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中国吁日尽快将中方有关实体移出出口管制最终用户清单

3 November 2025 at 07:49

中国商务部星期天(11月2日)在官网公布,部长王文涛上周在韩国庆州与日本官员会面时,呼吁日本尽快将中国有关实体移出出口管制最终用户清单。

商务部说,王文涛上星期四(10月30日)在庆州会见日本经济产业大臣赤泽亮正,双方就中日经贸关系等交换意见。王文涛说,当前单边主义、保护主义冲击国际经贸秩序,双方应相向而行,用好出口管制对话等机制,共同维护产业链供应链稳定畅通。

王文涛也说,中国敦促日本尽快将中方有关实体移出出口管制最终用户清单。希望双方共同维护以世贸组织为核心的多边贸易体制,推动区域经济合作进程,为世界经济注入更多稳定性。

综合彭博社和共同社报道,王文涛和赤泽亮正是在韩国亚太经济合作组织会议场边会面。赤泽亮正在会谈中,要求中国撤销对日本水产品的进口限制。

赤泽亮正会后告诉记者:“针对中国对稀土实施出口管制,给包括日本在内的全球供应链造成严重影响,我表达强烈关切。我们强烈敦促中国采取适当措施。”

赤泽也在会谈后的记者会上说:“希望今后能开诚布公地就包括个别具体问题在内的两国间难题展开讨论。”

Man, 32, only suspect in train stabbing as staff member in life-threatening condition, police say

3 November 2025 at 04:11
PA Media Emergency workers are stood on a train platform on the left next to a train which is at a standstill. PA Media
Police met the Doncaster to London King's Cross train as it made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon

A 32-year-old man is now the only suspect after multiple stabbings on a train, police have confirmed.

A member of LNER staff remains in a life-threatening condition following the attacks on a train from Doncaster to London King's Cross, which stopped in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire shortly before 20:00 GMT on Saturday.

A 35-year-old man, arrested at the scene, has been released with no further action after it was reported "in good faith" that he had been involved in the attack.

British Transport Police (BTP) said the suspect, who is from Peterborough, boarded the train at the city' station. They also confirmed five casualties have now been discharged from hospital.

A BTP statement confirmed the LNER staff member had tried to stop the attacker, and said it is "clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people's lives".

Dep Chf Con Stuart Cundy said: "Our investigation is moving at pace and we are confident we are not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident."

The force said a knife had been recovered by officers at the scene.

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Nine-month-old baby killed in dog attack

3 November 2025 at 06:22
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Police and paramedics went to a property in Rogiet, Monmouthshire, on Sunday evening

A nine-month-old baby has been killed in a dog attack in south-east Wales, according to Gwent Police.

Officers and paramedics went to a property on Crossway in Rogiet, Monmouthshire, at about 18:00 GMT on Sunday.

The dog was seized and removed from the address, the force said.

Ch Supt John Davies said: "Officers are on scene and will be making further inquiries as the investigation progresses."

Residents have been gathering in the street where the attack happened in utter disbelief at the death of the child.

The community is in a state of shock has been trying to come to terms with what has happened.

They said they saw police cars and ambulances on the quiet residential street in south Wales at the time of the incident.

“苏超”夺冠,泰州感动你的不只是足球

“谁赢谁输重要吗?重要的是苏超赢了。”

南方周末研究员 李婧

责任编辑:戴春晨

11月1日晚9点,点球战终场哨响。第95分钟泰州门将戴曜城扑出南通队最后一粒点球,62329名现场观众发出巨大的欢呼。历时176天,85场球赛,第一届“苏超”的冠军球队终于诞生了——泰州队。

这支曾在常规赛遭遇四连败、一度沦为 “状态最差球队”的队伍,最终登顶。赛后,省外朋友追问“谁是真南哥”,评论区的江苏ID纷纷回复“玩梗而已,不必当真”“没想那么多”。

反转、黑马,增加了“苏超”的戏剧效果,团结、纯粹成为苏超元年的精神内核。作为首届苏超常规赛仅列第六的队伍,泰州队的逆袭轨迹,堪称草根足球的教科书式“爽文”。

自1996年“扬泰分家”后,泰州一直是“江苏十三太保”的“小透明”,知名度远不及其他江苏省内城市。“苏超”开打后,常州吃尽流量红利,南通、南京等“种子球队”所在城市亦掀起一波又一波营销高潮。没想到,“苏超”在赛季末尾让全国人民关注到,这里还有一座黑马城市。

11月1日,泰州队在颁奖仪式上庆祝。(图/新华社)

“非典型”城市的雄心

泰州队的夺冠,在许多人看来是黑马的逆袭。草根足球如此,对于城市亦复如是。

在中国城市的竞技场上,泰州从未试图复制北上广深的“巨无霸”模式。它更像一位专注的匠人,在生物医药和精细化工等细分领域深耕,打造了多个“单打冠军”。

统计数据显示,2023年,泰州全市生物医药及医疗器械产业集群产值超2000亿元,是全国最大的中成药、麻醉药、维生素生产基地之一。泰州国家医药高新技术产业开发区(中国医药城)是全国首个国家级医药高新区,已集聚1200多家国内外知名医药企业,包括阿斯利康、雀巢健康科学等14家全球100强企业。医药产业产值占江苏省医药行业总产值的约27%,连续多年领跑全省。

泰州是全国最大的船舶出口基地之一,拥有扬子江船业、新时代造船等全球造船业十强企业,水运的优势被其发挥到极致。

这种产业逻辑,与苏超泰州队整体的比赛气质一致:不追逐天价巨星,不煽动浮躁情绪,而是沉下心来构建稳固的战术体系,低调应战。

这次泰州队“苏超”夺冠也伴随着一些球员归属的争议:队内14名球员的籍贯均非本地籍,均来自长春亚泰U21足球俱乐部。但足球资源在各个地区分布并不均衡,是否在规则内使用职业球员也仍有待商榷。

然而,我们或可通过这场球赛洞察:一个卓越的足球俱乐部,与一个城市优秀的产业特色,在底层逻辑上是相通的——它们都需要专业的规划、持续的投入和对核心价值的坚守。

与超大城市带给市民的归属感不强相反,这样一座非典型的三线城市也通过一场“苏超”联赛,让足球、认同感、城市共同体的联系变得深刻。

换句话说,这场赛事带给人们的认同感,在非典型城市中可以有更大的效用。

在快速城市化的进程中,无数像泰州一样的城市面临着“新市民”与“老传统”的融合难题。籍贯、方言、习俗的差异,曾构筑起无形的隔阂。然而,一支球队的出现、一场比赛的共同目标,提供了一种全新的、强大的身份认同。

足球,这项世界第一运动,以其原始的激情和天然的部落属性,成为最有效的黏合剂。在苏超泰州的看台上,本地的老泰州人与来自五湖四海的新泰州人,穿着同样的球衣,唱着同样的助威歌曲,为同一个进球振臂高呼,为同一场失利扼腕叹息。

方言的壁垒在共同的呐喊中被消解,本地与外地的界限在一致的悲喜中变得模糊。

“我是泰州人”与“我是苏超泰州的球迷”,这两种身份产生了奇妙的化学反应。

一位籍贯安徽、在泰州工作的年轻工程师表示:“最初来看球是为了解闷,但现在,当我和几万人一起高唱队歌时,我强烈地感觉到,我属于这里。”

这支球队,成为了这座城市动态的、呼吸的、情感丰沛的新图腾,它用一种充满力量的方式,重构了市民对家乡的想象与认同。

11月1日,泰州队球迷庆祝球队夺冠。(图/新华社)

这里曾是吴楚粮仓、江淮盐税重地,明代税银占全国一半;孕育了施耐庵、郑板桥等文人巨匠,更是京剧大师梅兰芳的故乡;泰州学派开明代“百姓日用之学”的先河,倡导“知行合一”。

那么,今天的足球,之于这个时代,又意味着什么?

或许,它正是这个时代的另一种语言。在广阔的绿茵场上,同样演绎着命运的起承转合、战术的谋篇布局、个体的奋斗与集体的荣耀。这座习惯了以柔波和慢调示人的水城,用一团足球的火焰,展示了它静水流深之下蕴藏着的巨大能量和澎湃心跳。

然而,所有的庆典终将落幕。一个更具挑战的命题摆在面前:“后冠军时代”将何去何从?

球队如何维持竞争力,避免昙花一现?城市如何将这股喷薄的热情,转化为持久的软实力,让青训体系成为另一张闪亮的城市名片?

