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标题:信疑两茫茫:重访“李星星”案援助者
作者:水瓶纪元-费顿
发表日期:2020.9.21
来源:网易-水瓶纪元
主题归类:“李星星”案
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CDT编者按:最近,原财新记者苑苏文关于“鲍毓明案”的报道再次在社交平台上引发讨论。这起案件曾经在2020年上半年成为长达数月的新闻热点。事件曝光之后,引发网民对《刑法》强奸罪相关法条进行修改的倡议,也让亦私下送养与收养问题成为讨论焦点。

案件发酵过程中,最知名的两篇报道是2020年4月9日《南风窗》的《涉嫌性侵未成年女儿三年,揭开这位总裁父亲的“画皮”》和 2020年4月12日财新网的特稿《高管性侵养女事件疑云》,而二者受到网民皆然不同的评价。

案情比社交媒体舆论呈现的更为复杂。2020年9月底创办的“全现在”性别报道频道“水瓶纪元”刊出的第一篇报道,呈现了从2019年开始,众多中国妇女权利社会和法律工作者在此案中投入的努力,以及寻找真相之难。

2021年5月,“全现在”50万订阅者的微信公众号因报道反映女权主义者被网暴的大地艺术项目,被俗称“蛆块链”(中文网络俚语,对“区块链”的戏谑改编,指中国社交媒体上高度同步、风格一致的宣传账号矩阵)的民族主义博主“子午侠士”举报,账号被注销。2021年底,“全现在”解散团队,停止运作。

该报道发表于2020年9月21日。CDT收录的报道文本由原“全现在”编辑提供。

信疑两茫茫:重访“李星星”案援助者 | 水瓶纪元

费顿 水瓶纪元 (Weixin ID Aquarius-Era)
性别解码,多元观察。完美世界·全现在出品。

这是“水瓶纪元”的01篇文章
作者 |  费顿
编辑 | 赵小鲁

《全现在》编者按:

2020年4月,李星星(化名)在主流媒体和社交博主的帮助下发声,指控其“养父”、海归高管与知名律师鲍毓明对其实施性侵害,因巨大的舆论反响,最高人民检察院与公安部派出联合督导组,指导山东、安徽、江苏和京、津两地警方进行了大规模的调查。群情激愤之中,早在此前一年已经介入陪伴和帮助李星星,但又相继退出的援助者们却多数保持了沉默。9月17日,联合督导组通报案件详情,全现在重访当初的援助者,了解她们当初的行动,以及今天如何看待事件的终局。她们是真正投入时间、专业努力和情感陪伴李星星的人,并不认为存在非黑即白的真相;她们经历的内心冲突和挫折,凸显了性侵议题和受害者援助的复杂样貌,以及仅仅通过援助难解的结构性问题。

2019年4月,李星星一连给林漫(化名)发了三条微信信息。

“法律不是要保护受害者吗?怎么放着强奸犯不管,却一直来伤害我?”

“你们永远不会明白我的感受,就像我永远不明白。”

“太痛苦,只能结束自己的生命才能解脱。”

第四条是一个十秒钟的割腕视频。林漫开着会,看到后感到惊慌和不适,她立刻跑出会议室给李星星打微信电话,对方再一次把她拉黑了。林漫紧急联系上南京当地的社工和志愿者,让她们前去救助李星星。

虽然这样的情况不是第一次了。

回到会议室,林漫瘫坐着。做了十几年性侵害和家暴受害者援助角色的为平妇女权益机构负责人冯媛提醒她,“她在裹挟你,要谨慎,不要被她牵着走。”

自2018年1月1日北航博士毕业生罗茜茜实名举报性骚扰引发的社交媒体揭发性骚扰浪潮后,越来越多女性站出来指证曾经遭遇的性骚扰和性侵害。林漫也是从那时开始作为志愿者介入性骚扰、性侵害援助。一直以来,她都在“以受害者为中心”和“不被受害者裹挟”中小心翼翼地平衡着。只是,从2019年初,李星星主动加她微信找她求助开始,事情超出了她的能力范围。

一年后,李星星的社交媒体控诉先是收获了网友的同情与义愤,而在警方调查结论公布之后的则遭遇了舆论的反噬。但对于林漫她们这些曾经帮助过她的人,事态并未如此跌宕起伏,因为性侵的故事,大多是复杂的。

回避与反复

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图片:CFP

在李星星之前,林漫接触过性侵受害者。她学习过性骚扰、性侵害等性暴力产生的相关知识,参加过性骚扰干预工作坊。她很清楚性暴力背后是不对等的权力关系和陈腐的性别观念,以及干预机制和社会支持网的严重缺失。

所以当李星星断断续续对她讲述自己遭遇养父性侵,并被长期控制,绝望无助到曾经多次自杀时,林漫自然选择了“相信受害者”立场。

但援助过程中,林漫不是没有疑虑。

她注意到李星星特别不容易建立信任感。李星星只愿意和她打字和发音频,却从来不愿意和她视频。她发现李星星声称自己高三,却经常在上课时间段和深夜一两点给她发信息。她也觉察到,李星星的讲述里有前后矛盾和不一致的地方,当她提出问题,李星星又都会以“现在上课了”、“忙学业”来躲避回答。她想与李星星的母亲视频,被李星星拒绝。她想联系李星星口中曾经求助过的“社工姐姐”和“医生奶奶”,也被李星星以各种理由推延。她想看看李星星的学生证,想知道李星星就读的学校,李星星总是以“准备高考”挡了回去。当她查到鲍毓明的身份时候,李星星又阻止她与鲍的联系,甚至要求她不要去打听鲍的信息。

林漫坚持了“以受害者为中心”的理念,一切以尊重受害者的讲述和诉求为主。她想的是,或许,当事人还没有完全信任她,想求助但对她诸多防备。

2019年3月份,林漫链接了律师、社工、心理咨询师以及司法资源给李星星之后,李星星的表现更加反常和反复了:她一时说恨鲍,当援助者告诉她,基于鲍的美国公民身份,领事馆回复有证据就可以调查鲍的时候,又说爱上了鲍;一时说只想把鲍送进监狱,一时又说怕鲍一把年纪死在监狱;一时说要离开有鲍的环境,一时又说自己一辈子毁了,只能跟鲍在一起;她一时发信息来说决心举报鲍,一时又打来电话哭诉“算了,还是放了他,即便是一只狗,我也不舍得”。

斯德哥尔摩综合症?李星星在求助过程中表现出的担忧、恐惧、反复,以及医院开出的抑郁和焦虑诊断书,暂时回应和解释了林漫和一起援助的律师、社工的一些困惑和无力,大家认为,李星星只是需要更多的时间来了解和面对。“相信受害者”、“没有完美的受害者”、“不苛责受害者”——这是援助者经常探讨的原则。

况且,受到伤害刺激的人在一定时间内无法面对伤害,或者伤害过于深重无法讲述,又或者讲述得混乱无序,甚至逻辑不清晰,都情有可原。林漫当时思考的是,对于一个有钱有地位有知识有权力的美籍律师来说,生于农村曾是留守儿童的李星星在绝对的弱势地位。

前期也参与援助的长沙律师付薇坦言,做性侵案需要和受害者共情,“不相信,不共情,你无法感受受害者的感受和理解受害者,无法提供有效的援助;但是共情到哪一步,就得抽离出来思考真相?这需要长期的学习。”

取证之困

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图片:CFP

付薇以律师的身份参与了李星星案子曝光前的前期援助。她记得自己2019年5月初开始介入时的角色定位:不是社工,不是咨询师,不负责李星星的情绪安抚,只负责案件本身的信息。

然而,李星星有强烈的诉说欲望,三更半夜也会给付薇发信息,打电话。当时的付薇初为人母,对“幼儿性侵”、“律师知法犯法”有母性天然的愤怒,她一边照顾新生婴儿,一边义无反顾援助李星星。

“那时候预设她当时情况危险,不及时处理就会产生严重后果,也考虑到作为援助者不及时反应会造成二次伤害,所以都是有求必应,不管多晚。”付薇想推进法律程序,然而她根本得不到李星星有效的信息。

“她给出来的信息是重复的,无效的,甚至是相互矛盾的。”付薇回忆,李星星反复问她“为什么警方不立案,为什么立案了又撤案?为什么她的证据不算证据?”

然而当付薇把问题细化,问她细节和具体的情景甚至报警的程序时候,李星星又欲言又止,“当事人不提供回馈,或者提供的都是无效的信息回馈,那根本做不了事情。”

李星星不断催促付薇作为律师去派出所,甚至质疑她“是不是故意不去派出所查她的报警和立案”,但是谈到具体的委托,李星星都再三拖延,没有回应。

当时在林漫、付薇以及其他援助者安宁(化名)等人的催促下,李星星提供了她口中的证据:鲍裸露上身拿着胶带的图片,恋童癖相关视频的播放记录、马桶上的血丝痕迹。

现在看来,这些所谓的证据其实不能解释什么,裸露上身撕胶带是在干什么?在什么时候、什么地方、具体什么情景下发生的?播放记录又是什么时候的?谁看的?马桶上的血丝是月经还是其他?怎么可以证实是李星星的?而且还是被性侵后的?但是放在李星星的叙述里,构建在李星星提供的信息上,参与援助的人都觉得事件很可怕,也未能对图片的真实性继续进一步调查。

此外,李星星也一而再再而三向付薇透露“要自杀”的念头和举动,让付薇在整个援助过程中感到压抑和紧张,甚至绝望又无能为力。
林漫提出她最大的困境,那就是该怎么求证这些证据的真实性。例如李星星在她再三要求下发出来的身份证号和真实名字,“那身份证那个时候是真实有效的,谁会质疑,这个身份证曾经被更改呢?”

况且,最高检察院和公安部出动督导组,查阅李星星的学籍资料和历史档案,询问相关当事人,并结合李星星的骨龄鉴定结果,才能查实她真实出生日期。

林漫回想,即便是李星星给她发过来的那份焦虑和抑郁诊断书,其实也没有办法求证是李星星的,“她截头截尾的,只看到症状,看不到名字、时间、身份信息。”

而作为自带干粮协助弱势群体的援助者有什么能力和资源来求证当事人提供的证据呢?是不是没有办法到达真相的时候就停止协助呢?
付薇得到的教训是,再遇到这样的案子,她一定不能把求助者作为单一的信息源,“一定要去找其他信息源。”

然而,当林漫设法接触到李星星曾经求助过的南京社工以及南京的派出所,得以了解事情全貌时,就破坏了李星星对林漫的信任。

复制房思琪

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台湾作家林奕含关于未成年人性侵的小说《房思琪的初恋乐园》曾经引发受害者和关注性侵议题的公众巨大的共情,而今天援助者需要在仿效房思琪的叙事中寻找被证据支撑的事实。图片来自网络。

幼女、性侵、囚禁、洗脑、恋童癖。李星星的故事中,每个词都是一个新闻热点。林漫有过媒体记者工作经验,对于这么多的元素放在一个故事上,她知道事件的爆炸性和杀伤力。

即便原则上选择相信李星星,并且对接律师、社工和心理资源进入援助,林漫对李星星多次提出的曝光维权诉求还是持了保留态度。她很清楚,要做媒体曝光,需要多方求证和佐证性侵事实,但是多方打听下来,她没有证据可以支撑这一性侵指控。她变得更加谨慎。
林漫绕过李星星,联系上南京的社工以及南京妇联,从对方口中得知,李星星从未说过的信息:李星星确实曾报过警,南京妇联也派出了援助律师、心理咨询师以及社工进行援助。

“为什么妇联给你援助,你说没有?”

“你报警时候是不是有南京的社工陪着?为什么(现在)不可以联系南京的社工?有什么顾虑?”

“案子是你主动去撤的吗?”

当林漫拿着这些问题问李星星的时候,李星星十分抗拒,指控南京社工和鲍有联系,根本不是在帮她。

李星星也质问起林漫,“为什么你和警察一样,不相信我?为什么受害者明明受伤了,还要流着血给你们提供证据?”

林漫回复李星星,“如果你要曝光,这些问题就是会被质疑和放大的。”

同一时期进入援助的援助者安宁记得,李星星多次要求曝光,而且曾三番两次说出“活不下去”、“站在桥上,想跳下去”,并发出定位给林漫,以此要求林漫写稿曝光。一些新闻机构的记者也遇到了类似的情况。

当林漫拒绝李星星的曝光诉求后,李星星不再信任林漫,转而向付薇和安宁求助。

安宁复盘援助过程,她发现李星星习得了台湾作家林奕含的小说《房思琪的初恋乐园》中主人公的话语,“我的爱都是被迫情况发生的”,“不爱他,我怎么活下去?”,“被伤害了,就感觉自己一辈子都脏了”。

她也开始希望了解社交媒体反性骚扰的模式能否给她带来帮助。她会问安宁,这一潮流中,站出来的当事人怎么克服恐惧的,也会谈斯德哥尔摩综合症,谈创伤。

安宁问她为何反反复复,她的回答是:“我反反复复的是,我对他的态度,要不要让他坐牢,而不是对他性侵事实的反复。我很清楚,他是性侵了我,我纠结的是,要不要让他坐牢,坐牢死了怎么办?我也很清楚了,我即便对他的态度会反复,对他的亲情、爱情,都是在他这几年的洗脑下产生的。这难道不是大家应该考虑的吗?我一个十几岁小孩,怎么可能爱上他三四十岁的人?那么小就被这样伤害了,又怎么可能不反复纠结呢?”

安宁指出,即便每一个援助者都意识到,李星星对每一个人的讲述都有所不同,且都有所保留,还有一部分的谎言,但又无法苛责受害者必须全盘托出、毫无遮掩,“有所保留的情况太正常了。”

本身是性骚扰当事人,后来援助众多案件当事人的弦子也发现,越来越多个案里,举报者的叙述中,房思琪式的表达被模仿,得到巨大的关注,自然也会引来效仿。然而关注可能引起反挫。

援助者纷纷退出

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李星星最后的援助律师郭建梅是中国第一位全职公益律师。图片来自网络。

林漫介入的半年过程中,看到援助者纷纷退出李星星的案子。

第一个退出的,是一开始就对李星星提出质疑的邱姓律师。

2019年2月下旬,李星星告知林漫等援助者,她的养父鲍毓明来了南京,她想去见鲍毓明最后一次,并获取精液或录音等证据。

林漫等人当然不支持李星星这样的想法,他们给她分析种种风险,但无法动摇李星星的决定。林漫等人只好提出,那至少要让当地社工陪伴,要让她母亲知晓。

此时邱律师第一次提出质疑,他担心李星星有被迫害妄想症,他多次跟李星星提出,需要联系李星星在南京曾求助过的心理咨询师以及南京妇联未成年保护中心的老师。

李星星敏感地嗅到邱律师的质疑,变得愤怒又委屈,“我求助过她们,但她们都说没有证据,叫我不要去其他地方说。我不相信她们,也不想让她们知道。”

权宜之计是让李星星母亲介入。援助者们要求与李星星母亲通话。让他们深感震惊的是,李星星母亲竟然也同意李星星的决定,并拿出与李星星说辞一致的理由:“反正已经被他性侵三年了,几百次了,说实话都麻木了,再伤害一次能取得精液等关键证据的话,不在乎。”

邱律师无法相信李星星以及其母亲的说辞,提出可能另有隐情。他认为求助者不诚实难以有效援助,第一个退出了援助。

林漫也有了更多的疑虑,邱律师退出后,她在3月份给李星星链接了另一位律师万淼焱。万淼焱曾代理过李彦杀父案,也援助过罗茜茜、弦子等性侵事件的当事人。

李星星最初对万淼焱的援助表示欢迎。万淼焱也十分积极参与援助和调查,但她展开调查后,对李星星产生了更多的质疑。

万淼焱从南京警方以及南京妇联处得到更多的消息,除了李星星曾报警一事得到支撑外,她发现,李星星隐瞒了很多事情。例如,李星星的母亲早就知情,还收取过鲍的钱财。

她查到了李星星报案的经历:李星星报警被性侵,警方曾立过案,然而李星星不听劝告后来又去了酒店与“养父”发生了关系,并且去派出所撤了案,警方也深感无奈。

万淼焱当时也是谅解了李星星,以为李星星就像大多数受到家暴的妇女,无法一下子脱离,也无法说出所有真相。

然而,万淼焱了解得越多越发现,李星星不仅不坦诚,还有说谎和诋毁他人的嫌疑。南京方面向她透露,一次报案后有注册的社工前去援助李星星,李星星在派出所把陪同的社工支了出去。当社工询问警方为何不立案时,警方回答“没有案子,这个女孩说她与对方是恋人关系”。

这个事件到了李星星口中,李星星指控,“是那个社工,是她和警察说我和养父是‘恋人关系’的,她为什么要这样害我?”

