© Carlos Barria/Reuters
泰国一名省级官员周四向法新社透露，缅甸最大网络诈骗中心之一遭军方突袭后，超过600人逃离该中心并于周四早晨越境进入泰国。
据法新社介绍，这些人将接受审查，泰国“移民警察和军事部队合作向这些人提供了人道主义援助（...）。”
周一，缅甸军政府已对KK电诈园区进行了突击搜查，缴获了30台星链（Starlink）接收器，周三有数百人被看到徒步、骑摩托车或乘坐货车逃离。
法新社记者周四上午看到，100多人带着背包和行李箱聚集在缅泰边境口岸的缅甸一侧。
据印尼安塔拉通讯社周三晚间报道，印尼驻仰光大使馆援引泰国的消息称，约有20名印尼人“成功通过莫伊河进入泰国境内”。
该报道说，自2021年2月缅甸政变引发内战以来，一些庞大的犯罪集团沿着缅泰边境地带蓬勃发展，从事网络情感诈骗和商业诈骗活动。
这些场所大多由与中国犯罪集团勾结的缅甸民兵组织控制。缅甸军政府之前一直对这些由其盟友民兵组织控制的电诈网络视而不见。作为回报，民兵组织代表军政府控制着边境地区。
然而，缅甸当局也面临其盟友中国的压力。中国对参与其中或成为受害者的中国公民的数量感到愤怒。
中国、泰国和缅甸已联合开展一项广受媒体关注的行动，以根除这一祸患。2月，约7000名工人被从电诈体系中解救出来。
中国当局上周还宣布逮捕了多名在缅甸活动的犯罪团伙头目和成员。
据法新社10月中旬发布的一项调查显示，这些“电诈工厂”在东南亚国家的发展势头比以往任何时候都更加强劲。
例如，为了应对泰国当局的互联网封锁，电诈园区屋顶上的星链Starlink接收器迅速增多。
法新社的图片显示，KK Park 综合大楼的屋顶上可见近80个接收器。
据SpaceX周三宣布，已关闭这些网络诈骗中心使用的2500多个Starlink互联网接收器。
美国国会强大的联合经济委员会周一宣布，已就Starlink参与网络诈骗中心一事展开调查。
据联合国预测，到2023年，东南亚的电诈行业每年将获得约370亿美元的收益。
路透社华盛顿消息，美国总统特朗普周三表示，他预计下周在韩国与中国国家主席习近平达成协议，内容可能包括北京恢复大豆采购以及限制核武器等。前一天周二，他曾告诉记者，这次与习近平的会晤可能不会发生。
周三，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，下周他将在韩国与中国国家主席习近平举行长会谈，并补充说，他期待与北京之间达成一项贸易协议。
在白宫会见北约秘书长马克·吕特时，美国总统对媒体表示，他将借此机会向习近平表达对中国购买俄罗斯石油的担忧。
唐纳德·特朗普表示，“我认为我们将达成协议”，并补充说，他期待就北京恢复购买美国大豆达成协议。
唐纳德·特朗普和习近平将于下周在韩国参加亚太经合组织（APEC）峰会。
特朗普与北约秘书长吕特会晤时告诉记者：他相信习近平已经改变了对乌克兰战争的看法，相信习近平愿意接受有关结束这场战争的讨论。
特朗普还表示，在核武器问题上也有可能与中国达成协议，并指出，俄罗斯总统普京提出了双边降低核武器规模的前景，中国也可以加入这一努力。
© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times
谁伤害你，你就去伤害谁，而不要把仇恨扩散到无辜的人头上。如果连这点简单的道理、逻辑都无法理解，那么这个人纵使能把自己说得再怎么委屈、悲凉、可怜，他都是极其自私的纯畜生。
真的有人没法理解这个最简单的逻辑吗？绝对有。因为在这样的家伙内心中，他并不觉得旁人无辜。甚至恰恰相反，他们会认为除了自己，其他所有人都是造成一切不利的帮凶：你没有努力让这个世界变得更好，才造成了他如今的困局，所以在他内心里，你就是帮凶。
这种极其自私且愚蠢的逻辑，离谱到没边，却并不仅仅只出现在电视剧里。因此当他们蠢到不知道真正伤害他们的人是谁时，就成了鲁迅笔下“抽刃向更弱者”的东西。我今天已经看到两条类似的消息了，令人沉重、压抑、愤怒。
首先是湖北某地的交通事故，我看了视频，所以很清楚恶意是毋庸置疑的，伤害是残酷而冷漠的。而司机，无需评价，无需理由，就是上面所说，纯畜生。你再怎么样，你天大的原因，也不可能说对着那么小的孩子去撞。
当原因和行为，完全没有正常逻辑来联系的时候。很明显，这就是两回事。
尤其对有孩子的家长来说，看到那种视频，感触是深刻的，同情和愤怒也是。这样的混蛋是鲁迅口中的，也不是鲁迅口中的。他是抽刃向更弱者，但他自身却不是弱者。
换句话说，在鲁迅那个时代，这样的家伙本身或许也非常孱弱、没有选择。但在如今，则不是。这里面的逻辑我没法写出来，有心人稍微多想一想，应也是能够想通的。
自己不是弱者，却抽刃去伤害毫无防备的无辜之人……这样的家伙，有冤有屈也不值得半点同情，因为他们正是曹操口中那种“只能我负天下人，决不允许天下人负我”的自私怪。
他们自身遇到痛苦的事了，那别人也别想好过。这种思想加持之下，我很难想他们要是没遇到痛苦的事，而是手里握点权力，那会何等恐怖。
另一件事新闻媒体在今天上午已经报道过了，内蒙古祥瑞家园小区里，50部电梯中，有23部的钢绳被一男一女恶意切割。万幸的是电梯检修人员正好日常巡检并发现了问题，尚未造成伤亡。
弗洛伊德的说，“未被表达的情绪永远不会消失，它们只是被活埋，随后会以更丑陋的方式重现”，但“丑陋”与“丑陋”之间，也有方式、性质、程度的区别。
像上面这些，则属于极致的“丑陋”。
多么浓郁的恶意啊，多么残酷的内心啊，在这样的人眼里，他人的生命算什么？别说敬畏之心了，根本就是不值一提。看到这种事实被揭发，你说这两个家伙是其他生物模仿出来的人类，我都得花几秒钟去考虑是不是真有这个可能。
为什么？因为没有任何理由可解释，就像开头所说，谁伤害你，你伤害谁，可跑去切割23部电梯的钢绳是什么？难道整个小区的人都伤害了你，甚至还有外卖员、小区住户的亲朋好友，也都伤害了你？
我上次写这类话题时，就有这种神奇的读者私信质问我：那不然呢，他们受到了天大的委屈，如同被整个世界抛弃一样无助，他们能怎么办？
这就好像有个人在说，“我没钱，我不抢，我能怎么办？”
不可理喻。
作者：木白
今天的文章消失了，事实上这三天消失的文章有两篇了，之前消失的文章更多。没有必要说罢了。社评的写作向来如此，写作者需要做好这些心理准备。
甚至说，相比于文章消失更严重的情形也要做好准备。
既然都准备好了，既然知道这是一种你规避不了的风险，为何还要说。其原因便是这消失的文章，都是写完心境受到严重损害的文章。
一篇是成都的流浪狗。
那个视频其实我看了很多遍，包括那些官方说辞背后的更真实的人性其实我也掌握了，也正是因为这些掌握了的，在写那篇文章之后，内里的心境是遭受到很大损害的。写完之后，是立即做了几组俯卧撑，而后又骑车在大街小巷慢无目的来回穿梭，到下雨了，雨滴在脸上之后的清冷才平复心情。
今天的这篇，神农架农村那些智障的不幸者，一个家庭蓄养十几个，说实话我非常震撼这个人性在当下的存在，不敢想象人间还有这样恶毒的事情正在发生着。
同样的，写完之后心境也是受到很大损害。
如果不是心境的问题，今天不会有我讥讽胡锡进的那篇文章，也不会有歪葫芦这个比喻。
但即便歪葫芦写出来，依旧坐立不安，草草写完便又骑车出去，骑了一圈不行，又回去开车到其他的镇子兜兜转转，后来在吴淞江一个偏僻的地方看人钓鱼，一直坐在那里看，看了一个小时心境才回复。
为何会这样，其实就是深渊人性的一种反噬。即便我见识过太多的邪恶，杀人的，伤害的，更邪恶的等等，但相比于这些邪恶的犯罪，这现实的人性其实更可怕。
也许有人会说，多看看善。是的，的确如此，当你的视线在善的时候，你就能看到善，
过去的几个月，随笔的文字大多趋向于善。
这些善，是一种内里的救赎。
救赎自己，也救赎迷途中的人。
像我的身边善的人其实很多，有时候所眼所见皆为善；
超市，买一支笔芯，才下过雨，地铁的女安保打开消防箱在里面拿出不知道的食物蹲在那里喂一只猫。已经过去了，再回头看一眼，闲聊中得知这是一只流浪猫，日常她值班的时候便会过来投喂，且在消防站的对面台阶下，她细心的为小猫搭了一个遮风挡雨的小窝。
公园后面的木栅栏处，一个步履蹒跚，常年几乎都是白衬衫的老人经常拄着拐杖逗留，有一次在老人走后，远远看他坐的那块岩石，几只黑色的鸟蹦蹦跳跳过来，头上下来回啄食着石块上的食物。
每一次老人特意过来，张望一番便留下一小撮黄黄的小米粒。留下后便会蹒跚着离开。啄食的群鸟，老迈的人，没有言语，但有着眼神的交流，他走了，它们来，一种心照不宣的交流很令人感到奇特。
在上海的最后一年，我步行到咖啡馆，一场暴雨后，路面许多粘在地上的大大绿色树叶，断枝走不了几米便会遇到一个，已经快要到拐弯处的木桥了，岩石下方一直没有褪绒的幼鸟在角落里瑟瑟发抖。