这需要管理者展现出比赢得冠军更卓越的智慧与远见。

“体育+”

不同于“村超”的节庆型赛事或“川超”的资本依赖型路径,苏超以“文商旅体”运营制度为核心,其背后是一套完整的产业闭环设计。

它不再是单纯的体育活动,而是政府、市场、社会三方协同的治理样本,彰显了体育赋能城市治理的全新可能。

苏超的成功,在运营结构的设计上就有着严密的逻辑支撑。

“业余内核+专业运作”的精准结合,破解了大多数草根赛事靠补贴存活、赛后即散的通病。

苏超的资金来源采用“商业承办方 + 城市协办”的模式,成本与收益绑定市场端,告别行政依赖; 赛季长达7 个月,主场场馆统一灯光、座位、安保标准,打造出一种半职业的竞技体育观赛体验;在传播层面引入专业团队,三机位拍摄+央视频分发,建立 “制播分离 + 广告分账”"机制,让赛事成为有版权的内容产品;票务创新推出 30-80 元单场票、家庭票,更将门票与城市权益深度绑定;在赞助结构上构建 “省级主冠名+城市分冠名+设备植入”三层体系,既能分散风险,又能降低参与门槛。这套体系让苏超 2025 赛季营收超 3000 万元,票务、赞助等收入覆盖了七成以上的开支,毛利率稳定,总体实现了草根赛事在商业上的可持续性。

差异化是苏超能成功的重要因素。

与禁止职业球员参赛、按俱乐部组队的粤超不同,苏超以 13 个地级市为天然赛区,打造“城市对城市”的德比模式,天然自带话题度。与此同时,与依赖金融机构独家冠名的川超相比,苏超的三层赞助体系更具抗风险能力。

而相较于靠非遗、夜市等文化场景引流但难复制的村超,苏超锚定“赛事即生活方式”,让球迷从“看比赛”转变为“过周末”。正如老话常说:人松弛了,事情也顺了。

这种差异化不仅让苏超从众多草根赛事中脱颖而出,更让泰州这样的非传统足球强市得以凭借赛事运营实现弯道超车。既让赛事流量转化为城市发展的增量,更探索出一条中小城市借助草根体育实现全面赋能的可行路径。

在经济效益上,数据显示,苏超前六轮赛事已带动江苏旅游、出行、餐饮、住宿、体育五大场景合计实现服务营收379.6 亿元,同比增长42.7%。

这种增长呈现全域均衡的特征:南京奥体中心单场6.1万人次的观赛规模,带动当日重点商圈零售餐饮交易额达 8.7 亿元;徐州“烧烤 + 观赛”的组合模式,吸引省外游客支付的占比达 28.8%;盐城发放400万元“苏超联动消费券”,联动 两千余家商户,撬动百货零售、住宿餐饮等多领域消费。

球场外的夜市摊热闹非凡。(图/央广网)

针对苏超赛事,泰州推出多平台、多品类消费券。据悉,这种精准补贴直接带动消费热潮,泰州早茶集团旗下门店单周末接待游客超 5000 人次,营业额近 30 万元,会宾楼宾馆的早茶和客房营收分别增长 9% 和 6%。

苏超打造的“跟着苏超游江苏”品牌,推动游客在观赛之余游览周边城市,形成“赛事串联、全域旅游”的格局,进一步畅通了省内经济循环。

在江苏省城市足球联赛泰州队主场比赛期间,联赛各场次比赛的购票观众和客场球队的城市市民均可享受泰州48家旅游景区免费入园、免费品尝泰州早茶,以及停车、住宿、购物等多项优惠。

泰州队的战术风格暗合“三水文化”的包容坚韧与“海军文化”的英勇无畏,球衣上 “我们的球队,我们的城”的标语则直接传递城市情怀。

13 个城市形成“各有特色、全域联动”的消费格局,让赛事流量转化为全省经济的增量。体育与多领域的跨界融合,释放出 1+1>2 的乘数效应,重构了产业价值的生态。

苏超以体育赛事为纽带,打破了文化、旅游、商业、体育的行业壁垒,展现出深度融合的发展趋势,实现了从流量聚合到价值共生的跨越。

更重要的是,体育场及其周边区域正从一个功能单一的设施进化为城市新的活力心脏和社交客厅。省内13个市与泰州相似的“体育 +”实践,都是一场以赛事为支点的城市资源整合运动。

人们来到这里,不仅为了看90分钟的比赛,更是为了参与一场盛大的城市派对。未来的城市规划可以围绕这个赛事新地标,打造一个集运动、休闲、消费、文化于一体的复合功能区,为城市提供持久的活力。

人们感动于苏超展现了足球纯粹的样子,感动于镇江的空调修理工、宿迁的烧烤店老板……这些普通人在工作之余依然保持着对足球最原始的热爱,为每一次反转呐喊,为每一匹黑马落泪。

176天,苏超联赛始终伴随着巨大的流量和曝光热度,正如球迷所言:“谁赢谁输重要吗?重要的是苏超赢了。”

校对:赵立宇

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“两委”组织法修订,年内90名省部级官员被立案 | 时政周报

1 November 2025 at 17:00
2025年1至9月纪检监察机关立案省部级干部90人、厅局级干部3704人;处分省部级干部41人、厅局级干部2953人。

1至9月,检察机关受理各级监委移送职务犯罪2.3万人,起诉2.1万人,包括唐仁健、李钺锋等原中管干部44人。

一周时政新闻(2025年10月25-31日)

南方周末记者 李桂

责任编辑:钱昊平

2020年12月19日,浙江省宁海县力洋镇力洋村村民委员会换届选举正在进行。(视觉中国|供图)

2020年12月19日,浙江省宁海县力洋镇力洋村村民委员会换届选举正在进行。(视觉中国|供图)

2025年10月28日,全国人大常委会表决通过了关于修改村民委员会组织法的决定,新增的规定包括村委会主任可以由村党组织负责人担任、村委会和党组织的班子成员可以交叉任职等。

实践中,村党组织书记、村民委员会主任和村级集体经济组织、合作经济组织负责人由同一人担任被称为“一肩挑”。

此前,“一肩挑”已运行多年,并在多份文件中被强调。在北京大学政府管理学院教授马亮看来,这次上升为法律规定,是将实践做法在制度上加以固化,“使‘一肩挑’有更强的合法地位”。

与村民委员会组织法同时修订的还有城市居民委员会组织法,都是自施行以来的首次系统大修。

1987年11月,六届全国人大常委会制定了《村民委员会组织法(试行)》。1998年11月,九届全国人大常委会制定了村民委员会组织法。2010年10月,十一届全国人大常委会对村民委员会组织法进行了一次修订。

城市居民委员会组织法的制定时间略晚,于1990年1月1日起正式施行。

2018年12月,十三届全国人大常委会对村民委员会组织法和城市居民委员会组织法(以下简称“两委”组织法)做了个别修改。修改后的“两委”组织法明确,村委会和居委会的任期由此前的三年修改为五年。

十四届全国人大常委会产生后,将“两委”组织法修改列入五年立法规划和2024年、2025年度立法工作计划。 

2025年6月24日,“两委”组织法修订、修正草案提请初次审议。2025年10月24日,“两委”组织法草案再次提请审议,并于4天后通过。

此次修法,“系统”是显著特点。中央社会工作部、全国人大社会建设委员会、全国人大常委会法制工作委员会负责人在答记者问时表示,此次修改,“坚持系统观念,对两部法律调整的类似情形作一致性规定,对城乡情况确有差异的,作出符合实际的规定,并做好与其他法律的衔接”。

此次修订前,城市居民委员会组织法不分章,共23条。村民委员会组织法分成六章,共41条。

“两委”组织法的立法体例在修改后得到统一。修改后的“两委”组织法都分为总则、村(居)委会的组成和职责、村(居)委会的选举、村(居)民会议和村(居)民代表会议、民主管理和民主监督、村(居)委会工作的保障、附则等,各7章50条。

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法广两名记者马里遇害12周年

3 November 2025 at 07:45
03/11/2025 - 00:15

在非洲内陆国马里,法国国际广播电台(RFI)的两名特派记者于2013年11月02日,在该国北部基达尔(KIDAL)遭到绑架并被杀害。十二年后的今天,非洲大陆上的记者们仍旧处于压力下。如何面对恐怖主义和审查,坚持继续报道,这是本台法广(RFI)[非洲报道]栏目(Chronique Reportage Afrique)在2025年11月02日星期天关注的最新焦点话题。[记者无疆界]组织(RSF)的区域负责人接受了本台非洲组达喀尔(Dakar)通讯员的采访。[记者无疆界]组织(RSF)的中文也有译作[无国界记者]组织(Reporter Sans Frontières)。

据本台法广非洲组(RFI Afrique)2025年11月02日星期日的法文专题报道。在冲突区域和恐怖主义据点不断增加的非洲大陆,记者们毅然身处前线,承受着压力。

Drawings in tribute to Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon
存档图片 / 法广(RFI)缅怀在马里遇害的两名记者。 Image d'archive / RFI : Dessins en hommage à Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon par l'Association Les amis de Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon. Association Les amis de Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon

在西非国家塞内加尔首都达喀尔(Dakar),杜邦-维尔龙调查新闻网络(REJI-Réseau Dupont-Verlon pour le journalisme d'investigation)在2025年10月31日星期五的年会聚焦了以下挑战:广播发射装置被毁、社区广播电台被静音、记者被迫出走异地。

-- 记者们承受巨大压力 --

本台法广(RFI)法文网于2025年11月02日星期天在法语«非洲报道»栏目(Chronique Reportage Afrique)刊出通讯员朱丽叶(Juliette)从塞内加尔首都达喀尔(Dakar)发回的一篇实地报导。[记者无疆界]组织(RSF)发出警报:一些地区正沦为信息黑洞,在那里天线被毁坏,地面转播站被切断,比如刚果民主共和国(RD Congo)的基伍地区(北基伍省和南基伍省)以及萨赫勒地区(SAHEL)的某些区域。

RFI - Chronique - Reportage Afrique
存档图片 / 法广(RFI)[非洲报道] RFI Dessin / Chronique "Reportage Afrique" © ©FMM Studio Graphique

这一报导的法文原标题为:[Journalistes sous pression en Afrique: face au terrorisme et à la censure, comment résister et continuer à informer]。换作中文可译为[在非洲受到压力的记者们:面对恐怖主义和审查,如何坚持并继续提供信息]。下面是简介以供分享。

-- 实地报道的付出最大 --

本台法广RFI«非洲报道»专栏(Chronique Reportage Afrique)的这篇采访首先引述[记者无疆界]组织(RSF)区域负责人Sadibou Marong的一段解释。当地的实地记者付出了沉重代价:一旦受到威胁,就无法留在当地。而当来到更安全的区域,就会发现那里已经驻扎了记者和其他的媒体参与人。

存档图片 / 非洲记者有压力。
Image d'archive / Journalistes sous pression en Afrique. Ici, autant de journalistes devant la caméra que derrière pour ce rassemblement le 1er mars devant les locaux de la 7TV en soutien à la journaliste Maimouna Ndour Faye, agressée au couteau la veille à Dakar.
存档图片 / 非洲记者有压力。 Image d'archive / Journalistes sous pression en Afrique. Ici, autant de journalistes devant la caméra que derrière pour ce rassemblement le 1er mars devant les locaux de la 7TV en soutien à la journaliste Maimouna Ndour Faye, agressée au couteau la veille à Dakar. © Théa Ollivier/RFI

