim has, for a number of years, been believed to be the second of Kim Jong Un's and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju's, three children. The exact number, and their order, is by no means certain however: Kim is very secretive about his family, only introducing his wife to the public after they had been married for some time.
Kim Ju Ae is their only child whose existence has been confirmed by the country's leadership. No other child has been seen in public.
News of her existence first emerged through an unlikely source: the basketball player Dennis Rodman, who revealed to The Guardian newspaper back in 2013 that he "held their baby Ju Ae" during a trip to the secretive state.
Little was then heard about her until November 2022, when she appeared alongside her father at the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
By February the next year, she was appearing on postage stamps and attending banquets for top officials - described as Kim Jong Un's "respected" daughter.
The adjective "respected" is reserved for North Korea's most revered. In her father's case, he was referred to as "respected comrade" only after his status as future leader was cemented.
KCNASouth Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) provided lawmakers with a few extra details on the little girl at around the same time, according to news agency AP.
They said she enjoyed horse riding, skiing and swimming, and was home-schooled in the capital Pyongyang. They suggested she was around 10 years old.
By January 2024, the NIS had come to another conclusion: that the little girl was the "most likely" successor to Kim Jong Un - although they noted there were "many variables" still in play, not least because of her father's young age.
Since then, she has appeared by her father's side on numerous occasions. Standing next to him at ICBM launches and military parades, she has taken centre stage and received military salutes from senior military commanders.
But Tuesday marked the first time she has been seen outside North Korea, and the trip is likely to further fuel speculation she may succeed her father.
The Kim family, who have ruled North Korea since 1948, tell citizens they hail from a sacred bloodline, meaning only they can lead the country.
However, there is speculation that Kim has introduced his daughter at this point to try to overcome prejudice in the deeply patriarchal state, which has never been led by a woman.
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Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.
The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba have criminal convictions, but had all served their sentences and been released in the US, their lawyers said. The US deported them to the small southern African country without warning in July, claiming they were “depraved monsters”.
The US has sent migrants to several third countries, as Donald Trump’s administration ramps up deportations. Eight men were sent to South Sudan in July, Rwanda accepted seven migrants last week and Uganda has agreed to take in asylum seekers. The US also deported 252 Venezuelans, first sending them to a notorious prison in El Salvador for four months.
The lawyers said they have been unable to have private conversations with their clients, who are allowed one short video call a week in the presence of prison staff. A local lawyer representing the five men has been prevented from visiting them in the maximum security Matsapha correctional centre.
The Emaswati lawyer filed a case demanding access to the men, but a hearing scheduled for Monday was postponed when the judge did not show up, said Alma David, who is representing the Yemeni and Cuban men.
When the men, who had all been in the US since they were children, were first deported, US assistant homeland security secretary Tricia McLaughlin claimed they were “so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back.”
In response, Jamaica’s foreign minister, Kamina Smith, said: “The government has not refused the return of any of our nationals to Jamaica,” and would work to return any deportees to the country. She later said that diplomats visited Orville Etoria in prison in Eswatini on 21 August and found him “in good spirits”.
Etoria, 62, came to the US legally in 1976, aged 12, said his lawyer Mia Unger, of the Legal Aid Society. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1997. He obtained an undergraduate degree in prison, was released on parole in 2021 and was working in a men’s shelter and studying for a master’s degree in divinity when he was deported.
He had been reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as required and obtained a Jamaican passport earlier this year at their request. His relatives told Unger he had first been put on a plane to Jamaica and then removed, she said, adding that his being sent to Eswatini “makes no sense”.
Relatives of the four other men did not want their identities disclosed, their lawyers said. The Yemeni man, who served 22 years in prison for murder and was released in 2020, had been living in Michigan and is 70, his lawyer David said. The Cuban man, also convicted of murder, is in his mid-50s and had been working for a plumbing company in Florida. He was released from prison in 2012, David said.
She spoke to both men while all five deportees were with guards and the prison chief, who said that only the US embassy in Eswatini could grant access to the men. “Since when does the US embassy have jurisdiction over Eswatini’s national prisons?” she said.
