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（德国之声中文网）正当美国总统特朗普挥舞关税大棒，逐一开启关税“盲盒”之际，台湾业者尚未掌握底牌，总统赖清德却在6月7日深夜召开视讯会议，并让国安局长蔡明彦高调入列台美经贸谈判团队，这一安排迅速引起关注。台湾《新新闻》发表评论《蔡明彦现身华府，美国对北京亮剑？》，作者林庭瑶认为，这种安排，已远超战略学者所说的“违和感”，而是带有高度战略意图，不排除台美联手藉此对北京“亮剑”。
文章说，在国际惯例中，情报头子鲜少“直接”出席经贸谈判的例子。此次蔡明彦的现身，则是首度以台湾国安局长以公开身分踏入美国首都的核心地带。这不再是“灰色地带”的操作，而是象征台美双边关系的“战略升级”，也传递出台美经贸议题中，国安、情报和战略不再只是背景或配角，而是美中台棋局的主角与核心。
作者认为，蔡明彦此次公开参与台美经贸谈判，展现外交思维的微妙变化。台湾正在以“情报外交、经济谈判、战略合作”的三合一模式，突破传统边界。放眼未来，国安系统出现在外交前线的场景，这不仅是对抗地缘风险的抉择，更是一场“小国大战略”的新型态演练。
国安法五年对香港的破坏
台湾“上报”发表文章《香港国安法五周年：现状、教训、建议》，作者桑普指出，香港国安法实施5年，主权移交28年，昔日自由、法治、繁荣、幸福，今日专制、党治、萧条、迷惘。香港已无自治，红色恐怖横行，自我审查猖獗。三层恶法（国安法、旧恶法、23条），国安凌驾，蚕食鲸吞，共祸深化。
文章列举了香港遭受的重创，其中包括：一、公民社会被破坏，自由生活已无存。二、政治组织被清除，选举制度人大化。三、新闻自由被镇压，独立媒体奋力挽。四、司法制度被改造，国安法官敲红槌。五、红色恐惧日常化，洗脑教育续深化。六、经济萧条恒常化，港中融合续加速。七、人口换血白热化，专业人才多出走。八、文化语言被改造，身份认同被箝制。
作者说，上述八项现状，看来似是悲观。然而，信念和希望的种籽，已经深植在很多人的心坎里：在香港内，在香港外。作者呼吁：移居到台湾或世界各地的香港人，都应该积极融入、认同、效忠、贡献恩同再造的新国家。如果能够真正贯彻这种精神，到了关键时刻，不论早晚，香港未来终会有转机。
疫情三年的冤魂如何安息？
时事节目“不明白播客”发布《一部未完成的电影——观众的沉默与泪水》，在疫情后从中国移居德国的观众Louis说：看《一部未完成的电影》，我已经忘记了做核酸的感觉，但是当看到荧幕上出现防护服、口罩时，我还是不争气的流下了泪水，这种感受竟然和我三年前封在家里刷手机的感受一模一样，沉默着崩溃，就像是影片中武汉女孩在4月8日那一天走上了街头，阳光如此灿烂，但眼泪决堤而出。我想我永远无法与那三年和解。
疫情后从广州移居东京的观众小李说：作为一个在医疗体系里工作的人，疫情三年，可能会比非医疗体系的人，更感受到这三年的荒诞。疫情初期时，不好好控制起源，却控制舆论。疫情最后，不预先准备高危人群的防护措施，跳楼式放开，这一切迷惑操作，害死了无数生命，这些冤魂，会不会一直萦绕在华夏大地上，无法安息？
来自加拿大的观众Hanly说：疫情三年，我都在中国。白纸革命第二天，我就离开上海了。这种创伤已深植骨髓，嵌入血肉。对我而言，这不是一部电影，而是刚刚过去的现实。我还未痊愈到能轻松讲述这段经历，也许这辈子都不会。
Hanly说，这部电影早已超越电影本身，成为一个时代的见证，一个反抗的符号。它的存在就证明每一段记忆都有价值，强权或许能暂时封住我们的口，但永远无法烧尽向往自由和公义的心。它为你我被侮辱的过去而拍，也为心怀希望含泪前行的人而拍，此时此刻它在银幕上放映着，就等同于告诉所有人：就是现在，现在就可以坚守这场看似无望的战斗。
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（德国之声中文网）欧盟委员会本周三（7月16日）正式提出，将2028-2034年期间的预算大幅增加至约2万亿欧元。这一数字比目前约1.2万亿欧元的预算增加了近8000亿欧元。
“这是面向新时代的预算，”欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩在社媒平台BlueSky上写道。“这符合欧洲的雄心壮志，应对欧洲面临的挑战，增强我们的独立性。”欧盟委员会将该提案描述为“迄今最雄心勃勃的欧盟预算：更具战略性、灵活性和透明度。”
大手笔预算将用于哪些领域？
欧盟预算的正式名称为多年期财政框架 (MFF)，阐明欧盟未来几年的政策重点以及在不同领域的拨款数额。
欧盟预算专员塞拉芬（Piotr Serafin）周三向布鲁塞尔欧洲议会提交的草案中，最大一笔资金将拨给一个总额达8650亿欧元的国家和地区合作基金。
另外，欧盟将拨出4510亿欧元用于清洁技术、数字技术、生物技术、国防、航天和食品领域的投资，约3000亿欧元将用于支持一直担心补贴可能削减的农民。
欧盟还计划专门拨出最高1000亿欧元资金给饱受战火蹂躏的乌克兰。“这是对乌克兰恢复和重建的长期承诺，”塞拉芬说。
谁来出这笔钱？
欧盟预算主要由成员国缴纳费用提供资金。作为欧盟最大的经济体，德国通常需缴纳接近四分之一的资金。
根据周三的草案，拟议的增资部分资金也可能来自新的收入来源，比如对年营业额较高的大公司征税等。例如，营业额在1亿欧元至2.49亿欧元之间的企业，额外缴纳10万欧元；营业额2.49亿欧元至4.99亿欧元的企业，缴纳25万欧元；营业额5亿欧元至7.49亿欧元的企业，缴纳50万欧元；营业额达到7.5亿欧元及以上的企业，缴纳75万欧元。
另外，欧盟委员会也有意从各国烟草税中分一杯羹，希望15%的烟草税收入能流向布鲁塞尔。布鲁塞尔当局还提议，对未收集回收的电子垃圾征税。
柏林已经表示拒绝
欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩的这一预算提案受到了多方批评，其中包括德国政府。
德国政府发言人科内柳斯（Stefan Kornelius）说，德国政府无法接受欧盟委员会的提案。他表示，“在所有欧盟成员国努力稳定各国预算之际，全面增加欧盟预算是无法令人接受的”。
此外，欧盟委员会对大型企业征收额外税款、以减轻成员国负担的提案，既没有得到柏林支持，同时也遭遇企业界的反对。
企业界批评可能面临的新负担
据德新社报道，德国汽车工业协会（VDA）已经表示，德国和欧洲的企业正处于极其困难的经济境地，“因此无论是在国家层面还是欧盟层面，任何增税、额外征税都应被禁止”，该协会主席穆勒（Hildegard Müller）表示，认为这会削弱欧盟企业的竞争力。
在欧盟委员会的提案正式公布之前，德国工商会（DIHK）也已表示，这样的措施会发出“完全错误的信号”。德国工商会首席代表梅尔尼科夫（Helena Melnikov）表示，企业需要的是鼓励措施，而不是额外征税。
在环保领域，欧盟委员会的预算提案也遭遇抨击。德国环境与自然保护联合会（BUND）将欧委会的提案描述为“浪费自然保护的时间”。其主席班特（Olaf Bandt）表示，该提案缺乏具体的资金承诺，可能停滞不前。世界自然基金会（WWF）则批评提案拟议削减气候和自然保护经费，称这将使欧洲人民面对日益恶化的气候和生物多样性危机无法做好准备。
该预算草案将成为欧盟委员会、欧盟议会和欧盟成员国之间谈判的基础，而谈判过程可能会旷日持久，充满争议。
