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欧盟正寻求与美国及其他七国集团（G7）伙伴协调行动，以应对中国近期加强的稀土出口管控。欧盟官员周二(10月14日）警告，中国有关措施已对欧洲产业造成冲击，并可能引发更广泛的供应链风险。欧盟官员预计下周初或将与中国商务部长直接对话，寻求解决方案。
作为全球最大的稀土生产国，中国于上周进一步扩大出口限制范围，将更多元素及精炼技术纳入管控名单，并对半导体企业实施额外审查。北京此项措施出台之际，恰逢美国总统特朗普与中国国家主席习近平即将再韩国举行会晤。
综合路透社及法新社消息，欧盟贸易委员谢夫乔维奇（Maros Sefcovic）周二在丹麦出席欧盟部长级会议时表示，这些措施“毫无正当理由”，并称其为“极其令人担忧的问题”。
谢夫乔维奇表示，欧盟正在与G7伙伴保持“密切接触”，包括与美国商务部长鲁特尼克（Howard Lutnick）进行磋商，双方已建议在首次讨论后“尽快举行G7视频会议”。他透露，下周初或将与中国商务部长直接对话，寻求解决方案。
丹麦外交部长拉斯穆森（Lars Rasmussen）则强调，欧盟必须展现团结与强硬立场，“作为全球最大的贸易集团，欧盟有责任发声并采取行动”。他补充说：“我们也要务实——在这一问题上，美国是我们的天然伙伴。只有团结一致，才能更有效地促使中国采取公平做法。”
美国总统特朗普对中方举措的初步回应是威胁征收100%关税，导致华尔街市场短暂震荡。对此，拉斯穆森表示，他并不支持以关税作为回应手段，而倾向于“与北京进行坦诚而开放的对话”。
谢夫乔维奇还透露，G7国家正研究多种应对方案，其中包括通过合作项目拓展关键矿产的开采与加工渠道，以降低对中国供应的依赖。他表示，“这些项目需要时间推进，但中国的最新信号表明，我们必须加快行动。”
谢夫乔维奇并补充说，中国要求欧洲企业在申请购买稀土时，必须提供详细的生产工艺资料，甚至包括“整条生产线的照片”和“完整供应链信息”，这种要求“显然过分”。
自今年4月以来，中国已对部分稀土出口实施许可制度，引发汽车、能源、半导体等行业的供应紧张。尽管此前通过欧美间的谈判一度缓解了供需压力，但新一轮限制再次加剧全球紧张情绪。
稀土被广泛应用于数字技术、汽车制造、清洁能源及国防工业，是全球战略性关键原材料。欧盟强调，如此重要的供应链不应成为地缘政治施压的工具，并呼吁以G7为核心的协调机制共同应对这一挑战。
BBCThe US has struck another vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump has said.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics."
This is the fifth strike of its kind by the Trump administration on a boat accused of trafficking drugs on international waters since September. In total, 27 people have been reported killed, but the US has not provided evidence or details about identities of the vessels or those on board them.
Some lawyers have accused the US of breaching international law, and neighbouring nations like Colombia and Venezuela have condemned the strikes.
In his Truth Social post, Trump said "intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known" route for smuggling.
He also posted an aerial surveillance video showing a small boat on water that is struck by a missile and explodes.
Trump did not specify the nationality of those on board, or what drug smuggling organisation they are suspected of belonging to. He added that no US military personnel were injured.
The strike comes after a recent leaked memo sent to Congress, and reported on by US media, that said the administration determined the US was in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels.
The US has positioned its strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels as self-defence, despite many lawyers questioning their legality.
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Getty ImagesTwo French nationals have been handed lengthy prison sentences by a court in Iran after being convicted of espionage, Iranian state media reports.
The reports do not name the defendants but they are believed to be Cecile Kohler, 40, and her partner Jacques Paris, 72, the only French nationals being held in Iran. They were arrested in May 2022 during a tourist trip.