尽管我的原则是不为无法负责到最后的生命停留，但终归没有忍心视而不见，过去将其捧在掌心，路过的人们也会看。推着买菜小推车的爷叔说，是在树上被风吹下来的，而后看一眼头顶的树丛，道一句，按道理说老鸟该在附近啊，小可怜，被爸爸妈妈抛弃了，而后佝偻着身子离开。我说，要不放在树上，老鸟一会回来找的吧？
一位阿姨说，你放在那里就死了，没办法我就只能带回去，一天喂几次肉，没有多久这只鸟就能来回的飞动，到我离开上海之前的一天，回到家没有了它的叫声，只有小区外的高耸树木上有着鸣叫的盘旋。。。
还要说什么？
善是一种救赎，看见恶其实也是救赎。
善与恶是世间存在的对立，你中有我，我中有你。传播善是让我们有爱，看见恶是让我们对恶有足够的了解，不去作恶，不被恶害，仅此而已。
后面这个号我会尽量少写，不会再一天写三篇了，如果可以的话，会分出一篇发在下面青萍说这个小号里。
谢谢！
有一种问题，只要你回答你就输了。比如那些拿我IP说事的，一个人只要说出这种话，就可以划到人群中认知最低的5%里去了。所以，我从来不回，如果非要回答，那就是：我想写，我有能力写，你管得着吗？
我当然不会无聊到为了回应这么低级的问题专门写一篇，我真正想写的是异域生活对我的思考写作的影响。
我是23年9月到多伦多的，算起来有两年了，再过三个月，准备回国不再过来，这段时间时不时会想：这段生活对我意味着什么？
刚到加拿大的想法是：我既然到了加拿大，就要多写加拿大。所以我第一篇文章写加拿大为什么有些路口用停牌？我想从最小最细微的地方写起。然后我写了这里的图书馆和公园，写了我的教堂经历，后面还写过一下这边的学校教育。
那时有点刻意回避写中国问题，觉得既然到了一个新地方，就要有足够的好奇心和开放心态，好好观察体验吸收，同时，觉得对中国已是隔岸观火，少了日常生活切肤的感觉。
这种心态，有点类似出国刻意选择去中国人少的地方，觉得这才是“真正的出国”。但慢慢意识到这种想法不一定对，在多伦多，不同族群都是扎堆住的，印度人、韩国人、伊朗人都是如此。我现在写东西的图书馆外面，正有一个穿黑色正装，头顶小帽子的人走过去，附近是以色列人的聚居区。后来我写了一篇出国需要远离华人圈吗？答案当然是否定的。
而从今年开始，我完全没有写加拿大，大部分精力都放在写中国的农民养老金问题上了。但正因为如此，我反而找到了国外生活经历对我的意义。
如果是以前，我写农民养老金问题一定会把重点放在农村老人的现实处境和养老制度的不合理上面，但现在不一样，几乎每一篇都加入了国际比较的视角。这件事的由头是我偶然知道加拿大的老年保障金（Old Age Security）不需要缴养老保险，而且一旦你退休金高过一定标准，老年保障金就会递减直至归零。这就打开了一扇窗，由此我不仅会拿加拿大与中国比较，还会拿更多国家进行比较。
然后知道新西兰之所以实行非缴费养老金制度，是因为大量农民和匠人缺乏稳定的收入，才明白原来制度设计上就应该考虑这一点，而且也有相应的解决方案。
知道财政补贴应该按人头平均分配，即便日本厚生年金把补贴和缴费结合在一起，也可以做到这点，绝不能以“多缴多得”的名义多占财政补贴。
知道几乎所有国家的养老制度都在“劫富济贫”，即便最强调自由竞争的美国，也在通过分段累进替代率来降低有钱人的收益率。
如此种种，几乎贯穿了我近一年的写作，我开始有了国际视野。下图是暑假回国我买的书，大部分是关于国外社保制度的介绍。
如果你一直生活在一个地方，就很容易把周遭的一切视为理所当然，比如很多中国人就会觉得养老金一定要缴了养老保险才有。有人甚至会觉得现在这样已经很好，他们会说历史上哪个朝代给农民发过钱呢？这就是向前看与向外看的区别，难怪复旦唐世平会说要少看一点中国历史，多了解世界文明。只有横向比较，才会凸显异常，进而找到更好的解决方案。
因此，对我来说，最重要的不是这两年我对加拿大的了解有多深（区区两年时间能了解多少呢），而在于开拓了视野，影响了思维方式，这才是最大的收获。
其实，你去任何一个新的地方，都会有这种收获。遥想当年从四川去广东打工，对我的冲击和收益，绝不亚于从中国去加拿大。这并不夸张，以中国发展之悬殊，从农村到大城市，当然比从大城市去国外的冲击更大。然后你再回老家，难道不会不停讲大城市是怎样的，不会不停拿老家跟外面比较？毫无疑问，走出去就是你人生最大的财富。
换言之，人生经历就是一个人最大的财富。对我来说，我的人生就是47年的中国+两年的加拿大，而在中国的47年，还可以分成农民、农民工和媒体人这三段，所以，用国际比较视野来写中国的农民养老金问题，就再适合我不过了。
有人说：你能不能不要动不动就说国外怎样，容易激怒国内的某一类读者。我理解他的好意，但当然不行，这是我这两年最大的收获，怎么能不提呢？国外生活成本这么高，花了不少钱，我不仅要说，还要多说，这样好歹能够赚一点回来。
前面提到我因为老年保障金（Old Age Security）才开始写中国农民养老金问题的，这个信息对加拿大人来说一钱不值，但我却付出了巨大的成本。由此延展开去，全世界有多少华人，知道多少信息，这是一笔隐藏财富。如果IP成了打击人的武器，动辄被说是“行走的五十万”，然后在国内互联网上，海外华人连正常意见建议批评都不敢说，这是一笔多么巨大的损失？不要以为只有带回钱和技术才算回报祖国，这未免过于狭隘了，制度观念可能更重要，想想市场经济对中国这几十年的影响有多大就知道了。
再想想，上一次“全民抓间谍”还是什么时候，那时候的中国是什么样子？这股歪风邪气其实并没有几年，可以休矣。
Astra/TelegramAn explosion at a Russian factory in the Urals producing ammunition and weapons for the military has left at least 10 people dead, reports say.
Witnesses described seeing explosions and a fireball at the Plastmass military plant in Kopeisk, near the city of Chelyabinsk.
Regional governor Alexei Teksler did not specify which factory had been hit but he confirmed the death toll. Tass news agency said 18 other people had been injured.
Authorities have not said what caused the blast but Teksler stressed that "there is no talk of a UAV (drone) attack".
A day of mourning has been announced and investigators say they have opened a criminal inquiry into the blast.
Teksler said the fire in Kopeisk had been put out.
EPAThe US Secretary of State has said that a move by Israel's parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank would threaten Washington's plan to end the conflict in Gaza.
"That's not something we can be supportive of right now," Marco Rubio said before leaving for Israel as part of US efforts to shore up a fragile ceasefire deal.
In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, far-right politicians took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank.
The Palestinians claim the West Bank - occupied by Israel since 1967 - as part of a hoped-for independent state.
Last year, the International Court of Justice - the UN's top court - said Israel's occupation was illegal.