万淼焱从她的职业经验上提出质疑:社工陪同未成年人接受询问,只要未成年人年满10周岁,警察就会让未成年人自己陈述,而非父母或社工等陪同角色来取代本人陈述案件事实。

“这样的情况下,警察不会允许社工代替陈述。这位社工在南京长期从事未成年保护工作,她的专业能力也不至于在这样的情况下说出这样不负责任的话。”万淼焱分析,李星星不仅撒谎,还诋毁援助她的人,“她今天会这样诋毁援助者,若不合她的心意,明天就可以这样诋毁我。”

万淼焱还提出,李星星在派出所可以自然地撒谎,一个谎言背后就会有无数谎言。例如李星星曾发誓说从来没有拿过鲍一分钱,当有社工佐证她母亲曾收过钱后又改称,作为鲍的养女,用他的钱也是正常的。

万淼焱多次质疑李星星,导致李星星一度在林漫面前提出对万淼焱的微词,“这个阿姨太厉害了,说话好伤人”,甚至要求更换律师。
“李星星在警方面前说的话可以翻脸不认,更别说在其他人面前了。”万淼焱要求自己审慎接案,发现自己无法相信李星星,她坚决退出了对李星星的援助。

随后退出的援助者是安宁。安宁学过心理学,对女权理论有深入研究,也自学过一些妇女权益保护相关法律。在她看来,李星星事件是一个社会性结构性的悲剧,若没有极大的社会资源支撑,根本没有办法对李星星进行援助,“例如说对李星星与鲍进行隔离,可是能给李星星提供庇的地方有多少?”

安宁退出的理由不是她不相信李星星的故事,而是她认为自己没有足够的经验和能力来平衡“以受害者为中心”和“不被受害者裹挟”。此外,李星星无时无刻的陪伴需求,严重扰乱了她的情绪和生活。

她对“收养”一事有极大的质疑,也怀疑事件中李星星父母亲的角色。即便如今最高检和公安部通报了鲍某涉嫌性侵的调查情况,安宁指出,她的疑问仍未被解答:通过“收养”来“改善生活条件”是李星星的真实意愿?还是父母的意图?更改出生日期发生在李星星被“收养”之前,那更改出生日期的想法和行动是谁在主导?其中父母亲的角色和目的到底为何?李星星是积极配合还是反对的?她是否又有能力反对?

接着介入援助的付薇律师、李莹律师、杨斌律师、林漫以及多位志愿者,都因为无法从李星星处获得有效信息,需要的材料李星星也长期没有提供,纷纷退出了援助工作。

据林漫后来了解,李星星把曾经援助过的志愿者、律师的微信再一次全部拉黑,又重新通过社交网络继续进行新一轮的求助。

冲突激化

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鲍李二人居住过的山东烟台滨海社区。图片:CFP

2019年5月底,北京源众性别发展中心主任、律师李莹接到同事李慧茹的电话,说受助者李星星要跳海自杀。和对方通话——微信语音和电话背景是海浪和趟水的声音。

这一天在忙乱中度过。李莹打电话截住一位正在开车上班路上的当地朋友,一边辗转通过南京的妇儿权益工作网络联系上李星星的母亲。一两个小时后,那位朋友载着李星星母亲到海边,李星星已经“被人救了”——当时实情如何,朋友也不得而知。最后,李莹的朋友把母女俩送到了附近的派出所。

这让李莹后怕不已。自从4月下旬热线接到李星星求助以来,她的经历与之前的律师、社工与记者一样。“我当时是完全相信她的。”

当时,李星星的要求是能让公安再次立案。她自述还有几个月满十八岁,也说到自己已经有很严重抑郁症,有自杀倾向,医生让她住院。“我们觉得要更加重视她。我说你是未成年人,我需要跟你的父母沟通一下。”让李星星配合依旧不容易,李莹坚持之下,终于得到了与李星星母亲沟通的机会,“感觉她母亲没有什么主意,闺女怎么说怎么是。”但无论如何也不算太诡异——可能就是跟她遇到过的很多受害者家属一样,可能是因为能力、生活状态和文化程度,不能给孩子更多帮助。

之后,与山东与南京的相关部门沟通的过程中,李莹了解到许多李星星没有告诉她的复杂情况,觉得有些困惑和“情况不对”。当时,再次立案的可能性很小,她只能劝后者,“有证据不足的问题。我们会努力,不要太着急。”

事实上,与李莹等援助者的联系激化了鲍李之间的冲突。这一个时间区间在鲍毓明一方的记录中,是李星星和某位“北京阿姨”“阴谋”将其送进监狱的时期。一些援助者感觉到,她们的存在,最后李星星都会让鲍毓明知道,似乎这也成为了双方角力的一部分。

不久,李星星来电,说鲍毓明将其打伤,当时在派出所。源众决定帮她申请一笔紧急救助基金,但申请需要的身份信息,跟李星星磨了很久。

没几天,这笔救助金又退回了源众。李星星告诉她们,鲍支付医疗费。“我有些小感动呢,觉得这是一个懂事的孩子,知道这些对她的支持资源是不容易的。”

与其他人类似,李莹对李星星的感受,在困惑与怜惜之间往返。她知道她的反复和谎言,跟之前遇到的个案当事人差别很大;但在李莹看来,这些表现又跟过去遇到的受害者有相似之处:无法安放自己的情绪,因此爱上加害人,可以理解。围绕对李星星的照顾,源众和深圳市春风心理创伤援助公益平台以及南京帮助李星星的一位咨询师组成了微信群组。

跳海事件之后,李莹觉得情况危险,心理问题不能再拖了,“我跟她说,追究责任不是一时半会儿的事,对你来说最重要的是去治病。”李星星不合作,源众的同事再次申请了紧急救助基金,费了很多功夫,终于说服她住院治疗了。

“阿姨,我来北京找你好吗?”李星星开始如此请求。李莹感觉,李星星对办案表现出较强的主导性,而了解越来越多复杂情况的李莹,希望坚持自己办案的节奏和思路,婉拒了她的来访,让她先好好学习,不要耽误考试。

很快,源众、春风的工作人员和南京的心理咨询师同时被李星星“集体拉黑”了。

黑箱

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南京是李星星的父母与哥哥长期工作与生活的城市,她曾在此报警,也得到警方、妇联和社会组织的帮助。图片:CFP。

2020年4月初,李星星一案在《南风窗》曝光后引发全民关注。千千律师事务所介入援助,律师郭建梅和吕孝权共同代理。此时,李星星差不多已经把全国在性别暴力上最有处理经验的社会组织都求助过一遍了。

吕孝权坦言,案子成为全国性舆情事件后,有记者找到他们,请求给李星星援助,“但案子进行侦查阶段,我们可以做的事情很有限,看不到核心证据,调查的卷宗资料一页都没看到,对李星星提供的证据,如身份证,也没有足够的查证能力。”

介入代理后,郭建梅和吕孝权一直与李星星保持着联系。那段时间,李星星情绪和心理状态不稳定,有时候焦虑到凌晨两三点给他们打电话做长时间咨询。

两人会见过李星星,也多次提出想见见李星星的母亲了解情况。但因种种原因,未能见到李星星的母亲或其他家人。

李星星的家庭就像一个黑箱,让人无法看清楚内部真实情况。李星星的家庭情况具体如何,父母亲在事件中到底是什么角色,她受到的教育是怎样的?李星星在老家县城的数一数二的高中读着书,为何突然“请病假”去了南京?按照现在的调查通报,李星星一家与鲍某在2015年9月才开始接触,然而李星星父亲在2015年3月就给李星星更改了年龄和身份证。为什么?更改年龄是谁的主意?

这些都是导致李星星案发生的关键信息。然而,不管是媒体采访还是最高检察院和公安部的调查,都没有深入解释。无法全面了解这些因素,就无法从中探知逻辑关系,也无法准确分析和判断。那如何到达真相?

吕孝权的执业困境是,如何与各种当事人之间迅速建立起彼此互信及友好的沟通关系。面对纷纷扰扰的各路舆情,如何在第一时间进行有效辨识,并做好帮助当事人屏蔽二次伤害。如何及时有效稀释负面信息对代理律师身心的负担。

李星星对援助者,包括律师都不够信任,在受到质疑时又以一些自以为是的谎言回应,导致事件真相越发破朔迷离。

李莹童年时期有过与父母分离的经验,这让她不断回到原生家庭和早期经验去理解李星星“为什么成为这样的一个孩子”。她的个案援助经验告诉她,熟人性侵案很少是简单明了的,而当事人复杂的精神状态,会让性侵害案件变得更加难解。“我们不能够轻易谴责可能的受害人,她们所作所为一定有背后的逻辑,一个是为什么没有安全感、对帮助她的人没有信任?跟童年经历有关。”

一些报道此案的记者披露,李星星在初中阶段学习较好,还是班干部;父母较早将儿子带去南京,而将女儿交给老家的父母。这让李莹更加质疑星星的家庭在她后来经历的事件中扮演的角色。

长期进行性别暴力受害者心理咨询的心理学者张澜(化名)对全现在表示,童年遭受性侵和其他早期创伤性经验,譬如家暴和父母忽视、贬低和歧视的个体,如果没有来自重要他人的支持,其对自己、他人和周围世界的看法会受到负面影响。这是童年心理创伤造成的后果。

张澜表示,在性侵事件中,有经验的援助者较多的是记者、妇女组织成员和律师,多是从社会结构与法律的角度去理解事件;而有相关个案积累的心理咨询师介入很少——处理这类当事人的个案,都需要投入大量的时间和心理能量,同时可能需要支付昂贵的督导费来获得专业指导,以及支付同样昂贵的个人体验费(个人体验是指心理咨询师以来访者的身份,去资深前辈处进行心理咨询)来预防或者处理可能的替代性创伤。而司法系统的工作人员可能既缺乏对性别处境的理解,也不太了解这类当事人特殊的思维方式和言行举止,因此沟通可能会出现问题。

在救助李星星的过程中,助人者很可能因为感受到无力、无助、委屈和愤怒而最终撤退。张澜提醒,这样的救助工作需要非常专业的知识,包括性别视角、创伤学和人格结构领域的知识,以及相应的干预经验。“我们都要在有能力保护自己的前提下去帮助她们,否则就像不会游泳的人去水里救人一样,白白搭上自己。”

几年前,有性侵案需要介入,转介者提醒郭建梅:“这或许不是一个好的当事人。”郭建梅的回应是:“没关系,当事人很少有‘好的’。”——不会像一般人想象的那样无懈可击、纯洁无暇,对律师也未见得一定坦诚,这是长期为弱势女性与儿童进行法律援助的她,已经习惯的事实。

郭建梅坚持认为,即便没有发现鲍毓明违背李星星意志,采用暴力、胁迫或者其他手段强行与李星星发生性关系的证据,但鲍某某明知其本人和李星星的情况,都不符合相关法律规定的收养和被收养条件,且在误以为李星星系未成年人的情况下,仍以“收养”为名与李星星交往且发生性关系,就已经是有主观的性侵故意了。

多位救援者对鲍毓明都持类似的看法:他利用自己的社会经济地位而伤害了地位与阅历都与他有天壤之别的年轻女性,这是不公平的,只是法律并没有作好准备,干预这种不公。

社交媒体时代的援助挑战

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图片:CFP

真相并未因为调查结果出台而彻底清晰,社交媒体上已经出现了“反转”和“没有反转”的两极。

当下的网络环境下,受害者多方求助,一边习得别人的经验,一边也有了条件想着各种办法来打磨自己的故事。求助者还可能认为,求助专业机构和专业人士,不如求助网络来得快速有效。然而,对维权的目标、代价与法律风险考量不足,反而可能让当事人因直接面对网络暴力和撕裂的舆论而承受超过预期的压力,增加个案解决的难度。

在最近梁颖—罗冠军围绕是否约会强奸而引发的网络风暴中,李莹的一位性侵当事人特意向她表示感谢。因为李劝阻了她实名在网络上曝光对方的行为,而又在法庭上为她争取到了胜利。对曝光,李莹的立场一直是:“要保护好自己的信息,避免遭受二次伤害,因为曝光是不可逆不可控的。”而她认为,很多当事人可能并未意识到,揭发事实需要极为谨慎,这个过程中离不开专业人士的帮助。

林漫曾多次提醒李星星要谨慎曝光和小心面对舆论。然而,无论是李星星还是帮助她发声的微博账号“烟台B律师性侵案受害人姐姐”,看来都缺乏媒体经验。不止一家媒体在发稿之前都遇到过李星星声称不发稿就自杀,而当一家视频媒体的报道导致李星星不满,“烟台B律师性侵案受害人姐姐”直接宣布:没有接受过这家媒体采访。

林漫注意到,社交媒体舆论仍然是要么“李星星诈骗”要么“鲍恋童性侵”的两极对战,要么“相信受害者”要么“归咎受害者”的对立立场。而这些长期耕耘妇女权利议题的援助者则更多地认为,没有非黑即白的真相。

“应该反思的是,为什么会有这样普遍的网络求助?”李莹认为,理解性暴力上理念不够和实践操作中的具体问题,现状就是很多真实的性侵害案件无法走法律程序,而网络能够作为一个外部压力,推动个案解决。而在社会支持系统不足的情况下,网络舆论对于受害者也是一个安慰。

弦子总结自己支持受害者的经验,如果要坚持践行自己的性别主张,承担对运动的责任,那援助者永远不可能轻松面对所有的呼救和求助。“援助者需要反思失误,需要面对混沌,否则怎么努力进步呢?”