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一边是渴望改变现状、获得更高收入的年轻人；另一边是以快速迭代为核心的团播系统，依靠不断更新的“面孔”维持新鲜感、热度和流水。
文丨新京报记者 李聪 实习生 罗丽娟
编辑 丨陈晓舒
校对 丨李立军
晚上11点，直播间的灯光依然刺眼。
有人打赏了10个小心心，价值1元，点播一支舞。橘子和另外四名女孩随即跟着音乐扭动。屏幕里，人的脸庞被滤镜掩盖，腿则被拉得又直又长。女孩们扭胯，甩发，指尖划过锁骨。这是一支已经跳了上百次的舞蹈。
橘子一边控制表情，一边盯着屏幕上飘动的弹幕和礼物提示，盘算着今天晚上还需要拉到多少票。
这是团播，由5至8名主播组团直播跳舞。在短视频平台上，它正在制造“财富神话”与“造星叙事”，一夜暴富的传闻也在圈内流传：某头部公会女主播的榜一大哥为其刷了903个嘉年华，价值大约270万元；有素人舞蹈博主一晚被打赏破万；还有选秀节目出身的选手“再就业”……
团播吸引着越来越多的年轻人。在招聘话术中，它被包装成“低门槛、高收入”的偶像工作，相关话题“差点忘了以前是干嘛的”也冲上热搜。
但实际上，直播PK、拉票，日均工作时间长达十多个小时，还有一纸难以退出的合作协议。另外，随着大量机构、公会的涌入，行业不规范也逐步显现：公司跑路、欠薪、直播擦边、软色情内容，以及在未成年直播的底线边缘试探。
这份工作始于跳舞，却远不止跳舞。
小酒维权时收集的资料，统计了各个主播收到的打赏票数。 受访者供图
批量年轻人进入团播
17岁的小狸，早就被社交媒体上的团播分享帖吸引：“每天跳跳舞、月入上万”。
去年，她和朋友想打暑期工，从网上联系了一位招聘经纪人，对方向她们承诺，“不影响上学”“随时可停播”，还展示公司“一位16岁女孩月入三万”的案例。
没成年、没经验，小狸当场签下厚厚一沓合同，只记得写着“底薪五千保底加提成”。
被高薪吸引的还有22岁的橘子。去年5月，她辞职回东北老家，面对有限的就业选择，她看到团播的招聘介绍，“每天直播6小时，底薪6000元，加上提成，月入可达一至两万元”。她认为，团播像偶像女团一样，加上本身喜欢跳舞，便决定尝试一下。
新京报记者在招聘平台和社交软件上看到大量关于团播主播的招聘介绍，在非一线城市，保底工资在5000元到8000元，还有20%到30%范围的提成，一线城市的主播底薪达一万元以上。
招聘话术大多宣称只要对互联网感兴趣，工作轻松简单，无需舞蹈才艺，接受小白，免费培训，部分公司还称提供住宿。
怀揣着期待，正式开播前，橘子完成了五天培训，学习七支十几秒的舞蹈，大多为手势舞，还自费购买了假发、服饰、鞋子、假胸等道具。
然而开始直播后，橘子的作息是这样的：下午1点起床，2点到公司练舞，3点开始化妆、换装、做造型。直到傍晚5点，直播正式开始。
通常情况下，一场直播为3个小时，每天两场直播，中间休息一小时。第一个小时跳团舞，第二个小时双人PK，第三个小时是拉票环节。主持人负责调动情绪，营造氛围，激发观众刷礼物的欲望。主播则需适时撒娇，一旦有人给自己刷了礼物，主持人会念出对方ID，主播要比心、卖萌。
橘子表示，十几秒的短舞多为扭胯、扭胸，用手摸头、摸肩、摸脖子，同时还要学会看镜头，眼神要有“勾魂感”。
每天直播都会持续至晚上11点到12点。结束后，团播成员需要和主持人、运营一起复盘当天的直播数据，凌晨1点多橘子才能回家。
到家并不意味着“下班”。直播结束后，主播需要第一时间私信本场刷过礼物的粉丝，发一段话感谢，这种维护关系的方式在业内被称为“写作业”。橘子常常要“写作业”到凌晨5、6点才能入睡。如有新舞蹈需要排练，睡觉的时间还会更短。
不同的公司对“写作业”的条数、要求不同。小狸所在的女团，粉丝有限，公司要求每天“写作业” 最少50条，并截图发群里，少一条扣50元。
小酒所在公司组织的公会赛，规定每个主播两天内要拉到8888票打赏，价值人民币888元。 受访者供图
每一分钟都在竞争
类似的工作流程，在90后团播主播小酒的工作中也几乎一致。她所在的团队走“少女风”，开播后，尽管四肢发沉，头发被汗浸湿，但她必须维持镜头中的“她”：活力十足、笑容甜美，随时准备对着屏幕里的“大哥”撒娇求票。
直播间的反馈是实时的。
在PK环节，“谁的数据好，谁就跳舞，没人刷你的票，你就只能干站着，看别人一直在跳。”小酒提到，一些新人刚入行时很兴奋，但很快会因为长期无人打赏而产生焦虑，团体之间逐渐形成复杂的关系：既是合作同伴，也是竞争对手。
橘子也感叹，主播间年龄相仿，拉不到票的人容易被认为不敬业、拖后腿，也常有“好事者”向运营打小报告。
在团播这门生意里，上票PK、日榜冲刺、周赛、公会赛等规则复杂的比赛，作为系统性设计的一部分，是驱动一切的机制，目的是激发观众的打赏欲望和投票冲动。不到最后，谁也不知道“谁能冲上榜单”。
其中公会赛是经典玩法。小酒所在公司的公会赛是连线多个直播间，或安排所有主播去一个直播间，并规定每个主播两天内要拉到888元打赏，否则从工资中扣除。“相当于给大哥大姐上强度”，她解释，就是搞个仪式感，拉高刷票强度，多出一点业绩。
运营会要求主播提前联系曾经刷过礼物的粉丝，既要传达参赛的紧张氛围，也要强调“需要支持”。小酒提到，不少大哥会因为主播要得过多直接“消失”，“留下来”的大哥则会被引导消费更大数额。
小酒的人设是积极向上、渴望舞台的女孩。她被要求用贴合人设的话术与“大哥”沟通，比如：“我真的很想在这次比赛中拿第一，这对我很重要，希望你能来支持我。”同时，话语中还要夹带情绪施压：“如果这时候你不上票，那你可能不是真的喜欢我。”
为了引导直播间的大哥大姐上票，主持人也会实时在直播间“设置游戏”，比如刷到“一千票”让主播用腿夹爆气球等一些含有性暗示的内容吸票。若是某一场直播业绩不好就需要加班，将原本定好的直播时间拉长。
竞争不仅存在于主播之间，也嵌入观众的观看体验中。
直播间里，账号等级是消费能力的直接标识。某短视频平台直播间里，30级用户通常消费6000元左右。
等级越高，享受的“关注待遇”也越明显。30级以上的“高等级”用户一进入直播间，主持人会优先打招呼，主播也会主动互动，弹幕中充斥着“哥你真棒”“我能当你小弟吗”的捧场语气。
在橘子看来，大哥们刷票，多数是为了获得被围绕、被尊重的感觉。送出一个价值3000元的“嘉年华”后，直播间画面会被虚拟礼物特效占满，主播和主持人齐声感谢，形成短暂但浓烈的“尊重”。
小酒则认为，有人并不富裕，但渴望被美女关注；有人经济条件宽裕，更看重“驯化”主播的过程。哪怕只花一毛钱，也可以“点人跳舞”，获取即刻回应。
“大哥”们也会被“挖墙脚”，主播们会进入其他直播间，给打赏等级较高的用户发消息，邀请对方来看自己的直播，争取转化为粉丝。但橘子表示，这种方式成功率极低。打赏等级高的大哥，会收到很多私信，“他们选都选不过来。”
小酒在某短视频平台的直播记录。 受访者供图
“情感”不明码却早已标价
在直播间里，“情感”从未被明码标价，却早已被视作等价交换。主播要拿票，就要“走心”。
“走的是什么票？”在橘子的公司里，每场直播结束后的复盘会上，主持和运营都会分析，是感情、友谊、欣赏、“土豪”还是图身材。类型不同，对方所期待的互动内容也有差异。运营人员会提供模板话术，也会在主播应对困难时，直接登录主播的账号与粉丝互动。
观众的打赏背后，藏着各自不同的动机与期待。