Netanyahu has previously spoken in support of annexing West Bank land but has not advanced this due to the risk of alienating the US - Israel's most important ally - and Arab countries which have built relations with Israel after decades of enmity.
Ultra-nationalists in Netanyahu's governing coalition have repeatedly called for Israel to annex the West Bank outright, though the bill was put forward by MPs outside the government.
The bill passed in a 25-24 vote. It is unclear whether it has support to win a majority in the 120-seat Knesset (parliament), and there are ways the prime minister can delay or defeat it.
The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the Knesset's move, saying Israel would have no sovereignty over Palestinian land.
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews during its occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.
The settlements are illegal under international law - a position supported by an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice last year.
As he boarded the plane to Israel, Rubio said annexation would be "counterproductive" and "threatening" for the peace deal - reiterating US opposition to annexation.
His visit on Thursday comes hot on the heels of trips by US Vice-President JD Vance and two special envoys, as the Trump administration attempts to push for the start of talks on the second critical phase of his 20-point Gaza peace plan.
The first phase - which includes a ceasefire, the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces and an influx of aid - came into effect earlier this month.
Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of breaching the agreement over deadly incidents, but it has so far held.
Rubio voiced similar optimism to that of Vance for preserving the ceasefire.
"Every day there'll be threats to it, but I actually think we're ahead of schedule in terms of bringing it together, and the fact that we made it through this weekend is a good sign," he said.
The second phase of the peace plan would involve setting up an interim government in Gaza, deploying an international stabilisation force, the withdrawal of Israeli troops, and the disarmament of Hamas.
The war in Gaza began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
In the ensuing conflict, more than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are seen by the UN as reliable.
ReutersEuropean leaders aim to endorse controversial plans to use Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
The unprecedented proposal for what the EU has dubbed a "reparations loan" - would see Kyiv receive €140bn (£121bn) worth of frozen Russian state assets currently held by Euroclear, a Belgium-based financial institution.
The plan has been months in the making, partly due to the legal complexities surrounding it, as well as concerns from member states about upsetting global financial stability.
Belgium in particular has been reluctant to back using the frozen assets, as it is nervous about having to shoulder any potential consequences should Russia legally challenge Euroclear.
Russia has reacted angrily to any suggestions that the EU could use its money.
For the EU, the problem of how to continue to support Kyiv's struggle against Russian aggression has become more urgent since US support for Ukraine has dwindled.
As of July, EU member states have provided about €177.5bn (£154bn) in financial support for Ukraine. But in the absence of any progress towards a ceasefire deal, Ukraine will need more money as Russia's full-scale war approaches its fifth year.
The price tag of Ukraine's reconstruction and recovery is also estimated by the UN and World Bank to be well above $486bn (£365bn; €420bn).
About €210bn (£182bn) in Russian investments was frozen by the EU when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The biggest share – some €185bn – is sitting in Euroclear, a clearing house for financial transactions in Brussels which operates under EU jurisdiction.
When they were first frozen, the majority of these Russian investments were in the form of sovereign bonds – a type of loan made to a government which is paid back over a period of time.
These bonds have now matured; in other words, Russia is due to get both its initial loan back as well as interest. But because of the sanctions imposed against it in 2022, Moscow cannot access this money.
The EU has been using the interest from Russian frozen assets for Ukraine's defence since spring 2024, and that amounts to up to €3bn per year.
The EU is now considering redirecting the frozen funds themselves to Ukraine as a zero-interest "reparations loan". The much-needed liquidity would be available immediately – on the understanding that Kyiv would repay it through reparations from Moscow once the war ends.
International law stipulates that sovereign assets cannot be confiscated outright. Although frozen, these assets remain Moscow's property and seizing them is legally challenging.
To get around this issue the EU could "borrow" Russia's frozen money held by Euroclear and replace it with an IOU backed by all member states underwriting the debt.
This could also offset Euroclear's concerns on how to pay Russia back, should the war end suddenly and Moscow demand its assets back.
On Thursday morning Belgium was still expressing criticism of the proposal but leaving the door open to it, if it received guarantees that the risk would be shared by all member states.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas told the BBC's Today programme that Belgium's concerns were "understandable" and that the Belgians "should not bear the risk alone".
Russia is furious with the ideal of its investments being used.
The move would be the "theft of the century" and trigger retaliation and damage Western financial stability, Russia's ambassador to Italy Alexey Paramonov said.
If EU leaders green-light the reparations at Thursday's summit, the European Commission will begin drawing up the formal legal proposal for the loan.
The most glaring issue with the "reparations loan" scenario is that it hinges on Ukraine winning the war and Russia accepting to pay damages.
There is no guarantee Russia will agree to this. If it doesn't, the EU could forgive Kyiv's debt – but it would still have to repay the money it borrowed to fund the IOU to Euroclear.
That burden would effectively fall to European taxpayers – an uncomfortable option for most European governments.
There is also concern among Europe's central bankers about potentially setting a difficult legal precedent that could undermine global financial stability - as well as putting off other countries from placing their safe haven assets in the West.
Neither Euroclear nor EU countries want to be seen as unreliable depositories of foreign wealth. Even in the context of Russia's war, they need to respect the international monetary order.
Poland, as well as Scandinavian and Baltic countries, have enthusiastically endorsed the plan, which Finland's President Alexander Stubb called "ingenious".
"I think it's going to work and will help Ukraine to fund itself," he said.
Other European leaders more sympathetic to Moscow, like Hungary's Viktor Orban and Slovakia's Robert Fico, may well oppose it.
If the plan led Moscow to retaliate against Hungarian companies, Orban said, it would be difficult to explain to Hungarians "why they should support the confiscation of frozen Russian assets".
However, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that while the decision should "ideally" be unanimous, it could also just be adopted by a large majority - which would circumvent Budapest's veto.
Another sticking point revolves around how Ukraine would be allowed to spend the money.
Ukraine is facing a €42bn deficit in its 2026 "survival budget", according to the Ukrainian Centre for Economic Strategy.
Brussels and Paris would like to use the financing to provide budgetary support to Kyiv, said Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at Eurasia Group.
Others, like Germany, want Ukraine to commit to spending the funds on buying European weapons.
It is "important that these additional funds are solely used to finance Ukraine's military equipment", Merz wrote in the Financial Times, adding that EU member states and Ukraine would "jointly determine" which weapons to procure.
For its part Kyiv is pushing back against any limit on its use of the frozen Russian assets.
Iryna Mudra, a top legal adviser in the Ukrainian administration, told Reuters that "the victim, not the donors or partners, must determine how to address its most urgent defence, recovery and compensation needs".
Ukraine reserved the right to decide how to allocate resources, Ms Mudra said, adding that some would have to go towards other sectors like reconstruction and victim compensation.