林漫的反思是,援助者要清楚知道自己的能力范围和职责界限,坚守自己的底线和伦理,知晓援助行动的风险,不被求助者和舆论绑架。说到底,还是共情与理性的平衡。

对于援助者们,“总是狼来了,我们要不要相信性侵控诉者”这个问题是个伪问题。李莹在最近的一个讲座上提及,自己经手的三分之一的性侵案件无法立案或者定罪,而现实中诬告构陷很少,并且几乎都能被发现。“受害者打破沉默就很不容易了,我们还是要相信她们。”

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一个建议废除模糊条款的律师,被用模糊条款惩处。
一个控告司法局长的律师,被没有文书地带走。
没有哪个环节看起来是错的,但结果是荒谬的。

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2023年8月,青岛律师于凯和同事以律师事务所名义,向全国人大法工委提交了一份《关于废除寻衅滋事罪的立法建议》。

其理由是:这个罪名罪状表述模糊,成为选择性执法的兜底条款,与罪刑法定原则冲突,司法实践中存在滥用。

这是公民的法定权利。《立法法》第一百一十条写得清清楚楚。

2024年7月,青岛市司法局认定此举属于"炒作案件",对于凯作出停业一年的行政处罚,对其所在律所停业六个月。

2025年7月,停业期满。于凯的执照没有被如期归还——司法局以"流程延迟"的方式,在处罚期届满后继续剥夺他的执业资格。

2025年7月28日,于凯拿回执照后第11天,再次向全国人大法工委邮寄第二份废除寻衅滋事罪建议书。

2026年3月26日,于凯在朋友圈实名控告青岛市司法局局长邓焕礼,指控其涉嫌滥用职权、徇私舞弊、巨额财产来源不明。

2026年3月27日,于凯失联。随后确认:他因涉嫌"扰乱公共秩序"被带走调查。同行律师赶去了解情况,据称"未出示任何执法文书"。

1、这是一道逻辑题,答案已经自动揭晓

你可能觉得这个故事有些奇怪。让我把它翻译成更简单的版本:

一个律师说,某条法律过于模糊,可以被用来惩罚任何人,所以建议废除它。

然后,他被这条法律——或者与它逻辑结构完全相同的另一条法律——惩罚了。

这在修辞学上叫"自我证明"。在法学上叫"恶例"。在日常语言里,叫做:你说得对,我用行动证明给你看。

于凯在建议书里写:寻衅滋事罪"边界不清,易泛化","成为选择性执法的兜底条款"。

青岛市司法局的回应是:把他举例论证的行为定性为"炒作案件",停业一年。青岛市的执法机关随后的回应是:把他站在大院门口举牌的行为定性为"扰乱公共秩序",带走调查。

"炒作案件"。"扰乱公共秩序"。"寻衅滋事"。

请注意这三个词的共同特征:它们都没有清晰的边界。没有人能告诉你,哪种程度的表达是"炒作",哪种程度的站立是"扰乱",哪种程度的建议是"滋事"。而这正是于凯在建议书里要废除的那种东西。

所以,于凯用自己的遭遇,完成了他建议书最有力的补充论据。只是这个补充论据,是被迫写就的,写在他的人身自由上。

2、"炒作案件"这个定性,本身值得被炒作

青岛市司法局2024年的处罚决定书里,把向全国人大提交立法建议定性为"炒作案件"。

这个定性需要被认真对待,不是因为它正确,而是因为它太有创意了。

向人大提立法建议,是《立法法》明确保护的公民权利。在建议书中举例论证,是人类使用逻辑数千年以来的基本方式。你要证明一个规定有问题,你就得举出它造成了什么问题的例子。否则你在证明什么?

但青岛市司法局找到了一条精妙的处理路径:不去碰"提立法建议是否合法"这个问题(这个没法碰),而是把"举例论证"这个动作单独切割出来,定性为"炒作"。

这个逻辑如果成立,推论链条相当壮观:所有法学论文引用判例讨论立法问题,都是"炒作"。所有律师在辩护词中援引类案,都是"炒作"。

最高法刑事审判第四庭2023年发布的调研报告,指出寻衅滋事罪存在五大问题并列举具体情形——那也是在"炒作案件"。

当然,最高法刑四庭不会被停业,因为他们不是于凯。

所以,这个逻辑真正的含义不是"举例论证等于炒作",而是"在不该说话的时候说话,叫做炒作"。这是一个简洁的结论,只是不能写进正式文件里,所以需要绕一个弯。

绕这个弯的代价是:法律文书本身变成了一个笑话,只是没有人在笑。

3、11天:这个数字需要被记住

停业一年,执照还被拖延归还。在于凯公开发出律师函施压之后,他终于拿回了证书。

然后是11天。11天后,他再次向全国人大邮寄了废除寻衅滋事罪的建议书。

有人说这是"任性"。有人说这是"硬汉"。我觉得这两个词都不够准确。

任性是一种不计后果的冲动,它不需要理解代价。于凯显然理解代价,他刚刚付出了整整一年。"硬汉"这个词带有一种审美化的色彩,好像这是一种值得欣赏的气质展示。但于凯做的事情,其实没有那么浪漫。

他只是认为这件事是对的,然后继续做了。

在一个正常的法治环境里,这种行为甚至不需要任何勇气,就像你认为红绿灯设置有问题、写信给交管部门建议改进,不需要勇气,只需要一个信封和邮票。

11天这个数字令人心情复杂的地方恰恰在这里:它揭示的不是于凯有多特别,而是他做的事情本来应该有多普通。

一个公民,拿回自己的证件,继续行使法律赋予他的权利。这件事如果需要被以"11天"来强调、以"铁骨铮铮"来形容,那出问题的地方,不在于凯身上。

4、没有坏人的荒谬剧

于凯这个案子,可能让很多人想找一个具体的坏人。

但你仔细看整个链条:青岛市司法局的工作人员执行上级意志;执法办案中心的人走程序;每一个环节的人,大概都有文件可以援引,有依据可以出示。没有哪个人会在事后说"是我做错了"。每个人都只是在做"该做的事"。

这就是制度性问题的核心特征:它不需要任何一个坏人,只需要每一个人都照章办事。章,是可以被写成任何形状的。

一个建议废除模糊条款的律师,被用模糊条款惩处。一个控告司法局长的律师,被没有文书地带走。没有哪个环节看起来是错的,但结果是荒谬的。

这种荒谬,是系统性的。它不会因为某一个具体官员被处分而消失,因为它存在于规则的结构本身。

于凯一直在做的事,就是指着这个结构说:这里有问题。然后这个结构回应:是你有问题。

5、沉默是一种投票

于凯这个案子,有人会说:我不是律师,和我没什么关系。

这种想法本身,就是"寻衅滋事""炒作案件""扰乱公共秩序"这类词汇存在的最大价值所在。模糊,意味着它可以适用于任何人。

而让大多数人觉得"和我没关系",它就可以一次只适用于一个人,直到轮到你的时候,已经没有人在旁边了。

于凯被带走的理由,是"扰乱公共秩序"。他做的事是:一个人,站在大院门口,举了一块牌子,上面写了几句话。

一个人。
没有聚众。
没有煽动。
周遭连第二个人都没有。

如果这叫"扰乱公共秩序",那这个"秩序"本身,可能才是需要被讨论的问题。

一个律师,行使法律明确赋予的权利——提立法建议、控告官员——然后消失了。没有文书,没有通报,没有任何正式的告知。消失这件事本身,就是一种表态。

于凯试图提议废除的,是一种可以惩罚任何人的模糊性。他现在正在亲身证明这种模糊性的威力。而我们能做的,至少是记住这件事,记住它发生过,记住它正在发生。

记住,是最低限度的不服从。而最低限度的不服从,在某些时刻,也是唯一有意义的事。


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特朗普称对伊朗战争“即将结束”,未给出明确时间表

2 April 2026 at 12:56

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特朗普称对伊朗战争“即将结束”,未给出明确时间表

ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
特朗普在白宫发表全国讲话。
特朗普在白宫发表全国讲话。 Doug Mills/The New York Times
特朗普总统在周三的黄金时段全国讲话中宣称,美以针对伊朗的战争“即将结束”,但他并未给出清晰的战争退出路径,同时还放话要将这个国家炸回“它本该待着的石器时代”。
特朗普在讲话中并未发布任何具有实质性内容的声明,反而将对伊朗的军事行动形容为一场压倒性的胜利,同时似乎在呼吁那些对战争成本和无期限战事感到不安的美国民众“客观看待这场战事”。
特朗普逐一列举了美国过往参与冲突的持续时长,包括伊拉克战争与越南战争,意在提醒美国民众,针对伊朗的军事行动才刚进入第二个月。但与他在整场战争期间的表态一致,特朗普并未给出清晰的退出战略,反而发表了模棱两可、前后矛盾的言论,一边释放外交和解的信号,一边又发出升级打击的威胁。
“未来两到三周,我们将对他们发动极为猛烈的打击。”特朗普在这场19分钟的讲话中表示。“如果无法达成协议,我们将对他们的每一座发电厂同步实施精准强力的打击。”
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特朗普要求伊朗通过谈判结束这场战争,而就在一天前,他还在白宫椭圆形办公室对记者表示,美国结束这场冲突无需与伊朗达成协议。
霍尔木兹海峡是全球石油运输的核心要道,特朗普将恢复该海峡通航描述为其他国家的问题,尽管周三早些时候他还在社交媒体上表示,除非海峡恢复通航,否则他不会同意任何停火协议。伊朗已切断了该海峡的石油运输,导致全球石油与天然气价格大幅飙升。
谈及其他国家时,他表示:“我们会帮忙,但他们应该主动站出来,保护自己这么迫切依赖的石油运输通道。”
特朗普还称,伊朗“发射导弹与无人机的能力已遭到大幅削弱”。美以两军已通过空袭摧毁了伊朗的大量弹道导弹与发射装置,但仍有大量设施完好无损,伊朗也仍在该地区持续发射导弹
这场讲话有时让人联想到美国民众通常在战争爆发之初、甚至开战前会听到的那种严肃讲话——总统会在这类讲话中详细阐述采取军事行动的必要性。开战前,特朗普并未在全美各地巡回演讲、系统说明开战的正当性;而周三晚间的这场讲话是自2月28日对伊朗发动袭击以来,他首次在白宫发表黄金时段全国讲话。
特朗普声称,伊朗已濒临造出核武器的边缘。这一说法存在争议:伊朗确实有可能在数天至数周内生产出武器级核燃料,但美国情报机构的结论是,要将这些燃料制造成核武器,还需要数月甚至一年以上的时间。
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我们还报道了以下内容:
· 外交僵局:尽管特朗普坚称与伊朗的谈判仍在进行,但美国多家情报机构近日评估认为,德黑兰方面目前无意开展实质性谈判。相关官员透露,评估报告显示,伊朗政府认为自身在战争中处于优势地位,无需屈从于美国的外交要求。阅读更多›
· 战争目标:2月28日,在美国联合以色列发动首轮空袭仅数小时后,特朗普为这场战争定下了五大目标。尽管空袭已对伊朗的军事能力造成重创,但伊朗仍在持续发射导弹、保有核材料,并与该地区的民兵组织保持协同行动。阅读更多›
· 霍尔木兹海峡:周三早些时候,一名伊朗官员在社交媒体发文强调,美国将无法重新获得该海峡的通行权,称“霍尔木兹海峡一定会重新开放,但不是为你们开放。”
· 伤亡数据:人权活动人士新闻社表示,自战争爆发以来,伊朗境内已有至少1606名平民丧生,其中包括244名儿童。黎巴嫩卫生部称,自以色列与黎巴嫩真主党爆发新一轮冲突以来,截至周三,黎巴嫩已有超1318人丧生,另有超3935人受伤。在伊朗于中东各地发动的袭击中,海湾国家已有至少50人丧生。截至上周五,以色列境内至少有17人丧生。美军方面的死亡人数为13名现役军人,另有数百人受伤。

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美情报机构评估称伊朗目前无意进行实质性谈判

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黄安伟, JULIAN E. BARNES
美国多个情报机构评估认为,伊朗政府目前不愿就结束战争进行认真谈判。
美国多个情报机构评估认为,伊朗政府目前不愿就结束战争进行认真谈判。 Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
据美国官员称,多个美国情报机构近日评估认为,伊朗政府目前不愿就结束与美以的战争进行实质性谈判。
这些评估指出,伊朗政府认为自己在这场战争中处于有利地位,因此无需接受美国的外交要求。评估还认为,尽管伊朗愿意保持沟通渠道畅通,但并不信任美国,认为特朗普总统对谈判缺乏诚意。
在过去一年中,特朗普两次在伊朗核计划谈判期间下令对伊朗发动打击。
这些评估与伊朗官员近期的表态一致,伊朗方面否认了特朗普关于双方在其他国家斡旋的谈判中取得进展的说法。据伊朗官方通讯社报道,伊朗外交部发言人周三表示,德黑兰政府并未要求停火,尽管特朗普当天上午声称伊朗已提出停火请求。
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特朗普周二对记者表示,美军将在两到三周内结束对伊朗的军事行动。但伊朗若决定继续作战,将使这一目标变得复杂起来。总统在周三晚间的讲话中表示,“如果没有达成协议”,美军将打击伊朗“每一座”发电厂,此举将被广泛视为战争罪行。
两名伊朗官员和一名巴基斯坦官员表示,在适当条件下,伊朗政府仍可能进行外交接触。他们表示,德黑兰希望看到华盛顿愿意认真讨论结束战争,而不仅仅是谈一个临时停火协议。他们还说,伊朗对外公开表态的措辞要比通过私下渠道向美国传递的信息强硬。
由于战时外交和情报问题的敏感性,这些官员及美方官员均要求匿名接受本文采访。
伊斯兰革命卫队指挥官的葬礼于周三举行。革命卫队内部的一个强硬派系已成为政府中最有影响力的声音,该派系更不可能做出让步。
伊斯兰革命卫队指挥官的葬礼于周三举行。革命卫队内部的一个强硬派系已成为政府中最有影响力的声音,该派系更不可能做出让步。 Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
特朗普周三在社交媒体上写道,伊朗“新政权的总统远没有前任们激进,也聪明得多,刚刚向美利坚合众国请求停火!”。但他表示,在伊朗允许船只安全通过霍尔木兹海峡之前,他不会考虑这一请求。通过袭击油轮,伊朗军方实际上已使该海峡处于关闭状态。
据伊朗官方的伊朗伊斯兰共和国广播电视台报道,伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴加埃周三表示,特朗普关于伊朗请求停火的说法是“虚假且毫无根据的”。
霍尔木兹海峡的困局已成为事态发展的关键节点,海峡的关闭扰乱了全球市场,迫使世界各国制定燃料配给计划。
目前也不清楚特朗普所说的“新政权的总统”具体指谁。美国和以色列的初期袭击击毙了伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊及一些高级官员,但自2024年起担任伊朗总统的马苏德·佩泽希齐扬仍在世且仍在任。据伊朗和以色列官员称,伊朗神职人员已任命新的最高领袖,即已故最高领袖的强硬派儿子穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊,他在首轮袭击中腿部受伤,此后未再公开露面。
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美国和伊朗官员表示,美伊双方正通过中间渠道甚至直接渠道互通信息,但双方并未就停火条款或结束战争展开谈判。
伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬周三发布了一封致美国民众的公开信,暗示外交途径仍有可能,同时也表示伊朗将对抗敌对势力。目前尚不清楚这封信是否代表伊朗领导层的共识。周二,佩泽希齐扬表示,特朗普政府在此前谈判期间发动攻击,说明美国“并不相信外交,只图自身利益”。
特朗普多次提及通过外交途径结束战争的可能性,但同时也威胁要升级战争,将美国的打击范围扩大至能源基础设施和海水淡化厂——许多法律专家表示,这类攻击将构成战争罪。
一名官员表示,多份报告中的情报评估自冲突爆发以来一直保持一致。
伊朗高级官员仍然拒绝在核计划和弹道导弹生产方面作出特朗普政府所要求的那类让步。
伊朗表示,其通过铀浓缩发展民用核计划是正当权利,但这一点遭到美国官员反对。分析人士称,伊朗方面将军方的弹道导弹视为国家主要的威慑手段。伊朗官员认为,美国和以色列施压要求放弃这两者,是对伊朗国家主权的侵犯。
上海的储油罐。中国是伊朗石油的最大买家。
上海的储油罐。中国是伊朗石油的最大买家。 Go Nakamura/Reuters
特朗普及其高级助手在公开声明中,关于战争目标以及美军是否已实现这些目标的问题上摇摆不定,这使得任何外交努力都变得复杂。
近日,特朗普表示,美国在这场战争中已经摧毁了伊朗的两个政权,而第三个、更为顺从的政权现已就位。然而,由哈梅内伊领导的现任政府仍然是神权专制、反美的,并誓言将继续与美国人作战。
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特朗普还提出了其他目标:他表示希望掌控伊朗的石油资源,并经常提及核计划问题。他还曾与美军领导人讨论,是否派遣美军进入伊朗,夺取一批被认为储存在隧道中的高浓铀库存——这些隧道因去年6月美军空袭而被碎石封堵。
现任及前任官员称,鉴于美以攻击的强度,伊朗官员认为自己是在为政权的生存而战。一些伊朗官员对任何和平协议的持久性持怀疑态度。美国官员表示,伊朗领导层担心,即便达成协议,以色列也可能在数月后再次发动攻击。
有关美国情报评估认为伊朗目前不准备达成协议的报道此前尚未公开。《华盛顿邮报》早些时候报道称,美国情报机构评估认为,伊朗官员认为自己在这场战争中占了上风。
由于巴基斯坦与伊朗军方领导人之间的密切联系,巴基斯坦已成为外交斡旋的中间方。近日,巴基斯坦说服中国与其一道公开呼吁结束战争。中国与伊朗在商业和军事上都有联系,也是伊朗石油的最大买家,但一直不愿就这场战争展开实质性的外交斡旋。
中国和巴基斯坦周二发布了一份五点联合声明,其中呼吁停止敌对行动,并重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的航运。伊朗目前允许前往中国的船只通过该海峡,但亚洲及其他地区的国家已开始为严重的燃料短缺做准备。
当被问及中国是否可以成为外交协议的担保方时,中国驻华盛顿大使馆的发言人刘鹏宇在声明中表示:“中国支持一切有助于缓和紧张局势、推动局势降温并恢复对话的努力。”
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他还补充说:“我们呼吁有关各方尽快启动和平谈判。中方愿同巴基斯坦及其他各方加强沟通协调,共同推动停火,实现地区和平稳定。”

