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Ukraine allies pledge to take Russian oil and gas off global market

EPA/Shutterstock From left to right: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speak at a press conference in London. Photo: 24 October 2025EPA/Shutterstock

More than 20 nations supporting Ukraine have pledged to "take Russian oil and gas off the global market" as part of efforts to pressure President Vladimir Putin to end the war.

"We're choking off funding for Russia's war machine," said UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, after hosting a summit of the "coalition of the willing" in London.

The UK and US have in recent days sanctioned Russia's two biggest oil companies, while the EU targeted Moscow's liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was also in London, said "pressure" on Russia was the only way to stop the fighting. However, no long-range missile deliveries to Ukraine were announced at the summit.

Zelensky has long argued that US-made Tomahawks and European missiles would help make the war costs heavier for Moscow by hitting key military targets - including oil refineries and weapons depots - deep inside Russia.

But during last week's talks in Washington, US President Donald Trump indicated to Zelensky that he was not ready to supply Tomahawks.

On Thursday, President Putin warned that if "such weapons are used to strike Russian Federation territory the response will be... overwhelming".

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Speaking at a joint press conference after the London summit, Starmer said Putin was "not serious about peace", and therefore Ukraine's allies agreed a "clear plan for the rest of the year" on supporting Ukraine.

The UK prime minister said this also included targeting Russia's sovereign assets to "unlock billions to help finance Ukraine's defence". He gave no further details.

On Thursday, EU leaders agreed to help support Ukraine's "financial needs" for the next two years - but stopped short of agreeing to use frozen Russian assets worth €140bn (£122bn).

Asked about a so-called "reparations loan" for Ukraine funded by the Russian assets, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she hoped a decision would be made by Christmas Eve

In London, the "coalition of the willing" also pledged to strengthen Ukraine's air defences" amid almost daily Russian air assaults on Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure.

Zelensky warned that Russia "wants to make the winter cold a tool of torment", adding that "they want to break us".

Further support for Ukraine's energy infrastructure was among the issues discussed at the summit - however, no specific announcements were made.

Ukraine and its western allies have publicly agreed with President Trump's proposal that the fighting should be immediately frozen along the vast front line for negotiations to begin.

Russia has rejected this idea, repeating demands that Kyiv and its allies describe as de facto capitulation by Ukraine.

Spectacular downfall of Georgia's ex-PM accused of having $6.5m in his flat

Anadolu via Getty Images Founder and Honorary President of the Georgian Dream Party Bidzina Ivanishvili (C), and Chairman of the Georgian Dream Party Irakli Garibashvili (L) attend a protest in support of the draft law on 'Transparency of Foreign Influence,' which was presented to Parliament by the ruling Georgian Dream Party and received preliminary approval in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 29, 2024Anadolu via Getty Images
Until recently Irakli Kobakhidze (L) was a loyal lieutenant of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili (R), seen as Georgia's de faco leader

Georgia's former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has appeared in court charged with large-scale money laundering - a shocking turnaround for one of the most loyal allies of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, widely seen as Georgia's de facto leader.

Prosecutors said when his home was raided by investigators earlier this month they discovered $6.5m (£4.9m) in cash.

Garibashvili, 43, twice served as prime minister during the Ivanishvili years – first from 2013-15 and then again from 2021 until January last year.

Now he has pleaded guilty to corruption charges that could carry a 12-year jail term and he has been granted bail of one million Georgian lari ($368,000; £277,000).

The charges against the former prime minister are the latest in a string of detentions of ex-government officials.

But the case against Garibashvili is the first prosecution of a senior member of Georgia's governing elite, and it comes amid the ruling party's authoritarian pivot away from the West.

While serving first as defence minister and then as prime minister between 2019 and 2024, he is alleged to have "secretly and covertly engaged in various types of business activities and received a particularly large amount of income of illegal origin".

He is accused of laundering this income and falsely declaring money as gifts from family members.

His lawyer, Amiran Giguashvili, confirmed his client was working with authorities.

"The court took into account that Mr Irakli agrees to the charges, does not hide from the investigation and co-operates," he told the BBC.

Reuters Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, charged with large-scale money laundering, leaves the courthouse after a hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia October 24, 2025.Reuters
Irakli Garibashvili was given bail after he appeared in court in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi

The corruption case marks a dramatic fall for a politician who worked in Ivanishvili's companies before entering politics in 2011 as part of the billionaire's Georgian Dream party, which has been in power since 2012.