最开始，橘子无法理解“为什么下播后还要聊天”，她觉得“欣赏就是欣赏”。但运营和主持人很快介入，指出她“懒、不努力”“豁不出去”。主持人曾直接劝她：“你不付出一些东西，人家怎么愿意给你刷钱？”
尽管她不希望观众刷高额礼物，“但如果完成不了KPI，被骂的人是自己。”以五人团队为单位的考核体系中，每个月的“上票流水”也即业绩被均摊至每个人身上。比如月目标设定20万元流水，每个主播都需要完成4万元的打赏。
橘子不得不更加主动。她会查看每个“大哥”的账号主页，了解他们的兴趣偏好，并据此制定聊天策略，提供所谓的“情绪价值”。比如如果对方主页有某款手游，她会表示自己也喜欢打游戏，邀请对方一起玩，目的是让对方觉得在网上找到了知音。也因此，曾有一位大哥持续打赏她两三个月，每天金额在50元至300元不等，发工资那天可能高达800元至1000元。
而聊天也从公开直播间转向更私密的微信。再接着是语音电话，甚至是语音轰炸。有时她只能关闭消息提醒，但不敢强硬拒绝。不接视频、不见面，是她的底线。
“能上大票的，都是爱情票。”小酒这样总结。运营会引导主播跟“大哥”或“大姐”向暧昧的角度聊，同时可以聊很多个。这种感情也是有周期的，可能一个月就消失了，因此需要源源不断的新“大哥”“大姐”。
小酒曾收到过空降大哥大姐的票，一次就是几百上千块，但更多时候，一场直播的打赏就几块钱。“不温不火的状态是最难受的。”
一些刚入行的团播主播，直播间里固定的大哥可能只有一两个。“刚开始对方愿意花钱，等关系建立之后，就会提出各种要求。”小酒说，如果拒绝，对方可能几天不出现、不刷票，用“冷场”来制造情绪压力。主播一边担心，一边被牵着走，慢慢地，就可能沿着对方的方式互动，甚至突破自己原有的边界。“久而久之，很容易就堕落了。”
小酒提到，公司明面上禁止主播与粉丝线下见面，但实际管理层对此多持默许态度。若有“大哥”突然不刷票了，运营还会提出“线下吃个饭，叫上主持一起”。“说白了，你只要有能力把人‘驯化’成大哥，公司就不会管你用什么方式。”
团播内还流传一种玩法叫“接你放学”或者“接你下班”，指的是用户达到一定打赏金额，主播就可以不参与直播直接下班。这背后往往是更私密的要求，比如视频聊天、发送私密部位照片或者见面。部分主播会自行处理，若不愿接受，公司则提供替代方案。橘子曾在公司群内看到一则信息，其中包含冒充视频聊天的各项服务报价。
“最容易被替代的零件”
橘子上一份工作在浙江一家外贸公司，她负责根据客户需求寻找布料。工作内容琐碎且不可控，有时一整天都找不到合适的布料。月薪四千元，除去日常开销并不能存下多少钱，疲惫和挫败让她决定辞职回老家。
小酒原本在土木行业做文员，月薪五千，常常要跟着项目走。工地驻点偏远，生活条件有限，加之工资经常因项目款审批周期长而延迟发放。在一期项目结束后，她也辞职了。
她们都希望转向一个收入更高、更快的行业。
一边是渴望改变现状、获得更高收入的年轻人；另一边是以快速迭代为核心的团播系统，依靠不断更新的“面孔”维持新鲜感、热度和流水。
在负责主播招募的经纪人小黄看来，美颜滤镜加持后，主播没有门槛，能扭就行，是流水线上“最容易被替代的零件”。
社交平台上，许多曾做过团播的年轻人分享受骗经历，谴责诸多团播公会为招人所提出的保底计划是骗局。
“没有高保底没有人愿意来，不虚假宣传很难招到人。”小黄坦言，经纪人的收入来源于底薪和“人头收入”。他所在的公司，每名经纪人每月平均能招10位主播，每成功签下一人并完成首月直播，可获得500元提成。
为了完成招聘指标，一些经纪人常在社交平台发布大量引流帖，说得天花乱坠。
但小黄透露，保底工资是有条件的，但招聘时往往不会说明。
以他所在的公司为例，主播底薪与颜值挂钩，底薪的四倍为每月业绩考核标准，只有超出规定业绩的部分才可获得提成。另外，若业绩不达标、每天直播时长不够、每个月播不够26天，底薪都会打七折，同时拿不到任何提成。
至于提成，小黄表示，平台会抽成50%，公司再分走30%，主播仅能获得剩余的20%。“真正获利的是掌握流量分配权的平台和公会。”
超时间工作也不会在招聘中被提及。“有主播一天在公司待十五个小时，跳得受不了，吃颗布洛芬继续跳。”小黄回忆，“不想干了的人每天都有。”
像小狸一样签约的未成年并非个例。小黄提到，前来咨询团播工作的有不少未成年人，年轻、法律意识不足是她们的共同点。
小狸签合同时，本想拍照咨询，却被经纪人拒绝，说只有签完字才能拿走合同。她询问其中违约金的条款，对方说“只要你不违约就没有违约金”，催促她赶紧签字。
尽管根据未成年人保护法规定，网络直播服务提供者不得为未满十六周岁的未成年人提供网络直播发布者账号注册服务，但多位主播提到，团播由于常常使用公司的账号，平台并不会对主播是否成年进行进一步审查。
工作的第二个月，小狸没有收到公司承诺的5000元底薪。这部分钱以迟到、业绩未达标等理由被层层扣除。随后，公司突然解散工作群，她和同事们报警后发现，老板已经跑路。
“但凡有其他的选择，都不要做直播”
多位团播主播告诉新京报记者，一旦签下合作协议，公司多以高额违约金、压薪、换团、停播等方式设置退出门槛。
入行前，小酒就听说过团播行业存在高额违约金，但面试时对方表示“合同可以暂时不签，提离职可以直接走”，她才打消顾虑。然而到月底发工资时，负责人却以“未签合同”为由，通知她只能按纯提成结算——她工作了38天，到手仅29元。
气不过的小酒决定维权，但在举报过程中她发现，根本搞不清自己在为哪个公司打工。她发现同一个地址下，竟挂着多个不同公司的名字；有同事签订的合同系已注销公司，且未加盖公章。离职后，她与同事一起维权，却因“不属于劳动关系”等问题难以维权。
橘子则是通过诉讼才完成离职。
长时间穿着10厘米高跟鞋跳舞，她内侧脚骨突出疼痛难耐，昼夜颠倒的作息带来免疫力下降，她常常心脏抽痛、失眠频发。另一方面，由于流量不佳，公司将团队转入直播尺度更“宽松”的平台，主持人与观众公然开黄腔，她明显感到不适，决定离开。
提出解约后，公司向橘子索要20万元违约金。她回忆，签约当天仓促，合同没仔细看也未留底。她花5000元请律师起诉，双方协商后，最终向公司支付将近1万元解约。
律师方潇代理过多起网络主播合同纠纷案件，在她看来，团播行业不规范现象包括：合同模板来源于网络，无法很好适用双方合作模式；合同履行过程中，公司单方制定霸王条款，如不合理扣款、罚款；要求主播进行线下应酬甚至发生不正当关系；存在军事化管理模式，如殴打、辱骂主播；恶意扣收入、体罚、收走账号、发布色情内容导致账号封禁等。
团播主播在入职时，普遍与传媒公司签署的是“合作协议”而非劳动合同，合同中明确双方为“合作关系”，不构成劳动关系、劳务关系或经纪关系。
但这并不意味着主播失去了法律保护。
方潇指出，在实际运营中，主播往往受到公司统一安排，接受日常管理，并按公司规则完成直播任务与业绩考核。主播直播期间所产生的收益多数进入公司账户，再由公司统一分配。从人身依附性和财产控制力来看，公司对主播具有较强的隶属管理属性。主播与公司之间有可能构成事实劳动关系。
一旦被认定为劳动关系，主播将依法享有基本的工资、解约保护等权利，原合同中设置的不合理违约金条款也可能被判定无效或被调减。
有人想离开，有人想继续。
尽管老板跑路、工资拖欠，小狸被问到是否还会选择直播这个行业时，依然给出了肯定的回答，只是更倾向于带货。
小酒又重新做回文员。与公司仲裁调解结束后，橘子找了一份奶茶店的工作，尽管辛苦，但她觉得未来的路能看得清楚，挣的钱也能看得清楚。