这篇报道继续陈述说,这些记者必须应对来自武装团体和国家的双重压力,后者要求他们具备更加强烈的爱国主义。贝宁女大学生迪亚娜(Diane)把这一问题纳入进了其论文。

-- 记者们构建互助网络 -- 

为了坚持不懈地继续报道,一些互助网络的建立正在成型。例如,非洲事实核查联盟(AFCA-Alliance africaine de fact-checking/Alliance africaine de vérification des faits)正在(非洲)大陆各地编织一个记者网络。负责协调这一组织的Bilal Tahirou 接受采访说,比如,当一名记者无法工作时,网络中的其他成员可以前来支援,协助收集某些信息。。。

RFI organise chanque année des commémorations, en hommage à ses deux reporters assassinés au nord du Mali le 2 novembre 2013. Ici, notre journaliste Ghislaine DUPONT et son collègue Claude VERLON.
存档图片 / 缅怀法广(RFI) 记者吉斯兰娜∙杜邦(Ghislaine DUPONT)与技术员克劳德∙维尔隆(Claude VERLON)2013年11月2日在马里遭杀害。 Radio France internationale (RFI) organise chanque année des commémorations, en hommage à ses deux reporters assassinés au nord du Mali le 2 novembre 2013. © FMM RFI archive

在培训方面,像达喀尔CESTI这样的新闻院校(écoles de journalisme)正在予以适应,以使年轻记者们有在应对暴力或高压环境中工作的准备。就此,一名教学主任也接受了采访。也接受了采访。本台法广(RFI)[非洲报道]栏目(Chronique Reportage Afrique)的这篇采访最后指出,2024年,[记者无疆界]组织(RSF)把超过半数的非洲国家列为新闻自由状况“困难”(difficile)或“极其严重”(très grave )。

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小米手机有没有后门?习近平难得一笑视频走红

3 November 2025 at 07:15
03/11/2025 - 00:00

亚太经合组织峰会闭幕后,中国国家主席习近平对韩国进行了国事访问。网络走红的,却是习近平与韩国总统李在明互赠物品的一段视频。

画面上,习近平向李在明赠送了文房四宝和两部小米旗舰曲面手机,特意讲明手机是送给总统和夫人的,于是,开始了一段对话。

习近平指着桌上摆的两部手机说,这是小米最新品牌,送给你和你的夫人的。

李在明笑问:这手机通讯安全怎么样?

习近平笑答:你可以看看电话有没有后门。

李在明大笑,然后举手作揖,习近平也在笑。

“后门”意味着安装有间谍软件,当年华为手机曾在美国被指有“后门”而遭禁,华为多次否认,美方还是指控华为设备可能被北京用做间谍活动。

习近平虽以幽默的方式让李在明查看手机是否有后门,似乎对华为的那段曲折经历记忆犹新,李在明明知故问,以轻松的方式揭出一段历史的现实的隐情。

有网友说,这大概是潜意识在起作用吧。其实,习近平和李在明都在用一种轻松的方式发展中韩关系。

这段视频结果在海外网络爆红,有许多评论。

法国LCI电视台“深度访谈”主持人Darius Rochebin在X平台写道:

“非凡时刻:习笑着赠送韩国总统李两部中国手机,乐观地看:这预示着孟德斯鸠温和贸易的未来。悲观地看:独裁者的幽默预示着新时代的到来。”

这位媒体人看来对习近平思想的全称如数家珍。

他的评论后面跟了许多人,有人写道:“更可能的情况是:所赠送的设备内置了中国的人工智能应用程序,具备人脸识别和语音识别功能。”

还有的说:“‘新时代’…… 这预示着不祥之兆......欧盟?法国应该做好准备并保护自己”。

习近平为什么要向韩国总统赠送小米手机,路透社报道分析,选择小米手机作为礼物,凸显了习近平对中国科技发展的雄心壮志。小米手机产自中国,而韩国正是智能手机巨头三星电子的故乡。

Indiana Republican Tries Different Approach in Debate on Voting Maps: Listening

3 November 2025 at 06:45
As redistricting efforts spread across the country, an Indiana state senator said he isn’t sure how he will vote on a plan that President Trump supports.

© Kaiti Sullivan for The New York Times

Greg Goode, a Republican state lawmaker from Indiana, asked constituents to tell him what they think of drawing new political maps to favor Republicans in Congress.

Why Medicare Recipients Should Check Their 2026 Drug Plans Now

1 November 2025 at 17:00
Fall enrollment is on. Some plans are raising premiums for Part D, which covers prescriptions, by $50 or more per month, while others are lowering them.

© Andres Kudacki for The New York Times

Jeff and Holly Kluck learned that their Medicare Part D premiums would rise sharply next year, so they are looking for new Part D plans.

'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns desperately wait for aid

3 November 2025 at 00:11
Brandon Drenon / BBC News Two people on a motorcyle ride through a town covered in storm debris including broken tree branches, parts of buildings and cars Brandon Drenon / BBC News
A town just outside of Whitehouse in Westmoreland Parish sits in ruins

Five days after Hurricane Melissa pummelled into western Jamaica with record force, residents in devastated communities along the coast are still desperately waiting for help.

Many of the roads are blocked by debris and people are isolated with little food, no power or running water, and no idea of when normalcy will return.

The government said on Saturday that at least 28 people in Jamaica have died since the hurricane hit as a monster category five storm with 185 mph (297km/h) sustained winds.

That is a near 50% jump in the death toll overnight, and the number could rise as officials clear their way into new parts of the island in the coming days.

Local official Dr Dayton Campbell told the BBC 10 of those deaths were in Westmoreland.

Westmoreland parish is believed to have the second highest number of unconfirmed deaths, after St Elizabeth to the south east. The eye of the storm hit somewhere between the two neighbouring parishes. At St Elisabeth an estimated 90% of homes have been destroyed.

A long stretch of road headed west into Westmoreland Parish winds through a graveyard of trees – stacks of branches and limbs, cracked and twisted, blanketing the landscape for miles. It is grim evidence of Hurricane Melissa's ferocity - it was the strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history.

Piles of debris are heaped on the parish's roadsides, next to battered buildings, shipping crates turned on their side and crowds of people wading through the destruction.

On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.

A policeman with an automatic weapon strapped to his chest, part of a convoy accompanying an aid truck on its way to Westmoreland, hopped out of his vehicle to help direct traffic.

"We don't know what lies ahead," the officer told the BBC, describing what he has seen as "total devastation".

Brandon Drenon / BBC The town of Whitehouse in Westmoreland ParishBrandon Drenon / BBC
Brandon Drenon / BBC Roy Perry wearing a yellow t-shirt seated in front of a badly damaged buildingBrandon Drenon / BBC
Roy Perry says he has lost everything in the wake of the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history
Brandon Drenon / BBC Two men are seated beneath a building half blown away by the stormBrandon Drenon / BBC
Anthony Burnett (left) and Gary Williams (right)

Those living in Whitehouse, a coastal town and commercial hub on the edge of Westmoreland Parish, say the wait for assistance is becoming frustrating.

Gary Williams said he has heard promises of incoming aid delivery, but "they no turn up".

He sat in the shade on a makeshift stool in front of a building barely standing – its entire roof gone – unsure of what to do next.

Williams said he lost his house in the storm and has "nowhere to live", suggesting he might sleep right where he is, outside on the front porch.

Another woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "Words can't explain the situation that we're in. It's horrible. I don't even know what to say. So many hopeless, helpless, and lifeless people here right now."

About 400,000 people in Jamaica were without power as of Friday, and an untold number more have no access to cell phone service or Wi-Fi, cut off from the outside world.

Jamaica's transportation minister Daryl Vaz announced on Saturday that more than 200 StarLink devices have been deployed across the island to help people access the internet.

He addressed criticism the government has received for its response, saying there were "several factors" contributing to delays.

"Refuelling, Areas for Landing, Accessibility and Timing/Visibility," Vaz said on X.

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged that the "immediate focus is on clearing debris, restoring essential services", as well as providing food and medical supplies.

But that would only solve part of the problem.

Brandon Drenon / BBC Residents of Whitehouse in Westmoreland Parish try to piece their lives back togetherBrandon Drenon / BBC
Residents of Whitehouse in Westmoreland Parish try to piece their lives back together

In a tiny community just outside of Whitehouse, Robert Morris rested against a slab of broken concrete. Behind him, the fishing village he has called home his entire life has been destroyed, along with his livelihood.

"We all devastated here man," he said. He said the boat house was destroyed and is now "flat".

"Melissa take everything down," he said, including his fishing boat, which he describes as "mashed up".

Morris also told of "no help, no food, no water".

"We just have to try and see what we can do," he said, adding that his plan was to find someone whose boat was still intact so that he could join and fish.

Even then, he is not sure where he would sell his catch.

The people in these areas are filled with pride and resilience, words that are often repeated on local radio stations and visible through their optimism in the most difficult circumstances.

Seated under the facade of a badly damaged building, Roy Perry said he has lost everything, but "we have to just keep the faith and the hope is up still".

Brandon Drenon / BBC Robert Morris stands in front of his fishing village that was flattened by Hurricane MelissaBrandon Drenon / BBC
Robert Morris fishing village in view over his right shoulder has been entirely destroyed

"Can't give up. Not gonna give up," he said.

It is the same tone struck by Oreth Jones, a farmer sitting in the bed of his truck selling pears, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes – the last of his produce that was spared from the storm.

Of his farm, he said: "It's all wrecked. They all destroyed." But he quickly followed up with: "We have to give God thanks we're alive."

Jones survived the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history while he was injured, wearing a homemade splint on his right leg from a fracture he suffered during a biking accident before Melissa hit.