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黄安伟(Edward Wong)为《纽约时报》报道全球事务、美国外交政策和国务院新闻。

Julian E. Barnes为《纽约时报》报道美国情报机构和国际安全事务。他撰写安全相关议题已有20余年。

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'We go for all humanity' - emotional moment as Artemis II blasts off

2 April 2026 at 11:09
Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space on historic mission

Nasa's Artemis II mission thundered away from Florida's coast, taking its four crew members on their historic journey to circle the Moon.

There was a deep rumbling as a sheet of brilliant white flame suddenly erupted, momentarily engulfing the whole launch pad as the mightiest rocket Nasa has ever built rose into the sky.

Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS) majestically crept upwards - slow at first, then gathering pace, riding on two blinding pillars of flame that crackled and roared with increasing volume until the rumbling was almost deafening, a sound we could feel in our bodies as we watched on in amazement, three miles (4.8km) away from the launch pad.

There were small cheers from those in the know as the rocket past the moment of maximum danger - one minute and 10 seconds into the launch. This is where the pressure hits the rocket the hardest, and when engineers know that even a small structural weakness can be disastrous.

There was no weakness, and SLS arced out over the Atlantic like a fiery white angel, leaving a white smoky trail as the sound subsided and the spacecraft disappeared from view, shrinking to a single bright star as it chased the Moon.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Artemis is taking off in the distant background, and people watch, many with tripods. The US flag flutters above them on a flag pole.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Spectators are kept at a safe distance, but the deep rumbling of the rocket launch can still be physically felt

Afterwards, there was a giddy euphoria among staff at the Kennedy Space Center.

One person told me they felt quite emotional and another said they wanted to cry – no doubt a release of tension built up over the past few months when Artemis II came close to launch, but ended up being scrubbed for various reasons.

Tonight, though, Nasa employees were laughing and clapping - this is the moment that they have spent years working towards. There is still work to do, but for now they are bathing in the moment of triumph.

In the hour before take-off there were issues which threatened the launch.

They concerned the launch abort system, which enables Nasa engineers to eject the astronauts and blow up the rocket if there is a malfunction.

The countdown clock was held at 10 minutes while engineers resolved the problem. They worked quickly, but it was an agonising wait to see if the launch could still go ahead.

Then came the staccato rhythm of the calls by each engineer responsible for the rocket's critical systems: "booster, go", "GNC, go", "range, go" – each reply, a tiny release of tension and a build-up of expectation.

"Artemis II, this is launch director," said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the first woman to hold the position at Nasa.

"You are go for launch," she told the crew. "We go for all humanity", Commander Reid Wiseman responded.

Cheesy words in normal circumstances, but that was the moment our spines began to tingle and we knew we were about to witness history.

Gerardo Mora/Getty Images A group of people watches the launch, most holding phones or cameras up to the sky.Gerardo Mora/Getty Images
Many thousands of people gathered at viewing locations around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the launch

The Kennedy Space Center was built to send astronauts to the Moon, but that hasn't happened since 1972 when Apollo 17 blasted off. Today, the centre was back in business, doing what it was made for.

The press corps headed outside, where clouds that had threatened to cancel the launch had evaporated.

As the countdown clock restarted, the atmosphere turned to electric anticipation.

The four RS 25 engines and twin solid rocket boosters lit up, driving more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust into the Florida evening sky.

"God Speed Artemis II" Blackwell-Thompson said in another echo from the past. The same words were used in a launch from here in 1962 to send John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, on his way.

NASA Four astronauts stand side by side inside a cramped white spacecraft or support module, wearing bright orange launch and entry suits with blue trim and mission patches. Their arms are folded confidently across their chests.NASA
On their way to the Moon: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor J Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen

I have been lucky enough to see launches of the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center. Those launches are almost as impressive in flight, surging into space with an enormous bang and rising at the speed of a bullet.

But the SLS launch was not only more beautiful, it meant much more: a moment full of emotion for all those who saw it, perhaps because it reminded us of what humanity can do when it comes together, or perhaps because we may be entering a new era of space travel.

In the 1990s, I had the opportunity to speak to Neil Armstrong, who, in 1969, became the first person to ever walk on the moon.

Our discussion came at a time when the dream of human space travel seemed to be over. I asked him whatever happened to that dream? He smiled and said "the reality may have faded but the dream is still there and it will come back in time".

Today was the day the dream returned.

Trump says Iran war objectives 'nearing completion' in address to nation

2 April 2026 at 10:49
Trump says US "on the cusp" of ending Iran war in televised address

President Donald Trump has told the nation in a televised speech that the US military has nearly completed its goals in the Iran war.

He vowed to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and finish the job "very fast", without setting any timeline for ending the conflict.

In his primetime address, Trump called for countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz to show "courage" and seize the key waterway, which has been effectively closed by Iranian attacks since the conflict began.

The president is grappling with rocketing gas prices and sliding personal popularity ratings as the war continues into its fifth week and US midterm elections loom in November.

Wednesday night's speech did little immediately to reassure global oil markets that disruption to the Strait of Hormuz shipping route will ease anytime soon.

The price of benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $100 a barrel before the president started speaking. Afterwards it rose to $105.

In the 20-minute speech from the White House, Trump said the US was "nearing completion" of its "core strategic objectives" in the conflict, and had "decimated" Iran's navy drone and ballistic missile forces.

"Very shortly, we are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks," Trump said.

However, he provided little insight into the state of what he described as "ongoing" discussions with Iran's leadership, leaving open the possibility of hitting Iranian energy infrastructure if negotiations prove fruitless.

"If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard, and probably simultaneously," the US president said.

"We have not hit their oil, even though that's the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding."

Earlier in the day, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Iran had asked for a ceasefire - a claim that Iran's foreign ministry quickly described as "false and baseless".

'No guarantee' war will end on Trump's terms - BBC's Tom Bateman

In his speech on Wednesday night, as he has done several times in recent days, Trump called on US allies to do more to secure shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz.

He urged them to "build up some delayed courage".

"Go to the Strait and just take it," he added.

Trump made no specific mention of the future of the Nato alliance, after earlier telling the British newspaper the Telegraph that he'd reconsider the US role in what he described as a "paper tiger".

His address to the nation came shortly after it emerged that Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, who is known as "the Trump whisperer" because of his influence with the president, is planning to visit the White House next week.

The president's political opponents were quick to criticise his speech. New York Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the address as "rambling, disjointed and pathetic".

Former Nato ambassador: 'Lack of clarity' in Trump's war aims

"Donald Trump's actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country, failing to articulate objectives, alienating allies, and ignoring the kitchen table problems Americans are facing," Schumer wrote on X. "He is completely unfit to be Commander-in-Chief and the whole world knows it."

According to an update by US Central Command on Wednesday, American forces have struck more than 12,300 targets across Iran since Operation Epic Fury began, including Iranian naval vessels and facilities, missile launchers and defence manufacturing plants.

But despite his claims of victory, Iranian attacks across the region continued on Wednesday, with authorities in both the United Arab Emirates and Qatar responding to missile and drone strikes.

In separate incidents, British troops said they brought down 10 Iranian drones in countries including Jordan, Bahrain and Cyprus.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week suggested that two-thirds of Americans believe the US should end the war quickly, even if it means not achieving Trump's goals. In the survey, 60% of respondents disapproved of the military strikes on Iran, while 35% approved.

Utah teen identified as victim of serial killer Ted Bundy

2 April 2026 at 06:35
Police handout Laura Aimee, in a school photo from the 1970s. She has long brown hair parted down the middle and brown eyes, and wears a patterned blouse. Police handout

Officials in Utah have formally closed a 51-year-old cold case after using new DNA technology to identify a murdered teenager as a victim of serial killer Ted Bundy.

Laura Ann Aime, 17, disappeared after leaving a party on Halloween in 1974. Her body was discovered about one month later by hikers in the American Fork Canyon.

On Wednesday, the Utah County Sheriff's Office announced that new testing "confirmed irrefutably that DNA evidence recovered from Laura's body verified the existence of DNA belonging to Bundy".

Between February 1974 and February 1978 Bundy murdered at least 30 women. He has also been linked to many more killings throughout the country.

Before he was executed in Florida in 1989, Bundy confessed to Laura's killing, but since he would not elaborate or give any detail to his actual involvement in her death, "the Sheriff's Department elected to keep this case open until investigators could prove, without a shadow of doubt", that he was her killer, the sheriff said in a statement.

"This case is now officially closed," Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith declared during a news conference, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

The sheriff added that if Bundy were still alive, prosecutors would pursue the death penalty against him.

Bundy is among America's most infamous serial killers, and began his spree by attacking victims throughout the Pacific Northwest of the US. He later killed victims in Colorado, Utah and Florida.

At the time of Laura's death, he was living in Salt Lake City and studying law at the University of Utah.

The sheriff's statement said Laura is remembered as an "outgoing free spirit who enjoyed outdoor activities and shared a passion for riding horses, hunting, and caring for her several siblings".

Getty Images (Original Caption) Miami, FLA.: Theodore Bundy, seated in court, charged with the killings of two FSU coeds.
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Bundy was known to often approach women in public places, gain their trust with his charm or a fake injury, and then lure them to secluded areas and kill them.

He was first arrested in 1975 for kidnapping a woman and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

But in 1977 he escaped by jumping out of a prison library window.

He was recaptured for eight days and then escaped again, continuing to kill until he was finally caught in 1978.

US Supreme Court appears sceptical of US birthright citizenship challenge

2 April 2026 at 06:00
Protesters rally outside Supreme Court as justices hear birthright citizenship case

The Supreme Court appeared sceptical of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, a sign the high court could strike down a key element of his immigration agenda.

A majority of the court's justices on Wednesday seemed unconvinced that the US should stop granting citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary US visitors.

The administration has argued that its effort to limit birthright citizenship is necessary to help rein in illegal immigration. Opponents argue it would upend more than a century of precedent and unravel a cornerstone of US immigration law enshrined by the 14th Amendment.

Trump attended the oral arguments in person on Wednesday, a rare move by a sitting president that underscored the high stakes of the case.

A defeat for Trump would mark a second straight setback at the high court, following the decision last month that invalidated the president's global tariffs. A win would help Trump deliver on his pledge to reshape America's immigration policies.

During more than two hours of arguments, U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer sought to convince the justices that the 14th Amendment - which establishes the concept of birthright citizenship and was extended formerly to enslaved people - and subsequent court rulings and laws passed by Congress all mistakenly expanded birthright citizenship.

Chief Justice John Roberts, a key swing vote on the court, questioned Trump's authority to exclude the children of undocumented immigrants from receiving US citizenship.

"I'm not quite sure how you can get to that big group," Roberts said.

The oral arguments turned on a key clause in the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US who are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."

Bauer argued that the clause should only apply to the children of foreign diplomats and a few other limited groups. Parents who are in the country illegally when their children are born have "allegiance" to their home countries and therefore don't fall under the jurisdiction of US law, he said.

"Jurisdiction means allegiance," Sauer said. Citing a previous court opinion, he later argued that "permanent residence and domicile decides [citizenship]. That's what the court should be bound by."

But several justices said that interpretation would fundamentally reshape how Americans and people living around the world understand the US birthright citizenship process.

Justice Elena Kagan said the administration was seeking to undo a legal tradition of birthright citizenship that dates back to English common law. "What the 14th Amendment did was accept that tradition and not attempt to put any limitations on it. That was the clear rationale," Kagan said.

REUTERS/Kylie Cooper TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Demonstrators hold letters making up the slogan "Born in the USA = citizen!" outside the U.S. Supreme Court building  REUTERS/Kylie Cooper TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Several justices also pointed to the 1898 Supreme Court ruling, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the landmark decision that upheld birthright citizenship in the case of a child born to Chinese immigrants living in the US.

Cecillia Wang, an ACLU attorney representing the plaintiffs in court on Wednesday, used the decision to argue that Trump's executive order should be overturned.

"If we agree with you how to read Wong Kim Ark, then you win," Justice Brett Kavanaugh said. "That could be just a short opinion."

Whether the court ultimately issues a broad or narrow opinion remains to be seen. The difference between a sweeping ruling on constitutional grounds versus a more tailored opinion on statutory grounds is a critical one, legal experts said.

The justices could choose to focus on a 1952 law passed by Congress that codified birthright citizenship and not wade into the larger constitutional debate, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law expert.

"The court does not like to rule on constitutional issues if it doesn't have to," Yale-Loehr said. "The court could argue that the Trump executive order is invalid on statutory grounds."

The court is expected to issue its decision in June. It would be the first major immigration case decided by the court on its merits since Trump started his second term. The court has taken up other immigration cases, but has so far sent them back to lower courts for further review.

Trump's push to end birthright citizenship is one part of his larger immigration crackdown. But it's nevertheless a longtime goal of many on the right, and something Trump has supported since his first term in office. A victory in this case would help Trump make the case that he is delivering on his campaign pledge to limit illegal immigration.