偶尔在社交媒体上刷到有人问要不要去做团播，她会分享自己的经历，希望能劝阻年轻人不要进入这一行业，“但凡有其他的选择，都不要做直播。”
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最近的舆论场，天水幼儿园的事情还没下文，大连工业大学李同学的热度下降，大同环卫工找儿童手表已经没人再提，黄杨钿甜天价耳环有了“定论”，宗庆后的塌坟正如火如荼。
在这些话题的缝隙里，河南平顶山鲁山县“715万元建牛郎织女雕塑”事件，显得那么微不足道。
然而我却非常想说说。
其实，这已经是两年前的旧闻了，但现在又翻出了浪花。
2023年8月，鲁山县花费715万，赶在七夕节前，建造了一个牛郎织女雕塑。
但，715万，却只建了一个丑玩意，网友发视频吐槽，质疑造价过高。
记者打电话采访，鲁山县住建局接电话工作人员，竟然对记者来了一句“监督你妈，滚！”，随即便挂断了电话。
当时，我还写了一篇文章说这件事“监督你妈，滚”，他骂出了多少官员的心声
当年8月29日，当地发布通报，说已经成立了联合调查组，说决定对负有直接责任的县住建局党组书记、局长党某某予以免职，对县住建局工作人员李某某言辞不当的行为给予政务记大过处分。
还承诺，对社会关注的项目设计、工程造价、招标流程等问题进行全面审查。
到今年，两年过去了，有市民希望官方公布该事件的最终调查结果，打12345热线电话，鲁山县回复说，目前仍在进行调查审查工作。
这就奇怪了，两年了，联合调查组还在调查，这件事复杂到这种程度了吗？需要那么久吗？
而最近华商报大风新闻等媒体的介入，又让这件陈年往事再次引起关注。
但更诡异的来了。记者致电平顶山市纪检部门，一位工作人员表示此事还在调查中，具体情况不方便说，希望理解，“该问题涉及保密，有相关部门去调查的。
连“极目新闻”都忍不住要问：
一座雕塑建设需要保什么密？涉及保密就调查不下去了吗？就怕“涉及保密”是托词，想继续拖下去。这倒真想让人知道，到底是什么因素在干扰调查并得出结论。
眼看事情越闹越大，就在昨天晚上，当地联合调查组再次发布了情况通报。
简单点说就是：
河南鲁山县715万元牛郎织女雕塑项目存在决策不规范、监管缺失、先建后招、围标串标及价格虚高等问题。
调查显示实际造价仅207万元，相关责任人被严肃处理：
县领导被批评教育，住建局官员被免职或判刑，涉事企业及人员被判罚金和缓刑。
官方承认通报不及时并致歉，承诺加强监管。
……
嗯，怎么说呢，“批评教育”“谈话处理”“写深刻检查”“缓刑”“罚款”，自罚三杯，就这么轻松过关了。
更让人无语的是，这个通过结果，其实早在2023年9月8日，就在他们平顶山全市有关会议上公开了，此后也在全市和鲁山县有关会议上又进行了多次通报。
虽然他们承诺过会全面调查，但两年了，当市民和记者问询时，他们还是装聋作哑，拿“正在调查”和“涉及保密”来搪塞。
如此公然撒谎，脸不红心不跳，张嘴就来。
这让我想当年鲁山县住建局李某某骂记者的那句“监督你妈，滚！”
我在之前的文章里就说，每一句“正在处理中”的官方回复背后，都隐藏着一句听不到的“监督你妈，滚”。
这两句话，不过是同一种态度的一体两面罢了。
当年，鲁山县住建局李某某这一骂，骂出了多少官员心里想骂，却又不敢骂，骂不出来的心声。
他们从来没想过，原来权力是要被监督的。
他们从来没想过，怎么还敢有人质疑自己。
面对意想不到的关注和监督时，他们表现出来的，是落后于时代的傲慢与愚蠢 。
常在网上冲浪的网友，会忍不住怀疑，这群官员的办公室，是不是才通网。
但，可能这就是我们所不熟悉的一部分现实了：
有些人，擅长肆意妄为，却又拙于收拾残局；不得不被动面对媒体，却又因无力摆脱而心生不满。
大部分人还能做做表面功夫，有的人却不小心露出了马脚，让我们看清了真相 。
在他们的心中，随便搞个什么名目，建一堆没用的玩意，把纳税人的钱搞到自己腰包，还没有人敢过问，不需要向公众交代，才是这个世界“正常”的样子吧。
他们一定没想到，事情都过去两年了，怎么还会有人揪着不放。
这次，他们学乖了，面对记者采访，没有再骂出脏话，但放下电话，不知道又要怎样骂记者多管闲事。
看到有人有媒体还在持续关注两年前的旧闻，让人心里五味杂陈，觉得又欣慰又难过。
感谢有些人的念念不忘，又痛心于我们是那么擅长遗忘。
这次，热度之下，还有个回响，可层出不穷的事件，屡见不鲜的怪谈，又有多少都无疾而终了呢？
“明星书记”成了“阶下囚”，他主导创办的村办企业也垮了。
近日，长春市宽城区欣园街道五星村原党委书记、村委会主任杜一宝被通报盲目铺摊子、上项目，搞“政绩工程”。当中先后使用4600余万元集体资金成立三家村办企业，目前，两家企业严重亏损，一家企业倒闭的细节引发热议，这一大多由村集体出资设立的企业模式，重新引发舆论关注。
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村办企业蓬勃发展于20世纪80年代。国家统计局在2001年发布的公报中显示，截至1996年，全国共有村办企业超过51万个。随着产权制度改革，部分村办企业改制成为股份合作制或私营企业。在乡村振兴战略推动下，一些地方重新探索村办企业作为增收路径，但现实的运行状况却并不乐观。有数据显示，截至 2020年底，仍有超过45%的村集体经济处于“空壳化”状态。
就职于山东莱州市农业农村局的梁凤敏在2021年的调研中指出，在当地9个城区驻地或经济较发达乡镇的45家村集体企业中，正常经营的企业有38家，余下7家企业属于注册后未运行或停止运营。而这38家企业中，有18家近三年未向村集体上缴利润，除个别因违法违纪问题正在接受调查外，其他均自述经营不善，企业利润低或没有利润。
多位专家也对中国新闻周刊指出，当前村办企业面临基础薄弱、发展目标偏离和运营低效“三重困境”。一些企业未经充分调研和论证仓促上马，最终因经营不善沦为“空壳”。更有甚者，因权责不清、管理混乱，出现了“挣钱是个人，亏本是企业”的怪象。
明星书记与“政绩幻影”
五星村位于长春市宽城区城乡接合部，是典型的城中村。
1986年，杜一宝从部队复员后，先后担任毛织厂、水玻璃厂厂长和建筑公司经理。2010年，他高票当选为村委会主任时，村民评价他有“军人的精干、企业家的头脑”。
彼时，五星村面临着城镇化推进中的现实难题：大部分土地被征收，失地农民增多，村集体资产为70万元。
为了解决村民的就业问题，同年12月，杜一宝组建了长春市星运房地产开发公司，承揽建设工程。
两年后，五星村原村委会办公楼和物流园区被收储，杜一宝将目光投向村内一片废弃的鱼塘。仅用了两个月时间，废弃鱼塘被填平夯实。
2013年9月，一个投资1.5亿元，占地7.2万平方米，集住宿、餐饮、配货、停车、仓储为一体的综合性物流园区问天物流园建成。据《吉林日报》报道，投入使用当年收入500万元，到2019年，达到700万元。
杜一宝曾介绍，“问天物流园”寓意“为百姓谋利益问心无愧，干工作实实在在天道酬勤”。
2014年，长春市星运房地产开发公司注销。2016年，在杜一宝主导下，长春北城水上乐园有限公司成立。公开资料显示，乐园逐步扩展为集娱乐、住宿、餐饮为一体的综合体，日接待能力超过3000人。2016至2018年，实现营业收入100余万元。至2019年，五星村村集体资产规模近5亿元，村民人均年收入超过3万元。
连续创办企业且初见成效，为他赢得了“明星书记”的称号。2020年，他被全国“村长”论坛评为“十大杰出村官”。
然而，光环背后，隐患已悄然滋生。