Tin Thanh Nguyen, representing the Vietnamese and Laotian deportees, said the men were aged 34 and 45 and released in 2015 and 2023 respectively. The Laotian man’s relatives reported he was starting to show signs of depression.
“The United States is outsourcing their detention … to purge the United States of immigrants and refugees and to make a spectacle of deportations,” Nguyen said.
Last month, a group of Eswatini NGOs challenged the country’s acceptance of the deportees on constitutional grounds, arguing that parliament had not been consulted and that the men’s human rights were being violated.
An Eswatini government spokesperson said they would not be responding while court cases were under way.
Ice and the Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment.
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但随着巨型冰山向北漂移，朝着南大洋较温暖的地区移动，大块冰山断裂。
根据法新社对欧洲哥白尼卫星图像的分析，它目前的面积为1770平方公里，宽度可达60公里。“我想说，它真的快要撑不住了……它从根部开始腐烂“。英国南极调查局的海洋科学家安德鲁·梅耶斯告诉法新社：”海水温度太高，它无法生存。它正在稳步融化”。
他补充道：“我预计这种情况将在未来几周持续下去，并预测几周内它将变得面目全非。”
A23a冰山于1986年脱离南极大陆，随后在威德尔海搁浅，并在海底沉没了三十多年。2020年，它再次启航，像其他冰山一样被强大的南极绕极流带走。2025年3月，它再次搁浅，地点距离南大西洋的英国岛屿南乔治亚岛不远。人们担心它会威胁到企鹅和海狮的生计。
巨型冰山绕过南乔治亚岛，在强大的海浪和较冷的海水冲击下加速，结束了它的旅程。
科学家们对它坚持了这么久感到“惊讶”。梅耶斯补充道：“大多数冰山都走不了那么远”，一旦离开南极气候的保护，它们就“注定”要灭亡。冰山的形成是一个自然过程，科学家认为南极洲产生冰山的速度有所加快，这可能是由于人类引起的气候变化造成的。
由于物价上涨、民众对政治精英不满，大规模示威活动于8月25日在雅加达首次爆发，抗议活动旨在谴责许多人认为的议员过高的薪资和住房补贴。
周四，雅加达一名摩的司机被警车碾压身亡，抗议活动升级。目前死亡人数已达6人。失踪人员和暴力受害者委员会KontraS称，这20人失踪地点包括万隆、雅加达、首都附近的城市德波以及一个“未知地点”。
法新社联系了印尼国家警察，但该国警方未立即置评。周一，数千人在印尼多个城市再次举行抗议活动，军队已部署到雅加达街头。联合国周一呼吁对六起死亡事件以及“执法部门过度使用武力”进行迅速、彻底和透明的调查。
据雅加达国家通讯社安塔拉报道，雅加达市警察局局长阿塞普·埃迪·苏赫里表示，自8月25日以来，警方已在雅加达的抗议活动中逮捕了1240人。
周二，雅加达警方发言人阿德·阿里·赛姆·因德拉迪宣布逮捕了印尼人权非政府组织“Lokataru基金会”负责人德尔佩德罗·马哈恩，该基金会也证实了这一逮捕消息。阿德先生在罗盘电视台播出的讲话中表示，该男子“涉嫌煽动违法行为”。