The pair have been found guilty of spying on behalf of both France and Israel, the reports say.
The announcement comes more than a month after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a deal to exchange French detainees for an Iranian woman held in France was nearly complete.
Iran has previously said Kohler and Paris could be released as part of that agreement.
Another French tourist, Olivier Grondeau, 34, was released by Iran earlier this year after being handed a five-year prison sentence for "conspiracy against the Islamic republic".
Iran's judicial news agency Mizan said one of the defendants was sentenced to six years in prison for spying for France, five years for conspiracy against national security and 20 years in exile for "intelligence co-operation" with Israel.
The other was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for France, five years for conspiring against national security and 20 years in exile for being complicit in intelligence co-operation with Israel.
Under Iranian law, jail sentences run concurrently. It is unclear what "exile" entails, though in other instances convicts have been sent to remote areas.
Mizan reports that their pre-trial detention would be deducted from their sentences and that the verdict could be contested within 20 days.
France has accused Iran of holding Kohler and Paris arbitrarily and keeping them in conditions akin to torture. Iran denies the claims.
Human rights groups say tourists and dual nationals are often held for leverage in diplomatic negotiations, released only when Iran gets something in return.
The release of British-Iranian nationals Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori in 2022, after years in detention, came after months of negotiation that saw the UK settle a debt of nearly £400m dating from the 1970s.
Kohler and Paris were touted as exchangeable for Mahdieh Esfandiari, who has been held in France since February on charges of promoting terrorism on social media. Iran has repeatedly called her detention arbitrary.
Iran is thought to currently hold around 20 Europeans in detention, according to news agency AFP.
These include British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who were detained in January while travelling through Iran on a motorcycling world tour and later charged with espionage.
Their family maintains they are innocent and are being held in "horrific conditions".
Last week, 18-year-old French-German cyclist Lennart Monterlos was released after an Iranian court acquitted him of espionage charges.
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BBCThe US has struck another vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump has said.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics."
This is the fifth strike of its kind by the Trump administration on a boat accused of trafficking drugs on international waters since September. In total, 27 people have been reported killed, but the US has not provided evidence or details about identities of the vessels or those on board them.
Some lawyers have accused the US of breaching international law, and neighbouring nations like Colombia and Venezuela have condemned the strikes.
In his Truth Social post, Trump said "intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known" route for smuggling.
He also posted an aerial surveillance video showing a small boat on water that is struck by a missile and explodes.
Trump did not specify the nationality of those on board, or what drug smuggling organisation they are suspected of belonging to. He added that no US military personnel were injured.
The strike comes after a recent leaked memo sent to Congress, and reported on by US media, that said the administration determined the US was in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels.
The US has positioned its strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels as self-defence, despite many lawyers questioning their legality.
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An elite military unit said it had taken power in Madagascar on Tuesday, after the country’s parliament impeached president Andry Rajoelina after weeks of anti-government protests.
Rajoelina, who said on Monday in a Facebook Live video that he had gone into hiding after attempts to kill him, had refused demands to step down, but the demonstrators won the backing of the influential Capsat unit at the weekend.
On Tuesday, the presidency posted a statement saying there had been an “attempted coup d’état”.
It continued: “The president of the republic remains fully in office and is ensuring the maintenance of constitutional order and national stability.”
Rajoelina has not been seen in public in Madagascar for several days. He reportedly fled the Indian Ocean island on a French military aircraft on Sunday night, after the Capsat military unit said on Saturday that it would not shoot at protesters.
While no order for the military to shoot civilians had been made public, the gendarmerie, a police force controlled by the Ministry of Defence, killed demonstrators during the early days of youth-led protests that began on 25 September.
The marches started in protest against water and electricity outages and quickly grew to calling for radical political reform and the president’s resignation.
Col Michael Randrianirina, the leader of Capsat, which is short for Corps d’administration des personnels et des services administratifs et techniques, told reporters at a government building in the capital Antananarivo on Tuesday that the military would form a council of officers from the army, gendarmerie military police and police, while a prime minister would be appointed to “quickly” form a civilian government.