自2021年起，村集体企业接连陷入困境。当年，问天物流园注销。随后，长春北城水上乐园陷入多起合同纠纷。一份裁判文书披露，该乐园与某公司签署票务总代理合同，约定履约期为2018年5月到2020年5月，然而仅履约10个月就再无新的预付票款消耗，最后一次对账停留在2019年2月，后续再无产品交付。
政企不分
五星村村企危机的形成并非一朝一夕。多位知情人士向中国新闻周刊透露，该村多个集体项目的启动资金来自征地补偿款和银行贷款，前期没有经过可行性论证，所欠债务只能“慢慢消化”。
盲目决策，实际是许多村办企业失败的共性特征。云南省乡村振兴研究院特聘研究员许玉贵对中国新闻周刊指出，不少村企是为完成乡镇政府的要求“为建而建”，导致建立起来后不知道干什么。
更值得警惕的是，部分村企设立的初衷并非经营产业，而是为了获取基础设施项目的财政资金，导致在项目竣工后长期无实质性运转，甚至因此形成债务负担。
多位专家告诉中国新闻周刊，村办企业出现经营问题的核心症结在于政企不分。
多地村委和村企由“同一套班子”管理。以五星村为例，问天物流园和长春北城水上乐园的法定代表人为杜一宝，在2019年，乐园的法定代表人变更为该村时任党委副书记李成军，他同时也是执行董事兼总经理。
中国农业大学经济管理学院教授王玉斌接受中国新闻周刊采访时表示，这种既负责村务又负责企业的模式下，村办企业难以按照现代企业制度进行所有权与经营权有效分离，行政与市场行为容易混淆。
王玉斌进一步指出，集体成员和集体资产管理者之间存在着委托代理关系，由集体成员构成的农民集体拥有集体资产所有权，但集体资产的实际控制权却由管理者掌握，而管理者并不是经营风险的主要承担者。这种权力和责任不对称的格局下，叠加资源配置和市场研判方面的短板，部分村企负责人难免出现盲目跟风、冲动决策或政绩追求，最终因决策失误造成集体资产流失，甚至滋生权力滥用与腐败风险。
问题不仅限于治理结构的错位。北京大学乡村振兴研究院院长雷明对中国新闻周刊说，村企作为企业本身应具有市场属性。然而，目前不少村办企业在设立和运营中，并未真正按照市场主体的标准来构建。这些管理人员大多不具备现代企业管理知识，仍然沿袭管理村庄的方法管理企业，显然难以适应现代企业经营的需要。
资金运作方面的问题同样突出。雷明指出，村办企业资金大多来源于财政拨款或帮扶资金，资金成本低，导致管理者缺乏风险意识，市场定位模糊，容易异化为“政绩工程”。
村企普遍面临优质资源相对匮乏、资金来源渠道较为有限等现实制约，难以有效对接项目和适应市场新业态变化。王玉斌指出，在此基础上推进公益性民生项目，往往会陷入被动垫资和入不敷出的困境。此外，一些村企在政策引导下选择推进“先建后补”项目时往往放大和加码，项目启动的盲目性和管理上可能存在的漏洞，一旦资金到位过晚或因财务管理不规范拿不到专项资金，就会出现烂尾和空置，导致集体资产浪费和流失。
政企不分还带来另一个后果：“账务不分。”王玉斌指出，集体经济兼顾公益性与经营性，但现实中，民生公益性支出被混入企业账目、企业经营性行为受到公益性财政审批流程限制导致低效率等问题难以避免。特别是在“村财镇管”背景下，企业经营性行为支出决策需要履行冗长的审批流程，其市场反应能力可能会受到较大影响。
例如，浙江衢州市常山县曾公开过几家村办集体企业收入在村办集体企业入账，但部分项目支出却在村级财务中列支，衢江区某村办企业营业收入计在企业，而部分劳务费用却由村经济合作社支付的案例。
有时，“账务不清”会更进一步演变为“资金侵占”。
五星村便是典型案例。2023年7月，长春市宽城区纪委通报称，杜一宝任五星村党委书记、村委会主任期间，采取虚增会议费用、虚构修路款、虚增供暖燃料费用等方式，分3次套取村集体资金共计62.8万元，用于个人使用。就在他被罢免村委会主任职务的两个月前，该村村委会原副主任杨小宁因涉嫌严重违纪违法正接受纪律审查和监察调查。
明确责权利
“权责利不清，是许多村企管理混乱的制度性根源。”雷明指出，要摆脱制度性困境，村企亟须向真正的企业化运作转型，明确对应的责权利。王玉斌建议借鉴国企改革经验，推动所有权与经营权分离，让懂管理的职业经理人运营村办企业，而村集体作为出资人行使监督权。
迈出这一步，首要难题是人才瓶颈。雷明表示，应对村干部进行专业培训或引入职业经理人。
不过，王玉斌在调研中发现，当前村级治理中，能同时兼具党务管理、生产经营和市场交易能力的复合型人才极为稀缺。党支部书记与村主任“一肩挑”制度推行过程中，有的村难以找到理想的带头人，老党员因市场经营知识欠缺难以适应企业管理工作，青年人大量外流背景下部分优秀返乡青年又可能因非党员身份等约束无法成为“一肩挑”人选。
为有效缓解这一结构性问题，近年来全国各地推进“新型职业农民培训”。2022年3月，农业农村部、财政部又启动了乡村产业振兴带头人“头雁”项目，拟在五年内培育10万名“头雁”。
“但与全国约60万个村产业发展实际人才需求相比，缺口很大。”王玉斌强调，这些返乡创业青年多为“农二代”或拥有“三农”情怀、受教育程度较高的群体，但在一定程度上存在重复培养或培训科目与实际需求不符等问题，即使全为有效培训，也远远满足不了实际需求。
治理能力的提升，也离不开监管机制的完善。雷明认为，应推动村企设立独立的董事会与监事会，健全审计制度和财务公开。与此同时，王玉斌表示，既要加强村干部管理，如绩效考核、定期轮岗等，也要加强警示教育，营造不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐的氛围。
事实上，制度探索早已开始。2010年，村务监督委员会被写入村民委员会组织法，该委员会被赋予负责村民民主理财和监督村务公开的职责，在一些村企中逐渐发挥作用。
湖北孝昌县新岗村的实践便是样本。2011年，当地通过村民入股设立股份制建材企业，明确所有重大投资需经村民代表大会讨论通过，财务收支每月报表公开。村委对企业账目实行双重监督，并设立专门账户，确保资金用于再投资而非私分。截至2024年，村集体年收入已达53.4万元。
山东龙口市尹村的经验亦具参考价值。自1985年起担任村党支部书记的刘玉祥，将村里的粉丝作坊发展成了如今资产3000多万元的村办企业。他对中国新闻周刊强调，最重要的是，“账不能乱套”。 该村严格执行企业账务签字审批、对账入库、每月报表制度，并设立“分账”机制：每年从粉丝厂利润中拿出50万元作为“村财乡管”，由镇政府统筹用于村集体福利发放及公共基础设施支出，如高龄老人和经济困难群体补贴、路灯、村道建设和维护等；其余部分作为企业流动资金用于再发展。
合理的激励与利益分配机制同样关键。许玉贵指出，在资金层面，县乡政府可通过财政注资、专项基金支持等方式，缓解企业初期投入压力；至于村企内部，可按照责权利对等的原则，对公司管理人员、技术人员和职工，根据岗位职责和工作业绩，给予相应的薪酬、奖金和表彰奖励，让中下层人员有职务上升的空间。
“最终目标是构建一个真正的市场化企业，使其在市场中可持续运作，并成为带动农村经济发展的坚实力量。”雷明说。
Getty ImagesMore than half of Britain's busiest airports have raised "kiss-and-fly" fees for cars dropping off passengers close to terminals, according to research from the RAC.