© Alexander Manzyuk/Reuters
© Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez/The New York Times
© Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
美国参议院外委会22日通过四项友台法案，包括《豪猪》、《吓阻中国侵略台湾》、《美国—台湾美洲伙伴》及《台湾国际团结》。其中豪猪法旨在简化受美国「武器出口管制法」约束的对台军售流程。
美参议院外委会22日上午口头表决通过一连串法案，其中4项涉及台湾，包括《豪猪》、《吓阻中国侵略台湾》、《美国—台湾美洲伙伴》及《台湾国际团结》。
其中跨党派的《豪猪法案》是由民主党参议员昆斯（Chris Coons）及共和党参议员芮基兹（Pete Ricketts）于4月访台后一同提出。
《豪猪法案》的全名为「为区域同伴提供险恶环境下的升级保护法案」，取其英文起首字母简称为豪猪法案（PORCUPINE Act）。其旨在简化受美国「武器出口管制法」约束的对台军售流程，以缩短正式通知国会军售的时间及提高需要知会的金额门槛，让台湾与北大西洋公约组织（NATO），以及日本、澳洲、韩国、以色列等「北约+」的成员享有同等军售待遇。
依规定，对「北约+」成员国的军售案中，如果主要防御装备达2500万美元，总统依法须提前15天向国会递交正式通知。由于台湾非「北约+」成员国，如果防御装备金额超过1400万美元，总统必须在签发「发价书」前至少30天正式通知国会。
另外，也盼豪猪法能解决当前高达 215 亿美元的军售积压问题，确保台湾及时获得所需的武器，以有效吓阻中国的侵略行为。
其他涉台法案方面，《吓阻中国侵略台湾》目的在于确保一旦中国动用武力侵台，美国能准备好打击中国经济要害。 《美国—台湾美洲伙伴》则支持与台湾维持邦交的拉美及加勒比海国家。
另外，《台湾国际团结法案》则旨在指出北京对联合国大会第2758号决议的扭曲，并重申该决议并未涉及台湾的主权或国际代表权问题。此外，法案也要求美国反制中国试图在外交上孤立台湾的行为。
（德国之声中文网）大众汽车表示，有望避免半导体供应短缺而导致的停产。该公司品牌生产董事弗尔莫（Christian Vollmer）向《商报》表示：“我们有一家替代供应商，可能能够弥补安世半导体（Nexperia）暂停供应的短缺。”他说，目前正与一家替代供应商谈判，但没有透露该公司名称。
就在周三（10月22日），大众还曾警告可能出现临时停产的状况。此前，荷兰政府接管母公司为中国企业的安世半导体；中国随后停止安世半导体出口，其中也包括汽车工业所使用的芯片。
知情人士：安世中国子公司恢复国内供货
路透社周四引述消息人士称，安世半导体的中国子公司恢复向国内客户供货。两名知情人士称，当地政府提出的条件是，必须以人民币结算，而非迄今所使用的美元。此举显然是要让这家中国子公司更独立于荷兰的母公司。荷兰的安世半导体不愿就此评论，但警告说，这家中国工厂的产品可能存在质量问题。
北京此前曾对安世半导体部分芯片产品实施出口禁令。背景是美中贸易争议。安世半导体的中国母公司闻泰科技（Wingtech）在美国制裁的清单上。荷兰政府接管安世半导体以阻止关键技术转移至中国。
安世半导体（Nexperia）是世界最大的简单半导体供应商，如二极管和晶体管。相关生产在欧洲进行，但会运往中国进行封装和进一步加工。因此，中国的出口禁令对欧美汽车制造商构成威胁，可能带来停产。
知情人士称，荷兰安世半导体公司正在寻找替代地点，对其在中国境外生产的半导体进行封装和测试。该公司一名发言人强调，该计划已有时日，与当前的争议无关。
德国机械联合会：或受到供应短缺影响
继德国汽车工业联合会、电子与数字工业联合会后，德国机械设备制造联合会（VDMA）也警告可能出现供应短缺。该联合会电子、光伏与电池生产专业协会负责人布吕克纳（Thilo Brückner）周四向《商报》表示：“机械设备制造绝对受到影响，只要是内燃机驱动。”他说，发动机电子控制系统通常包含安世半导体等制造商的产品。
布吕克纳表示，如果出现供应中断，将对所有内燃机驱动的机械制造产品产生影响，如发电机、建筑机械及农用机械。不过，目前该联合会没有收到机械制造商有关面临紧迫停产的报告。布吕克纳表示，由于机械对芯片的需求相对较低，可能机械制造商至少短期内可以通过库存解决问题。
德国政府也表示关注。联邦经济部一名发言人周三表示：“我们对目前可能出现供应链困难感到忧虑。”这名发言人表示，政府也在进行密集的对话，以寻找解决途径。
（德新社、路透社、法新社）
DW中文有Instagram！欢迎搜寻dw.chinese，看更多深入浅出的图文与影音报道。
© 2025年德国之声版权声明：本文所有内容受到著作权法保护，如无德国之声特别授权，不得擅自使用。任何不当行为都将导致追偿，并受到刑事追究。
中船集团消息，由广船国际建造的中国首艘自研大型出口双燃料客滚船星期四（10月23日）在广州南沙交付。
根据中国央视新闻报道，这艘双燃料客滚船可使用燃油和更清洁的液化天然气作为动力，具备完全自主知识产权。
全船共12层甲板，配备有自助餐厅、咖啡厅、观光厅等设施，有485间客房，可搭载1800名乘客和超550辆轿车，主要用于短途海上交通，连接海岛或沿海城市，方便人员和车辆的便捷通行，是一种高技术、高附加值的船舶。
中船集团广船国际相关负责人介绍，船上这套液化天然气（LNG）动力系统可以加注1000立方米左右的液化天然气，供五天左右的航行。船舶内装实现了100%国产化。
据介绍，这艘双燃料客滚船在交付后将用于意大利热那亚至巴勒莫之间的航线运营。
中共四中全会公报星期四（10月23日）下午发布，全会提出“十五五（2026年至2030年）”时期经济社会发展的主要目标，包括高质量发展取得显著成效，科技自立自强水平大幅提高，全面深化改革取得新突破，以及国家安全屏障更加巩固等。
公报指出，会议一致认为，中央政治局认真落实中共二十大和二十届历次全会精神，“十四五”主要目标任务即将胜利完成。
公报说，“十五五”时期是基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，在基本实现社会主义现代化进程中具有承前启后的重要地位。
这一时期中国发展环境面临深刻复杂变化，处于战略机遇和风险挑战并存、不确定难预料因素增多的时期。
会议指出，“十五五”时期经济社会发展必须遵循以下原则，坚持党的全面领导，坚持人民至上，坚持高质量发展，坚持全面深化改革，坚持有效市场和有为政府相结合，坚持统筹发展和安全。
会议提出了“十五五”时期经济社会发展的主要目标：高质量发展取得显著成效，科技自立自强水平大幅提高，进一步全面深化改革取得新突破，社会文明程度明显提升，人民生活品质不断提高，美丽中国建设取得新的重大进展，国家安全屏障更加巩固。
在此基础上再奋斗五年，到2035年实现经济实力、科技实力、国防实力、综合国力和国际影响力大幅跃升，人均国内生产总值达到中等发达国家水平，人民生活更加幸福美好，基本实现社会主义现代化。
会议分析了当前形势和任务，强调坚决实现全年经济社会发展目标。继续精准落实中共中央决策部署，着力稳就业、稳企业、稳市场、稳预期，稳住经济基本盘，巩固拓展经济回升向好势头。
中国商务部副部长盛秋平在会见美国沃尔玛全球公司事务副总裁丹·巴特利特时，呼吁沃尔玛发挥跨国公司国际影响力，扩大在华采购。
据中国商务部官网消息，盛秋平上星期四（10月16日）与丹·巴特利特（Dan Bartlett）会面。双方就当前中美经贸关系背景下美资零售企业在华发展等议题进行了交流。
盛秋平表示，跨国公司在双边经贸合作中发挥着重要作用，也承担着重要责任。沃尔玛是中国最大的外资零售企业之一，也是美国最大的零售企业，希望沃尔玛积极发挥跨国公司国际影响力，尊重市场规律、维护市场规则，扩大在华采购。
盛秋平指出，中国欢迎包括美资在内的外资零售企业在华依法合规经营、分享中国大市场发展成果。
中方新闻稿引述丹·巴特利特说，沃尔玛高度重视中国市场，认为全球各国应相互贸易，合作共赢。沃尔玛愿继续深耕中国零售市场，为消费者提供更好服务。
今年3月，美国零售巨企沃尔玛为保护美国消费者免受关税上调影响，敦促公司在华供应商降低价格，被中国商务部约谈。
© Sophie Park for The New York Times
© Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters
MinelabA metal detectorist has discovered up to15,000 Roman coins, which could be the biggest hoard ever discovered in Wales.
David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, was left in disbelief and said he had "goosebumps" after digging up two clay pots in north Wales.
But the epic find left him fearing they could be stolen, so he slept with them in his car for three days before taking them to experts.
The coins are now in the safe hands of the National Museum Cardiff where they will be analysed, but one expert believes it will likely prove to be the biggest ever discovery in Wales.
While not wanting to give specific details of where he found them, David described the area as a "virtually untouched" area of north Wales.
"You're talking from the times of the druids and the Vikings right through to the Romans," he said.
"I just find it fascinating.
"It's an area that I'll be interested in for the rest of my life."
There have been several coin "hoards" found over the years, usually deliberately buried and never recovered, typically during periods of turmoil or as a religious offering to the gods.
More than 50,000 Roman coins were found in a field in Somerset, England, in 2010 with a total value of £320,250.
In Wales, nearly 6,000 coins were found buried in two pots in a field at Sully, Vale of Glamorgan by a resident in 2008.
National Museum Cardiff said the largest hoard its team was aware of was one of 10,000 coins found near Chepstow in the 1990s.
MinelabDavid has been metal detecting for nearly a decade and so far has uncovered about 2,700 Roman coins.
But he believes the two pots he discovered in August, with his friend Ian Nicholson, contain between 10,000 and 15,000 coins.
"A rainbow appeared minutes before the signal was found," he said.
"I couldn't believe it."
The pair then spent six-and-a-half hours excavating the coins.
David notified the landowner, who gave him a plastic box to keep them in.
He then drove back to his home in Cheshire, and ended up sleeping with them in his car.
"I just didn't want to leave it out my sight," he said.