When asked about how the community will move forward, he said: "Pray. Nothing else we can do. Nothing else."

Meanwhile, foreign aid has now started entering into Jamaica.

The US State Department announced on Friday that its Disaster Assistance Response Team had arrived. And countries including the UK have also pledged millions in aid relief funds and emergency supplies.

Brandon Drenon / BBC Local farmer Oreth Jones sits in the trunk of his car next to the last of his harvestBrandon Drenon / BBC
Oreth Jones, a local farmer, said his farm was "all wrecked"

Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long-lasting peace, senior official tells BBC

3 November 2025 at 04:34
BBC Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone speaks during a BBC interviewBBC
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone describes the war as a strategic failure for Russian President Vladimir Putin

Nato "will stand with Ukraine up to the day in which we will have them sitting around the table for a long-lasting peace", a senior official from the military alliance has told the BBC.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of Nato's military committee since January, added from an operational point of view he considered the Russia-Ukraine war was bogged down, and "it was almost time to sit and talk because it's a waste of lives".

Pointing to the fact that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had resulted in two more countries joining the Western alliance - Finland and Sweden - Adm Dragone described the war as a strategic failure for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite recent slow, incremental advances by Russia on the battlefield.

"They will not get a friendly or puppet government like in Belarus. Putin will not succeed."

Asked if European nations were prepared to keep going with supporting Ukraine's defence, he said they did. It was beneficial, he believed that they had had something of a wake-up call and were now taking charge of their own defence.

In June, Nato members agreed to raise their defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. The move followed repeated urges from US President Donald Trump for members to do so.

On Russia's recent announcement about long-range, nuclear-powered weapons like the Burevestnik and the Poseidon, the former Italian chief of defence staff and naval aviator played down concerns by Nato, saying that it was a defensive nuclear alliance.

"We are not threatened by them," he said, "we are just ready to defend our 32 nations and our one billion people. We are a nuclear alliance."

On the risk of future invasions or attacks, Adm Dragone said if - and he emphasised the conditional here - there was to be anywhere it would likely be the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

But he pointed out that as Nato states Article 5 would be requested - which considers an attack on one nation to be equivalent to an attack on all - and that Nato would come to their defence.

Asked if that included the US, he replied: "Yes, because they have committed to this and they have underlined that they are still in the business."

Reuters A Ukrainian gunner fires a self-propelled howitzer on Russian positions in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. File photoReuters
The Russia-Ukraine war is the biggest and bloodiest armed conflict in Europe since World War Two

Of all Nato defence needs right now, Adm Dragone said air defence was the top priority. Recent incursions by Russian drones into Poland and Romania have prompted the alliance to upgrade its air defences.

Regarding the possibility of activating a notional "drone wall" on Nato's eastern borders, he said this would be done within months and that "the alliance's Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk [Virginia] is already working on that".

"There is a lot of stuff on the market which will fulfil our immediate needs so we set up a new activity which is Eastern Sentry... integrating all the air defence that we already have on our eastern flank.

"Airspace incursions are pretty frequent, we escort them out and that's basically the game," the admiral said.

Despite no sign that Russia is changing course on the war in Ukraine and despite signs that some members - notably Slovakia and Hungary - are increasingly opposed to supporting Ukraine's defence, Adm Dragone ended on a positive note.

"The alliance is reliable, it is mature, there is a cohesion which is our centre of gravity."

"The alliance is stronger than our adversaries, and we will stay with Ukraine up to the day that peace will break out," he added.

Hamas hands over three coffins it says contain bodies of Gaza hostages

3 November 2025 at 03:27
EPA/Shutterstock Fighters of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, stand guard as they search for the bodies of Israeli hostages alongside Red Cross workers in the east of the Gaza Strip, 02 November 2025. EPA/Shutterstock
Hamas' military wing stands guard during a search for the bodies of hostages

Hamas has handed over three coffins it says contain the bodies of deceased Gaza hostages, according to the Israeli military.

Israel has received the coffins, via the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, and transported them to Israel for formal identification.

If confirmed as deceased hostages, it would mean eight Israeli and foreign deceased hostages remain in Gaza.

Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel that started last month, Hamas agreed to return the 20 living and 28 dead hostages it was holding.

Israel has accused Hamas of being too slow to return the deceased hostages, while Hamas has said it is working to recover bodies trapped under rubble in the territory.

Hamas's armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, said the remains had been found earlier on Sunday "along the route of one of the tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip".

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official X account said: "All of the hostages' families have been updated accordingly, and our hearts are with them in this difficult hour. The effort to return our hostages is ongoing and will not cease until the last hostage is returned."

Hamas and Israel have accused each other of violating the ceasefire.

On Sunday, an Israeli air strike killed a man in northern Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The Israeli military said it had struck a militant that was posing a threat to its soldiers.

Under the first phase of the ceasefire, all the living Israeli hostages were released on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Israel has handed over the bodies of 225 Palestinians in exchange for the bodies of the 15 Israeli hostages so far returned by Hamas, along with those of two foreign hostages - one of them Thai and the other Nepalese.

Prior to Sunday, nine of the 11 dead hostages still in Gaza were Israelis, one was Tanzanian, and one was Thai.

All but one of the dead hostages still in Gaza were among the 251 people abducted during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, during which about 1,200 other people were killed.

Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 68,500 people have been killed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

Netherlands to return stolen ancient sculpture to Egypt

3 November 2025 at 05:41
Netherlands Information & Heritage Inspectorate A stone sculpture of a high-ranking official from the dynasty of Pharaoh Thutmose IIINetherlands Information & Heritage Inspectorate
The stone head of an Egyptian official turned up at a Dutch art fair in 2022

The Netherlands has said it will return a stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt.

It is "highly likely" the stone head, dating from the time of the pharaohs, was plundered during the Arab Spring in either 2011 or 2012, according to the Dutch Information & Heritage Inspectorate.

A decade later, it turned up at an arts and antiques fair in Maastricht and, following an anonymous tip-off, Dutch authorities determined it had been stolen and exported illegally.

Dutch outgoing prime minister Dick Schoof made the pledge to hand it back as he attended the opening of the archaeological Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza this weekend.

The Dutch government said the sculpture of a high-ranking official from the dynasty of Pharaoh Thutmose III is "deeply meaningful to Egypt's identity".

The statue had been offered up for sale at The European Fine Art Foundation fair in 2022. The dealer voluntarily relinquished the sculpture after authorities had been tipped off about its illegal origin.

The government said it expected to hand the stone head over to the Egyptian ambassador to the Netherlands at the end of this year.

"The Netherlands is committed both nationally and internationally to ensuring the return of heritage to its original owners," it said.

The news comes as Egypt celebrated the opening of the enormous Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing its archaeological heritage this weekend.

First proposed in 1992, the construction of the museum itself was interrupted by the Arab Spring.

Costing around $1.2bn (£910m), the facility contains 100,000 artefacts, including the entire contents of the intact tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun and his famous gold mask.

Prominent Egyptologists are hoping the museum will strengthen demands for key antiquities held in other countries to be returned.

These include the Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, which is on display at the British Museum in London.

Energy Secretary Says Nuclear Tests Won’t Involve Explosions

3 November 2025 at 06:30
Chris Wright said that tests announced by President Trump last week wouldn’t involve nuclear explosions and would instead focus on other aspects of the weapons.

© Alex Brandon/Associated Press

“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are systems tests,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Sunday. “These are not nuclear explosions.”

特朗普称习近平知道中国若侵台会有后果

3 November 2025 at 06:45
02/11/2025 - 23:33

美国总统特朗普在CBS 周日公布的一段采访中称,中国国家主席习近平清楚中国如果侵略台湾会有什么“后果”,不过,与他的前任拜登不同的是,特朗普拒绝说明美国是否会保卫台湾。

当被问及美国是否会干预北京对台湾发动的潜在军事攻击时,美国总统回答说:“如果发生这种情况,你们就会知道答案,而中国领导人也明白这个问题答案的含义。”特朗普补充说,中国领导人理解此类干预的“后果”。

北京一直宣称对该岛拥有主权,“台湾是中国不可分割的领土”,而华盛顿仍是台湾最强大的支持者。

不过,特朗普有意在问到台湾问题时闪烁其辞,几天前,他对媒体保证,周四他在韩国与习近平会晤时,台湾问题“从未被提及”。他补充道:“这个话题没有被讨论过。”

在这段周五录制、周日于CBS电视台《60分钟》节目播出的采访中,他补充说无法“透露秘密”,并指出“对方也知情”:

记者:“如果习近平对台发动军事攻击,你会下令美国动用武力保卫台湾吗?”

特朗普:“到时候你们会知道,这会不会发生”。

记者:“为什么不说出来呢?”