A loss would be a setback to Trump's immigration agenda. But it would also represent a larger blow to his efforts to aggressively expand executive power since returning to office. The ruling in February overturning Trump's sweeping global tariffs showed the justices are not willing to give Trump a blank check to bypass Congress and the courts.

Trump signaled his interest in the case by attending the oral arguments on Wednesday. Critics said his appearance was an improper effort to influence the court ahead of a decision that will have major repercussions for his domestic policy agenda.

"We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow 'Birthright' Citizenship!" Trump said incorrectly on social media after leaving the court.

Artemis II Completes First Day of Its NASA Lunar Mission

2 April 2026 at 12:27
The crew, three Americans and a Canadian, are the first humans to travel to the moon in more than 50 years. They will not land on the surface, but the mission will pave the way for future visits.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

记者的家|第二届“记者的家”新闻奖揭晓

2 April 2026 at 11:34

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正月初一的西安,大街上一对情侣送给流浪汉一枚口罩。张宏伟摄(本届获奖新闻作品)

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标题:第二届“记者的家”新闻奖揭晓
作者:刘虎
发表日期:2020.12.05
来源:记者的家
主题归类:新闻自由
CDS收藏:公民馆
版权说明:该作品版权归原作者所有。中国数字时代仅对原作进行存档,以对抗中国的网络审查。详细版权说明

第二届“记者的家”新闻奖获奖名单于今天公布。

主办方的公告说,今年是疫情深重的一年,许多优秀的作品与此有关。即便它们因为管制原因消失了,仍应褒奖作者付出的努力。

公告并称,自媒体对社会的影响越来越大,即便是机构媒体记者,亦常常通过自媒体发声,影响改变事件走向。

社会重大事件报道奖

《武汉病毒纪事——2020 年的第一场疫情》/作者郑宇钧,丁香园·丁香医生主笔,原《中国青年报》、《南方周末》记者。

获奖理由:作者1月3日即赶到武汉现场进行深入采访报道。该文在微信公众号上阅读量近200万(1月17日首发链接当天被禁止转载禁止分享禁止收藏),在看8559。腾讯新闻客户端阅读量 517万。报道被彭博商业周刊三声公众号的《抗疫时期的中国舆论场》一文三次提及,称其为疫情的开篇之作;被香港中文大学新闻传播学院视为“疫情的第一篇深度报道”。

此外,郑宇钧还有《误诊、没有床位、一家五口被感染 | 湖北女医生罗轩的生前身后》《天门疫情背后的生死疲劳》《回不去的家 | 困在中东土豪城的中国人》《她们为武汉拼过命,如今只想要家乡认可》《父亲被隔离 6 天后,疫情阴影下的残障少年之死》《疫起高墙| 3省5监狱确诊555例背后的人情冷暖》《后解封时代的武汉:家人逝去之后 生活还得继续》等多篇反映疫情的优秀作品。

入围奖
《为减刑家属耗资超200万元 杀人犯郭文思无期徒刑的10次减刑背后》/作者李微敖,经济观察报首席记者。

获奖理由:3月29日,作者在自媒体上披露了因故意杀人被判无期徒刑的郭文思,离奇获得9次减刑,出狱几个月又打死无辜老人的恶性事件(《出狱7个多月又杀人 北京杀人犯郭文思的9次减刑》),引发中央政法委、北京市委及市纪委的关注,成立专案组,调查该案。事后,北京市有32人被党纪政纪处理,并有包括北京市高院政治部副主任、新闻发言人郭京霞等11人,被移交司法。9月,在半年多的追踪采访积累后,作者发表独家深度报道《为减刑家属耗资超200万元 杀人犯郭文思无期徒刑的10次减刑背后》,揭秘这一性质恶劣程度超过了云南“孙小果案”的京城大案的前因后果。

李微敖也是最早到达李文亮医生去世时的病房前的记者,最早披露了李医生不幸去世的消息。

“扫黑除恶”案系列观察(四个题材)/作者邓全伦,上海广播电视台融媒体中心调查记者。

其作品包括:

山东青岛宫殿基涉恶案:《青岛枪击案起底:受害者枪伤被疑造假》,2019年11月11日发布于看看新闻knews;

重庆大足尹光德涉黑案:《黑老大当庭指认主诉检察官为保护伞》《黑老大指认主诉检察官为保护伞 扫黑办介入调查》《继“黑老大”指认检察官后 其妻子再爆双方恩怨》《重庆尹光德涉黑案开庭:曾指认检察官系保护伞》,分别于2019年11月18日、11月19日、11月21日和2020年8月11日,发布于看看新闻Knews;

河南桑中生涉黑案:《被指胁迫涉黑人员认罪 当事法官称录音不实》《被指胁迫涉黑人员亲属配合认罪 法官被停职调查》,分别于2020年6月9日、6月10日,发布于看看新闻Knews;

重庆巫山李冰涉黑案:《涉黑案被告人称遭舔尿逼供 重庆官方介入调查》,于2020年9月16日发布于看看新闻Knews。

获奖理由:其不多见的对全国涉黑案中一些有悖法治思维和法治方式的事件的深入观察。报道引发全国扫黑办和当地官方关注。

《香港码头空了:鸦片养大的世界第一港,一艘船都没了》/作者梁红玉,供职金角财经。2020年6月29日发表于金角财经公众号及各平台。

获奖理由:文章通过纵向时间线和横向历史事件交错,可以窥见香港码头、贸易行业、经济、社会以及香港文化的来龙去脉。也可以借此理解香港当下各种纷繁复杂的乱象和面临的问题,理解香港的前途命运。

非虚构作品奖

《信疑两茫茫:重访“李星星”案援助者》/作者:费顿,独立撰稿人。作品2020年9月21日发表于“全现在·水瓶纪元”。

获奖理由:作品深入探寻了“养女”与海归高管、知名律师鲍毓明“性侵”举报的幕后真相。作者致力于讲述性别权益和中国人权捍卫者的故事,且颇有建树,本年度作品还包括《刘伟伟:我想看看谁让我不自由》《他们为被删的文档存档,却可能因此面临刑罚》等。

入围奖《倒在出租屋里的外卖员》/作者祖一飞,时任《新京报》记者。2019年12月12日发表在《新京报》深度部“剥洋葱”。

获奖理由:一个49岁的外卖员猝死在了南京的出租屋里。时代高速发展的浪潮下,每一个社会角色都被裹挟着高速运转,无论是困在外卖系统里、压倒在生活的重担下,还是忍痛割舍中年爱情,这些都是主人公身上的横切面,构成了他作为“人”本身的色彩。即便是社会底层,这样的色彩也不该隐匿于社会、不被人看见。作者走进主人公租住的房屋,联系上了他的身边人,尽力刻画出人物的生前形象,也通过采访附近的外卖员群体,呈现出外卖配送员的生存困境。文章用冷静细腻的笔触去展开讲述了一个小人物离去的故事,引人深思。

《他用腐尸身上的钥匙,打开了自己家的大门》/作者巫英蛟,独立写作者,原重庆出版集团编辑。2020年8月26日发布在“巴蜀独立评论”微信公众号及网易号。

获奖理由:这篇独立调查新闻严谨、客观地复盘了一起被政府“雪藏”了三十年的广西宁明李尚昆等特大杀人案(26人遇害)。作者在中越边境的当地,前后花3天时间,耐心沟通,终于采访到了李尚昆的儿子李平等核心信源。作者还从当年参与办案的警察等获得了独家内情,回击了种种网络传闻。30年前的杀人案早已结案,但它到底带来了什么,又带走了什么?

疫情期间的西安春节市民生活(17组照片)/作者张宏伟,摄影师,曾担任《华商报》首席记者、摄影部主任、图片总监,搜狐网图片总监。作品发表在今日头条号“西安纪事”。

获奖理由:疫情期间,中国人的生活“闭门不出”成为主要方式。古城西安从大年初一开始,也进入到一个非常时期。作者却每天都带着相机,外出去记录下这个特殊的春节时期。疫情防控日益严格后,作者仍然隔一天出一次门,尽可能地去记录下古城西安市民在这个不同春节的点点滴滴,留下了珍贵的历史记忆。

“杰出媒体人奖”

王文志,新华社《经济参考报》编委、调查报道室主任。

王文志致力于调查性报道17年,坚守公平正义的新闻理想,发表了上百篇舆论监督报道,所采写的调查报道作品向以尖锐、深刻、硬气著称。其中20多篇被评为“新华社社级优秀新闻作品”,是新华社以监督报道类型获得这个奖项最多的记者之一。近日,入选央视“2020年度法治人物”。

2013年,王文志揭露了国内规模最大、历史最悠久的国有企业-华润集团一起百亿元并购案的黑幕,直接导致该公司副部级高管宋林被判有罪,另有三名副部级高官受到调查和控告。2015年,挖出了作为“国家彩票”的中国福利彩票涉嫌巨额利益输送的内幕,导致三名副部长级政府官员被撤职、降级或判刑,国家有关部门出台了规范彩票管理的法规。

王文志的最新作品是《青海“隐形首富”:祁连山非法采煤获利百亿至今未停》。报道引发了青海省副省长文国栋主动投案,另已有16名县处级以上官员相继落马。这篇报道发挥了舆论监督的威力,为痼疾重重、久攻难下的祁连山生态破坏乱象的治理,做了直接和有益的推动。

入围奖

曹映兰,供职于梨视频。

曹映兰2003年5月进入江西商报任时政部记者,同年10月进入江西电视台,在江西公共频道新闻部及专题部任记者,在此期间一直致力于公益及公义,做了大量相关报道,尤其是调查及揭露性报道。她2017年进入上海新梨视网络科技有限公司(梨视频),先后从事调查报道、专题拍摄及热点新闻事件及人物的聚焦。

疫情期间,她完成了对新冠肺炎死者的病理解剖推动和“口述武汉”“寻找疫情吹哨人”两个系列作品。更为重要的是,她积极推动了“中国服刑时间最长冤狱者”张玉环案的平反。

她在2016年12月第一次知道了张玉环杀人冤案的情况后,即去到张玉环的家江西南昌进贤县张家村调查,发现此案证据存在很多疑点,决定助其申诉。她将此案问题很大以及家属无钱申诉的情况告诉了律师王飞及尚满庆,并安排张玉环的哥哥张民强与他们见面。王飞和尚满庆决定接下此案,并免费代理。

此后,曹映兰又协助律师与家属进行沟通,帮助家属完成各种申诉材料的邮寄,为其他媒体报道提供各种便利及素材共享。在律师和家属的不懈努力下,张玉环终于在被关押近27年后获无罪释放。

罗敏,红星新闻首席记者。

罗敏除了保质保量完成所在机构的新闻选题以外,通过个人微信公众号“羅胖眞談社”笔耕不辍,积极关注中国的法治进程、经济社会各领域发展、普通中国人的个人命运等进行评论,鞭挞社会阴暗面,以几乎每天一篇的速度,一年里先后撰写新闻评论文章350余篇,阅读总量超500万人次。

其评论代表作包括《殴打记者、栽赃家属、刷机删信息……河南原阳县“教科书式”骚操作打了谁的脸?!》《蔡莉退休,平安着陆!》《震惊:赵盛烨要毁灭地球,居然有2.7万人点赞!》、民营企业家孙大午事件系列评论等。

温航,供职于海峡导报社。

温航2010年入行,先后供职于中国知识产权报社和海峡导报社,对社会生活有着深刻的思考。其疫情时期的新闻业观察《许知远与龚晓跃17年后的喟叹,是中国新闻业的积重难返》,评论辛辣,切中时弊。2月1日首发于自媒体“时务观察”,已被删。

最佳评论奖

《在國家哀悼日,我拒絕加入被安排的合唱》/作者江雪,独立媒体人。发表于2020年4月5日的端传媒。作品以清明节国家哀悼日为切入口,回顾了新冠疫情、汶川大地震等“国难”的真相与纪念。

入围奖

  “疫情评论”一组/作者王石川,供职于央视。过去一年,在央视新闻客户端和人民日报客户端等平台,以笔名秦川,撰写数百篇时评。紧盯热点,言之有度,其中大量疫情期间的时评,较有影响。
      1、卫健局局长被停职,庸政懒政与防疫不兼容(2020.1.26央视新闻客户端)
      2、都什么时候了,还在搞填报抗疫!(2020.2.4人民日报客户端)
      3、全面调查李文亮事件,让正义抵达人心(2020.2.7人民日报客户端)
      4、疫情防控,严禁过度执法、粗暴执法(2020.2.19央视新闻客户端)
      5、人命关天的疫情数据必须实事求是(2020.2.22人民日报客户端)
      6、“假的,假的”,从群众喊话中听出门道(2020.3.6央视新闻客户端)
      7、“假的,”真不了!(2020.3.6人民日报客户端)
      8、说他们“千里投毒第一名”,很不合适(2020.3.18人民日报客户端)
      9、扣工资促消费  这招有点偏(2020.4.10央视新闻客户端)

《汉口殡仪馆排了长长的队伍,没有哀乐,却有删帖》/作者谭敏涛,独立评论作者。此文2020年3月发表在“律界之音”公众号,阅读量突破80万时,公众号被封。

这场从武汉爆发的疫情,到底有多少家庭失去了至亲,至今也没见全部的名单公布,或许永远都是敏感话题。如同殡仪馆门前领取骨灰盒一样,多少人离开,多少人没在统计数字里,在疫情面前,死亡需要讲政治。作者叹息政治大于死亡,“没有哀乐,却有删帖”,其文章也没有摆脱被删除的命运。

《证据与证件——详解“原阳记者事件通报”》/作者卢义杰,北京市炜衡律师事务所律师,原《中国青年报》记者。作品发布于微信公众号“大案CASE”。

评论主题为侵害记者采访权利的公共事件-河南原阳记者事件。该事件一是波及媒体多,红星新闻、上游新闻、新京报记者均不同程度地受到侵害;二是情况典型,有关部门避重就轻、被侵权方取证难等常见状况同时出现;三是背后蕴含主题丰富,包括采访是否须经相关方面同意、采访人身安全防范等新闻伦理及实操问题,也包括未持证记者采访权、涉嫌违规采访的通报批评权等法律问题;四是原阳事后继续出台备受诟病的记者采访新规,后续影响较大。

作为有记者从业经历的律师,本文作者从证据、证件两个层面剖析了此次事件的事实及法律问题。文章从通报认定的事实出发,综合多份证据,发掘通报的矛盾及不合逻辑之处,综合新闻实务操作,对部分网友的常见误解予以澄清;再以现行新闻行政管理有关规定为基础,解读相关法条,并结合新闻业发展来分析立法滞后的现状。全文6000字,内容详实,理性客观,跳出了评论写作的传统框架,体现了法律从业者的专业价值。

(据记者的家/作者:刘虎/2020-12-05)

Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector

Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

© Chris Jung/NurPhoto, via Associated Press

Cheongung-II, a South Korean air defense system, on display last year. The country’s defense companies are rapidly taking on new business, as U.S. firms struggle to keep pace with demand from multiple conflicts.

Texas Man Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Cold Case

2 April 2026 at 11:47
Prosecutors in Galveston County say that in the 1980s, a man killed a teenager and helped hide the remains of a woman, two of the dozens of bodies found on land known as the Texas Killing Fields.

© Buster Dean/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press

Tim Miller, father of the victim Laura Miller, hugging his wife, Georgeann, in 1998 as they looked at one of the billboards seeking information to help solve killings in the Houston area.