After a few restless nights, he made the four hour drive to Cardiff where he left the coins with experts.
MinelabAnthony Halse, 64, is chairman of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Numismatic Society, and believes the haul could be the biggest discovery in Wales.
Anthony believes the haul could have belonged to a member of the Roman army, or multiple members, who buried the coins for safekeeping.
"I would have thought that it was a person's wealth that could be in a section of the army," he said.
Anthony said the museum in Cardiff will date when the coins were buried.
"They'll clean them and then since it's such a large hoard they will apply to the British Museum to see if they can keep them," he said.
"Then they'll go to the board and make the finder an offer.
"He'll get half the money and the landowner will get the other half."
A spokesperson for Cardiff's museum said the assessment should be completed next year.
Treasure has a variety of definitions, including any object at least 300 years old when found which is not a coin but has metallic content of which at least 10% by weight is precious metal.
It is also treasure if when found, is one of at least two coins in the same find which are at least 300 years old at that time and have that percentage of precious metal.
In Wales, if you find treasure it must be reported to a Finds Liaison Officer within 14 days of first finding it or 14 days of realising an item might be treasure, even if you have had it for longer.
Only items officially defined as treasure need to be reported, and there is a fine or up to three months in prison for not reporting.
There are different rules for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
After a find is reported, you will be contacted by either a Finds Liaison Officer or museum curator to talk about how and where you made the find. You will be given a receipt.
The Finds Liaison Officer or museum curator will then write a report on the find. Museums can express an interest in it if it might be treasure.
The coroner will then hold an inquest. You may be invited to the inquest, along with the site occupier and landowner of where the treasure was found, and given the opportunity to ask questions.
The Finds Liaison Officer will help you get the coins assessed by experts to determine if they meet the legal definition of "treasure" under the Treasure Act 1996.
If a museum wants the treasure, the Treasure Valuation Committee will ask an expert to value the find.
They will recommend to the Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport how much the treasure is worth and how much should go to anyone eligible for a share of a reward.
You'll have the chance to comment on the valuation, along with the site occupier and landowner.
MinelabYou may get a share of the reward if you are:
If you act in bad faith (for example by trespassing or trying to hide the find) you may get a reduced share of the reward, or none at all.
Archaeologists and volunteers participating in an archaeological excavation or investigation are not eligible for a share in a reward.
If you do find ancient coins, avoid any cleaning as this could damage them. Record the location, date and how you found them.
It may be the pinnacle for any metal detectorist to find some treasure, but it does not automatically belong to them.
This is what Layton Davies, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, found after he uncovered £3m worth of Viking coins in a field in Hereford.
The 56-year-old concealed the finding of the treasure, and then sold it. He was fined and jailed.
Davies did not inform the farmer who owned the field and instead contacted dealers to find out the worth of the items and, a month later, contacted the National Museum of Wales but only declared one coin and three items of jewellery.
ReutersEuropean leaders aim to endorse controversial plans to use Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
The unprecedented proposal for what the EU has dubbed a "reparations loan" - would see Kyiv receive €140bn (£121bn) worth of frozen Russian state assets currently held by Euroclear, a Belgium-based financial institution.
The plan has been months in the making, partly due to the legal complexities surrounding it, as well as concerns from member states about upsetting global financial stability.
Belgium in particular has been reluctant to back using the frozen assets, as it is nervous about having to shoulder any potential consequences should Russia legally challenge Euroclear.
Russia has reacted angrily to any suggestions that the EU could use its money.
For the EU, the problem of how to continue to support Kyiv's struggle against Russian aggression has become more urgent since US support for Ukraine has dwindled.
As of July, EU member states have provided about €177.5bn (£154bn) in financial support for Ukraine. But in the absence of any progress towards a ceasefire deal, Ukraine will need more money as Russia's full-scale war approaches its fifth year.
The price tag of Ukraine's reconstruction and recovery is also estimated by the UN and World Bank to be well above $486bn (£365bn; €420bn).
About €210bn (£182bn) in Russian investments was frozen by the EU when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The biggest share – some €185bn – is sitting in Euroclear, a clearing house for financial transactions in Brussels which operates under EU jurisdiction.
When they were first frozen, the majority of these Russian investments were in the form of sovereign bonds – a type of loan made to a government which is paid back over a period of time.
These bonds have now matured; in other words, Russia is due to get both its initial loan back as well as interest. But because of the sanctions imposed against it in 2022, Moscow cannot access this money.
The EU has been using the interest from Russian frozen assets for Ukraine's defence since spring 2024, and that amounts to up to €3bn per year.
The EU is now considering redirecting the frozen funds themselves to Ukraine as a zero-interest "reparations loan". The much-needed liquidity would be available immediately – on the understanding that Kyiv would repay it through reparations from Moscow once the war ends.
International law stipulates that sovereign assets cannot be confiscated outright. Although frozen, these assets remain Moscow's property and seizing them is legally challenging.
To get around this issue the EU could "borrow" Russia's frozen money held by Euroclear and replace it with an IOU backed by all member states underwriting the debt.
This could also offset Euroclear's concerns on how to pay Russia back, should the war end suddenly and Moscow demand its assets back.
On Thursday morning Belgium was still expressing criticism of the proposal but leaving the door open to it, if it received guarantees that the risk would be shared by all member states.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas told the BBC's Today programme that Belgium's concerns were "understandable" and that the Belgians "should not bear the risk alone".
Russia is furious with the ideal of its investments being used.
The move would be the "theft of the century" and trigger retaliation and damage Western financial stability, Russia's ambassador to Italy Alexey Paramonov said.
If EU leaders green-light the reparations at Thursday's summit, the European Commission will begin drawing up the formal legal proposal for the loan.
The most glaring issue with the "reparations loan" scenario is that it hinges on Ukraine winning the war and Russia accepting to pay damages.
There is no guarantee Russia will agree to this. If it doesn't, the EU could forgive Kyiv's debt – but it would still have to repay the money it borrowed to fund the IOU to Euroclear.
That burden would effectively fall to European taxpayers – an uncomfortable option for most European governments.
There is also concern among Europe's central bankers about potentially setting a difficult legal precedent that could undermine global financial stability - as well as putting off other countries from placing their safe haven assets in the West.
Neither Euroclear nor EU countries want to be seen as unreliable depositories of foreign wealth. Even in the context of Russia's war, they need to respect the international monetary order.
Poland, as well as Scandinavian and Baltic countries, have enthusiastically endorsed the plan, which Finland's President Alexander Stubb called "ingenious".
"I think it's going to work and will help Ukraine to fund itself," he said.
Other European leaders more sympathetic to Moscow, like Hungary's Viktor Orban and Slovakia's Robert Fico, may well oppose it.
If the plan led Moscow to retaliate against Hungarian companies, Orban said, it would be difficult to explain to Hungarians "why they should support the confiscation of frozen Russian assets".
However, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that while the decision should "ideally" be unanimous, it could also just be adopted by a large majority - which would circumvent Budapest's veto.
Another sticking point revolves around how Ukraine would be allowed to spend the money.
Ukraine is facing a €42bn deficit in its 2026 "survival budget", according to the Ukrainian Centre for Economic Strategy.
Brussels and Paris would like to use the financing to provide budgetary support to Kyiv, said Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director for Europe at Eurasia Group.
Others, like Germany, want Ukraine to commit to spending the funds on buying European weapons.
It is "important that these additional funds are solely used to finance Ukraine's military equipment", Merz wrote in the Financial Times, adding that EU member states and Ukraine would "jointly determine" which weapons to procure.
For its part Kyiv is pushing back against any limit on its use of the frozen Russian assets.
Iryna Mudra, a top legal adviser in the Ukrainian administration, told Reuters that "the victim, not the donors or partners, must determine how to address its most urgent defence, recovery and compensation needs".
Ukraine reserved the right to decide how to allocate resources, Ms Mudra said, adding that some would have to go towards other sectors like reconstruction and victim compensation.
Rain and wind warnings have come into force across parts of the UK as Storm Benjamin bears down on the country.
Commuters have been warned of heavy rain and winds of up to 70mph (112km/h) on Thursday.
Power cuts, localised flooding, building damage, and travel disruptions are possible, according to the Met Office.
The four yellow weather warnings cover large swathes of southern and eastern England and Wales as Storm Benjamin, named by the French weather service Météo France, moves from the English Channel to the North Sea throughout the day.
A yellow warning for rain covering most of southern England, the East Midlands, parts of Wales and Yorkshire is in place until 18:00 BST, with some places expected to see up to 30-50mm.
In the 24 hours leading up to 03:00, the south-east coast had experienced the most rain, with Pevensey in East Sussex recording 40mm.