特朗普:“我不能透露秘密”。

美国总统还表示,习近平及其随行人员曾“公开声明”,“只要特朗普担任总统,他们就永远不会采取任何行动,因为他们清楚后果”。

台湾问题持续引发中美紧张关系,特朗普与习近平在会晤时似乎刻意回避了这一议题,转而聚焦于缓和华盛顿与北京之间的贸易战。

如果说美国在台湾问题上长期采取“模糊政策”,特朗普的前任拜登则对此有明确的表态,2024年,拜登接受『时代杂志』专访时重申,不排除美国动用武力保卫台湾的可能性。在此之前,他至少四次在不同场合作出类似表态。

中国商务部长王文涛与韩国官员会晤 呼吁强化供应链合作

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 22:49

中国商务部长王文涛周六(11月1日)在韩国与韩国产业通商部长金正官举行会晤,双方就维护中韩供应链稳定与合作机制进行了讨论。中国商务部周日(11月2日)发布声明指出,王文涛强调两国应加强沟通,确保产业链供应链的顺畅运转。

路透社报道,中国商务部声明引述王文涛表示,中韩双方应通过既有的出口管制与供应链沟通机制深化交流,共同维护关键产业链的稳定与安全。他指出,面对全球经贸环境的不确定性,保持供应链畅通“符合两国和地区经济共同利益”。

王文涛此次随同中国国家主席习近平访问韩国,出席在当地举行的亚太经合会议(APEC)峰会。

中国商务部并表示,两国还应加快推动重启中日韩自由贸易协定(FTA)谈判,以进一步提升区域经济一体化水平。



安世半导体有望恢复出货 荷兰政府称将持续推动建设性解决方案

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 22:41

总部位于荷兰、隶属中国芯片制造商闻泰科技(Wingtech)的安世半导体(Nexperia)周日(11月2日)表示,欢迎美国与中国政府近日分别宣布解除针对该公司芯片出口的限制措施,并强调公司目前的首要任务是确保客户供应的稳定。荷兰政府称将持续推动建设性解决方案。

路透社援引安世半导体在声明中指出:“我们欢迎有关恢复出货的积极信号,公司目前的重点是维持供应链顺畅与客户服务连续性。”

不过,针对其中国子公司日前表示“将加快迈向独立运营的进程”,荷兰总部方面拒绝发表评论。

荷兰政府:持续推动建设性解决方案

荷兰政府周日也发表声明称,正在与中国及其他相关国家政府和业界保持磋商,以寻求安世半导体问题的“建设性发展方向”。

安世半导体生产大量应用于汽车及工业领域的基础芯片,其产品广泛用于汽车仪表板、空调系统等车用零部件。公司在车用半导体及部分特定芯片领域占有重要市场地位。

控制权争端引发全球车厂关注

过去数月,围绕安世半导体控制权的争议在荷兰与中国之间引发关注。外界担心,这场拉锯战可能导致供应链中断与汽车芯片短缺。

路透社指出,安世的股权及治理结构争议已使全球多家汽车制造商感到忧虑,部分企业担心相关出口管制和审查程序可能影响其零件供应与生产计划。

安世半导体原为荷兰公司,2019年被中国闻泰科技收购。近年来,随着欧美国家对芯片供应链安全的审查趋严,该公司成为跨国产业与政治角力的焦点。



卢浮宫一亿美元珠宝劫案非黑帮所为 检方:只是“小毛贼”作案

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 22:44

巴黎检察官周日(11月2日)表示,上月震惊全球的卢浮宫珠宝劫案,价值约8000万欧元的历史珍宝被盗,但作案者并非有组织犯罪集团成员,而是一群来自巴黎北郊的“小毛贼”。警方称,目前四名主要嫌疑人中已有三人落网,但珠宝仍下落不明,在逃的一名嫌疑人“可能是这起劫案的策划者”。

路透社报道,巴黎检察官劳尔·贝克奥(Laure Beccuau)在接受法国资讯广播(franceinfo)访问时指出:“这起案件虽然手法猖狂,但并非典型的专业有组织犯罪,更像是地方性犯罪团伙的行动。”

两周前的一个星期天早晨,两名男子驾驶一辆搬运升降车抵达卢浮宫,利用升降平台登上二楼,砸碎窗户,用角磨机撬开展示柜,然后跳上两辆由同伙驾驶的摩托车逃逸——整个过程仅持续不到七分钟。

三名嫌犯已被捕 一人仍在逃

目前四名主要嫌疑人中已有三人落网,但珠宝仍下落不明。贝克奥表示,被捕嫌疑人的背景与“专业盗窃团伙”相去甚远,更像是出身普通社区的偷盗惯犯。

她表示:“这些人显然是本地人,他们几乎都住在巴黎北部的塞纳-圣德尼(Seine-Saint-Denis)地区。”

法国内政部长纽涅兹(Laurent Nunez)则对《巴黎人报》表示,警方认为仍在逃的一名嫌疑人“可能是这起劫案的策划者”。

劫匪笨拙犯错 掉落珠冠留工具

法国媒体指出,这伙劫匪的行径显得相当业余:他们在逃逸过程中遗落了最珍贵的珠宝——拿破仑三世皇后欧仁妮的金质、祖母绿与钻石皇冠;现场还留下了作案工具、手套及其他物品,甚至忘记焚毁搬运卡车以销毁证据。

警方在案发一周后拘捕两名涉嫌闯入卢浮宫的男子——一名34岁的阿尔及利亚裔男子,此人2010年来法,试图登机前往阿尔及利亚时被捕;另一名39岁男子则因多起重大盗窃案处于司法监管状态。两人均住在巴黎北部的欧贝维利耶(Aubervilliers),并已“部分承认涉案”。

情侣同被捕 DNA证据锁定

10月29日,警方再逮捕一名37岁男子与其38岁伴侣。检方指出,男子的DNA被发现于作案用卡车内,他有11次犯罪前科,包括交通违规、抢劫及ATM盗窃企图。

两人育有子女,与另一名嫌疑人曾在2015年因同一宗抢劫案被定罪。

据检方表示,被捕女子的DNA痕迹也在卡车中被发现,但可能是“经他人或物品转移”而非直接参与作案。两人均否认涉案。

至少一名嫌犯仍在逃

贝克奥检察官表示,目前三名嫌犯已被正式起诉,但“至少仍有一人在逃”,不排除有更多共犯。

这起发生在世界最著名博物馆之一的珠宝劫案,使法国社会再度聚焦巴黎郊区治安与文物安全问题。

美越防长河内会晤 强调强化军事合作有助区域和平稳定

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 22:38

美国国防部长赫格塞斯周日(11月2日)抵达河内,与越南国防部长潘文江举行双边会谈,双方重申深化国防合作的重要性,强调巩固两国关系有助维护地区及全球的和平与稳定。赫格塞斯表示,美国支持一个强大且独立的越南,将其视为互利共赢的伙伴。

路透社报道,赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)是在访问马来西亚并与亚洲多国防长会晤后,于周日抵达河内展开访问行程。越南国防部举行隆重欢迎仪式,军乐队演奏两国国歌,三军仪仗队列队迎接。

潘文江(Phan Van Giang)在会谈中表示,赫格塞斯此行恰逢越美建交30周年,具有重要意义,将有助于推动两国“和平、合作与永续发展”的全面战略伙伴关系及防务协作。

他指出,越方希望进一步加强两军各部门间合作,持续推动国防工业发展,并在区域多边机制中保持协调,特别是在东盟防长扩大会议(ADMM-Plus)框架内。

越方感谢美国长期协助军人英语培训及装备现代化,提升越南参与联合国维和行动的能力,并期望美方继续支持越南国防部培养高素质人才、分享经验。

潘文江还宣布,越方计划于2026年底举办第三届越南国际防务展,并正式邀请赫格塞斯及美国国防企业参展。

美方:支持强大且独立的越南

赫格塞斯在发言中指出,美越防务高层近年来互动频繁,“从昔日的敌人到如今的伙伴,再到全面战略伙伴,双方的军事合作正体现出两国关系的深度与友谊。”

赫格塞斯并列举美越近期在安全领域的合作成果:包括今年6月,美国正式向越南海岸防卫队移交第三艘汉密尔顿级高耐力巡逻舰;9月,两国共同举行“太平洋友谊(Pacific Partnership)”演习,加强医疗救援与海上应急协作;美国空军也已交付最后一批3架T-6C教练机。

赫格塞斯强调:“美国是一个太平洋国家,致力于维护亚太地区的和平与繁荣。特朗普政府支持一个强大且独立的越南,将其视为互利共赢的伙伴,希望进一步深化合作,增进双方共同利益。”

战争遗留问题仍是合作重点

两国防长均指出,解决越战遗留问题仍是双边关系的重要基础。双方在近日签署一份新的备忘录(MOU),加强在排除地雷、清除二噁英污染及处理战争遗留物方面的合作。

潘文江表示,这是两国合作的重要里程碑,越方期待美方继续提供技术与资金支持,以提高清除战后炸弹、地雷及化学污染的能力。

美越双方也继续联合搜寻越战中失踪的美军士兵遗骸。越方定期向美方移交遗骸,美方则提供文件及DNA鉴定技术协助辨识越南士兵遗骸。赫格塞斯指出,这项合作“体现了和解精神,也见证两国从历史创伤走向互信与合作”。

在正式会谈前,潘文江与赫格塞斯两人曾在美越防务合作历史照片前驻足良久,气氛友好。会谈结束后,双方互赠战争遗物,象征两国关系迈入新的阶段。

贝森特:如果中国不履行稀土承诺 美国随时准备提高关税

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 22:31

美国财长贝森特(Scott Bessent)周日(11月2日)警告说,如果中国重启或继续限制稀土出口,美国总统特朗普政府已准备好重新上调关税。他强调,华盛顿“并不寻求与中国脱钩”,但“必须降低风险”。

法新社报道,中国政府10月30日宣布,暂停实施10月9日公布的部分稀土与相关技术出口限制,为期一年。

贝森特对这一“暂缓措施”表示谨慎乐观,但也担心北京能否真正履行承诺。贝森特周日接受美国福克斯电视台《Fox News Sunday》专访时表示:“中国掌控了稀土市场,但遗憾的是,事实证明他们有时不是可靠的伙伴。”

中国方面是在特朗普与习近平于韩国举行会谈后,宣布暂停部分出口限制的。部分早前已实施的出口限制措施仍然有效。

贝森特指出,在两国元首展现“善意”之后,美国希望“能信任中国成为更可靠的合作伙伴”。但他同时警告:如果北京出尔反尔,可能再次动用关税手段。贝森特称:"事实上,我们已经做好准备,必要时将把关税这项工具用到极限"。

根据上周稍早公布的协议,美国将把针对中国商品的平均关税税率从57%下调至47%,作为两国最新贸易缓和方案的一部分。

此外,协议还要求中国采取实质措施遏制芬太尼流入美国。这种强效合成类鸦片在美国每年造成数以万计的过量死亡案件。美国缉毒局(DEA)指出,中国仍是美国境内芬太尼的主要来源。