他为所有人赢得了出生公民权,他的后代却一度不知其人

By: AMY QIN
2 April 2026 at 11:21

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他为所有人赢得了出生公民权,他的后代却一度不知其人

AMY QIN
桑德拉·黄和诺曼·黄是黄金德的孙辈,黄金德在1898年最高法院案件中的胜诉,确立了几乎所有在美国出生的儿童均自动获得公民身份的原则。
桑德拉·黄和诺曼·黄是黄金德的孙辈,黄金德在1898年最高法院案件中的胜诉,确立了几乎所有在美国出生的儿童均自动获得公民身份的原则。 Minh Connors for The New York Times
桑德拉·黄在父亲的葬礼上看着陈列的家族纪念品时,一张剪报让她得知了一个惊人的事实:她是黄金德的直系后代。黄金德曾是旧金山的一名华人厨师,正是他促成了1898年那项具有里程碑意义的最高法院裁决,该裁决赋予几乎所有在美国本土出生的人自动获得美国公民身份。
在2011年的那一天之前,她从未听过黄金德这个名字,也从不知道出生公民权曾是争议话题——如今,这一议题再次掀起轩然大波。本周三,美国最高法院将开庭听证,就特朗普总统去年发布的一项行政命令的合宪性展开辩论。该命令取消了无证移民、临时访客(包括国际留学生)在美国所生子女的出生公民权。
“我一直以为,只要生在美国,就是美国公民,”她说。
桑德拉此前对自己的家族渊源一无所知,这一方面印证了出生地公民权早已深深植根于美国人的集体认知,另一方面也体现出,黄金德案在美国校园教育中极少被提及。
黄氏兄妹得知,黄金德于1870年出生在旧金山唐人街,那里距离他们长大的地方仅几公里之遥。
黄氏兄妹得知,黄金德于1870年出生在旧金山唐人街,那里距离他们长大的地方仅几公里之遥。 Minh Connors for The New York Times
随着桑德拉深入挖掘家族历史,一段厚重而复杂的家族遗产在她面前展开——这段历史表明,出生公民权为她的家族成员在美国立足提供了强有力的法律支撑,却没能为他们换来完全的接纳,而这份接纳是他们一直都在奋力争取的东西。
歧视与偏见依然存在,家族成员被迫远隔重洋、天各一方。在同化压力与维系自身传统纽带的愿望之间,黄金德的后代们不得不做出艰难的抉择:哪些故事与传统该传给下一代,哪些又该隐去。
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“我们总在宣扬一种观念,把美国公民身份塑造成移民故事的顶峰,仿佛它标志着你被这个社会彻底接纳了,”宾夕法尼亚大学历史学教授哈迪普·迪隆说。“但现实是,即便你是美国公民,所享有的权利依然存在显著差异。”
桑德拉和三个兄弟在旧金山长大,父母双方的家族往事他们都知之甚少。
他们的母亲竹内喜美子(音)是日裔美国人,二战期间曾和家人一同被关押在犹他州的日裔拘留营,却极少向孩子们提起这段经历。
他们的父亲黄沃沾也几乎从不谈及过往。他是一艘船上的乘务员,常常一出海就是数月之久。孩子们只知道他是华人,除此之外,对他的过去知之甚少。
黄沃沾和竹内喜美子。
黄沃沾和竹内喜美子。 Norman Wong
后来他们才知道,父亲其实知道最高法院的这起案件,却从未对孩子们提起过。
“你能感觉到,那段往事里藏着太多的痛苦,”他的儿子、如今76岁的诺曼·黄说。
此后,黄家兄妹才慢慢了解到,他们的祖父黄金德1870年出生于旧金山唐人街,距离他们长大的地方只有几公里。19世纪中期开始,大批中国劳工涌入美国,他的父母是这股移民潮中的一员。
但这些劳工很快就遭遇了恶毒的种族歧视与暴力袭击,联邦法律也对他们施加了越来越严苛的限制,例如1882年出台的《排华法案》禁止大多数中国人入境。
大约就在那段时期,黄金德随家人回到了中国。但不久后,他被更高薪资的诱惑所吸引,试图重返美国。
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1895年,他再次入境美国时遭到拒绝,随后做出了一个惊人的决定:起诉美国政府。那一年,他只有24岁,只是唐人街的一个厨师,还留着辫子。
普林斯顿大学历史学教授贝丝·廖-威廉姆斯介绍,即便赢下了这场官司,黄金德的困境也未结束。和当时绝大多数美籍华人一样,他屡屡遭到边境官员的盘问,还必须拿到白人证人的书面证词,来证明自己确实出生在美国。
黄金德还试图把自己在中国出生的儿子们带到有更多经济机遇的美国。
按照法律规定,黄金德是美国公民,他的子女理应也被认定为美国公民。但他的一个儿子在经过连日盘问后,依然被拒绝入境。另外三个儿子也经历了严苛的审讯,最终才获准进入美国
最小的那个孩子就是桑德拉和诺曼的父亲黄沃沾。1926年,年仅11岁左右的他获准入境美国。(如今,黄家后人与部分专家根据时间线推断,黄沃沾可能并非黄金德的儿子,而是他的孙子。)
诺曼说,尽管黄金德最终定居中国,黄沃沾却留在美国。诺曼·黄说,当时还是个孩子的他在美国中西部的远亲家安顿下来。和当时很多华人男孩一样,他注定要去打工,把钱寄回给家乡的亲人。
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后来他搬到旧金山,与竹内喜美子结婚,两人育有四个孩子,其中就包括诺曼和桑德拉。
1945年,他以詹姆斯·元·黄(James Yuen Wong)这个名字加入美国海军。桑德拉·黄回忆,几十年后,他仍会自豪地谈起自己的服役经历。。
但他也始终守着自己的华人根脉。桑德拉·黄记得,在加州里奥林达的家中,他曾在屋外悬挂中华人民共和国国旗。后来,他在香港娶了第二任妻子,又生了一个孩子。
如今,距离黄金德成功获得美国公民身份已经过去了近130年,他的部分后代与祖籍国的联结早已变得十分淡薄。
诺曼和桑德拉在旧金山长大,在家只说英语,在电视上看迪士尼电影和西部片。
他们不过任何中国传统节日,对当年的排华法案也只有模糊的认知。
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两人都读完了大学。诺曼就读于加州大学伯克利分校,毕业后从事过多种工作,其中包括木匠。桑德拉毕业于旧金山州立大学,从事市场营销相关工作。
他们从未怀疑过自己美国人的身份。他们也知道,这应该归功于谁。
“如果当年他没有为这份权利而抗争,”诺曼·黄说。“我可能根本不会来到这个世界上。”

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'We look at life differently' - the over-70s making their comedy debut

2 April 2026 at 05:56
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Marie McLaren says age is just a number

Marie McLaren is a latecomer to the stage - but she's in good company at her comedy class in Glasgow.

The 88-year-old has been learning the ropes of stand-up comedy from professional comedian Viv Gee over the last four weeks.

She is part of a group of over-50s who took part in the sessions, which will end with them taking the stage for live shows at The Social Hub Glasgow.

"The danger of doing comedy as an older person is that people might think you have lost it," Marie says.

"But in my opinion age is only a number."

Marie, from East Kilbride, was nominated for the class by her daughter.

'Age is just a number' in this comedy class

"I've always liked jokes and laughs and make a joke out of anything," she says.

"Nobody's interested in moaners, so it's quite nice to just make people laugh and enjoy life."

Retired journalism lecturer Ronnie Bergman says the class is an opportunity to try something new.

"You kind of disappear when you get older. You get on the bus and people ignore you," says the 74-year-old.

"I was getting too comfortable and in too much of a rut, but this is out of my comfort zone.

"I hate getting my photo taken and I'm disappointed by the sound of my own voice so this is uncomfortable - but I enjoy it."

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Ronnie Bergman says Billy Connolly is his comedy hero

Ronnie says the benefit of being an older comedian is that he has heard a lot more jokes.

As the class wraps up, he says he will be drawing on Billy Connolly as his comedy hero.

"He's an older comedian and he's still funny," Ronnie says.

Seventy-year-old Christine MacCormack believes her age helps to give her a difference perspective on comedy.

"We look at life differently because we born in a different time," she says.

"I'm just living my best life and I just want to enjoy the experience and my five minutes in the spotlight."

Viv Gee sitting at a table with a pen in her hand. She has long, light brown hair and is wearing a khaki hoodie.
Viv Gee is a Scottish Comedy Awards winner

The group took to the stage at the Social Hub for the first time on Wednesday in a show entitled The Old Ones are the Best, which has been organised in partnership with Age Scotland.

We watched as they ran through their material ahead of their debut performance.

With decades of life experience, the jokes run from the cradle to the grave - including a one-liner about being too old to buy a bag for life.

Health problems, family life and the habits of the younger generation have also provided a wealth of material.

But these are not your typical granddad jokes.

In one routine, 65-year-old Mitch Milmore buzzes around the stage wearing a pair of homemade bug-eyed goggles.

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Andy Burke finds his humour in his hometown

Meanwhile, 67-year-old Andy Burke finds his humour in his hometown.

"I come from a wee fishing village in Glasgow called Springburn," he tells the audience.

"It's got some lovely pubs up there - you go in laughing and come out in stitches."

He then launches into an expletive-laden set for the next five minutes before turning to tutor Viv for feedback.

"The great thing about comedy is anyone can do it," says the Scottish Comedy Awards winner.

"I can't teach them to be funny but I can teach them to be funnier."

Carol Kirkwood: Why the time is right for me to retire - and what's next

2 April 2026 at 08:42
BBC Outgoing BBC Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood smiles in a portrait taken to mark her departure from the BBC. She is wearing a light pink top.BBC
Kirkwood joined the BBC 28 years ago, when the weather was done very differently

At 2:45am, much of the country is fast asleep - but for nearly three decades that's when Carol Kirkwood's day has begun.

Now, after leaving the BBC this week, the early alarm is the first thing she's ready to leave behind - it's "well and truly going in the bin".

It marks the end of an era, not just for Kirkwood, but for millions of viewers who have watched her present the weather forecast.

She has been the main weather presenter on BBC Breakfast since 2010, having started her BBC presenting career on the news channel.

Reflecting on her 28 years at the corporation, she tells us the biggest privilege was presenting the weather out in the field because "you meet members of the public who are always so lovely and kind to me".

Although it's "impossible to pinpoint one standout moment", reporting from events such as the Wimbledon tennis championships and Chelsea Flower Show were some of her highlights.

"I've reported from so many beautiful places and visited a lot of the country that I might not otherwise have seen," she adds.

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Kirkwood has been a familar face for millions across the country

Kirkwood announced she would be retiring back in February, but now her final few days at the BBC have arrived it's been "really surreal and emotional" to say goodbye.

Last week, while she was reporting on the weather at the Tower of London, she was given a special gold poppy that "is incredibly rare and hardly anyone has one".

"I was so surprised by the kindness they showed me," she says. Earlier this week she was "left in tears" after RHS Garden Wisley renamed its weather station in honour of her.

"The thing is you just go to work to do your job - you don't realise how appreciated you are," she says.

"You don't expect people to come and tell you how good you are because you're just doing your job.

"It's fabulous but it makes it even harder to leave."

But the 63-year-old, from Morar on Scotland's west coast, will miss her colleagues above all else.

"I love the weather and I'm fascinated by it but it's undoubtedly the people that make a job and it's so sad saying goodbye to them because I've known so many of them for decades. I know we'll stay in touch but it won't be the same."

Carol Kirkwood and Pasha Kovalev on Strictly Come Dancing.
Kirkwood says competing on Strictly Come Dancing was one of the most enjoyable experiences of her career

On the flip side, without the 2:45am alarm, she "cannot wait to sit in the garden in the summer in the evening or go to the theatre without worrying about the lack of sleep I would get".

In a glittering career, Kirkwood has also reported for The One Show and competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, reaching week eight with her partner Pasha Kovalev.

She has repeatedly been named best TV weather presenter at the TV and Radio Industries Club Awards.

'I should get on with my retirement'

In 2023, Kirkwood married police officer Steve Randall and one of the main reasons she chose to retire was to spend more time with him.

She'd been considering it for about six months and discussing it regularly with Steve and she explains that they kept coming back to the simple question: what are we waiting for?

"I'm not getting any younger, I'm newly married and we've had some losses in our lives recently."

She didn't elaborate on what losses she had experienced but says it helped her realise "I should get on with my retirement and that's what I'm going to do".

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Kirkwood was surprised by her husband Steve on the BBC Breakfast sofa on her last day

She's most excited to go travelling and has already planned trips to France and Italy.

"The freedom of being able to get in the car, drive and go anywhere we want for as long as we want is really appealing," she adds.

She and Steve love walking and she feels acutely aware she'll be "turning 64 in May and we want to do this while we're fit and healthy".

As for her other hobbies, her sixth romance novel is out in October and she has committed to writing at least two more books after that. She also says she'd love to learn the guitar and get a couple of cats.

Carol Kirkwood in 2002, smiling with her arms crossed.
Kirkwood joined BBC News in the late 1990s as a weather presenter

When Kirkwood began forecasting in the 1990s, the job looked very different.

"We had little symbols of a sun and a cloud that would cover a whole area and that would be it," she explains. "Now we have 3D graphics that move across the area which is a lot clearer and easier to understand."

The weather has changed in almost three decades, too. "We used to have four definitive seasons and now they are such a muddle because of climate change."

She might be a pro at presenting the weather but it wasn't quite her dream job growing up, as she admits: "Not in a million years did I think I'd be doing this."

"When I was a child I wrote to Blue Peter producer Biddy Baxter because I wanted to be a presenter on the show as they always looked like they were having such good fun."

Her advice to anyone looking to pursue a similar career to her is to "always follow your dreams and put yourself out there".

"If you followed your dreams and they don't come true then at least you know you would have tried," she says.

Kirkwood's dreams did come true and now her dream retirement "can finally begin".

'We entered Race Across the World to honour dying wish'

2 April 2026 at 07:08
BBC Mark Blythen, in his 60s, who has short grey hair and is wearing a short sleeved blue shirt with a lobster pattern and a large orange backpack, stands next to Margo Oakley, who has short blonde hair, a red t-shirt and a large blue backpack. BBC
Mark Blythen and Margo Oakley had a "fractious" relationship for more than 40 years

When Margo Oakley, now 59, was introduced to her older sister's new boyfriend her first impressions of the "po-faced" and "judgey" young man were not great.

And for Mark Blythen, 67, his feelings about his girlfriend's "loud and wild" younger sibling were mutual.

But more than 40 years later the pair became the first set of in-laws to compete on Race Across the World - the BBC show that offers a £20,000 cash prize to the first of five duos to reach the finish line without the aid of phones, internet or air travel and with a limited budget.

They told the BBC the decision to enter the intense TV contest together followed the "last wishes" of Mark's wife and Margo's sister Julia, who died from the rare blood cancer myelofibrosis in 2022.

Mark, from London, met Julia, from Liverpool, while they were both students at Huddersfield Polytechnic, even though initially she was dating one of his flatmates.

"She hit him over the head with a brolly and then about three weeks later I went out with her," he said.

Mark revealed the one thing he and Margo agreed on in those early days was that Julia was "out of my league".

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Julia and Mark were together for about 40 years

"It took us 23 years to get married but as soon as I met Julia, she was the person I knew I wanted to be with," Mark said.

"She was gregarious, she was funny and she was just everything I wanted in someone, a partner."

His first introduction to Margo came during a weekend visit to Liverpool.

"He wasn't what I imagined her going out with," Margo said.