In February 2014, he signed Georgia's Association Agreement with the European Union.

However, in recent years he has led Georgia's shift away from the EU. He developed close ties with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and said Nato's enlargement was one of the main reasons for the war in Ukraine.

According to Georgian political analyst Ghia Nodia, the former prime minister's downfall reflects Bidzina Ivanishvili's mistrust of his former political appointees.

"Ivanishvili is really the driver, he decided for some reason that there is some kind of treason in his team," Nodia said.

"At this point, he trusts [current PM Irakli] Kobakhidze but stopped trusting his closest lieutenant, not just Garibashvili, but also [ex-security chief] Liluashvili and others."

Meanwhile, Georgia's political turmoil continues, a year after Georgian Dream won contested parliamentary elections which the then president refused to recognise.

There have been daily protests since the government's announcement in November 2024 that it would halt membership talks with the EU, and most opposition leaders are now in jail.

New legislations have targeted civil society, pro-opposition media, and journalists and activists have been imprisoned.

"Ivanishvili seems like [he's] under siege," says Ghia Nodia. "He believes these crazy deep state conspiracies that the West wants to destroy him through these continuous protests in Georgia."

Letitia James pleads not guilty in mortgage fraud case

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James has accused Trump of weaponizing the justice department in the case against her

New York Attorney General Letitia James has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.

James appeared in court in US District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday during a brief hearing where her legal team asked for a speedy trial.

Speaking outside of the courthouse after the arraignment, James accused Trump of using the justice system as a "vehicle of retribution" against her and other critics.

She previously brought brought charges against others he considers political enemies.

"There's no fear today," she said, as supporters outside cheered. On Friday, a judge set a trial date of 26 January.

The federal government alleges James bought a three-bedroom home in Norfolk using a mortgage loan that required her to use the property as her secondary residence, and did not allow for shared ownership or "timesharing" of the home.

The indictment claims the property "was not occupied or used" by James as a secondary residence, but instead was "used as a rental investment property" and was being rented to a family of three.

The "misrepresentation" allowed James to obtain favourable loan terms that would not have been available for an investment property, prosecutors claim.

Sources have told US media that James bought the home for her great-niece in 2020 and that the relative never paid rent for the home.

James' legal team also said in court filings this week that they plan to challenge the appointment of US attorney Lindsey Halligan to James' case.

Trump appointed Ms Halligan, his former personal attorney, to oversee the case after another US prosecutor, Erik Siebert, resigned. Siebert reportedly was ousted after he told the justice department he had not found sufficient evidence to charge James.

James' attorneys also are filing a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that it is "vindictive".

She is one of several Trump critics who are under investigation or have faced criminal charges in recent weeks. The justice department charged Trump's former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey with making false statements to Congress.

Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, is charged with sending and wilfully retaining national defence information.

Trump last month called on his social media site Truth Social for Attorney General Pam Bondi, to bring charges against his political opponents.

"We can't delay any longer, it's killing our reputation and credibility," he wrote.

James brought a civil fraud case against Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, in 2022. Trump was later found liable of falsifying records to secure better loan deals, leading to a $500m (£376m) fine.

The penalty was thrown out by an appeals court, which called the fine excessive, though it upheld that Trump was liable for fraud.

小米跃居第一,明年仍可持续?| 2025行业科创解读(二)

编者按:

地缘政治冲突不断,行业竞争螺旋升级。
在“不科创,无未来”的紧迫感中,中国企业一面加大研发投入,力争上游;一面加大对科创的传播和营销,对其科创活动和表现各有表述。从行业看,各家企业的科创力和科创表现究竟如何?
南方周末科创力研究中心,把截至2024年年底、运营主体/控股股东在中国的上市公司(包括A股、港股和美股,多地上市情况按照“A股—港股—美股”的优先级,仅保留一家),以及少数未上市、但持续披露经第三方审计年报的公司合计7065家,划入44个一级行业。
综合企业披露的研发投入(资金、人员、强度)、研发产出(专利、标准、科技奖项)和公司发展(营收、营业利润、净利润、市值)等约30个指标,每个指标项以行业最高值为分母、各企业数值为分子,计算各自的得分,再将各指标项的得分累加,我们排出了各行业的科创TOP10。
各行业的研发密集度、资金密集度、人才密集度不一,科创各有特色,企业也各有精彩。