A yellow warning for rain for most of East Anglia and Lincolnshire is in effect until 21:00, with a yellow wind warning also in force for those areas and much of south-east England until midnight.
AFP via Getty ImagesStrong winds were expected to develop across Kent and Sussex, with 65-70mph gusts "possible near coasts", the Met Office said.
Late-morning or early afternoon wind gusts above 70mph could develop for a small period of time along the North Sea coast.
A yellow wind warning was also in place for the south-west, including Cornwall and Devon, and west Wales from 06:00 BST until 15:00 BST.
North-westerly winds gusting up to 55mph in both areas are possible, while some coastal areas could be hit with 60mph gusts.
More severe rain and winds are set to batter western Europe, including France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The Europa League has confirmed two matches scheduled for Thursday have had their kick-off times brought forward.
Dutch side Feyenoord will play Greece's Panathinaikos in Rotterdam two hours and 15 minutes earlier than scheduled at 16:30 local time (15:30 BST), it said.
Uefa also announced Thursday's Conference League match between Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and ŠK Slovan Bratislava had been brought forward from 21:00 to 18:45 local time.
The storm was not expected to be severe enough for the Met Office to name this weather system.
However, large parts of northern and western France were forecast to bear the brunt of the severe weather, prompting Météo France - the equivalent of the Met Office - to name this Storm Benjamin, warning of some damage and travel disruption.
Orange warnings - the next stage up from a yellow - were issued for seven areas along the Atlantic coast and English Channel.
Once a meteorological agency takes the decision to name a storm, there is agreement that all nations use the same name to allow consistency and clearer communication of the impacts.
Benjamin will not replace Bram in the list of UK's named storms.
Helen LedwickWhen Helen Ledwick typed "why do my insides feel like they're falling out" into Google a decade ago, she had no idea that search would mark the beginning of a life-changing journey.
The former BBC 5 Live journalist and podcaster was experiencing pelvic organ prolapse - a condition that affects around one in twelve women, but which many have never even heard of.
Prolapse happens when one or more of the organs in the pelvis, such as the bladder, bowel or uterus, slip from their usual position and bulge into the vagina. It's not life-threatening, but it can have a profound impact on daily life, relationships and mental health.
For Helen, the shock came just two weeks after a difficult birth with her second child.
"I stood up from the sofa and suddenly felt things shift," she recalls. "It felt like when a tampon isn't sitting properly, you can feel something's not right."
Confused and frightened, she grabbed a mirror and her phone to see what was happening.
"I'd never even heard the term prolapse before," she says, and since talking openly about it she's realised it's often a "taboo" subject despite being very common.
Helen believes the shame and stigma surrounding it has led to a lack of awareness among women and health professionals - something she's now fighting to change.
Helen LedwickHelen says her diagnosis, confirmed by a doctor, brought confusion and fear as she was "hoping for an explanation, fix or some sense of urgency, instead I got a shrug of the shoulders."
The initial advice she was given was to not do anything that could make it worse such as running, jumping or lifting.
"It kind of felt like the advice was don't live your life," she says.
Perhaps more debilitating than the physical symptoms was the isolation Helen felt.
"You live with it in embarrassment, silence, shame and isolation," she explains. "Because you don't talk about it, you think you're the only person in the world it's happened to."
Helen initially ventured onto Instagram to seek support. Finding other people on the social platform who were similarly anxious and confused and in some cases too embarrassed to seek help prompted her to eventually launch a podcast and write a book, Why mums don't jump.
Her goal was to create a platform for women to share stories and break the silence around pelvic health.
"I was angry because no-one ever talked about it. So I decided I would.
"I wanted to give women the knowledge that I'd found so hard to come by, and comfort in knowing they were not on their own."
Dr Nighat Arif, a women's health specialist, says Helen's experience is far from unique and issues can arise as symptoms aren't always obvious.
"Sometimes physically there isn't a lump to see, there's just a feeling of pressure and it might be in the lower back, at the front or slightly higher up near your belly button," she explains. "The symptoms can also be more pronounced during sex which is again massively taboo."
Prolapse can happen for a variety of reasons including childbirth, heavy lifting, being overweight or even after a hysterectomy. And in rare cases, it can affect men too.
Pelvic floor exercises and lifestyle changes can help to improve symptoms, but sometimes medical treatment is needed such as vaginal pessaries or surgery.
Gynaecologist Dr Christine Ekechi says women with prolapse may notice a swelling or a lump within their vagina "as essentially what has happened is that we have weakening of the ligaments within the pelvic floor that can move for example the bladder".
Helen LedwickHelen says what began as a lonely Google search 15 years ago, has now become something far more powerful, helping women to recognise when there is a problem and seek help.
In her case, recovery has been slow, but transformative.
"For me it's been a long process of building up slowly, doing postpartum [immediately after pregnancy] exercises, building up some strength work."
Eventually she saw a physio who helped her to start running again. Helen says this was "a massive moment because I really thought that was something I would never do again."
Now, Helen is doing more than she ever thought possible and has signed up for a 10k run.
"I feel good and I've learned how to manage my symptoms. I've still got prolapse, but it doesn't rule my life in the way that it once was.
"I feel like I'm kind of winning the battle."
Getty ImagesVoters in Caerphilly are heading to the polls in a by-election to choose a new member of the Senedd.
Polls are open from 07:00 until 22:00 BST, with the result expected early on Friday morning.
The vote is taking place following the death of Labour's Hefin David, who died suddenly on 12 August aged 47 after being Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly since 2016.
There are eight candidates standing, with all the main parties represented.
The by-election will fill the vacancy until May 2026 when a Wales-wide election will decide the shape of the newly expanded Welsh Parliament.
Unlike Westminster elections, 16 and 17-year-olds can vote in this election and ID is not required at polling stations.
There will be full coverage of the result, reaction and analysis across BBC digital, television and radio services.
The full list of candidates for the by-election is:
PA MediaThames Water has been given a one star rating for its poor environmental performance by the Environment Agency (EA) in 2024, as part of a scathing assessment of England's water companies.
All but one of the nine English water and sewerage companies were rated as "requiring improvement" - or worse - by the EA, in a year where serious pollution rose by 60% versus 2023.
It is their worst combined score since the assessment process began in 2011.
Industry body Water UK acknowledged that "the performance of some companies is not good enough" but said there were some signs of improvement.
A Thames Water spokesperson said: "Transforming Thames is a major programme of work that will take time; it will take at least a decade to achieve the scale of change required."
The chair of the EA, Alan Lovell, wrote: "Many companies tell us how focussed they are on environmental improvement. But the results are not visible in the data."
The collective rating for 2024 was 19 stars - down from 25 stars in 2023. No year had previously got fewer than 22 stars.
Only Severn Trent got the top rating of four stars. All others got two stars, except Thames - the UK's largest water company - which got one.
The EA says its assessment criteria has been tightened over time, so its ratings do "not mean performance has declined since 2011".
The EA attributed last year's poor performance to three factors – wet and stormy weather, long-standing underinvestment in infrastructure, and increased monitoring and inspection "bringing more failings to light".
BBCSupport for children with special educational needs in England is fundamentally flawed, a major new report says.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says there should be more comprehensive support in mainstream schools which young people can access more easily without a lengthy assessment process.
The Department for Education (DfE) says "this report rightly highlights the vicious cycle underpinning the Send system this government inherited".
Around 1 in 5 pupils in England (1.7 million pupils) receive some kind of support for special educational needs in school, and 482,640 of those pupils (or 5% of all pupils) get the highest level of support through an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
The number of pupils with an EHCP has more than doubled since 2016.
The IPPR report comes a day after the government delayed reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Send) system in England from this autumn until 2026.
Ahead of the government's long-awaited overhaul, the BBC has spoken to young people about their experiences.
Evie, 18, got in touch with the BBC through Your Voice Your BBC News to tell us about her experience of school with special educational needs.
"I'm like a lot of other people my age, but also not," she tells the BBC from her home in Sheffield.
"I live with a lot of complex disabilities."
She was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, as well as visual and speech impairments, while at mainstream secondary school. Her mobility also began to rapidly deteriorate.
Her mum, a teacher at the school, was helping her cut up food and make trips to the toilet in between lessons.
By the time she was in Year 10, Evie says her physical needs had become "too much to ask" of the school, and she felt she had no choice but to leave.
But finding a place in a specialist setting wasn't easy. Evie and her family say they looked at dozens of special schools but couldn't find a place that could meet both her physical and academic needs.
"There's a massive gap in the Send system for people like me", Evie says.
"There were schools that could meet my complex health and mobility needs, but the level of learning was incredibly low.