阿德先生补充说，警方已确认另有38人涉嫌“违法行为”，包括向警察投掷燃烧瓶。
在中爪哇地区，警方在周五至周一期间逮捕了1700多人，其中大多数未满18岁。警官德维·苏巴焦(Dwi Subagio)表示，其中46人已被确认为嫌疑人。
人权观察组织亚洲区副主任米纳克希·甘古利(Meenakshi Ganguly)周二表示，自骚乱爆发以来，印尼安全部队“不负责任地将抗议活动视为叛国或恐怖主义行为”。周日，总统普拉博沃·苏比安托(Prabowo Subianto)宣布取消原本应支付给议员的津贴，试图满足抗议者的要求。
周一，他对抗议者进行污名化，并强调示威活动应在日落前结束。同一天，约500人聚集在雅加达议会大厦前，由数十名士兵和警察守卫，随后和平散去。
预计周二议会大楼前将爆发新的抗议活动，但由于部署了安全部队，因此没有出现任何集会。总统最初取消了行程，最终启程前往北京，参加周三举行的纪念二战结束80周年的盛大阅兵式。
国务秘书处部长普拉塞蒂奥·哈迪表示：“他一直在密切关注局势，并从所有相关官员那里获得信息，表明公共生活正在逐步恢复正常”。社交媒体平台TikTok周二宣布，已解除三天前暂停其“直播”功能的禁令。
周一，在万隆，抗议者向一座省议会大楼投掷燃烧瓶，随后警方连夜发射了催泪瓦斯。西爪哇省警方发言人亨德拉·罗赫曼周二在一份声明中表示，警方指责抗议者试图引诱他们进入当地伊斯兰大学的校园并“挑起冲突”。
社交媒体上，警方被指控发射催泪瓦斯和橡皮子弹，并冲进校园。
亨德拉先生回应说：“警察与校园保持了约200米的距离，没有开枪。” 在新闻发布会上，该大学否认其学生煽动了骚乱。
周一，在苏拉威西岛的哥伦打洛，抗议者与警方发生冲突，警方使用催泪瓦斯和水枪进行回击。当地警方发言人德斯蒙特·哈尔延德罗周二表示，警方拘留了11人进行讯问。
这家钢铁制造商补充说，其扁平材业务（主要用于汽车、航空航天和家电行业）将继续运营。所谓的长材产品主要包括线材、梁、桁和钢筋，或铁路钢轨，其客户是建筑和公共工程公司。
该公司曾与政府和其他利益相关者进行讨论，以期在9月30日的最后期限前找到解决方案，但未能成功。安赛乐米塔尔南非公司(AMSA)在一份声明中表示：“遗憾的是，目前尚未找到任何解决方案”。
该公司表示，位于港口城市德班以北340公里的纽卡斯尔，一座高炉已“进入临时维护”状态，准备减少其长材产量。
团结工会估计，此次关闭将导致4000多个工作岗位流失。由于钢铁行业预计将受到美国对南非出口产品征收30%关税的影响，该工会警告称，“大规模裁员可能会波及许多行业”。
团结工会副秘书长威利·文特尔警告说：“如果像AMSA这样的大公司再也无法维持运营，政府就必须意识到，这个国家正处于一场工业灾难的边缘。”南非的失业率超过30%，这对本已举步维艰的经济构成了主要制约因素之一。
7月，安赛乐米塔尔AMSA报告称，正面临“市场需求适中、铁路中断和电力中断”的问题，以及来自进口产品的竞争，这些竞争已经影响了国内销售，而国内销售占其国内产量的近80%。
巴西联邦最高法院法官亚历山大·德莫赖斯（Alexandre de Moraes）对媒体表示，最高法院“将坚决捍卫国家主权”。他补充道，法院的职责是“公正审判”，同时“无视内外压力”。
控辩双方将进行结案陈词，之后德莫赖斯和其他4名法官将逐一投票，对博索纳罗及其7名同案被告进行有罪或无罪判决。博索纳罗正处于居家监禁状态。巴西联邦警察局此前向最高法院提交请求，认为博索纳罗存在潜逃风险，要求对其加强监控。
法新社报导，博索纳罗的其中一名儿子卡洛斯在社交平台X上说道：“老人很消瘦，不想吃东西，经常呕吐。”“看到这一切，我太难受了。”
这位70岁的前总统曾在2019年至2022年执政，他与7名同案被告一起接受审判，罪名是涉嫌在输给左翼候选人卢拉的选举中密谋夺回权力非法执政。
总检察长保罗·戈内特表示，时任总统与军队首领讨论了一份“正式政变文件”，这一事实证明了“刑事程序”。据检方称，正是由于缺乏军方高层的支持，所谓的计划才失败。