The motoring group found 11 out of 20 UK airports had put up prices since last July, with Gatwick, Bristol, Leeds Bradford and Southampton joining Stansted in charging the top rate of £7 to park for a matter of minutes.
In contrast, at nine of the 10 busiest airports in the European Union there are no drop-off fees.
Airports UK, which represents the industry, said all hubs offer free drop-off options further from the terminals, such as "park and ride" facilities where people can leave their car and take a bus to the airport.
London Heathrow, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Liverpool all raised their prices by £1 to £6 for between 10 and 20 minutes.
The RAC also found that Cardiff airport had introduced a fee for the first time, asking £3 for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, London Luton and Manchester airports are the most expensive on a cost-per-minute basis, the research showed, with drivers paying £5 to stop for five minutes.
Rod Dennis, senior policy officer at the RAC, said: "Drivers are a captive audience and that's why we think airports are so keen on these sorts of fees. But honestly, £7 for a stop that could be no more than 10 minutes does seem a little steep.
"And the fact that these costs keep going up year after year I think is going to be a huge source of frustration for anyone dropping off a friend or loved one this summer."
In the RAC's survey of European airports, hubs including Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle charged nothing. Only Schipol in the Netherlands asked for €2.50 (£2.17) to kiss-and-fly.
Karen Dee, chief executive of Airports UK, said: "Where fees are charged, this helps airports manage and reduce congestion, noise, carbon emissions and air pollution for local communities, something that they are mandated to do by the Government and local authorities.
"These charges are a part of the airport business model and help enable the provision of the widest variety of flights from the airport."
London City airport was the only one on the list which charges no fee.
A spokesperson for Gatwick, said: "The drop off charge helps to limit the number of cars and reduces congestion at the entrance to our terminals and funds a number of sustainable transport initiatives."
It added that holders of a Blue Badge, which is a parking permit for people with disabilities or health conditions affecting mobility, remain exempt from the charge.
Belfast and Southampton also said Blue Badge holders remain exempt from the fees.
On lifting its kiss-and-fly prices, a spokesperson for Southampton, said: "All of the funds generated through our parking facility are reinvested into the airport and play an important role in securing new routes for the region."
The BBC has contacted other airports for comment.
PA MediaDiane Abbott says she stands by comments she made about racism that led to a year-long suspension from the Labour Party.
In a wide-ranging interview with James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4's Reflections, the veteran Labour MP was asked about a letter she sent to the Observer in April 2023 in which she suggested people of colour experienced racism in a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers.
Although she withdrew her comments at the time and apologised, saying "errors" arose in a draft that was sent, she was suspended from the party and only re-admitted just before last year's general election.
Asked by the BBC's James Naughtie if she looked back on the incident with regret, she said: "No, not at all."
She added: "Clearly, there must be a difference between racism which is about colour and other types of racism because you can see a Traveller or a Jewish person walking down the street, you don't know.
"You don't know unless you stop to speak to them or you're in a meeting with them.
"But if you see a black person walking down the street, you see straight away that they're black. They are different types of racism."
Asked if she believed she had done anything wrong or had said something in her Observer letter that she did not believe in, she said: "I just think that it's silly to try and claim that racism which is about skin colour is the same as other types of racism.
"I just... I don't know why people would say that."
Naughtie asked the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP if she would condemn antisemitic behaviour in the same way she would racist behaviour against someone because of the colour of the skin.
She replied: "Well of course, and I do get a bit weary of people trying to pin the antisemitic label on me because I've spent a lifetime fighting racism of all kinds and in particular fighting antisemitism, partly because of the nature of my constituency."
The exchanges came as Abbott discussed her life and career in politics, including her own experiences of racism, as Britain's first black woman MP and her years of campaigning with other radical left wingers including Jeremy Corbyn.
She entered Parliament in 1987 and is now the Mother of the House, the honorary title given to the longest-serving female MP.
In her 2023 letter to the Observer, Abbott wrote that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people "undoubtedly experience prejudice" that is "similar to racism".
She added: "It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice. But they are not all their lives subject to racism."
Abbott was quick to withdraw the remarks, which were heavily criticised by Jewish and Traveller groups, and apologised "for any anguish caused".
But she was suspended by the Labour Party pending the outcome of an investigation, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying her letter "was antisemitic" and should be condemned.
Abbott was readmitted to the Labour Party in May 2024, just in time for her stand as a Labour candidate in the general election, even though an internal inquiry into her conduct had concluded four months earlier.
The former shadow home secretary was given a "formal warning" for engaging in conduct that was in the opinion of Labour's National Executive Committee "prejudicial and grossly detrimental to the Labour Party". She also completed an online antismetism awareness course.
Asked by Naughtie if she had been "hung out to dry" by the Labour leadership, who had continued to say she was subject to a disciplinary process after it had finished, she said: "In the end, Keir Starmer had to restore the whip to me.
"I got tremendous support locally. We had a big rally on the steps of Hackney Town Hall. And in the end Keir Starmer and the people around him had to back off because of the support I had from the community."
She said she was sure that the Labour leadership had been "trying to get me out" and there were "hints" that she would be offered a seat in the House of Lords if she stepped down as an MP.
"I was never going to that. And I'm a Labour MP today, and I'm grateful," she said.
Reflections is on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 17 July at 09:30 BST.
PA MediaOne of four rebel MPs suspended by Labour for defying party orders has said it will not silence her - but she will continue to support the government as an independent.
Rachel Maskell told the BBC she had been expelled from the party in Parliament for her role in a rebellion against disability benefit cuts, which forced Sir Keir Starmer into a U-turn on a key piece of legislation.
Maskell said the welfare bill fell apart ahead of a crucial Commons vote because the government did not listen to its backbenchers when the reforms were being drawn up.
Minister Jess Phillips said the suspended MPs should not be surprised after their "persistent" rebellions and "slagging off" of the government.
On Wednesday Labour withdrew the whip from four MPs - meaning they will now sit as independents in the House of Commons - and stripped three more of their role as trade envoys - unpaid jobs handed out to backbench MPs.
Maskell told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday that the chief whip had made it "very clear" to her that her "work on the disabled people reforms were the reason" for her suspension.
The MP for York Central said she had not been a "ringleader" of a rebellion but that she had sought to "advocate" for her constituents, including disabled people who "are very invisible in our society".
Now sitting as an independent, she said she would do "all that I can to support the Labour government".
"But that doesn't mean that I'm silenced," she told BBC Breakfast, adding that she did not believe the prime minister had "got it right".
"If my constituents are telling me something, I want to be able to advocate," she said.
The welfare bill broke down because backbenchers weren't listened to in the early stages, she said, and this must change "because ultimately backbenchers bring vast experience with them".
But Labour minister Phillips said that, from what she could see, "this is nothing to do with someone voting against a particular bill".
Ministers were forced to water down their plans after 47 Labour MPs rebelled against the government's proposed cuts to welfare, but only four were suspended Philips pointed out.
The suspensions were instead for people "constantly going on the airwaves, slagging off your own government," she said.
She also dismissed the idea that MPs could not raise concerns with the government.
"There is absolutely no reason why people cannot speak up about the things that they care about, but we do have to work as a team," Philips told BBC Breakfast.
It further undermined the prime minister's authority after a series of policy reversals, including restoring the winter fuel allowance to millions of pensioners.
A senior Labour MP said the suspensions had left some backbenchers in a "state of shock".
Toby Perkins told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight late on Wednesday: "There's a number of colleagues who voted against that (welfare) legislation who are wondering if they're phone is going to ring."