"There were schools that were able to handle my social and emotional needs and offer higher academic level courses, but they could only handle wheelchair users that didn't need the level of care I did."
The result was that Evie spent three years at home, not getting an education.
"It was really lonely, the world carried on while I was stuck at home," she says.
Evie eventually found a place at a specialist college. She's studying for her GCSEs in English and maths, as well as a Health and Social Care course.
She wants the government to put more funding into Send and for local authorities to take more responsibility for finding suitable places for young people like her.
"At the end of the day we are just humans who want to thrive, everything shouldn't be so much of a fight."
The IPPR's inclusion task force has spoken to children like Evie, parents and teachers about the changes they'd like to see.
It says local authorities should keep responsibility for creating individual plans for pupils with more complex needs and that "the current approach to supporting children with special educational needs is fundamentally flawed".
Often families are being "driven" to seek support through EHCPs because their needs are not being met in mainstream schools, which is costing local authorities a lot more, the IPPR says.
It wants the government to introduce a new statutory layer of support in mainstream schools called Additional Learning Support, which could be accessed by a child without a diagnosis or the need for a lengthy assessment process.
It also recommends that:
A DfE spokesperson said they are "determined to deliver reforms which ensure all children can access the right help at the right time, without delay".
"Work is already under way to make sure support is available as routine and at the earliest stage – including through improved training for teachers, £740m to create more specialist school places, earlier intervention for speech and language needs and embedding Send leads in our Best Start Family Hubs in every local area."
Other pupils have told the BBC about their continued problems accessing special school places.
In September, 12-year-old Arav was feeling a "little bit nervous" about starting at his new special school in Warwick.
But those nerves quickly went away at the start of term, when ice creams and alpacas visited to welcome the children into a new school year.
Arav is autistic and has learning needs, and stayed on for an extra year at his mainstream primary school before moving to Evergreen School.
He enjoys the facilities like the sensory room, which he says helps him feel calm, and the adventure playground.
Head teacher Laura Hyatt says a mainstream secondary school would have been "too big and too overwhelming" for Arav.
But there's not enough space for every child who needs a space, she says.
"This year we had about nine spaces available. We could probably fill the school twice over if we had the capacity," says Laura.
Arav secured a place after his parents won a tribunal.
"It wasn't an easy journey. Families and schools have to fight for what's right for their child. But Arav's fitting in beautifully now," Laura adds.
Arav says he is feeling "good" and "confident" now.
Betsey, also 18, has just started a psychology course at the University of Greenwich, and lives at home with her parents in London.
She loves her course so far, and much prefers it to her time at school and sixth form.
That's largely because it was only in Year 12 that she was diagnosed with autism - and missed out on extra support up until that point.
"I feel like I was disregarded a bit," Betsey says. "But it's also because schools just don't have the resources and funding to cater for all the needs of Send students."
The government has said it wants more students with Send to stay in mainstream schools.
But Betsey found the loud environment and social side of mainstream secondary school difficult, which she says had a big impact on her attendance.
"I experienced autistic burnout," she says. "So I was really struggling to get to school and stay throughout the day."
"I started going less, and having meltdowns before and after school, because I couldn't cope with the environment."
Betsey wants other late-diagnosed autistic girls to ask for support when they're struggling, so that they don't "slip under the radar".
"I think a lot of autistic people maybe don't push for the support they want because they don't want to be an inconvenience or cause problems," she says.
"A lot of it is down to masking. Pretending you're not struggling, fitting in with social norms."
"It might come across that they're not struggling when they actually are."
Though she's doing well now, and receiving lots of support at university, Betsey wishes it had come earlier.
"I think it's kind of frustrating to know I could have got support throughout school and earlier in my life."
Getty ImagesIt might be the peak, or perhaps the mini-summit for the current bump in inflation.
Economists across the city suggest its downhill from here, after the inflation rate for September remained static at 3.8%, failing to breach the expected 4% mark.
In absolute terms inflation remains too high, higher than other similar countries, and too visible in the everyday items seen in the shops. Just under double the official target of 2% set for the Bank of England.
But the direction of travel matters significantly.
Even if it should stay around this level for the rest of the year, some significant falls are on the way in the spring, as various regulated price rises last year drop out of the calculation.
It would be a much happier place if it were 2.5% in April.
However, it is worth remembering that even as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed to the highest inflation in the G7 this year and next, it also said inflation would fall back to the 2% target by the end of next year.
Crucially retail industry experts now assert food price inflation has also peaked, though prices remain at painful levels for many.
This lowers - though does not eliminate - the chances of self-fulfilling expectations of inflation in the way wages and prices are set. This is the critical factor for the setting of interest rates.
My immediate thought was the "Santa" rate cut from Andrew Bailey may be back on the table for December. But then I looked again at the information underlying some of last week's numbers from the IMF.
Buried in the forecast is the suggestion of four rate cuts over the next year to take interest rates down to 3%. The only reason a cut is not expected next month, according to the IMF, is because it is too close to the Budget.
A more benign inflation outlook suddenly makes that look less fanciful. The US Federal Reserve rate cuts are also in the background.
The markets seem to be reassessing their view here and around the world.
The effective interest rates on UK government debt fell sharply, regardless of whether those loans were for two or for 30 years. Ten-year rates fell to the lowest level this year, while two-year rates dropped to the lowest since last August.
This could save a few billion from the gap in the Budget calculations, at just the right time for the chancellor.
Even more important, it shows the UK is not being treated as an outlier by the markets.
The chancellor went to some effort in her off-the-cuff UK sales pitch to worldwide investors in the US last week.
Britain was, she said, the best place to invest and trade globally, that she was going to sort out Brexit-related economic problems and the UK had the fastest declining deficit in the G20.
The Budget is going to be a challenge, but catastrophic suggestions about British bankruptcy and bailouts seem quite spectacularly off the mark, assuming that is, that the government does have nearly 400 MPs for its agenda.
No one wants to be caught on the wrong side of the very real chance of a tech market crash, or unpredictable spike in the US-China trade war, or perhaps any unexpected innovations in the appointment of the new chair of the Federal Reserve in the US.
The inflation number and gilt rate falls offer the chance of some respite, for a break in the circle of doom.
The question is whether the tax measures Reeves needs to close even a smaller Budget gap, risk bringing it back through another door.