在律师们结束辩论后，五名法官将在下周投票作出裁决，三票就可以给前总统定罪。如果罪名成立的话，他将面临最高43年的监禁。据最高法院消息人士称，他“有可能”立即入狱。
尽管他的盟友认为雅伊尔·博索纳罗几乎没有翻盘的希望了，但他们仍指望议会批准特赦，以免他入狱。博索纳罗支持者卢西亚诺·祖科表示，议员们周二开会，试图“立即”将一项相关法案列入议程。
然而，对雅伊尔·博索纳罗的定罪应该会重新引发右翼对其继任者的争夺。
1941年12月20日，飞虎队抵达中国不久，便迎来了滇缅战场上的首次空战。日军10架轰炸机扑向昆明，飞虎队紧急出动P-40战机迎敌。这些战机机头绘有鲨鱼嘴。最终，飞虎队以零损失击落9架敌机。这是日军空袭昆明以来，第一次遭受如此惨败。
法国地方报刊《西南日报》2日报道说，1940年，中国失去了苏联的支持，处境艰难。飞机减少，兵力减少，失去了击败地方的优势。直到一位军官陈纳德的出现才改变了这种被动局面。《西南日报》说，这位前美国陆军飞行员、教官和战术家，在蒋介石掌权时接管了中国军事航空部队。
香港《南华早报》报导，中国已邀请二战期间美国“飞虎队”的后人，包括“飞虎队”将军陈纳德（Claire Chennault）的女儿、孙女，出席抗战胜利80周年阅兵活动。
为了防止军队溃败，他回到了美国。在那里，他会见了富兰克林·罗斯福总统，并得到了总统的接见。经过数月的谈判，陈纳德终于得到了100架柯蒂斯P-40B战斗机。唯一的问题是中国飞行员缺乏驾驶这些飞机的技能。于是，陈纳德积极争取，最终招募了100名美国飞行员、机械师和200名机组人员。他们组建了一个新的中队，随时准备投入战斗。
这项行动并非一蹴而就。为了确保这些部队的战斗力，陈纳德向美国飞行员提供了一份诱人的合同。这些美国士兵将在中国生活和工作一年。但为了给他们提供尽可能好的条件，陈纳德许诺每月可以发515欧元的薪水；成为“空军准将”（AS）可获得2115欧元的奖金；每击落一架日本飞机可获得430欧元的奖励。这比他们平时的薪水翻了一番。
1941年夏、秋两季，他们移居中国，接受训练，成为真正的战争飞行员。他们最初被称为“美国志愿航空队”（AVG），后来被昵称为“飞虎队”。
其中一位名叫格雷戈里·博因顿的海军陆战队员向《航空史》杂志解释了他的动机：“我辞去了军官职务，于1941年9月接受了“美国志愿航空队”AVG的职位，因为晋升军衔比较慢，而且我需要钱。再加上前妻、三个孩子、债务以及我的生活方式，我真的需要这份工作。”
《西南日报》报道说，但希望很快就破灭了。在第一次战斗任务后，克莱尔·李·陈纳德对她的手下表现感到失望。根据美国国防部的历史记录，“他们尝试了几乎不可能的射击，后来一致认为只是运气好才没有相撞或坠毁。”
马赛检察官尼古拉斯·贝索内（Nicolas Bessone）2日在新闻发布会上表示，这名在案的行凶者住在一个“招待所”，拒交房租。2日下午14点45分，突尼斯移民回到自己租的房子中，拿起凶器刺伤了和他同住的一个房客。这名房客伤势严重，立即被送往医院抢救。
随后，行凶者到楼下刺伤了招待所的管理人和他的儿子，两人没有生命危险。拿着棍棒和刀的突尼斯人沿街来到一个快餐店。沿路又刺伤两人。当警方赶至现场时，一名目击者告诉法新社，警方多次要求他放下凶器，他反而设法刺伤警察。目击者还说，万般无奈时，警方使用电击枪 （taser）和自动手枪击毙了他。
法新社报道说，这名突尼斯作案者在下午3:30（格林威治标准时间下午5:30）时，抢救无效死亡。目前，警方正在调查故意杀人未遂和故意杀人未遂案，并已通知国家警察监察局（IGPN）。
检察官补充说，警方和司法系统已知晓袭击者的身份。据内政部称，内政部长布鲁诺·雷泰洛将于2日晚晚些时候抵达现场。
一位匿名用户在TikTok上发布的一段视频显示，一名手持两把刀的男子在四名手持手枪的便衣警察的威胁下后退。大约二十秒后，他朝警察的方向跳去，警察随即开枪。枪声响起七声。
在周二的斯科特·詹宁斯播客节目采访时，特朗普表示，美国政府计划采取某些措施来减少乌克兰战争中的死亡人数（但未提供更多细节）。