While he said some MPs would now think "very, very carefully" before voting against the government, he said there would be others "who feel this is an overreaction."
UK ParliamentThe other MPs suspended Wednesday - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff - were all elected to the House of Commons for the first time in 2024.
Duncan-Jordan, the MP for Poole, had organised a letter warning the government's welfare changes were "impossible to support" without a "change of direction".
After his suspension, he said he remained committed to Labour's values and that it was "business as usual" for his constituents.
Leishman, the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, said in a statement that he wished to remain a Labour MP and added:"I firmly believe that it is not my duty as an MP to make people poorer, especially those that have suffered because of austerity and its dire consequences."
North East Hertfordshire MP Hinchliff likewise said he hoped to return to the Labour benches and would continue to "fight every day for the needs of my constituents".
Three other Labour MPs - Rosena Allin Khan, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Mohammed Yasin - were stripped of their roles as trade envoys.
BBCA fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut has left dozens dead and injured, state media has reported.
The blaze at the mall, which had reportedly opened five days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control.
"The number of victims has reached about 50 people," Wasit province governor Mohammed al-Miyahi told Iraqi news agency INA.
Most of the victims in the fire were women and children, he said, adding that legal action would be brought against the shopping centre's owner.
Videos on INA's news channel show flames ripping through several floors of a multi-storey building as firefighters try to douse them.
Other clips circulating on social media appear to show a small number of people on the roof during the fire, as well as the burned out insides of the centre.
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EPAAs Donald Trump continues to be dogged by questions about his administration's handling of possible files related to deceased sex offenderJeffrey Epstein, he is relying on a tried and true strategy.
The problem for the president, however, is that his plan of attack may inadvertently pit him against some of his most loyal supporters.
In a lengthy Truth Social post on Wednesday morning, Trump began in a familiar way – by blaming the Epstein controversy on "radical left Democrats". This episode, he said, is just the latest in a long line of "hoaxes" fabricated by his political opponents to bring him down.
"These Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at," he wrote. "They are no good at governing, no good at policy, and no good at picking winning candidates."
In the past, Trump has used this kind of us-against-them rhetoric to rally his supporters to his side – casting himself as the embattled champion of the outsiders and disaffected who faces off against the privileged and the wealthy.
The potential flaw in the president's strategy this time became apparent halfway through his post, however, as he turned to blame his own party and his own supporters for falling for what he said was a leftist scheme.
"My PAST supporters have bought into this 'bullshit,' hook, line, and sinker," he wrote. "They haven't learned their lesson, and probably never will."
During remarks later in the Oval Office, Trump continued to blame his own side, saying that "some stupid Republicans, some foolish Republicans, have fallen into the net".
The president is drawing battle lines on the Epstein issue that divides his own side. It also risks cutting through the foundations on which his political strength is built.
Trump's success has been powered by two central messages to his supporters – that he's an outsider who fights against a corrupt establishment and that he tells it like it is. At a time when many voters say they are tired of polished politicians with shifting views, Trump's base sees him as authentic – unvarnished and controversial, yes, but honest.
Trump, never one to shy away from wild conspiracy theories or those who embrace them, now finds himself arguing that there is no "credible" evidence implicating the rich and powerful in the Epstein case and that those believing otherwise are suckers or fools.
His shifting comments – that the Epstein files should be released, that there are no files, that any possible files are hoaxes – also make him seem less like a straight-shooter and more like a man with something to hide.
He's left with the problem of trying to prove a negative. And for the moment, some of his supporters aren't buying it.
In an interview with Politico, conservative firebrand Laura Loomer warned that if Trump did not change course, the Epstein story could "consume" his presidency. Her advice to appoint an independent investigator to handle the case is one Trump would be loath to follow, given how he has railed against past special counsels.
But the success of his strategy to blame political opponents may only work if Democrats take the bait.
Dan Pfeiffier, who worked as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, recently wrote they can avoid this trap by amplifying divisions in Trump's "Make America Great Again" ranks.
"If the issue becomes too associated with a Democratic effort to hurt Trump, it will polarise the issue along party lines and push the dissatisfied Maga voters back into Trump's camp," he wrote in his most recent newsletter.
For the moment, calls for the government to share more information about Epstein is a rare source of consensus among the American public. A YouGov poll indicated that 79% of Americans want the government to release "all documents it has". That included 75% of Republican respondents and 85% of Democrats.
An internal Democratic poll obtained by Politico found 58% of respondents believed Trump "maybe was or definitely was" involved in a cover-up.
If the polls are decidedly tilted against Trump, Republican officeholders – the men and women who owe their professional livelihoods to staying in the president's good graces – mostly continue to stick by his side.
Congressional Republicans are backing the president's legislative agenda despite their narrow majorities in key votes this week. And while some have called for more transparency, conservatives in the House of Representatives have repeatedly squelched Democratic attempts to mandate the release of all remaining Epstein files.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who oversaw those efforts, walked back earlier comments calling for more Epstein files to be disclosed, saying that he was misquoted and that he only wanted the public to see "credible" information – the same language Trump has used.
For the moment, the Epstein story is a frustrating distraction for a president used to bending the news cycle, and national attention, to his will. With Republicans in control of Washington, the controversy will only consume his presidency if Trump's own allies allow it to.
If the grumbling and disaffection in Trump's faithful persist, however, it could exact a high toll on the Republican party in next year's midterm congressional elections, when voter enthusiasm typically determines which party prevails.
And if Democrats wrest control of one or both chambers of Congress - and gain their accompanying investigatory powers - the Epstein files, and Trump's connection to them, could go from a political sideshow to centre-ring spectacle.
BBCA fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut has left dozens dead and injured, state media has reported.
The blaze at the mall, which had reportedly opened five days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control.
"The number of victims has reached about 50 people," Wasit province governor Mohammed al-Miyahi told Iraqi news agency INA.
Most of the victims in the fire were women and children, he said, adding that legal action would be brought against the shopping centre's owner.
Videos on INA's news channel show flames ripping through several floors of a multi-storey building as firefighters try to douse them.
Other clips circulating on social media appear to show a small number of people on the roof during the fire, as well as the burned out insides of the centre.
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ReutersSyria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in Suweida province.
In his first televised statement since Israel's air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not afraid of war.
Syrian state media reported that the military was withdrawing from Suweida under a ceasefire agreement with Druze leaders. But it is not clear whether that will hold.
More than 350 people are reported to have been killed since sectarian clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted in the province on Sunday.
The government responded by deploying its forces to the predominantly Druze city of Suweida for the first time Sharaa's Sunni Islamist group led the rebel offensive that overthrew President Bashar al-Assad in December, ending 13 years of civil war.
However, the fighting escalated and government forces were accused by residents and activists of killing Druze civilians and carrying out extrajudicial executions.
The Druze religion is an offshoot of Shia Islam with its own unique identity and beliefs. In addition to Syria, there are sizeable communities of Druze in Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.
Syrian Druze and other minorities have remained suspicious of Sharaa since he took power because of his jihadist past. His Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is a former al-Qaeda affiliate that is still designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN.
Their fears have been heightened by several outbreaks of deadly sectarian violence, including one in May between Druze militias, security forces and allied Islamist fighters that also prompted to Israel intervene militarily.
In his speech early on Thursday, Sharaa stressed that the Druze were "a fundamental part of the fabric of this nation", and that he rejected any attempt for them to be dragged into the hands of what he called "an external party".
The president said government forces deployed to Suweida had "succeeded in restoring stability and expelling outlawed factions despite the Israeli interventions", which he said caused a "significant complication of the situation" and "a large-scale escalation".
"We are not among those who fear the war. We have spent our lives facing challenges and defending our people, but we have put the interests of the Syrians before chaos and destruction," he said.
Responsibility for security in Suweida would now be handed to religious elders and some local factions "based on the supreme national interest", he added.
Sharaa ended the speech by promising that the government was "keen on holding accountable those who transgressed and abused our Druze people".
On Wednesday, Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told the country's own Druze citizens on that Israeli forces were "acting to save our Druze brothers and to eliminate the gangs of the regime".