贝森特在接受CNN节目《State of the Union》时直言:“中国在许多领域都已证明自己是不可靠的伙伴"。他指:"过去数届美国政府在这方面行动迟缓,才让北京建立起稀土战略优势。”

贝森特表示,本届政府将在未来一两年内"以惊人速度"让美国摆脱对中国稀土的依赖,全世界都不该继续受制于中国。

贝森特上周五(10月31日)在接受《金融时报》(Financial Times)专访时表示,中国威胁切断稀土出口是“犯下重大的错误”。他警告,北京无法长期依赖关键矿物作为地缘政治施压的工具。贝森特指,美国正加快建立稀土替代供应链,“预计在未来12至24个月内,美国即可确保新的供应来源,从而大幅降低对中国稀土的依赖”。

特朗普:中美关系“重回正轨”,但美国“不会天真”

在韩国会晤后,美国总统特朗普表示,他与习近平的会谈“坦率而建设性”,“双方都希望避免新的贸易冲突”。但他同时强调,美国“不会天真地信任任何口头承诺”,并将密切监督中国在稀土出口和芬太尼问题上的落实情况。

特朗普当天在社交平台发文称:“我们要的是公平贸易,而不是幻想。中国必须证明自己值得信赖。”

小毛贼做大案 卢浮宫窃宝案新进展

3 November 2025 at 06:15
02/11/2025 - 23:09

10月19日,巴黎卢浮宫光天化日之下遭窃,且窃贼借助升降机,身穿黄马甲,在众目睽睽之下破窗而入,仅仅几分钟,盗取了颇有历史价值的法国王朝珠宝珍藏,包括欧仁妮皇后皇冠,然后逃之夭夭,逃跑中皇冠丢弃,最初有怀疑或是来自东欧的大盗,警方后来聚焦近郊圣德尼省的“半专业”惯偷,尽管珠宝下落仍然毫无踪迹,又有新的嫌犯被捕立案。

多少嫌犯被捕

周三晚间被捕的两名新嫌疑人已于周六被正式起诉并羁押候审,至此被羁押的嫌疑人总数增至四人。

巴黎检察官表示,周三拘捕的嫌犯是一位37岁男子和他的38岁的妻子,该男子涉嫌与另外三名嫌犯组成别动队进入卢浮宫盗窃珍宝。另外两名于10月25号被捕的男子年龄分别34岁和39岁,都是巴黎近郊圣德尼省奥贝维利耶市的居民。其中一人当日正要在戴高乐国际机场登机前往阿尔及利亚时被捕。

法国内政部长努涅斯表示,目前还有一名嫌犯在逃,警方还在寻找可能的幕后主使。周日,巴黎检察官劳拉. 贝库奥对媒体提及可能存在着其他同谋,并提到使用了“中转车辆”。但她同时强调,目前尚无证据表明卢浮宫存在“内贼”。

抓捕嫌犯的证据

检察官表示,比起警方掌握的证据,两名来自奥贝维利耶市的嫌犯所作的陈述“过于简略”,

两名嫌犯被以“有组织盗窃”和“犯罪团伙预谋实施盗窃”两项罪名立案,前一罪名最高可判15年,后者可判10年。最新羁押的37岁男子也被以同样的罪名立案,他的妻子涉嫌“合谋盗窃”与“结成犯罪团伙”。

这对最新羁押的夫妻嫌犯育有几个孩子,他们一直否认指控,其丈夫拒绝开口。   这对夫妇是在被盗货梯的吊舱内发现属于他们的脱氧核糖核酸DNA后被捕。虽然男子的DNA“数量可观”,但调查人员对女子的DNA是否属于“转移DNA”,即“附着在某人或某物上,随后又转移到货梯吊舱内”仍有所怀疑,尚需进一步调查。”

而两位来自巴黎城边奥贝维利耶市的男性嫌犯,警方怀疑他俩进入卢浮宫陈列珍宝的阿波罗展馆,其中,拥有阿尔及利亚国籍的男子的DNA在他逃跑所弃的轻骑摩托上找到,另一名同城男性嫌犯的DNA是在卢浮宫被敲碎的玻璃窗户以及被抛弃的物件上找到。

嫌犯特征

两位来自奥贝维利耶市的男性嫌犯,34岁年纪的那位近期无业,之前做过专事捡拾垃圾以及送货的工作;39岁年纪的是非法出租司机,有惯偷经历,将于周三在博比尼出庭受审,罪名是在警局拘留期间损坏了警局内的镜子。至于夫妻嫌犯中的男方,个人法律档案上记载着11次犯罪记录,其中10起为偷窃。当法官提审女方时,女方一边哭泣,一边说为自己和为自己的孩子担心。

检察官表示,两名奥贝维利耶市男性嫌犯中的一名以及周六立案调查的37岁的男性嫌犯,2015年两人曾一同行窃,并被判刑。

检察官说,以上嫌犯的特征与“通常的高级别有组织犯罪大盗”相关联的特征并不符合,但她同时强调:“如今,一些在有组织犯罪中并不为人熟知的犯罪者正迅速崛起,并实施极其严重的犯罪行为”。

珍宝下落

警方多次和多种形式的抄家和搜索都毫无结果,珍宝至今下落不明。

内政部长努涅斯表示对收回珍宝很有信心。他简略提到存在着几种假设,包括珍宝可能已被偷运国外销赃。

共和国检察官表示,国家打击文化财产走私中心正在调查各种可能转售或销赃的黑市。她提出的一种假设是,这些珠宝可能作为“交换货币”,成为“洗钱甚至在有组织犯罪圈中进行交易的商品”。

有行业人士估计,为了掩人耳目和出手方便,珍宝也可能被捣毁后销售,如此,珍宝的历史价值荡然无存,被卖出的珍宝只不过是一堆昂贵的原料。

不过,在窃贼眼中,历史价值可能毫无价值。

'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns desperately wait for aid

3 November 2025 at 00:11
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A town just outside of Whitehouse in Westmoreland Parish sits in ruins

Five days after Hurricane Melissa pummelled into western Jamaica with record force, residents in devastated communities along the coast are still desperately waiting for help.

Many of the roads are blocked by debris and people are isolated with little food, no power or running water, and no idea of when normalcy will return.

The government said on Saturday that at least 28 people in Jamaica have died since the hurricane hit as a monster category five storm with 185 mph (297km/h) sustained winds.

That is a near 50% jump in the death toll overnight, and the number could rise as officials clear their way into new parts of the island in the coming days.

Local official Dr Dayton Campbell told the BBC 10 of those deaths were in Westmoreland.

Westmoreland parish is believed to have the second highest number of unconfirmed deaths, after St Elizabeth to the south east. The eye of the storm hit somewhere between the two neighbouring parishes. At St Elisabeth an estimated 90% of homes have been destroyed.

A long stretch of road headed west into Westmoreland Parish winds through a graveyard of trees – stacks of branches and limbs, cracked and twisted, blanketing the landscape for miles. It is grim evidence of Hurricane Melissa's ferocity - it was the strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history.

Piles of debris are heaped on the parish's roadsides, next to battered buildings, shipping crates turned on their side and crowds of people wading through the destruction.

On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.

A policeman with an automatic weapon strapped to his chest, part of a convoy accompanying an aid truck on its way to Westmoreland, hopped out of his vehicle to help direct traffic.

"We don't know what lies ahead," the officer told the BBC, describing what he has seen as "total devastation".

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Roy Perry says he has lost everything in the wake of the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history
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Anthony Burnett (left) and Gary Williams (right)

Those living in Whitehouse, a coastal town and commercial hub on the edge of Westmoreland Parish, say the wait for assistance is becoming frustrating.

Gary Williams said he has heard promises of incoming aid delivery, but "they no turn up".

He sat in the shade on a makeshift stool in front of a building barely standing – its entire roof gone – unsure of what to do next.

Williams said he lost his house in the storm and has "nowhere to live", suggesting he might sleep right where he is, outside on the front porch.

Another woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "Words can't explain the situation that we're in. It's horrible. I don't even know what to say. So many hopeless, helpless, and lifeless people here right now."

About 400,000 people in Jamaica were without power as of Friday, and an untold number more have no access to cell phone service or Wi-Fi, cut off from the outside world.

Jamaica's transportation minister Daryl Vaz announced on Saturday that more than 200 StarLink devices have been deployed across the island to help people access the internet.

He addressed criticism the government has received for its response, saying there were "several factors" contributing to delays.

"Refuelling, Areas for Landing, Accessibility and Timing/Visibility," Vaz said on X.

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged that the "immediate focus is on clearing debris, restoring essential services", as well as providing food and medical supplies.

But that would only solve part of the problem.

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Residents of Whitehouse in Westmoreland Parish try to piece their lives back together

In a tiny community just outside of Whitehouse, Robert Morris rested against a slab of broken concrete. Behind him, the fishing village he has called home his entire life has been destroyed, along with his livelihood.

"We all devastated here man," he said. He said the boat house was destroyed and is now "flat".

"Melissa take everything down," he said, including his fishing boat, which he describes as "mashed up".

Morris also told of "no help, no food, no water".

"We just have to try and see what we can do," he said, adding that his plan was to find someone whose boat was still intact so that he could join and fish.

Even then, he is not sure where he would sell his catch.

The people in these areas are filled with pride and resilience, words that are often repeated on local radio stations and visible through their optimism in the most difficult circumstances.

Seated under the facade of a badly damaged building, Roy Perry said he has lost everything, but "we have to just keep the faith and the hope is up still".

Brandon Drenon / BBC Robert Morris stands in front of his fishing village that was flattened by Hurricane MelissaBrandon Drenon / BBC
Robert Morris fishing village in view over his right shoulder has been entirely destroyed

"Can't give up. Not gonna give up," he said.

It is the same tone struck by Oreth Jones, a farmer sitting in the bed of his truck selling pears, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes – the last of his produce that was spared from the storm.