据美国《有线电视新闻网》( CNN ) 报导，在中国最繁忙的港口天津城市举行为期多日的峰会后，中国主席习近平即将于周三在北京长安街主持盛大阅兵式，展示高超音速武器、具核能力导弹与数千名士兵，此举被视为他向外界传递中国挑战西方秩序、重塑国际秩序的讯号。
会邀集超过二十位对中国友好的领导人，其中包括俄罗斯总统普京、朝鲜领导人金正恩与伊朗总统马苏德．佩泽希齐扬，“反美轴心”同框，引发西方高度关注。
朝鲜领导人金正恩在 9 月 1 日已搭乘专列离开平壤，于 9 月 2 日抵达北京，并补充，金正恩前往北京的铁路沿线都被设为无人机禁飞区。
阅兵式的时间选择别具深意，正值二战日本投降八十周年暨中国抗击侵略者纪念日，此举引起日本激烈反弹、呼吁抵制，习近平与普京试图透过回顾历史，将自身定位为“战后国际秩序的守护者”，削弱美国领导世界的合法性，分裂西方团结。
特朗普在节目中还说，美国向离开委内瑞拉的一艘“贩毒船”开了枪。华盛顿和加拉加斯之间的紧张局势已达到新的高度。美国以禁毒为由在委内瑞拉沿海部署军舰，而委内瑞拉总统马杜罗谴责这是军事“威胁”，并扬言将采取武装回应。
9月2日，普京在北京发表了有关乌克兰战事的一些原则立场，其中提到俄罗斯占领的札波罗热核电厂。乌克兰外交部同一天发表声明：绝不同意将俄罗斯对札波罗热核电厂占领行为合法化。
乌克兰外交部9月2日表示，基辅绝不同意将俄罗斯对札波罗热核电厂的占领行为合法化，并强调俄军立即撤离，才是确保这座核电厂安全无虞的唯一方式。
路透社报导，俄罗斯总统普京出访中国期间发表谈话说：俄方愿意在这座核电厂与美国合作。但乌克兰外交部在声明中并未直接回应此事。
路透社进一步报导，普京周二在中国与斯洛伐克总理罗伯特‧菲佐（Robert Fico）会面期间表示：俄罗斯已准备好与美国在扎波罗热核电厂（Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant）进行合作。他说，这个问题已经与美国间接讨论过了。他甚至准备与乌克兰在该核电厂开展合作。扎波罗热核电厂是欧洲最大的核电厂。
俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后不久，于2022年3月控制了该核电厂。乌克兰外交部强调：“札波罗热核电厂现在是、将来也一直会是乌克兰主权领土不可分割的一部分。俄罗斯任何试图质疑此一事实的行为，在法律上是无效的，在政治上也毫无意义。”
乌克兰外交部声明还说：“恢复核能安全的唯一途径，就是俄罗斯军队与相关人员立即全面撤离札波罗热核电厂。”
目前由菲科领导的斯洛伐克是北约和欧盟成员国。菲科因反对西方对俄罗斯的制裁、2024年年底前往莫斯科会见普京等，与欧洲盟友出现分歧。
路透社日前报道指出，菲科与泽连斯基的个人关系也较为紧张。但这次结束访华后，9月5日，他将在斯洛伐克东部会见到访的泽连斯基。
斯洛伐克总理菲科似乎想在结束乌克兰战事议题上发挥特殊作用，他去北京前放风说，他有必要利用此次机会与其他的国家领导人会面，并且他已将本次中国之旅告知了欧盟代表，但没有说明他将与泽连斯基会晤的具体内容。
KCNAKim Jong Un's arrival in China for his first ever multilateral meeting was always going to make headlines.
But it was the smartly-dressed girl standing just behind him as he exited his armoured train which caught Korea watchers' attention: Kim Ju Ae, the North Korean leader's daughter.
According to South Korea's spy agency, Miss Kim is her father's most likely successor.
But details - including her exact age - are thin on the ground. So what exactly do we know?