Randrianirina said in the statement: “Perhaps in time [the council] will include senior civilian advisers. It is this committee that will carry out the work of the presidency … At the same time, after a few days, we will set up a civilian government.”
“We have taken power,” Randrianirina told Agence-France Presse, after reading out the statement.
Minutes earlier, the lower house of parliament had voted to impeach Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The official presidency Facebook account posted a statement saying that the parliamentary session was “devoid of any legal basis”. The president had dissolved parliament just hours before in a bid to rescue his position.
Capsat’s coup marked a dramatic fall from grace for Rajoelina, a 51-year-old former DJ who was himself brought to power by the military regiment, a unit that controls military logistics, in 2009, after street protests against the high cost of living and Rajoelina’s dismissal as mayor of Antananarivo by his predecessor as president, Marc Ravalomanana.
Rajoelina was initially president until 2014. He returned to power in 2019 and was re-elected in 2023, in a vote marred by allegations of rigging.
Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of just $545 last year, according to World Bank data. The island is rich in natural resources, including vanilla and precious gems, which campaigners say have been exploited by officials and corrupt businesspeople. The country ranked 140 out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2024 corruption perceptions index.
The United Nations said 22 people were killed in the first few days of the protest by security forces and during violence and looting by “individuals and gangs not associated with the protesters”. Rajoelina initially denied anyone had been killed, then said that 12 “looters and vandals” had died.
The protests were coordinated at first by Gen Z Madagascar, a leaderless group of young people. They use Discord and Signal privately, while posting publicly on Instagram and Facebook.
On Saturday, Capsat said it would not fire at protesters and called on other parts of the military to join forces with it. That afternoon, Capsat soldiers drove out of their barracks in southern Antananarivo, accompanied by thousands of cheering protesters, to the symbolic 13 May Square outside city hall.
On Sunday, Capsat said it was taking control of the military and appointed a new leader of the armed forces. The gendarmerie also fell in line, saying there had been “faults and excesses” in its response to the protests.
Also on Sunday, Gen Demosthene Pikulas, the head of Capsat, was installed as chief of the army staff during a ceremony at the army headquarters attended by armed forces minister Manantsoa Deramasinjaka Rakotoarivelo. “I give him my blessing,” the minister said of Pikulas.
Pikulas said to journalists after the ceremony that events in Madagascar had been “unpredictable”, adding: “The army has a responsibility to restore calm and peace throughout Madagascar.”
The Gen Z Madagascar movement celebrated the coup on Tuesday. “It’s a great day to be alive!!” it posted on its Instagram stories, followed by videos of people celebrating.
“I’m happy personally, because for now the army has been with us, the people, and it knows what we want and that’s what they’re doing right now,” said an 18-year-old activist who helps to run the Gen Z Madagascar social media accounts.
He continued: “So the president is calling it a coup, but he’s the one that left the country. He’s the one that came to power with a coup as well, so it’s very hypocritical.”
However, a fellow activist said he was “50:50” about the military’s intervention. “It was a must, because as you know, Madagascar was a very corrupt system and I’m happy that this is finally the end of this corrupt system,” he said.
“But … I don’t really know what intentions the military group have, so I prefer to stay on my guard and see what they want to do and what they are going to do.”
Jean-Luc Raharimanana, 58, a Malagasy novelist and playwright, also celebrated Rajoelina’s overthrow: “It’s a utopia in progress. I truly hope the result lives up to this magnificent struggle.”