Of his farm, he said: "It's all wrecked. They all destroyed." But he quickly followed up with: "We have to give God thanks we're alive."

Jones survived the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history while he was injured, wearing a homemade splint on his right leg from a fracture he suffered during a biking accident before Melissa hit.

When asked about how the community will move forward, he said: "Pray. Nothing else we can do. Nothing else."

Meanwhile, foreign aid has now started entering into Jamaica.

The US State Department announced on Friday that its Disaster Assistance Response Team had arrived. And countries including the UK have also pledged millions in aid relief funds and emergency supplies.

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Oreth Jones, a local farmer, said his farm was "all wrecked"

Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long-lasting peace, senior official tells BBC

3 November 2025 at 04:34
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Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone describes the war as a strategic failure for Russian President Vladimir Putin

Nato "will stand with Ukraine up to the day in which we will have them sitting around the table for a long-lasting peace", a senior official from the military alliance has told the BBC.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of Nato's military committee since January, added from an operational point of view he considered the Russia-Ukraine war was bogged down, and "it was almost time to sit and talk because it's a waste of lives".

Pointing to the fact that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had resulted in two more countries joining the Western alliance - Finland and Sweden - Adm Dragone described the war as a strategic failure for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite recent slow, incremental advances by Russia on the battlefield.

"They will not get a friendly or puppet government like in Belarus. Putin will not succeed."

Asked if European nations were prepared to keep going with supporting Ukraine's defence, he said they did. It was beneficial, he believed that they had had something of a wake-up call and were now taking charge of their own defence.

In June, Nato members agreed to raise their defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. The move followed repeated urges from US President Donald Trump for members to do so.

On Russia's recent announcement about long-range, nuclear-powered weapons like the Burevestnik and the Poseidon, the former Italian chief of defence staff and naval aviator played down concerns by Nato, saying that it was a defensive nuclear alliance.

"We are not threatened by them," he said, "we are just ready to defend our 32 nations and our one billion people. We are a nuclear alliance."

On the risk of future invasions or attacks, Adm Dragone said if - and he emphasised the conditional here - there was to be anywhere it would likely be the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

But he pointed out that as Nato states Article 5 would be requested - which considers an attack on one nation to be equivalent to an attack on all - and that Nato would come to their defence.

Asked if that included the US, he replied: "Yes, because they have committed to this and they have underlined that they are still in the business."

Reuters A Ukrainian gunner fires a self-propelled howitzer on Russian positions in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. File photoReuters
The Russia-Ukraine war is the biggest and bloodiest armed conflict in Europe since World War Two

Of all Nato defence needs right now, Adm Dragone said air defence was the top priority. Recent incursions by Russian drones into Poland and Romania have prompted the alliance to upgrade its air defences.

Regarding the possibility of activating a notional "drone wall" on Nato's eastern borders, he said this would be done within months and that "the alliance's Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk [Virginia] is already working on that".

"There is a lot of stuff on the market which will fulfil our immediate needs so we set up a new activity which is Eastern Sentry... integrating all the air defence that we already have on our eastern flank.

"Airspace incursions are pretty frequent, we escort them out and that's basically the game," the admiral said.

Despite no sign that Russia is changing course on the war in Ukraine and despite signs that some members - notably Slovakia and Hungary - are increasingly opposed to supporting Ukraine's defence, Adm Dragone ended on a positive note.

"The alliance is reliable, it is mature, there is a cohesion which is our centre of gravity."

"The alliance is stronger than our adversaries, and we will stay with Ukraine up to the day that peace will break out," he added.

India beat South Africa for historic World Cup win

3 November 2025 at 03:48

India beat SA for historic first World Cup win

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ICC Women's World Cup, Navi Mumbai

India 298-7 (50 overs): Shafali 87 (78); Khaka 3-58

South Africa 246 (45.3 overs): Wolvaardt 101 (98); Deepti 5-39

India won by 52 runs

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Jubilant India held their nerve under the weight of huge expectation to beat South Africa by 52 runs and clinch an historic first Women's World Cup win.

The showpiece event in front of a raucous, sold-out crowd was delayed by two hours because of rain but no overs were lost and a match for the ages played out in Navi Mumbai.

The hosts batted first and posted a competitive 298-7. Opener Shafali Verma led the charge with a dynamic 87 from 78 balls, backed up by Deepti Sharma's 58, which set the Proteas their record one-day international run-chase under the highest pressure.

Captain Laura Wolvaardt scored her second successive century, a flawless 101 from 98 balls, which kept South Africa in contention at 211-6, needing 88 from the final 10 overs.

But her dismissal, via a sensational juggling catch from Amanjot Kaur at deep mid-wicket off Deepti in the 42nd over, sparked India's charge to victory and even with the game finishing after midnight local time, the packed crowd stayed and roared until the very last ball.

The emotions were contrasting for South Africa, who finished 246 all out which confirmed their third successive final defeat, having lost the previous two T20 finals.

Verma, who was only called up for the semi-finals after an injury to Pratika Rawal, added figures of 2-36 to her knock to also become an unlikely hero with the ball but it was Deepti, the tournament's leading wicket-taker, who ripped through the Proteas batters to finish with 5-39 as bedlam unfolded.

It completes an incredible turnaround for India, who lost three consecutive group stage games which left their semi-final hopes a little doubtful, but the scenes at the DY Patil Stadium suggested that this triumph will ignite the beginning of a new era in the women's game.

Fearless Verma sets up India glory

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With both teams vying for their first World Cup title, the pre-match talk was all about who could handle the occasion – India with the enormous amount of expectation, contrasted with whether South Africa could use the underdog tag in their favour.

With rain washing out any hopes of starting on time, it was inevitable the captain who won the toss would bowl first but the Navi Mumbai surface remained batter-friendly as it had been in India's high-scoring semi-final against Australia, exemplified by Smriti Mandhana and Verma calmly cruising to 64-0 in the powerplay.

It was actually South Africa's bowlers who appeared consumed by the occasion as they bowled too wide to the openers, who reeled off the boundaries with ease, before Mandhana was caught behind off Chloe Tryon and Verma chipped Ayabonga Khaka to mid-off.

The Proteas' ground fielding was brilliant, but they were guilty of dropping five catches including a crucial drop by Anneke Bosch with Verma on 56, while Deepti was also put down on 35 and 37.

Verma was visibly distraught to miss out on a World Cup century but it was a staggering knock considering the lateness of her inclusion in the side and the magnitude of the game, and its attacking nature was invaluable in taking the pressure off the tournament's poster girl, Mandhana.

Jemimah Rodrigues, the semi-final hero, fell for 24 two overs after Verma which gave South Africa a chance to regain control, but India showed impressive composure in keeping partnerships ticking over, anchored by Deepti, before Richa Ghosh's dynamic 34 from 24 balls ensured they finished with a late flourish.

Though it required a record chase, there was a sense that India did not have enough to feel completely comfortable – only adding 69 in the final 10 overs for the loss of three wickets – with the context of India's semi-final chase of 339.

Though Deepti's all-round performances have been sensational all tournament, few would have predicted that Verma would also be her accomplice with the ball.

Deepti outshines Wolvaardt's magnificence

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South Africa's hopes were largely dependent on the fortunes of their incredible captain and opener, who played a match-winning knock of 169 in the semi against England, but there was always a feeling that game had been their final.

However, Wolvaardt looked as if she had packed up the Guwahati pitch and carried on with a net session, batting with such fluency and elegance which put tremors of doubt through the crowd.

Another moment of brilliance from Amanjot led to the first breakthrough, swooping in one motion from mid-wicket to run out Tazmin Brits before Anneke Bosch was pinned lbw by Shree Charani for a duck to sway the momentum back in India's favour.

Sune Luus and Wolvaardt rebuilt steadily before Harmanpreet Kaur surprisingly turned to Verma with the ball and she turned the game on its head by having the former caught and bowled and all-rounder Marizanne Kapp was caught behind for four from her following over.

Annerie Dercksen played a handy supporting act of 35 before she was bowled by Deepti which saw the run-rate climb, and the pressure told on Wolvaardt, who was forced into playing a shot of aggression off the same bowler.

Every India player sprinted towards Amanjot, who took the catch at the third attempt, to signify the importance of the wicket and Wolvaardt, so often calm and expressionless, looked distraught to know the game had gone with her.

It was a cruel end to the tournament for a generational talent, with the leading wicket-taker eclipsing the leading run-scorer when it mattered the most.

However, it was fitting for Deepti to claim the final wicket of Nadine de Klerk for 18 and for the catch to be taken by their talismanic captain Harmanpreet.

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Hamas hands over three coffins it says contain bodies of Gaza hostages

3 November 2025 at 03:27
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Hamas' military wing stands guard during a search for the bodies of hostages

Hamas has handed over three coffins it says contain the bodies of deceased Gaza hostages, according to the Israeli military.

Israel has received the coffins, via the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, and transported them to Israel for formal identification.

If confirmed as deceased hostages, it would mean eight Israeli and foreign deceased hostages remain in Gaza.

Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel that started last month, Hamas agreed to return the 20 living and 28 dead hostages it was holding.

Israel has accused Hamas of being too slow to return the deceased hostages, while Hamas has said it is working to recover bodies trapped under rubble in the territory.

Hamas's armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, said the remains had been found earlier on Sunday "along the route of one of the tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip".

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official X account said: "All of the hostages' families have been updated accordingly, and our hearts are with them in this difficult hour. The effort to return our hostages is ongoing and will not cease until the last hostage is returned."

Hamas and Israel have accused each other of violating the ceasefire.

On Sunday, an Israeli air strike killed a man in northern Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The Israeli military said it had struck a militant that was posing a threat to its soldiers.

Under the first phase of the ceasefire, all the living Israeli hostages were released on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Israel has handed over the bodies of 225 Palestinians in exchange for the bodies of the 15 Israeli hostages so far returned by Hamas, along with those of two foreign hostages - one of them Thai and the other Nepalese.