南方周末科创力研究中心

责任编辑:黄金萍

小米跃居榜首,明年还能保住第一吗?| 消费电子及电气业

南方周末研究员 曹妍

2025年度,消费电子及电气业共有397家入库企业,其中有371家披露研发投入合计2706.31亿元,TOP10企业研发投入合计1285.73亿元,占比接近一半。

对比2024年度,本年度上榜企业基本维持不变,其中九家还在榜上,仅有台达电替换了TCL科技。不过,除工业富联外排名顺序都有所改变。

最大变化就是榜首易位,小米超过美的跃居首位。双方差距主要来自研发投入,小米以51.93分高出美的(42.43)近10分,也领先其他八家。

2024年,小米的研发投入同比增长25.93%至240.5亿元,研发人员同比增长19.04%至2.12万人,研发强度达到6.57%。相比之下,美的研发人员(2.37万人)略高于小米,但研发投入(162.33亿元)和增幅(11.31%)、研发强度(3.99%)均不及小米。

汽车业务,是小米研发投入的最大引擎。自2021年3月官宣造车以来,小米2021-2024年的研发

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青年志Youthology|失业一年半后,重新学会活着

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标题:失业一年半后,重新学会活着
作者:oscar
发表日期:2025.10.24
来源:青年志Youthology
主题归类:失业
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夜里十一点的广汉小吃街,我正嗦冰粉,身后突然传来急声:“我的兔头呢?”转头看见个穿黑衣的男人,正蹲在垃圾桶旁翻找。老板帮忙找了十几分钟没见着,男人念叨着“就放桌上的”,语气发闷。我随口劝:“找到也不能吃了,我请你新的吧。”他愣了愣,坐到我对面——后来我才知道,这个说自己“88年的,被社会淘汰”的男人姓任,已经失业18个月了。


一百万可以撑多久

小任是河北人。2024年失业,在深圳挺了一个月。

那一个月的前半段,小任铆足了劲投简历。每天大部分时间都在床上躺着,用手机求职。从早到晚,计步器显示不超过五百步。那时候的小任,还保持着一股子自我鞭打的卷,生怕稍微慢一点就在深圳活不下去。

上午十点出头,小任穿着短袖短裤下楼取外卖。进电梯没三分钟,住在低两层的邻居牵着狗走进来,诧异地问他怎么今天休息?小任说今天有事请假。等拎着外卖回到家,发现吓得后背腋下都是汗。

小任怕自己成了别人眼中“混不下去的人”。

半个月后,眼看着投简历没回音,小任果断选择送外卖。那时候,小任虽然慌,但还没慌到降低饮食标准的程度。水要喝每瓶两元以上的,饭要吃每份三十块以上的,“太便宜了掉价”。五天算下来,刨去吃喝和租电动车的钱,一共赚了三十块钱。还是用别人的号试工。小任带着一肚子气,眼前的路似乎只剩下一条:回河北老家。

小任不想回河北,他喜欢南方,生活丰富,有空可以去书店咖啡馆或者海边。河北老家有什么?周末休息估计都会被父母的逼婚和逼考公填满。

小任用了三四天做出了决定:隐瞒自己失业、继续留在南方。支持这一决定的,还包括他认真算了一笔账:自己在深圳一年收入在35万上下。每年给父母10万,自己还可以攒12万左右。算下来自己也有百万存款。

“有一段时间,我就是父母的骄傲。”小任感觉自己对父母的回报够了。不仅仅是经济上的,还有精神上的。父母常对邻居说,儿子在深圳工作,一年几十万的收入。

接下来,他要找一个可以让这笔钱尽可能支撑自己生活下去的地方。他第一个想到的地方是成都。

成都却让小任有些失望。首先是住的贵。一个月两三千的房租,如果有工作,还过得去。但靠存款活着,就有点吓人了。离开成都前,除了在市内转了两天,他决定去一下三星堆。博物馆一直是小任比较喜欢的地方。

三星堆在广汉。逛完博物馆,小任没想好下一站去哪里,便搂草打兔子地看了眼广汉的房租,一个老房子的单间只要400。小区虽然老旧,但房子里安了一个二手空调。

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小任租的房子。如今他换了一个住处,更明亮一些。这个房间的隔壁就是厕所,月租金550元