"He was quite po-faced about me and my friends. We were young, we were having fun. He seemed judgey."

"I was very judgey," Mark agreed.

The pair said they "rubbed along" over the years since then, with occasional "eruptions".

But Julia was "the glue that held us together", they said.

And one thing Margo never doubted was Mark's commitment to her sister.

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Mark said Margo (pictured right) would provide Julia (left) with fun and joy during her illness

"I have to say, he was a good husband. He was very, very devoted to her. He couldn't have been more," she said.

"I mean, in a way, and that's part of really the story of the race, in a way he put a lot of who he was aside just because he worshipped her so much."

After decades of not seeing eye-to-eye, Mark and Margo's relationship developed a new dimension in 2019 when Julia became ill.

She had a particularly aggressive form of the disease, and despite undergoing a stem-cell transplant, her condition deteriorated.

As Mark cared for his wife, he said he came to value Margo's visits for the impact they had on her mood.

"One of the things about caring for somebody is that it's very easy to just get lost and focus on caring for someone," he said.

"People that are being cared for, they need to have fun and Margo provided that fun. I think that's what kept Julia going for so long, that Margo would come down and raise her spirits."

Margo said she noticed the toll Julia's illness was taking on Mark.

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Mark said he did not realise how much of a toll caring for Julia during her illness had taken

"When he was caring for Julia, he didn't even know, realise how much it was taking from him," she said.

"We had different roles, but also as well, I knew Mark, like every carer, needed support."

While their relationship had been strengthening anyway, Julia explicitly told them she wanted them to remain close after she was gone.

"It was Julia's last wishes, and it was literally last wishes, that the friendship that Margo and myself had formed continued and we strengthened and we didn't lose it."

Margo said that while her sister had wanted their relationship to continue, how they went about it was an open question.

"You don't really have any blueprint for it, you know, it's an unusual relationship for all those years of friction," she said.

Both Mark and Margo said Julia was a big fan of Race Across the World, but "would never have gone on it" herself.

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Julia wanted Mark and Margo to maintain their newly forged bond after she died

The inspiration to apply hit Margo suddenly.

"I saw the race advertised and I just thought 'that really speaks to me'. I was looking for adventure because I have a lot on in my life in Liverpool because I care for my mum.

"As soon as I saw the race advertised, just something, I have no idea, spoke to me and said, ask Mark. A voice kind of told me, ask Mark...

"I didn't think twice. And very quickly I asked him and immediately he said 'yes'."

The pair did not want to reveal too much about what went on during filming to avoid spoilers - but said the "magical" journey towards the final destination - Mongolia - featured "real highs and really big lows".

"I don't think that's a spoiler to say, that's the nature of the race. Even the lows, there was absolute magic and alchemy in them," she said.

"Some of the lows, that's where the absolute gold is wasn't it?"

"You find the treasure at the bottom", Mark agreed.

Margo said she believed the excitement and joy in taking part in the race and the sadness of losing Julia would be relatable for people who have experienced loss.

"There's beauty in holding both those things, of sadness and joy of life and honouring her," she said.

The new series of Race Across the World begins at 21:00 BST on Thursday 2 April on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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阿尔忒弥斯2号启航,人类重返月球

2 April 2026 at 10:19

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周三傍晚,一枚高大的橙白相间NASA火箭从佛罗里达州发射升空,将四名宇航员送往太空,同时也把围观者的思绪带向美国人可能再次登月的未来。
正如当年阿波罗计划鼎盛时期一样(当时人类首次登上月球表面),围观者挤满了佛罗里达中部太空海岸的海滩。当这枚强大的运载火箭于美国东部时间下午6点35分冲入澄澈的暮色天空时,人群爆发出欢呼。火箭向东越过大西洋,执行一次绕月飞行但不登陆的任务。
此行搭载的飞船名为“诚信号”,上面有里德·怀斯曼、维克多·格洛弗、克里斯蒂娜·科赫和杰里米·汉森四名宇航员,预计他们将完成超过112万公里的往返旅程,为未来的进一步探索铺平道路,并最终实现新的登月任务。
这次任务名为“阿尔忒弥斯2号”,相当于21世纪的“阿波罗8号”——当年的宇航员弗兰克·博尔曼、詹姆斯·洛弗尔和威廉·安德斯曾吸引全世界的目光。1968年12月的发射是宇航员首次搭乘美国航天局强大的“土星五号”火箭进入太空。那次任务中,航天局并未进行绕地短途测试,而是直接将宇航员送往月球并返回,这是人类首次将另一个天体作为可抵达的目的地。
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与“阿波罗8号”一样,“阿尔忒弥斯2号”旨在检验飞船能否安全完成旅程,在预计约10天的往返飞行中保障宇航员的生命安全。按照计划,飞船将于4月10日在太平洋溅落,结束任务。
不同于当年的阿波罗宇航员全部为白人男性,这次任务创下多项“第一”:美国航天局的格洛弗将成为首位进入深空的黑人男性,科赫将成为首位进入深空的女性,而来自加拿大航天局的汉森则将成为首位参与登月任务的非美国人。美国航天局的怀斯曼担任“阿尔忒弥斯2号”任务的指令长。
20世纪60年代,美国航天局与苏联赛跑,力争抢先登月。这一次,美国航天局不想落后于中国的太空雄心——中国计划在2030年底前将宇航员送上月球。但此次目标并不是赢得短跑,而是要在月球表面建立持续的存在,在未来十年里打造一个前哨基地。
亿万富翁企业家贾里德·艾萨克曼于去年12月出任美国航天局局长后,宣布对“阿尔忒弥斯计划”进行重大调整,并重整了在去年因不确定性和裁员而受挫的队伍,将重点放在2028年底前再次实现登月。
关于“阿尔忒弥斯2号”任务,还有几点值得了解:
登舱就位:周三下午,火箭已加注推进剂,宇航员在发射前早早于舱内就位。气象预报显示,在长达两小时的发射窗口期内,有利天气条件的概率为80%。发射窗口从下午6点24分开启,为排除临阵故障或等待危险云层通过留出了缓冲余地。
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技术故障:过去曾使发射计划受阻的问题,如氢气和氦气泄漏,这次没有出现。但仍出现了其他问题。首先,航天局的工程师解决了火箭飞行终止系统的一个故障——如果飞行中载人舱被弹出,该系统会摧毁火箭。随后,在美东时间下午5点30分左右,航天局表示正在处理载人舱弹射系统一块电池的问题。了解NASA如何保障宇航员安全
此次发射创下多项“第一”:“阿尔忒弥斯2号”的宇航员创下多项纪录。飞行员格洛弗将成为首位绕月飞行的黑人男性,科赫将成为首位绕月飞行的女性,汉森则将成为首位完成此旅程的加拿大人。怀斯曼、格洛弗和科赫都曾在空间站工作,而汉森将是首次离开地球。了解此次宇航员的更多信息
火箭与飞船:宇航员将搭乘“太空发射系统”(SLS)进入太空。这枚火箭相当于阿波罗登月时期使用的“土星五号”。SLS约98米高,加注推进剂后重量约为2607吨。进入太空后,宇航员将与火箭分离,乘坐“猎户座”飞船前往月球,其内部空间大致相当于两辆小型面包车。了解更多
10天往返月球:“阿尔忒弥斯2号”的飞行轨道不同于以往任何一次登月任务,也可能不同于未来的任务。在进入太空后的最初几个小时里,宇航员将在距地球约6.9万公里的高度测试“猎户座”的各项系统,为绕月之旅做准备。宇航员预计将创下人类距离地球最远的纪录,超过1970年“阿波罗13号”任务中达到的距离——当时宇航员被迫中止任务返回地球。了解更多

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The Artemis II Toilet Had a Problem

2 April 2026 at 12:05
The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now).

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An Orion training module, an exact replica of the spacecraft that will take astronauts around the moon, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A compartment in the floor houses the only bathroom on board.

Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End DHS Shutdown

A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday. It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.

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The resurrected plan would omit money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the agencies carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Republicans said those agencies’ employees would continue to be paid out of funds that were pushed through Congress last year.

Judge Finds Border Officials Violated Previous Order on Warrantless Arrests

2 April 2026 at 09:54
A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.

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A day laborer in Bakersfield, Calif., in January. A federal judge found on Wednesday that border officials appeared to have violated her earlier order when agents carried out an immigration sweep last year in a Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento.

武汉多辆萝卜快跑出租车突然“宕机”,乘客被困

2 April 2026 at 09:40

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武汉多辆萝卜快跑出租车突然“宕机”,乘客被困

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2024年,中国武汉一辆绘有花卉图案的百度萝卜快跑网约车。这些车辆已成为武汉街头常见的景象。
2024年,中国武汉一辆绘有花卉图案的百度萝卜快跑网约车。这些车辆已成为武汉街头常见的景象。 Qilai Shen for The New York Times
全球规模最大的无人驾驶汽车实验项目之一遭遇了令人尴尬的挫折。周二晚间,中国武汉多辆自动驾驶出租车在道路车流中突然停下,导致车内乘客被困,部分车辆还阻挡了其他车辆通行。
中国中部特大城市武汉警方于周三通报,“陆续接到”报警,称自动驾驶汽车发生停驶。涉事车辆均来自中国大型互联网企业百度在武汉运营的大规模自动驾驶出行项目萝卜快跑。
警方表示,事故原因为未明确具体细节的“系统故障”,未披露受影响的车辆数量。百度在武汉已投放数百辆该类自动驾驶车辆,成为当地的常见景象
警方在通报中称:“公安交管、交通运输部门按照预案迅速调集力量赶到现场,会同萝卜快跑公司工作人员开展处置。”
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百度暂未立即就此作出回应。
美国自动驾驶出租车运营商Waymo去年12月在旧金山也曾发生过类似事件:当时一场持续数小时的停电事故导致当地的Waymo自动驾驶车辆纷纷靠边停车。按照常规程序设定,当自动驾驶出租车遇到完全无法识别的陌生场景时,会触发停车指令
而武汉此次事件中,中国社交媒体上流传的一段视频显示,一辆萝卜快跑车辆停在了宽阔快速路的最右侧最慢车道,而非应急车道,车内乘客被困,卡车从旁呼啸而过。社交媒体上的另外两张图片显示,另一辆萝卜快跑车辆停在高速公路中央,车左后角似乎被一辆橙色运动型多用途车撞击过,该车停在附近,右前角受损严重。
去年12月初,中国监管部门曾要求车企推迟销售具备多种自动驾驶功能的汽车的计划。当局这一举措的背景是此前一年的一起小米SU7交通事故,造成三名女大学生身亡。涉事车辆在以约每小时116公里的速度撞上混凝土施工护栏的前一秒,自动驾驶模式解除,系统要求驾驶员接管车辆。
今年7月,中国中央电视台报道称,针对20个品牌的36款智驾车型开展的测试显示,当车辆在夜间靠近施工现场遇到卡车时,仅有略低于半数的车辆能够实现安全避让。这份在国内互联网上广泛传播的报道显示,只有美国特斯拉公司的两款车型配备的辅助驾驶系统在各种安全情境下都表现可靠。
众多汽车行业分析师与企业高管认为,与电动汽车适配性最佳的自动驾驶技术或将成为汽车行业下一个重大技术突破。他们预计,未来数年,将有数亿车主选择将驾驶权交给计算机系统。
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自动驾驶技术的崛起可能会让欧美、东北亚地区那些仍主打燃油车销售的车企被时代抛下。燃油发动机对计算机驾驶指令的响应速度远慢于电动机,这也为燃油动力自动驾驶出租车的研发设计带来了极大难度。
中国在无人驾驶技术领域起步较晚,但在大规模落地测试的审批上节奏更快,同时对相关安全问题的报道实施审查。在美国,Waymo与特斯拉均在自动驾驶领域投入了巨额资金;备受市场关注的是,Waymo也已启动在伦敦投放自动驾驶出租车车队的项目。
去年8月,百度宣布将为美国网约车服务商Lyft供应自动驾驶出租车,计划于今年在德国和英国投入运营,相关计划尚待监管部门审批。中国自动驾驶企业魔门塔与网约车巨头优步于去年宣布,计划在欧洲开展小规模自动驾驶汽车试点项目。另一家中国企业文远知行已在阿布扎比、新加坡以及中国多个城市启动了无人驾驶车辆项目。
武汉此次事故发生的时间点对百度乃至中国而言都尤为尴尬:三周后,全球车企的数千名高管与工程师将齐聚北京,参加北京国际车展。随着中国政府推动国内外车企集中展示最新的电动汽车及其他前沿技术,该车展已成为全球首屈一指的汽车创新展示平台。

Siyi Zhao和Ruoxin Zhang对本文有研究贡献。

Keith Bradsher是《纽约时报》北京分社社长,此前曾任上海分社社长、香港分社社长、底特律分社社长,以及华盛顿记者。他在新冠疫情期间常驻中国进行报道。

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柬埔寨洗钱、电诈集团关键人物李雄被押解回中国

2 April 2026 at 09:09

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汇旺集团在柬埔寨金边的总部,摄于2025年。汇旺集团及其关联公司已为犯罪分子洗钱至少40亿美元。
汇旺集团在柬埔寨金边的总部,摄于2025年。汇旺集团及其关联公司已为犯罪分子洗钱至少40亿美元。 Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
周三,中国抓获了柬埔寨一家金融集团的负责人,该集团是一个全球洗钱网络的核心枢纽。这是中国对东南亚跨境有组织犯罪的最新一次震慑行动。
据中国官方媒体报道,这名男子名叫李雄,系中国公民,曾任汇旺集团董事长,涉嫌实施诈骗、掩饰隐瞒犯罪所得以及开设赌场等多项犯罪。报道称,他是在柬埔寨有关部门的协助下从该国首都金边引渡回国的。
中国此前曾不定期地打击东南亚的诈骗分子,也对那些通过提供洗钱等服务为这类犯罪提供便利的人采取过行动。这些犯罪分子从戒备森严的园区内,在相对安全的环境下,通过网络诈骗世界各地的受害者。许多诈骗者和受害者都是中国公民,其中一些人是被拐骗后被迫从事这一工作。
去年,《纽约时报》的一篇调查报道发现,汇旺集团旗下的公司运营着一个被网络诈骗分子及其他犯罪分子使用的全球洗钱网络
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中国有关部门认定,李雄的汇旺集团是太子集团的子公司,后者在去年受到美国制裁。美国联邦检察官指控其通过投资诈骗从受害者手中骗取了数十亿美元。太子集团董事长陈志已于今年1月从柬埔寨引渡至中国
周三,中国国家电视台播放的画面显示,在数名中国警察的押送下,李雄戴着手铐和头罩被带下飞机,随后警察为他摘下头罩以面对镜头。
中国公安部在一份简短声明中表示,“陈志犯罪集团已有多名骨干成员”陆续到案。
曾有一段时期,中国执法部门与柬埔寨同行的合作只抓获了一些外围成员,诈骗和洗钱产业得以完整保留。
汇旺集团和太子集团的头目尤其肆无忌惮,并享有柬埔寨政府的保护。陈志曾担任柬埔寨首相的顾问,而柬埔寨首相的一名亲属则在李雄旗下的一家公司担任董事。
最近的引渡行动表明,柬埔寨正在向北京的压力让步。
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中国外交部周三表示:“中方愿同包括柬埔寨在内的周边国家加大执法合作力度。”
美国政府去年除了制裁太子集团及其附属机构、子公司和关联方外,还从陈志的企业集团查获了近150亿美元的比特币,据美国司法部称,这是有史以来最大规模的查缴。美国检察官还对陈志提起了公诉,指控其涉嫌电信诈骗和合谋洗钱罪。
美国当局并未明确证实汇旺集团与太子集团之间存在关联,但特朗普政府去年已单独将汇旺列为洗钱机构黑名单,将其排除在美国金融体系之外。
直到不久前,汇旺仍是一个实力雄厚的企业集群,吸纳来自犯罪活动的资金,将其“洗白”,并以惊人的速度跨境转移资金。
该公司拥有合法业务——其二维码在柬埔寨随处可见,顾客在超市、餐馆和酒店中常用其进行结账。它还提供其他的银行和保险服务。
然而,其见不得人的一面才是主要的盈利来源。它的一家关联公司提供定制化洗钱服务,另一家则运营一个开放的线上交易平台,充当犯罪分子与洗钱者之间的撮合中介。
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根据美国财政部的数据,汇旺集团及其关联公司已为犯罪分子洗钱至少40亿美元,其中包括朝鲜黑客和东南亚诈骗团伙。实际数字可能更高——据分析公司Elliptic称,仅该在线平台在去年春天之前就促成了近270亿美元的交易,尽管其中部分交易可能是合法的。
去年12月,柬埔寨国家银行表示,在政府吊销营业执照后,汇旺已进入清算程序。

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The delicate question of where responsibility lies for safety on our mountains

2 April 2026 at 07:08
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Two walkers find themselves stranded on a remote hillside as night closes in, hundreds of miles from home, after being inspired out into the wilderness by a TikTok video. It might sound like an unusual emergency - but for Mike Park, CEO of Mountain Rescue England and Wales, it's become a familiar story.