Agence-France Presse contributed to this report
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文｜南方周末记者 陈佳慧 吴小飞
南方周末实习生 李佳彤 李佳珩 潘奕忻
责任编辑｜何海宁
2025年10月13日凌晨3时18分，成都市天府大道发生一起交通事故，一辆小米SU7追尾一辆轿车后，撞上道路中央花坛后，冲进对向车道，起火燃烧。
当天，成都市公安局交通管理局发布警情通报，31岁的涉事司机邓某某已死亡，涉事两车不同程度受损。经检测，邓某某涉嫌酒后驾驶机动车。目前事故正在进一步调查。
事故发生后，现场多名路人加入救援，手拉车门、肘击、脚踹，均无法打开车门救援。10月13日下午，南方周末记者就事故中车门无法打开一事致电小米汽车客服。客服表示已如实记录问题，如有受访意向会另行回复。截至发稿，小米汽车尚未回应。
30岁的李旭（化名）目击了全过程。那时他刚下夜班，驾车回家。这条路他每天都走，双向八车道，路面平直，没有弯道。他看到那辆车从前方驶过，速度很快。李旭后来在现场听到交警称，事故发生前，涉事车辆车速可能达到150公里/小时，而事发路段限速为80公里/小时。
数秒后，李旭听到两次撞击声：一次追尾，一次撞到花坛。同时，他看到那辆车飞过路中间的花坛，当他驶到事故地点时，涉事车辆已停在对向车道。
袁华楷正好行驶在对向车道。那时路上车辆不多，突然前方出现一个黑影，他仔细看是一辆失控的车。当时他距离事故车辆还有一两百米，尚未看到明显的火光。
袁华楷拿起手机，准备拍下这起车祸视频发给朋友，却没想到刚按下录制键，车辆就在他面前起火了。根据袁华楷拍摄的视频，火势凶猛，车辆右后方火势较大。因距离较近，袁华楷听到了他认为是“电磁起爆的声音”，“声音特别大，很吓人，我整个人都蒙了，反应不过来，很恐怖”。
向前行驶三十米左右，袁华楷把车停在路边，他的第一反应是报警。因为过于紧张，第一次拨号时只按了“11”，“0”还未按到就已拨出。根据他的手机记录，报警时间是凌晨3点20分。
报警后，袁华楷向起火车辆跑去。等他跑到跟前时，车窗边已经有人在施救。一位体型较壮的男子正用手敲玻璃，嘴里喊着“醒醒，醒醒”，另一位瘦高男子在用脚踹门。袁华楷对他们说：“这样打不开。”
他转身去喊人：“谁手上有扳手？什么工具拿过来。”几秒钟后，有人从对向车道递来一把扳手。
一位男子接过扳手，继续砸窗。两下之后，驾驶座一侧的车窗被砸开，但只碎了右半边的玻璃。随即，另一位年轻男子把胳膊伸进车内，尝试从里面开门，持续了两三秒钟，门始终没有反应。“拉不开，真的拉不开。”袁华楷听到他喊。
火势又大了，这次从驾驶座方向往外蹿。那位年轻男子连忙把胳膊抽出，动作太急，右手被碎裂的玻璃划伤了几处。袁华楷并不认识他，两人都是路过的司机。“他挺勇敢的。”袁华楷说，“那车的电池就在底下烧着。”
这时，有人从对向车道递来一罐绿色的泡沫灭火器。袁华楷上前接过，正好110和120的电话不断打来，灭火器被另一位男子接过去，对着车体喷射。“要是能把明火压一压，也许还能再试试开车门。”袁华楷说。
那罐灭火器可能来自李旭的车上。他平时随车携带，听到有人在找灭火器，便从车里取出递了过去。隔着花坛相距二三十米远，李旭看到那团从灭火器喷出的白雾融进火光，只觉得“作用不大”。
灭火器喷了数十秒，左侧车身的火势一度减弱。但很快，车底再次传出更激烈的爆炸声。爆炸瞬间，袁华楷感觉地面明显震动，一股气流冲过来。所有人几乎在同一时间后退，火势顺势向上蹿起，他们被迫撤离。