房租本来是日常开销中最大的一部分,400的房租,让小任可以将月支出控制在900到1000元。这意味着在不生病的情况下,小任可以至少生活五六十年,而且不用担心被人问“怎么没上班”。

当时距离失业过去了快两个月,小任还带着满满的目标感。思维依旧习惯了为了实现“不让存款使用透支”的目标,分解到每个月甚至每一天的支出的情况。小任那时候还没意识到这件事,此刻他用开玩笑的语气对我说,“这就是被训练出的典型的牛马思维。”

在广汉的日子,是从学习偷懒开始的。小任在深圳时,几乎每天都要考虑衣服的搭配,哪怕因为加班或者应酬,到家已是凌晨,他也要把衣服洗好烘干。小任的衣服不多,又都是潮牌,加上每天都要穿得不同,只能让自己辛苦。

他离开深圳前,把衬衫西装皮鞋都处理掉了,留了大牌的休闲服和运动鞋。有一条为了搭配乐福鞋,花八百块买的修身西裤,结果穿了两次就被茶水间的咖啡渍弄脏,嫌送去干洗麻烦,直接丢进了衣柜最底层,处理时才发现早已发霉。在广汉,不需要工作也没啥熟人,小任穿了一周的衣服,只要没有汗味就可以不洗。

但小任在广汉也有一段迅速下跌的不适应。在深圳送外卖时,他还觉得自己是在拼搏,吃喝都要“像样的”。到了广汉,小任忍不住精打细算起来:瓶装水尽量不买,把自来水烧开喝。饭也开始自己做。

小任把刷牙用的玻璃口杯不小心打碎后,又气又怨,怨自己运气不好。索性又用了一段时间的矿泉水瓶。过了几天,早上起来,没戴眼镜,小任半闭着眼睛去刷牙,把矿泉水瓶碰到地上。那一刻,小任竟然涌起一股心疼,然后是一惊,“自己怎么会沦落到为一个用过的矿泉水瓶心疼?”在广汉被恐惧支配的生活,和在深圳被焦虑支配的生活,有什么差别呢!

那天,小任去了广汉的百伦百货,买了个十块钱的树脂杯,干干净净的,用起来手里心里都舒服。小任说自己“就是在那一刻开窍了”。

别挡住我的阳光

早上五点,金雁湖公园的漫步道上,小任努力跑了几分钟,气喘吁吁。他改成走。身边的人越来越多起来,大家都在努力跑着。早起跑步,不知道从什么时候开始,成了“都市人”的共识。就算在广汉,很多人也是“积极”“规律”的生活。小任刚努力放下了对于花钱这件事的焦虑,但依旧离不开从各种渠道获得的对于所谓“好的生活状态”的宣传。

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夜晚的鸭子河

跑步像是一种自我表达。大部分人身上的装备都有模有样,耳机、止汗发带、专业的衣服和鞋子、手机上生成着跑步的轨迹和路线……小任感觉自己有点异类。跑了四天之后,小任感觉少了点什么。以前跑完步还发个朋友圈,看着同事的点赞心里有几分喜悦。现在的日子里,没了老板画的大饼,也没了同事之间不那么真诚的夸奖。

小任一边琢磨一边盯着脚上的跑鞋,形状有点垮了,穿着不那么舒服。他琢磨买一双专业的跑鞋,看到网上售价将近两千。以前他多半是短暂肉疼,便下单了,总觉得钱还能赚回来。现在不仅是钱的问题,“我跑步是为了让别人羡慕自己、觉得我很健康,还是为了让自己舒服?”

现在收入没了,时间多了起来。小任在网上发现不少体校运动员都穿一个叫多威的牌子,一双鞋两百上下,据说穿五六年也不会坏。小任忽然感觉所谓专业,不过就是商业给普通人画的饼。二百块钱的鞋子穿到脚上,舒服的程度并不亚于两千元一双的鞋子。

“我咋就成了哲学家了!”小任用半开玩笑的语气对我说。跑步呀、买鞋呀、装备呀……小任第一次感觉到,自己被严重驯化了,有种被现代文明训练成商业想要的那种类型。“说白了,就是用一些概念,先给我们洗脑。专业的就是好的、多跑步就是健康的,诸如此类。然后让我们去消费。”小任为这个发现有些高兴。