"We had two people stuck on a hill at 8pm, no torches. One was in their early 20s and the other was late 30s. It was their first time on a hill. They'd travelled a long way because they'd seen a TikTok route. They set off on their walk at 2pm - too late - wearing shorts, T‑shirts and carrying only a picnic," he recalls.

"They got off‑route, found themselves in unfamiliar ground – but they did the right thing by calling for help."

Park says this recent rescue, just a few days ago in the Lake District, is typical of the kind of callouts many colleagues now see.

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Mike Park has spent the past 40 years rescuing people on the hills of the Lake District

His rescue team were able to safely find the pair and walk them off the hill – but the incident perfectly captures some changing behaviours. Their situation was self-inflicted; they weren't prepared and got into trouble, extra layers and some good torches could have seen them rescue themselves - but they were also quick to call for help when they knew something was wrong - a decision Park says saved them from far more severe consequences.

"If we hadn't reached them, they'd have been stuck all night in the dark. By morning, I'm confident they'd be suffering hypothermia - possibly unable to walk."

Over the past few years, mountain rescue teams say there's been a stark rise in the number of people needing to be rescued.

This has ignited a delicate but important debate. Who is responsible for safety on our mountains? And, are increased warning signs and even barriers the answer to saving lives in our most dangerous landscapes, or is risk the price we pay for true adventure?

The rise in callouts

Mountain rescue callouts have been steadily rising for decades. Sport England figures suggest there's been a particular boom in recent years, with the number of us regularly climbing a hill or mountain rising from 2.8m people in 2018 to 3.6m in 2024.

Living an active lifestyle is something the public body estimates could be saving the NHS billions each year, by reducing the number of people developing chronic conditions.

However, it's also contributed to sharp rises in the number of rescues required by the volunteers who make up the UK's so-called "fourth emergency service".

In England and Wales, the number of callouts rescue teams attend has doubled in the past decade, reaching well over 3,000 a year by 2024, according to Mountain Rescue England and Wales.

So what's changed?

One of the key themes rescue teams pick up on is how incidents featuring younger adventurers, aged 18 to 24, have soared in recent years. Callouts for the age group almost doubled in England and Wales between 2019 and 2024, from 166 to 314.

It now makes them the most rescued age group, overtaking walkers in their 50s who had previously needed the most help.

Mike Park has spent the past 40 years on the hills of the Lake District, rescuing those in danger. He has observed a significant shift among younger people in embracing the outdoors - but says he believes better technology and wider social changes in the past few decades have also fed into the overall rise.

"It doesn't matter what age you are - society is more adventurous, more reliant on help, less outdoor‑aware, and less prepared," he says.

"When I first started our team did 10-15 callouts a year. We average around 100 now. The rise hasn't been steady - it's steepened sharply, especially in the last 10 years and after Covid-19."

Park believes part of what makes the mountains of the UK so attractive is that most can be easily accessed for a day-trip - at worst a short weekend break. They are on our doorstep, via the same motorways and service stations we might stop at on our way to a theme park or music gig.

This can breed a sense of overfamiliarity - with some misjudging just how alien and dangerous these environments can be, he suggests.

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Park believes part of what makes the mountains of the UK so attractive is that most can be easily accessed for a day-trip

Park says decades ago, many people who went into the UK's mountains would have it as their sole major pastime, they were "hillwalkers or mountaineers, that was it". Now, outdoor adventures are easy to pick up alongside the many other work and leisure activities people juggle.

"There's so much to do now, we don't concentrate on any one thing. People might do the outdoor environment one week, swimming the next, holiday the week after," he says.

Rescuers say it should be seen as only good news that millions of people are now inspired each year to venture into the outdoors themselves, encouraged by stories of the physical and mental health benefits - and beautiful images spread across social media.

But the reality of having so many novices is also starting to take its toll on some of the UK's busiest rescue teams, who are increasingly grappling with exhaustion and stretched staffing.

It's important to note that no rescue team we spoke to begrudge doing these kinds of rescues - they are grateful they can help those who need it and avoid the situation getting any worse. It doesn't matter how you got there, just that they can help you get down safely.

But according to Park, the fact people are seemingly more willing to take risks in the first place - and then more willing to pick up the phone when things go wrong - has fundamentally changed what kind of rescues his teams do.

"Ten years ago, 70% of callouts were because someone physically couldn't get off a hill," he says.

"Now, most people haven't physically injured themselves - it's that they're mentally unable to get down, because they weren't prepared for the environment."

In other words, people's bodies are capable of getting them off the mountains, but they lack the experience, confidence or equipment to do it safely.

Online influencers

Many mountain rescuers believe the increase in online influencers is playing a role. There are pictures and videos across sites like TikTok and Instagram encouraging people to venture out to beautiful plateaus and waterfalls.

Seeing people influenced by social media "used to be rare, but now it's constant," explains Martin McMullan, from the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team in Northern Ireland.

"People search out iconic locations made popular by influencers. Some go just to experience it - others are trying to create their own content for their platforms."

BBC/ Getty Images Martin McMullan on the left and on the right is an image of a man walking in the Mourne mountains in Northern Ireland
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Martin McMullan says: "People search out iconic locations made popular by influencers"

In some rare cases, McMullan says influencers may even be attempting to get rescued - to create more interesting content for their channels. He became suspicious of one case a few years ago, when his team was called to Northern Ireland's highest peak in "very serious" sub-zero winter conditions.

At the summit McMullan says they found a group of young people who they escorted part of the way down, before calling in a helicopter to evacuate them to safety. It was only days later, when a friend alerted him to it, that McMullan realised the whole thing had been filmed by the group, clutching onto their phones as they were rescued.

"They'd been livestreaming parts of it - even when things became dangerous. We were oblivious to it at the time. They probably thought it made great social media content."

McMullen says although being far from the first time he'd had a rescue filmed by members of the public keen to capture the drama of the job, it was the first time his team suspected a group had gone out with the idea of getting rescued, something they denied.

Hotspots

The vast majority of mountain rescue teams, thankfully, rarely find themselves called out to a death. But the spread is far from even and there are certainly hotspots.

The rescue team covering Yr Wydffa, Snowdon, is far and away the busiest in the UK. The team is often called to fatal incidents and has seen a rise in deaths. Across north Wales, there were 14 fatalities in the mountains back in 2015. Last year there were 23.

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The rescue team covering Yr Wydffa, Snowdon, is the busiest in the UK

So-called body recovery callouts can have a significant impact on the rescuers, with a growing importance being placed on welfare checks and support for the teams who regularly battle the elements to retrieve bodies so they can be returned to their loved ones.

There have been suggestions that putting up physical warning signs, or even fencing, on some of the UK's most dangerous ridges and waterfalls could potentially save lives. The National Trust and conservation project, Fix the Fells, recently decided signs were needed to prevent accidents on England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike.

Over eight years, four people died and more than 40 were rescued from the treacherous ravine known as Piers Gill, before a sign and large rocks were placed on the nearby route to encourage people away from the area.

In mid-Wales, one assistant coroner has recommended multiple times that signs be put up around some of the region's impressive waterfalls. Five people have died at the beauty spots in the past few years, which has prompted the assistant coroner for south Wales central, Rachel Knight, to write three Prevention of Future Death Reports - recommending improvements.

In the most recent one, she argued clearer warning signs were needed for walkers who risked falling from the paths above the waterfalls – suggesting without them, many would fail to understand "the significant risks they face" in the area and more people were likely to die.

So could putting up signs work in other remote areas?

Andy Buchan is due to take over Mike Park's role at Mountain Rescue England and Wales in May.

In some of the most extreme areas, like Crib Goch, a notorious knife edge ridge in north Wales with annual fatalities, Buchan says some ideas should be considered.

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Andy Buchan, the incoming CEO of England and Wales Mountain Rescue

"I won't call it signposting in terms of actually putting signs up on the mountain, but certainly signposting towards more information could really help."

Buchan suggests that in rescue hotspots such as Crib Goch, which does already have some warnings placed on the route, more could be done to help walkers access weather forecasts and safety information before they get to an area - potentially by placing additional signs or QR codes in car parks hikers are likely to use before heading out.

However, what Buchan and others I speak to really don't want to see - despite some potential benefits - is the same widespread canvassing of signs and fencing witnessed in other countries.

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Buchan does not want to see the same widespread canvassing of signs and fencing witnessed in other countries

"There are other parts of the world that I've travelled, like the US, where you can get to remote places and then all of a sudden, when you want to go and have a look at the view over the cliff, there's a big metal barrier around and there's concrete being put in place and it kind of destroys the remoteness of the location that you're in," Buchan explains.

'The mountain isn't going anywhere'

In preparing for the role, Buchan has had plenty of time to think about the current challenges, but is overwhelmingly positive about seeing more people out on the hills.

"We encourage people to get outside for their physical and mental wellbeing," he says. "People recognise the countryside is a cost‑effective way to have great experiences. It's great - but it does come with risk."

Universal Images Group via Getty Images View to Crib Goch and the Pyg Track with Llyn Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw from Snowdon summit, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
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Buchan suggests that in rescue hotspots more could be done to help walkers access weather forecasts and safety information

The story of Jack Carne is testament to that. Jack and his two best friends had travelled a few hours from their hometown of Barnsley to reach the mountains of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, in north Wales. Inspired, after the Covid-19 lockdowns, by the freedom the mountains offered them, the trio in their 20s had been out hiking at every possible opportunity. They were committed, fit and experienced - but on this occasion, just "10 metres from the top" of Glyder Fawr, a peak thousands of feet up, everything went wrong.

A rock Jack had grabbed hold of broke away in his hands. His friends could do nothing as they watched him fall. In just an instant he was gone - disappearing out of sight beneath them. Three friends went up the mountain that day. Only two came back.

It was the starkest reminder possible about the unpredictability and the dangers lurking just beneath the surface of the UK's most picturesque landscapes – even for those who come prepared.

Left to right - Jack, Matty and Brandan on one of their trips
Jack Carne (left) and his two best friends Matty and Brandan

At the inquest into Jack's death, the coroner remarked how the young men were all well-equipped and experienced enough for the route they'd chosen.

"It was a scramble - nothing harder than anything we'd done before," Matty Belcher, one of those three friends, told me. "In fact it was easier than a lot of stuff we'd done," added the 27-year-old.

"Mountain Rescue said the boulder that actually took Jack was a freak accident," adds Brandan Smith, 25, the group's third member.

"That rock could have gone in a week's time, a year's time."

One week after Jack's death, Brandan and Matty were back at the same peak - this time making it the additional 10m to the summit, where they had time to reflect alongside Jack's dad, who they'd brought with them.

"Jack's dad wanted to see it - put his mind at ease, instead of guessing what happened," explains Matty.

For Brandan and Matty, it was a key moment - that inspired them to keep adventuring and not give up on the beauty of our landscape, despite the risks.

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Brandan says Jack "was probably the best of us at climbing – he was brilliant"

"Jack was the one who absolutely loved it the most out of us," says Brandan. "He was probably the best of us at climbing - he was brilliant - he always pushed me, believed I could do it even when I didn't.

"If we'd stopped going out after he died, Jack would've kicked us for it."

The key thing, both men say, is for those looking to adventure, to always be aware of the risks.

"For us, if someone isn't feeling safe, we turn back. No question. There's always another day," says Brandan. "It's always going to be there - the mountain isn't going anywhere."

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Doctors lose new jobs package as strike to go ahead

2 April 2026 at 07:29
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The government has withdrawn an offer of creating 1,000 more doctor training posts in England after the British Medical Association (BMA) refused to call off a six-day strike next week.

The extra posts were part of a wider package of measures put forward by ministers earlier this year to resolve the long-running dispute with resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer set a 48-hour deadline on Tuesday evening for the walkout to be cancelled if the union wanted to keep them.

The strike was called last week when talks between the two sides over pay and job shortages broke down.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said doctors had been offered a "generous deal", but said it was now not possible to give the go-ahead on the training posts.

"These posts would have gone live this month, but as systems now need to prepare for strikes and more uncertainty, it simply won't be operationally or financially possible to launch these posts in time to recruit for this year."

The government said the move would not impact the overall number of doctors in the NHS as the posts were going to be created from existing short-term posts. Resident doctors fill these when they cannot get official training posts.

Dr Jack Fletcher, BMA resident doctor committee chair, said the announcement was "extremely disappointing".

"It is genuinely disheartening to be at this point after what had been constructive talks up until a few weeks ago when the government moved the goalposts.

"It is simply wrong that the development of the doctors of the future is being used as a pawn like this.

"We have consistently maintained that we are willing to postpone industrial action should a genuinely credible offer be provided."

Alongside the extra training posts, the government had offered to cover some out-of-pocket expenses such as exam fees as well as ensuring faster pay progression.

But the BMA ended the talks saying the deal - and in particular its pay progression element - had been watered-down at the last minute.

It also coincided with the government accepting the recommendations of the independent pay review body that all doctors, including resident doctors, should get a 3.5% pay rise from this month.

The BMA called it a "crushing blow", pointing out that inflation was set to rise because of the Iran war.

While the pay rise means resident doctor pay has risen by a third over the past four years, the BMA argues it is still a fifth lower than it was in 2008 once inflation is taken into account.

The union uses a measure of inflation - RPI - that is higher than others. It says it does this because the government uses that measure of inflation when adding interest to student loans.

The training posts that were offered are the ones doctors move into after the first two years of training. This is the point at which they specialise in areas such as general practice or surgery.

Last summer there were 30,000 applicants for around 10,000 jobs, although some of those were doctors applying from abroad.

Next week's walkout, which begins at 07:00 BST on Tuesday, will be the joint longest since the dispute began - only once before have resident doctors taken part in a six-day walkout.

It's the 15th walkout since the long-running dispute started in March 2023.

Resident doctors make up nearly half of medics working in the NHS - two thirds of them are BMA members.

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