The Israeli military said its aircraft struck the Syrian military's headquarters in Damascus and a military site near the presidential palace, as well as armoured vehicles on their way to Suweida, and firing posts and weapons storage facilities in southern Syria.
"We are acting decisively to prevent the entrenchment of hostile elements beyond the border, to protect the citizens of the State of Israel, and to prevent the harming of Druze civilians," the military's chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, said during a visit to the Golan Heights.
"We will not allow southern Syria to become a terror stronghold," he warned.
The general also said there was "no room for disorder near the border fence", after hundreds of Druze crossed the heavily fortified frontier with Syria on Wednesday.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said it was speaking to all of the parties involved and had "agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end".
"This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made and this is what we fully expect them to do," he added, without giving any details.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, says more than 350 people have been killed since Sunday.
They include 79 Druze fighters and 55 civilians, 27 of whom were summarily killed by interior ministry and defence ministry forces, according to the group.
At least 189 members of the government forces and 18 Bedouin tribal fighters have also been killed in the clashes, it says.
It was not immediately possible to verify the SOHR's casualty figures, but Syrian security sources also said Wednesday that the death toll was close to 300.
ReutersThe US Department of Justice has fired a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the Southern District of New York, but her exit was confirmed by sources to the BBC's US partner CBS.
She is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, whom President Donald Trump fired in 2017.
The justice department has been firing lawyers who worked on cases that angered the president, including the 2021 US Capitol riot and a special prosecutor investigation of Trump.
Ms Comey - who had been a trial lawyer at the high-profile justice department office in Manhattan since 2015 - was given no explanation for her firing, a person familiar with the matter told Politico.
Her exit comes as Trump and the justice department's leader, Attorney General Pam Bondi, face backlash over the administration's handling of files relating to Epstein.
The well-connected convicted paedophile died by suicide while awaiting trial in 2019.
Bondi appeared to indicate in February she would release Epstein's client list, before saying last week there was no client list and no further files would be disclosed.
Ms Comey's firing comes after her prosecution team failed in their bid to convict Sean Combs on the most serious charges he faced of racketeering and sex-trafficking. The rapper was found guilty this month of lesser counts.
According to ABC News, Trump has privately expressed displeasure about having a Comey work in his administration.
Her father, James Comey, was recently interviewed by the US Secret Service after posting - then deleting - a seashell photo on Instagram that federal officials alleged was a call for violence against Trump.
Earlier this month it was reported that the justice department had launched an investigation into the former FBI director.
Prosecutors were said to be examining Comey's statements to Congress over an inquiry into alleged Russian attempts to influence the 2016 White House election. That probe failed to find Trump had criminally conspired with the Kremlin.
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Karnataka policePolice in India are trying to piece together the story of a Russian woman who was found living in a cave in the southern state of Karnataka with her two young daughters.
Nina Kutina was rescued on 9 July by policemen who were on a routine patrol near Ramteertha hills in the Gokarna forest, which borders the tourist paradise of Goa.
Authorities say the 40-year-old and her daughters - six and five years old - do not have valid documents to stay in India. They have been lodged in a detention centre for foreigners near Bengaluru, the state capital, and will be deported soon.
Kutina has defended her lifestyle in two video interviews to Indian news agency ANI, saying she and her children were happy living in the cave and that "nature gives good health".
But even a week after they were found, there is very little clarity on how the woman and her children came to be in a forest infested with snakes and wild animals; how long they had been living there and who they really are.
"The area is popular with tourists, especially foreigners. But it has a lot of snakes and it's prone to landslides, especially during the rainy season. To ensure the safety of tourists, we started patrolling the forests last year," M Narayana, superintendent of police for Uttara Kannada district, told the BBC.
A second policeman who cannot be named and was part of the patrol party that stumbled on the cave dwelling said they walked down a steep hill to investigate when they saw bright clothes that had been hung outdoors to dry.
When they got closer to the cave - the entrance to which had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - "a little blonde girl came running out". When the shocked policemen followed her inside, they found Nina Kutina and the other child.
Their possessions were meagre - plastic mats, clothes, packets of instant noodles and some other grocery items - and the cave was leaking.
Videos shot by the police at the cave dwelling which the BBC has seen, show the children dressed in colourful Indian clothes, smiling into the camera.
"The woman and her children appeared quite comfortable in the place," Mr Narayana said. "It took us some time to convince her that it was dangerous to live there," he added.
Police said when they told her that the cave was unsafe because of the presence of snakes and wild animals in the forest, she told them: "Animals and snakes are our friends. Humans are dangerous."
Kutina and her daughters were taken to a hospital for a check-up after their rescue and were certified to be medically fit.
ANIAn official in India's Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has told the BBC that she's Russian and that she will be repatriated once the formalities are completed.
He says they have reached out to the Russian consulate in Chennai - the BBC has also written to the Russian embassy in Delhi but they are yet to respond.
In video interviews with India's ANI and PTI news agencies, Kutina said she was born in Russia but hadn't lived there for 15 years and travelled to "a lot of countries, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Bali, Thailand, Nepal, Ukraine".
In her interviews with both agencies, Kutina said she had four children between the ages of 20 and 5 years. She talked about the eldest - "my big son" - who died in a road accident in Goa last year.
Officials say her second son is 11-years-old and is in Russia - and that they have shared the information with the consulate.
On Tuesday night, the FRRO said they had tracked down the father of the girls - Dror Goldstein - and that he was an Israeli businessman. They said he was in India at the moment and that they met him and were trying to persuade him to pay for Kutina and her daughters' repatriation.
On Wednesday, Goldstein told India's NDTV channel that Kutina had left Goa without informing him and that he had lodged a missing complaint with the police there.
He said he wanted joint custody of his daughters and would do everything to prevent the government from sending them to Russia.
There is no clarity on how and when Kutina and her daughters reached the forest in Karnataka.
Police said she told them that they had been living in the cave for a week. They added that she had bought some vegetables and groceries, including a popular brand of instant noodles, from a local store, a week ago.
They said she told them that she arrived in Karnataka from Goa where she also claimed to have lived in a cave. She also said that one of her daughters was born in a Goa cave.
In her interview to PTI on Wednesday, she complained about the detention centre where she's been lodged with her daughters saying "it is like jail".
"We lived in a very good place. But now we cannot be alone. We cannot go outside. Here it's very dirty, and there's not enough food," she added.
It's not clear when and how Kutina came to India.
Police say she told them she had lost her passport, but they were able to find an older expired passport among her belongings which showed that she had come to India on a business visa which was valid from 18 October 2016 to 17 April 2017.
But she overstayed, was caught a year later, and the Goa office of the FRRO issued her "an exit permit" to leave India. According to immigration stamps in her passport, she entered Nepal on 19 April 2018 and exited three months later.
It's not clear where she went after that, but Kutina told ANI that overall she had "travelled to at least 20 countries" - at least "four of them since leaving India in 2018".
It's also not clear when she returned to India next, although some reports say she's been back since February 2020. She told PTI that she returned because "we really love India".
Kutina admitted that her visa expired a few months back. "We don't have our visa, valid visa, our visa finished," she said, adding that the lapse happened because she was grieving for her dead son and couldn't think of anything else.
Karnataka policeAfter an idol of Panduranga Vittala, a form of Hindu god Krishna, was found in her cave dwelling, it was reported that she had gone there to do meditation and for spiritual reasons.
But in her interview to ANI, she rejected the narrative. "It is not about spiritually. We just like nature because it gives us health... it's very big health, it's not like you live in a home."
She added she had "big experience to stay in natural, in jungle" and insisted that her daughters were happy and healthy there. The cave she had chosen was "very big and beautiful" and it was "very close to a village" so she could buy food and other necessities.
"We were not dying, and I did not bring my children, my daughters, to die in jungle. They were very happy, they swam in the waterfall, they had a very good place for sleeping, a lot of lessons in art making, we made from clay, we painted, we ate good, I was cooking very good and tasty food," she told ANI.
Kutina also rejected suggestions that living in the forest exposed her children to danger.
"For all the time we lived there, yes we saw a few snakes," she said, but added that it was similar to people reporting finding snakes in their homes, kitchens or toilets.
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