但是完全脱离“消费牵引”,还需要一段时间。小任的手机已经用了五年,当时买的还是mini版本,这几年里磕碰了很多次。最近开始出现死机的情况,电量也消耗得很快。苹果17出来了,小任开始看苹果13,二手的。他把这件事讲给好朋友听,朋友劝他换最新款,小任心里还是犹豫的,“手机能打电话、看信息就够了,新款的功能我用不上,没必要为用不到的东西花钱”。

小任多了个能力,会区分出“用不到的东西”。除了价格不菲的跑鞋和手机,也包括他喜欢看的书。这是小任从学生时代保留下来的仅存的爱好。以前都是从网上买来,一般也不算贵,二三十块一本。现在,他会先去社区图书馆看,实在喜欢才买二手的。结果是大部分书看完,就不想买了。

在吃东西上,小任不再认为商场里面的打折套餐是划算的,开始认真吃泡面。说到泡面,小任一脸兴奋,甚至想在这家炸炸火锅店里亲自表演煮面给我吃。我急忙推辞,“我已经吃得很饱。”他则有点显摆的意思,“我的面有菜有蛋,还可以放虾滑,很有营养。”“一直这么吃,不会不健康吗?”我有点纳闷。小任告诉我,这种吃法放在深圳的时候,也觉得很委屈自己:周围的人都在讲究怎么吃更好,自己整天吃泡面?

但现在吃了一年多,小任反而觉得很舒服。反正也没有着急的事情做,就用小电锅煮面或者熬杂粮粥。“在深圳时,我吃泡面会躲在屋里,怕别人看见说‘你怎么这么惨’;现在坐在天窗下吃,风吹过来的时候好舒服!”小任眼中,吃泡面不是“委屈”,是“我想吃”。

“商业化总让我们觉得‘拥有’才是幸福,其实‘用着舒服’才更重要。”小任说自己到底是明白了当年第欧根尼和亚历山大大帝的对话。当亚历山大问第欧根尼有什么需要时,第欧根尼回应:“别挡住我的阳光。”

把自己养成孤儿

在广汉早上叫醒小任的,大多数时候是阳光,有些时候是父母的催促。小任刚到广汉,睡眠很好。过了半个月,小任父母的电话越来越多,小任的梦也开始变多。

“你就是没苦硬吃。”小任的父母说了几次“邻居家的孩子都结婚了”“你的小学同学都要二胎”后,老两口也学会了网络用语,用在了儿子身上。“他们每次打电话过来都问我两个问题,一个是为什么不好好的结个婚?一个是为什么不好好找个班上?最后就那么一句,你现在活得太野了。”小任苦笑,“我感觉现在得了‘父母恐惧症’。”

小任长大的河北省特别卷。虽然他就读的高中不是衡水二中,但卷的情况不相上下。小任刚读大学时,午饭十五分钟就吃完,同一个宿舍的北京孩子问他,为什么那么着急吃完?小任说,自己已经吃得很慢了,以前读高中都是三分钟就吃完的,还要一边吃一边背单词。有一次吃得太急,噎得直跺脚。小任的父母却说,这是努力的表现。

这样的卷,一直持续到小任来到深圳工作。甚至比自己在河北的生活状态有过之而无不及。小任凭借努力,工作一年后成为了项目组负责人。作为乙方的代表,他不仅要全力配合甲方的需求,还需要提供情绪价值。一次,甲方飞过来项目沟通,提出了不少问题,需要小任牵头调整,给出的完成时间是第二天下午五点。小任有些为难,和甲方说晚上的饭局自己就不去了。甲方的脸色变了,“看来是我们发现的问题多,你不满意了啊!”小任心里盘算,这个活已经干了五分之三,这个时候让甲方不高兴,估计将来的验收也不会顺利。小任心里放不下工作,脸上还要挤着笑容,硬着头皮参加饭局。喝的迷迷糊糊之后,又熬夜带着兄弟们调整数据和后续加工方案。