“那时候我们已经确认，司机救不了了，真的救不了了。”袁华楷感到手脚发麻，在破窗之前，他曾透过车窗看到车内浓烟翻滚，确认驾驶室里有人，但无法判断对方的状态。喊了几声，都没有回应。从开始救援，到无法靠近，袁华楷说“没到两分钟”。
两三分钟后，消防人员赶到。
消防员灭火时，袁华楷离开了。他说，现场焦糊味太重，空气里混着电池燃烧的气味，还有橡胶、塑料的味道，身上都沾满那种糊味。地面上也冲出很多碎屑，塑料的、金属的。“实在看不下去了。”他说。
那一夜，他几乎没睡，脑子里反复闪回救援画面。“那个伸手去开车门的小伙子更难受。”袁华楷说，在消防员灭火时，那位年轻人的情绪彻底失控，“哭得稀里哗啦”。袁华楷猜测，年轻人痛哭的原因可能是无力感，眼看着人在车里，却怎么也打不开门。
对消防员来说，这个车门也很难打开。李旭记得，包括消防指挥车在内，当晚一共来了七辆消防车。灭火持续了二十多分钟，火灭了又燃，燃了又灭。消防员一边扑火，一边尝试破门。李旭看到他们拿着撬棍去撬车门，撬了很久，却没能打开。随后消防员用切割机才把车门打开。那时，驾驶座的司机已无生命迹象。
火势被完全扑灭后，李旭发现，事故车的前半部分还算完整，车标依然清晰，但从前挡风玻璃到后座几乎被烧空，只剩车架。
直到现场处理完毕，李旭才离开，当时已是凌晨4点40分，他在现场待了接近一个半小时。
事故车辆灭火现场。
近两年，多起电动车事故中出现“车门打不开”的情况。
2024年4月，山西省侯平高速路段一辆电动车追尾道路养护车，随后起火，造成司乘三人死亡，事故车辆车门打不开，引发关注。2024年5月，山东省淄博市一辆电动车撞上路中央防护栏后起火，被困人员随后由路人用撬棍和小刀救出。2025年3月，安徽省铜陵市也发生类似事故，三人身亡，同样车门打不开。
电动车在发生事故时，门把手打不开有多种原因。“比如一些电动车门把手被设计成电控开关，有电的时候才能打开，一旦断电车门就无法打开；再比如车辆边框或者核心零部件在撞击后发生重大损伤、机械锁止装置损坏等情况，都会打不开车门。”一家车企的资深汽车工程师告诉南方周末记者。
一名小米SU7车主告诉南方周末记者，该车型门把手是半隐藏式，电控开关，在车辆断电的情况下，驾驶舱可以通过内置的机械拉手打开车门，但是车外无法通过机械方式打开车门。
“一旦发生断电，在驾驶舱人员无法开锁自救的情况下，外部救援无法通过直接拉开车门施救。平时或许没啥大影响，但对于逃生救援来说会比较重要。”前述工程师分析。
这位工程师介绍，电动车的隐藏式门把手和传统门把手的区别，可以简单理解为家用门锁里的电子锁和机械锁，两者的锁芯都是机械锁，不过隐藏式门把手需要电子系统先把门把手推开才能开门，比传统门把手多了一个前序步骤。
电控门把手在救援方面的潜在隐患，已引发职能部门重视。2025年9月下旬，工业和信息化部就《汽车车门把手安全技术要求》强制性国家标准公开征求意见，对车门内外把手均提出明确要求，强调必须配备机械释放装置，以便应急开门；即便是电控车门，也需保留机械门把手以策安全。
具体要求为，每个车门应配置具备机械释放功能的车门外把手，系统的设计应满足在锁止装置处于锁止状态时，发生不可逆约束装置展开或动力电池热事件等事故后，非碰撞侧车门应能在不借助工具的情况下，通过车门外把手开启车门。
对于车门内把手方面，也要求每个车门应配置具备机械释放功能的车门内把手，应能在不借助外部工具的情况下，通过具备机械释放功能的车门内把手释放门锁并开启车门。若装备电动式车门内把手，应同时配备具有机械释放功能的车门内把手。
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