文｜南方周末中国企业社会责任研究中心
责任编辑：邹力
在气候目标与全球贸易新规的双重驱动下，“低碳”已从一份社会责任报告，演变成为企业估值、订单获取乃至产业话语权的核心变量。2025年10月17日下午，由南方周末研究院主办，南方周末中国企业社会责任中心承办，华润万象生活支持的南方周末第24期CSR思享荟成功举办，本次活动聚焦“绿色供应链重塑ESG竞争力”这一主题，汇聚了众多专家学者和从业者，共同探讨绿色供应链对于企业实践可持续发展的重要性，以及面临的机遇和挑战。
SGS管理与保证事业群副总经理及中西区总经理张秋林以“全球产业重构挑战下绿色供应链管理要求”为题，分享了在企业可持续发展语境下供应链管理的全新挑战和绿色供应链管理的核心。她指出，绿色供应链当前最大的挑战是“供应链协同”，部分行业的供应链存在价值链复杂、地域分布广的特点，也导致了由供应商技术保密和信息安全壁垒带来的数据缺失问题。另一方面，绿色供应链管理能力不足的问题日益明显，管理人才要求与传统的供应链管理有较大差异，包括对跨行业专业知识的积累、ESG核心议题的把握、数据分析等专业技能。张秋林以能源行业领军企业为例，分享了绿色供应链管理的核心，包括战略顶层设计、设定绿色供应链管理优先级与路线图、技术赋能与系统搭建、建立绿色供应链管理合作生态、持续沟通与报告等五个层面。
SGS管理与保证事业群副总经理及中西区总经理 张秋林
针对零碳园区推动产业与企业转型创新，深圳市可持续发展研究会会长、科创可持续发展研究院院长、零碳学院院长张亚龙以详实的数据印证了绿色低碳可持续发展成为中国模式，中国作为全球清洁能源增长的领跑者，清洁能源产业已经成长为现代化产业体系的新支柱，为零碳园区向深向实发展提供了良好的基础。随后，张亚龙分享了目前基于全球零碳园区场景创新完成的不同类型园区建造模式，尤其是融合了“AI+零碳先进技术+持续低碳运营+气候投融资”的建造模式，在目前城市低碳领域最具复制推广价值的标杆案例。他指出，任何没有商业价值的零碳项目都是没有优势的，零碳园区本身已经成为检验地方政府和企业实力的市场分水岭。
深圳市可持续发展研究会会长、科创可持续发展研究院院长、零碳学院院长 张亚龙
在华润建材科技首席专家陶从喜的主题演讲中，围绕传统行业如何建设绿色产业链，他分享了水泥工业碳排放现状及国内外碳减排技术路径。与此同时，他详细介绍了水泥工业“3C”碳中和技术与实践探索，“3C”碳中和技术，即源头低碳（Choosing）、过程减碳（Conserving）、末端去碳（Counteracting）。该理论体系契合水泥生产矿山、水泥熟料烧成系统、粉磨系统、混凝土等产业链各个环节，制定节能减碳技术路线，系统解决行业降碳难题。他指出，中国水泥行业碳中和路线依赖多种节能减排降碳技术相辅相成，需要持续开展工艺装备能效提升、替代原燃料技术应用、清洁能源及CCUS技术的研究与应用。
华润建材科技首席专家 陶从喜
作为可持续材料设计的先锋，NANOxARCH（材料乘以设计）创始人兼CEO雷雨霫表示，资源短缺和末端废弃物处理两大问题对气候变化具有深刻影响，而中国作为全球可持续材料品类最丰富的国家，在引导材料行业可持续转型、企业降碳降本方面具有天然优势。她介绍到，NANOxARCH打造的价值链体系“中国可持续材料系统(CSMS)”实现了废料回收、样板开发、材料生产、产品生产、产品回收再到废料回收的闭环，是国内体量最大、覆盖品类最丰富的可持续材料生态。在可持续材料应用创新方面，雷雨霫以面包行业全生命周期相关废料、废弃水桶、废弃塑料瓶盖为例，展示了充满创意的空间与产品应用可能。雷雨霫认为对“可持续材料”的定义需要兼顾环境价值、社会价值和经济价值，可简单理解为“低碳+健康+高性价比”的材料，是“更好的材料”，也是人类更有智慧地转化地球资源的产物。
NANOxARCH（材料乘以设计）创始人兼CEO 雷雨霫
联想集团ESG高级经理谭卫以真实案例分享了联想集团在AI时代下ESG和可持续管理实践，他提到，绿色供应链管理是联想集团ESG战略的重要组成部份，也是以科技创新赋能净零转型的关键环节。除考量产品全生命周期内与生产制造环节相关的要素（包括原材料选用、物流运输等）外，联想集团亦充分重视工厂运营及用户使用环节的节能减排工作。谭卫分享到，联想集团以“ESG计分卡”来实现供应商协同，利用RBA（责任商业联盟）行为准则、CDP（碳披露项目）披露水平、温室气体减排目标、温室气体核查、可再生能源使用情况、负责任原材料采购等30个以上的指标对供应商的ESG表现进行管理，定期为供应商的表现计分，并以此作为采购额度的参考。与此同时，联想集团搭建的ESG数字化管理平台，实现了ESG数据驱动决策、流程闭环管理以及ESG的风险管理。
联想集团ESG高级经理 谭卫
针对建筑企业供应链数智化碳管理路径与实践，中建四局工程技术研究院双碳技术与绿色建造研究中心研发工程师陈赛剑分别从“精准算碳”、“智能管碳”和“系统减碳”三个维度，为中国建筑企业利用数字化技术实现节能减排提供了行业领先的标杆实践参考。陈赛剑提到，为解决建筑业建造碳排放数据不足、企业碳管理空白、减碳规划缺失等痛点，中建四局自主研发建造碳排放计算模型，开发绿色建造碳排放监测管理平台，获取行业缺失碳排数据，实现项目/企业碳排精细化、常态化管理，指导项目/企业减碳降碳。目前，中建四局已形成“企业碳管理技术”和“绿色低碳技术产品”两大体系，能够为各类建筑项目及产业链企业打造全周期一站式碳管理解决方案。
中建四局工程技术研究院双碳技术与绿色建造研究中心研发工程师 陈赛剑
进入讨论环节，由南方周末研究员康华向与会专家和企业代表提问，以“如何算好绿色供应链的经济账”为题，从多个角度深入探讨了与绿色供应链相关风险、价值、创新与协同。
深圳公共管理教育培训学院院长助理、中国式现代化研究中心执行主任冼骏从国家宏观治理的角度出发解读ESG与绿色供应链，他指出，“观念迭代”、“能力提升”和“制度衔接”是地方落实生态文明建设、回应“因地制宜”发展新质生产力的三个关键词。他还提到，绿色供应链转型本质是个经济问题，链主企业在管理供应商的过程中，需要在新时代的合规要求之上，兼顾市场要素流动性，并打造包括人才链、资金链、创新链等多链协同的关系。冼骏认为，绿色供应链不是对传统供应链的简单替换，而是融入性改造，政府层面可以引入“监督性辅导机制”，分阶段、分切入口营造更好的绿色价值链。
深圳公共管理教育培训学院院长助理、中国式现代化研究中心执行主任 冼骏
南方科技大学ESG可持续发展中心主任张丹凤认为，企业在对绿色供应链的“经济账”进行计算的过程中，存在多个误区或盲区，只看到“显性成本”而忽略包括品牌溢价、消费者偏好、ESG投资者关注、流程改造与企业创新等“隐性收益”。她指出，从合规的角度来看，面对“自愿性”向“强制性”的法规趋势，企业要采取“主动出击”而非“落后挨打”的策略。另一方面，企业应避免“短期静态”地看待绿色供应链，而应将绿色供应链管理视作一个“长期动态”的过程，从顶层设计开始、引导企业全员参与。针对企业在建设绿色供应链过程中最应关注和着手的问题，张丹凤指出，企业首先要弄清楚自身的供应链ESG短板，有的放矢地设计执行方案，并通过PDCA循环不断提高绩效。
南方科技大学ESG可持续发展中心主任 张丹凤
毕马威中国ESG税务总监林毅结合自身的行业经验，对企业如何选择绿色供应链改造的重点发表了看法。他认为，选择少数“排放大户”还是多数小型供应商作为优先改造对象，需要企业基于“强制合规”和“资源限制”两个维度进行权衡。例如温室气体范围三需要“全链齐动”而非“单点突破”，但像汽车行业这种在广度和深度上都具有高度复杂性的供应链结构，要获取最底层供应商的数据，将面临非常高的技术壁垒，企业需要严肃地从战略层面来考虑供应链减碳投入这件事。林毅还指出，现在选择“躺平”而完全不做供应链的碳管理的企业，将会面临直接“断链”的风险，同时，当绿色供应链改造的支出纳入经营成本，市场也将产生“优胜劣汰”的机制，部分企业也将自动退出。
毕马威中国ESG税务总监 林毅
作为链主企业的代表，在推动供应商降碳的过程中如何设置有效的机制，从而催化供应商意识和行为改变，TCL科技集团ESG办公室执行主任刘磊分享到，站在数百家供应商的角度来考虑，首先要解决的是资金的问题，TCL通过提供金融服务的方式将绿色供应链转型的成本实现“责任共担”，不能只提要求而不顾供应商的实际情况，尤其是针对中小型供应商，要站在成本核算的角度去持续影响。与此同时，TCL通过“碳链通”将供应商的绿色绩效与绿色融资进行挂钩，逐步形成良好的、可持续的绿色供应链生态。刘磊还提到，随着贸易战进入高峰期，中国企业既要跟随国家大的战略方针，也要应对国际的风云突变，而中国的ESG发展也需要考虑外部风险，需要主动争取更多关键行业的ESG话语权。
TCL科技集团ESG办公室执行主任 刘磊
华润万象生活采购管理部总经理方波介绍，相较于制造业，商业运营与物业管理对于供应商的ESG管理更多体现在社会和“人文”层面，以人为本的理念已经融入华润万象生活供应链管理的各个方面。而环境管理则聚焦在建筑能耗的改进，包括采光系统、隔热系统、空调系统、照明系统等。方波认为，对绿色供应链进行投入对企业而言是具有双向收益的“经济账”，一方面能够促进业务的增长，另一方面也增强了内部的制度化和信息化管理。
华润万象生活采购管理部总经理 方波
• 南方周末CSR思享荟由南方周末中国企业社会责任研究中心发起，旨在为企业社会责任从业人员整合各领域顶级资源，打造高管教练、行动学习和深度社交的融合模式。南方周末CSR思享荟以汇聚新力量、分享新知识、传播新实践为宗旨，汇集跨行业的专家群体智慧，推动解决企业可持续发展难题。目前已在北京、上海、广州、深圳、苏州、成都、宜宾等地举办24期，参与人数超过900人。
校对：赵立宇
Login