想到这里,小任在广汉哪里是没苦硬吃。没有了收入,也没有被动的卷,这对他来说是一种奢侈和放松。着急吃完饭也没有着急去做的事。他可以把一顿饭吃一个小时。

小任放弃了之前所有的“积极的生活方式”。早上起来不再急着去跑步,就算是睡醒了,也可以在床上再多躺半个小时,甚至是一个小时。躺到十点多最好,直接可以吃早午饭了。

但是锻炼不能少。小任手里还有以前在深圳的健身房健身卡,现在健身改成了公园漫步和俯卧撑的组合。唯一知道小任的情况的,是一位大学同学兼老乡。大学同学留在了北京工作,距离河北老家坐高铁只需要一个多小时。以前两个人动不动就说一句“顶峰相见”给彼此打气,现在这位大学同学说,小任是彻底摆烂了。小任没回复,过了一会把两个人的聊天记录删除了。

“活野了”“摆烂了”,小任没办法控制别人对自己的评价,他现在判定自己状态的好坏的标准浓缩成了两件事:月支出和体重。到广汉以后,小任瘦了十五斤。腰上的肉也少了,账本上的钱也没多支出。他认为这是身体给自己的奖励,“好好吃饭、好好睡觉,哪怕是锻炼也不过度。”

父母依旧不断地叫他回家。小任却在很多时候把自己当孤儿。一次,母亲问他为什么自己给他打电话的时候,他说几句话就不吭声了。小任半开玩笑,说他给自己设定了一个标准,每天说话不超过五百句。

“你真是疯了!”母亲说完,生气地挂断了电话。小任想,自己不过是没有按照大部分人的样子活着罢了。但自己怎么活得还挺舒服?

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小任拍下的广汉街头的日与夜

没有再为什么赶过时间

“我求求你了。”时隔一周后,小任接起父亲的电话时,传过来这么一句话。小任的父亲一度因为儿子没有回到河北,去了深圳工作,三个多月没有理小任。直到小任第一笔汇款的一万元到账,父子两个人才重新建交。可这次,父母用尽了威逼、责骂,小任还是远远地躲了起来。甚至没有告诉父母,自己到底在哪个城市。父亲服软了。

小任举着电话,心里有些难受。他想要的并不是逼着父亲放低姿态。父亲的语气从哀求变回不耐烦,“你到底想怎么样!好好的正道不走,非要走这些不求上进的路!”父亲在说最后几个字的时候,声音都劈叉了。小任没忍住,笑出了声。父亲气得挂断了电话。当天晚上,母亲就发来信息,让小任回家看看,说父亲被他气得心脏不舒服。

小任犹豫了一下,还是拨了视频通话过去。第一次,母亲没接。第二次,依旧是挂断。小任知道,父母不过就是在骗自己。“如果第一次是误按,那第二次应该也接起来了。不接就说明一件事,父亲没啥大事。”在小任看来,他们就是想让自己回家。

父母的电话是在小任到了广汉的第六七个月开始减少的。他们似乎意识到了小任的决心。父母的电话少了以后,小任每天醒来,看着空荡荡的房间,以前在深圳,每天被KPI、饭局催着,觉得“自由”是奢望;现在真的自由了,却不知道该做什么。

上午十一点多,小任散步走进小区,发现墙上贴着社区的免费体检通知。小任心里一动。到了社区才知道免费的体检只是针对老年人,自己想体检,还是需要去医院。

小任在医生的安排下,基本项目都查了一遍,花了七百。小任拿着报告去找医生,医生说他的血脂比去年降了不少,他笑着说:“现在吃的都是‘土味’,却比以前的‘精致饭’养人。”医生见病人不多,便和他聊了几句。“小伙子,你自己在广汉?还是要交一些朋友,心情好,也能让身体更好!”医生的这句话,触动了小任。

换做在深圳,或者是河北老家,小任听到这话,大概率都会不太高兴。交朋友属于私事,凭什么让一个医生来提建议?但在广汉,小任发现这个建议对自己来说还挺重要。以前为了项目汇报,下了地铁,拎着笔记本电脑咬牙跑上二三百米,衬衫被汗浸透了。坐到客户对面又被空调吹的连打几个喷嚏,客户的脸上露出不悦,就像这几个喷嚏都是天大的错误一般。现在一个人住在这里,没有再为什么赶过时间。

没有了追逐,也好像没了目标,整个人仿佛失去了规矩和鞭策。“就像这么多年被人为的训练出来的一匹马,每天睁开眼就要拉上货物,有一个目的地。现在忽然没有货物,也没有目的地了,反而不知道该怎么办了。”