Prior to Sunday, nine of the 11 dead hostages still in Gaza were Israelis, one was Tanzanian, and one was Thai.

All but one of the dead hostages still in Gaza were among the 251 people abducted during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, during which about 1,200 other people were killed.

Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 68,500 people have been killed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

'It is heartbreaking': Locals react to attack

3 November 2025 at 00:23
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The incident prompted a huge response by the emergency services

People in Huntingdon have found themselves at the centre of a national news story after a train was forced to make an unscheduled stop in their town after multiple stabbings on board. Two people remain in a life-threatening condition in hospital and two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Saturday evening's incident.

'The atmosphere was silent' at the station

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Cassie Marriot was at the station in the town as her mother lives across the road

Cassie Marriot was at Huntingdon railway station at 20:00 GMT on Saturday because her mother lives across the road.

Speaking to the BBC, she said she tried to help people who had come off the train, in shock.

"I met one young lad standing on his own; he looked shell-shocked; he had blood all over his legs. We asked if he was OK and he said, 'it's not my blood," Ms Marriot said.

"I met another young girl, who was about 18 or 19. She told me she was listening to music on the train when a man tried to stab her. She said someone pulled her out of the way.

"She looked absolutely petrified. She had left all her belongings including her phone on the train, the only thing she was carrying was a vape."

Ms Marriot says there were police and ambulances everywhere but "the atmosphere was silent" at the station, which is on the southern edge of the Cambridgeshire town.

"Everyone was in total shock."

'It is not the sort of thing that happens around here'

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Colin Hardy, who attends a church in Huntingdon, said they were offering prayers to people involved

Colin Hardy, who lives in Huntingdon and attends All Saints' Church, said he had not "come to terms" with the incident as "it is not the sort of thing that happens around here".

"We offer our prayers up to the victims and everyone involved; it must be horrific to have seen what was going on," he said.

"We give thanks for the dedication of the local police, the railways police, and all of the hospital staff."

Police met the Doncaster-London King's Cross train as it made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon shortly before 20:00 GMT, having made its last scheduled stop at Peterborough at about 19:30.

A woman who lives across the road from the Huntingdon station, and wanted to remain anonymous, said she "was shaken up" but what had happened.

'We are travelling to places; we should be safe'

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Adriana Fernandez heard the news today as she was about to board a train at Peterborough station

Adriana Fernandez, from Norwich, said the event was "really shocking".

The 19-year-old was at Peterborough station on Sunday, and was travelling on her own for the first time.

She said: "We are travelling to places, and we should be safe.

"It is really heartbreaking. I feel bad for everyone."

Elsie, who lives in Huntingdon, said she was "frightened... I think we should increase security in the area and on the trains".

Council to support people in coming days

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Sarah Conboy, Liberal Democrat councillor, said the community came together

Sarah Conboy, Liberal Democrat leader at Huntingdonshire District Council, said it was an event "you hope you never get caught up in".

She said local people were accommodating to individuals during the incident, adding: "At the moment when they really needed the community, they opened their doors and looked after them.

"This is normally a very busy station and people are expecting to travel, so we will do all we can to support people to get back to some sort of normality."

'I am absolutely stunned'

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Mark Keen, who lives in Huntingdon, visited the scene the following morning to see what had happened

Mark Keen, who lives locally said he visited the scene on Sunday morning to see what had happened.

"I am absolutely stunned really; I cannot actually believe it," he said.

"It is a quiet place, and it is so sad for the people, it is dreadful."

Another person who has lived in the area for four years, but did not want to be named, said: "It is very shocking.

"I do not what to say. What can we say? It is a very scary world we are living in."

Local church 'grateful' for emergency services

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The Reverend Jan Smith said the church held a silence for those who had been affected by the incident

All Saints' Church in Huntingdon town centre has been offering support to those affected.

The Reverend Jan Smith, its vicar, said: "We were praying last night for all of the people on the train and those severely injured."

She said the church was "grateful" for the emergency services and the local hospital.

"We opened our service with silence and remembered all of those people who have been affected."

'I feel for the victims'

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Asha Lockwood, a member at the church, said she was thinking of the victims involved

Asha Lockwood, a parishioner at All Saints, said it was "frightening" as her partner was travelling on a different train.

She said it was "horrendous" listening to the eyewitness accounts and credited the train driver.

"I feel for the victims," she said.

"The church is a wonderful community, family, and we will do anything in our power to help anybody."

'I would rather drive'

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Dal Hicks, who lives in Peterborough, said he uses the train services regularly

In Peterborough, about 20 miles north of Huntingdon, Dal Hicks, who has lived in the city for about five years, said the event was "a massive shock as it is so close to home".

"I travel in and out from London most days of the week and now it is quite frightening," he said.

"Now I am thinking I would rather drive than go up by train."

He said he could not see how further incidents could "be prevented".

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There was as visible police presence at Peterborough railway station on Sunday

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Passengers describe bloodied seats and people arming themselves with bottle

2 November 2025 at 23:07
"Run there's a guy stabbing everyone" - witnesses describe attack

Passengers have described blood-covered seats and attempting to protect themselves with a bottle after a mass stabbing on a LNER train left 11 people injured and needing hospital treatment. Two remain in a life-threatening condition.

Police met the Doncaster-London King's Cross train as it made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire shortly before 20:00 GMT.

Hiding in buffet car

Alistair Day, who was travelling back to Hertford having watched Nottingham Forest, was on the train when the attack happened - having narrowly missed his original connecting service.

He joined others and hid in the train's buffet carriage as a fellow passenger confronted a man with a knife.

"I was just by the buffet car. It was odd. I was at the end of the carriage. All these kids were running up and I thought it was like a prank - Halloween or students," he said.

"Then they're getting louder and louder any sorts of people with blood on them [appeared] and I thought, 'Oh, bloody hell, this is not good.'

"I saw a guy flailing out - a fracas with arms going everywhere. I didn't see him that well because there were people in front of him.

"My initial thought was I'm going to sit there and try and do something but I changed my mind.

"We all jumped up and everyone kept running but I was next to the buffet car and the guys in the carriage were trying to close up the shutters and everything.

"So I said, no, you've got to let us in here. So I jumped in there - there were about 12 of us in there.

"I was the first one in, so I was in the corner. A young woman who I spoke to afterwards was by the window and the guy was at the window with his knife trying to get in. Obviously we'd locked it by then."

'You need to run!'

Joe, who was also travelling back from the Nottingham Forest v Manchester United match, said the scenes were "like something out of a movie".

The 24-year-old, from Peckham in south-east London, said: "I was texting my friends about my plans for that night and then people came rushing through from the carriage, running through, saying, 'You need to run, you need to run'.

"At first it didn't really register what was going on.

"And then quickly, I just dropped my stuff and I started running along with them.

"And then I looked back, and I could see this guy - he was quite a tall, black male, and he had a bloodied knife.

"You just looked around and there was blood just everywhere."

'What if we run out of carriages?'

Joe continued: "We kept moving through the train. We could see him behind us coming through.

"The scariest thing was that I knew that because the stops at this stage of the journey are just Stevenage and King's Cross there's quite a lot of big distances between stops.

"So we had no idea how long we were going to be on the train for.

"The thing that was in my mind was we're running through this train now but what if we run out of carriages to run through? What if we reach the end of the train? What happens there?

"It all happened very quickly. I was just in a fight or flight mode really."

Whiskey bottle

Joe Giddens/PA The head and shoulder of a police forensics officer is visible through a train carriage window. Their white hood is over their head, and they have a white mask over their nose and mouth.Joe Giddens/PA

Olly Foster, a passenger on the train, told the BBC he initially heard people shouting "run, run, there's a guy literally stabbing everyone", and believed it might have been a Halloween related prank.

He said within minutes, people started pushing through the carriage, and he noticed his hand was "covered in blood" as there was "blood all over the chair" he had leaned on.

An older man "blocked" the attacker from stabbing a younger girl, leaving him with a gash on his head and neck, Mr Foster said.

Passengers around him used jackets to try to staunch the bleeding.

He added that the only thing people in his carriage could use against the attacker was a bottle of whiskey, leaving them "staring down the carriage" and "praying" that he would not enter the carriage.

Although it lasted 10-15 minutes in total, Mr Foster says the incident "felt like forever".

Describing the scene when he got off the train, he said: "There were three people bleeding severely. One guy was holding his stomach and there's blood coming from his stomach and going down his leg.

"He was going 'help, help, I've been stabbed'."

PA A large group of police and emergency responders stand in communication on the platform at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire, after a number of people were stabbed.PA
The incident prompted a huge response by the emergency services

The train's only other scheduled stop before King's Cross was due to be at Stevenage.

Wren Chambers, who was due to get off in the Hertfordshire town, said they first became aware something was wrong when a man bolted down the carriage with a bloody arm, saying "they've got a knife, run".

Wren said they and a friend ran to the front of the train and saw a man who had collapsed on the floor.

Wren said they felt "stressed and pretty scared" once they knew what was happening, but they were eventually able to get off the train unharmed.

"There was quite a lot of blood on the train, there was some on my bag, some on my jeans," she told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"As soon as the train stopped and people got off most of them ran outside trying to get away from it, because we knew the attacker was still inside on the train."

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The incident took place at 19:42 on Saturday and British Transport Police (BTP) received reports of multiple stabbings aboard the 18:25 LNER service from Doncaster to King's Cross

London Underground worker Dean McFarlane told the BBC that he saw the train pull into Huntingdon railway station at 20:00 with a passenger bleeding.

He said that on arrival, he saw multiple people running down the platform bleeding, with one man in a white shirt "completely covered in blood".

He said he grabbed people and told them to leave the station, and tried to assist passengers who he believed were having panic attacks.

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Ten people have been taken to hospital and nine have life-threatening injuries

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