KCNAMiss Kim has, for a number of years, been believed to be the second of Kim Jong Un's and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju's, three children. The exact number, and their order, is by no means certain however: Kim is very secretive about his family, only introducing his wife to the public after they had been married for some time.
Kim Ju Ae is their only child whose existence has been confirmed by the country's leadership. No other child has been seen in public.
News of her existence first emerged through an unlikely source: the basketball player Dennis Rodman, who revealed to The Guardian newspaper back in 2013 that he "held their baby Ju Ae" during a trip to the secretive state.
Little was then heard about her until November 2022, when she appeared alongside her father at the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
By February the next year, she was appearing on postage stamps and attending banquets for top officials - described as Kim Jong Un's "respected" daughter.
The adjective "respected" is reserved for North Korea's most revered. In her father's case, he was referred to as "respected comrade" only after his status as future leader was cemented.
KCNASouth Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) provided lawmakers with a few extra details on the little girl at around the same time, according to news agency AP.
They said she enjoyed horse riding, skiing and swimming, and was home-schooled in the capital Pyongyang. They suggested she was around 10 years old.
By January 2024, the NIS had come to another conclusion: that the little girl was the "most likely" successor to Kim Jong Un - although they noted there were "many variables" still in play, not least because of her father's young age.
Since then, she has appeared by her father's side on numerous occasions. Standing next to him at ICBM launches and military parades, she has taken centre stage and received military salutes from senior military commanders.
But Tuesday marked the first time she has been seen outside North Korea, and the trip is likely to further fuel speculation she may succeed her father.
The Kim family, who have ruled North Korea since 1948, tell citizens they hail from a sacred bloodline, meaning only they can lead the country.
However, there is speculation that Kim has introduced his daughter at this point to try to overcome prejudice in the deeply patriarchal state, which has never been led by a woman.
EPA/ShutterstockA council seeking to stop an Epping hotel from housing asylum seekers has lost a legal attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Epping Forest District Council had secured a temporary injunction from the High Court which would have forced migrants to leave The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, by 12 September.
That was overturned by Court of Appeal judges last week and has been followed by the same court ruling the case cannot go to the Supreme Court, although the council said it can now make a direct request to the higher court.
After months of demonstrations at the hotel, Conservative council leader Chris Whitbread called for protesters to consider stepping away as the town was "under great strain".
PAThe council had argued at the High Court that the site owner, Somani Hotels, had breached planning rules by not notifying the local authority of its plans for The Bell.
But the company and the Home Office – which places migrants at the site – successfully overturned the injunction at the Court of Appeal.
A full High Court hearing to discuss a permanent injunction is scheduled for October.
However, in the meantime, the council is considering applying directly to the Supreme Court - the UK's highest court of appeal - about the temporary injunction being denied.
Mr Whitbread said: "We believe the Court of Appeal decision to overturn the interim injunction for the closure of The Bell Hotel was wrong.
"However, this is not the end of the matter. We consider we have a strong case for a final injunction... expected to be heard some time in early October.
"In the meantime, the council is keeping all our options open, including seeking permission from the Supreme Court to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal."
The council said it was given "no reasons" by the Court of Appeal for denying permission for the case to be taken to the Supreme Court.
There are 138 asylum seekers housed at the Bell, with dozens of people arrested in connection with disorder near the hotel, many of whom have since been charged.
EPA/ShutterstockWith many children returning to school for the first day of term on Wednesday, Conservative councillor Mr Whitbread urged potential protesters to show restraint as local people were "under great strain".
"I support the right of local people to peacefully protest," he said.
"However, following further disturbances and arrests by Essex Police, I am approaching the other group leaders on Epping Forest District Council and other community leaders to jointly ask protesters to reflect on whether they continue with the twice-weekly local protests.
"If you choose to continue, it should be done considerately and calmly, with awareness of the impact on local residents and the local economy.
"As schools return this week, I appeal to the protest organisers to show restraint and give our families and children some much needed respite."
The recent wave of protests followed the arrest and subsequent charging of one of the hotel's residents with several offences including the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.
Hadush Kebatu, who is from Ethiopia, is on trial and denies the offences.
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