此时医生建议他交朋友,小任理解为可以让自己重新找到时间的感念。比如和网友约着某个时间在哪里见面,一起散步或者喝点东西。偶尔也让自己赶一赶时间。

有一次,小任和一个聊了快一周的女生约着见个面。女生“忽然想起”似的,“你做什么工作?”小任老实回答,“最近没上班。”分开前,小任问要不要再约个时间见面,女生的回答是,“等以后的吧!”这是一个看似模糊、实则清晰的回答。

小任把定时去广汉图书馆当作目标。背上包,穿干净的衣服,就像以前上班一样。但不用赶地铁,不用做汇报,不用看客户脸色。图书馆里都是退休的老人,小任坐在他们中间看书,忽然觉得这就是他想要的“自在”:不是无所事事,是有规律却不压抑;不是没人管,是自己管自己。小任想,自己这也算是退休了吧?

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作者请小任喝的夜市咖啡,他平时舍不得喝,于是拍了照片留念

给自己找到所谓的目标后,生活本身再次成为小任心中最重要的部分。小任在网上刷到好久以前的电视节目,其中有一幕是一只鹤,受伤被人治好,要放回大自然的时候,鹤在地上徘徊走了好久,似乎有些畏惧自然。但花了好多时间,这只鹤到底还是起飞了,在人们头上盘旋几次后,展翅飞走了。

小任盯着屏幕,感觉自己就像一个家养的动物,现在需要回归到野生的世界一样。

Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia

The proposal was the latest twist in a byzantine saga that has transformed the Salvadoran migrant into one of the best-known symbols of President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, called the plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to send his client to Liberia “punitive, cruel and unconstitutional.”

哥伦比亚指控美国在海上实施“处决” 特朗普称哥伦比亚同行为“毒枭”和“流氓”

24/10/2025 - 20:14

哥伦比亚总统佩特罗周四谴责美国政府在加勒比海和太平洋地区发动空袭,实施“法外处决”。佩特罗与特朗普的关系一直紧张。最近随着哥伦比亚可卡因产量上升,双方骂战升级。

华盛顿宣称自9月初以来已发动九次袭击,造成37人死亡,并称这是打击贩毒行动的一部分。

周三,特朗普政府宣布在太平洋进行了两次袭击。据军事消息人士称,其中至少一次袭击发生在哥伦比亚水域附近。

法新社说,白宫和五角大楼几乎没有提供任何证据来支持他们的说法,即袭击目标人员参与了毒品贩运。

哥伦比亚左翼总统在波哥大的新闻发布会上表示:“我们认为此类行动违反了国际法,美国(...)是在实施法外处决。”他要求对涉嫌运输毒品的人进行审判,而不是杀害他们。

前游击队员佩特罗强调:“这种过度使用武力的行为违反了国际人道主义法。”

他周四重申:“加勒比海被军舰、海军飞机和导弹所穿越(...)一名来自圣玛尔塔(北部)的渔民甚至在自己的船上被杀害。”

“毒枭”和“流氓”

近日,唐纳德·特朗普与古斯塔沃·佩特罗之间的激烈交锋不断升级。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普称其哥伦比亚同行为“毒枭”和“流氓”。这位左翼政客则回应称,他将向美国司法机构对特朗普提起诽谤诉讼。

国务卿马可·卢比奥则称这位哥伦比亚领导人“疯了”。

白宫主人特朗普警告古斯塔沃·佩特罗“要小心,否则我们将对他及其国家采取非常严厉的措施”。

“诽谤”和“侮辱”

古斯塔沃·佩特罗周四在国际媒体面前严厉谴责道:“特朗普先生诽谤了我,侮辱了哥伦比亚。”

白宫发言人卡洛琳·莱维特在新闻发布会上回应道:“我认为,哥伦比亚这位不稳定的领导人目前并没有采取缓和措施。”

今年,美国还把哥伦比亚从反毒品战争盟国名单中除名,并撤销了古斯塔沃·佩特罗和几名哥伦比亚官员的签证。

美国还宣布终止对哥伦比亚的财政援助,并将对该国实施惩罚性关税,以报复哥伦比亚可卡因产量的上升。

法新社说,哥伦比亚是全球最大的可卡因生产国,但数十年来一直与华盛顿合作,试图减少由各类准军事组织、贩毒集团和游击队控制的可卡因产量。

卢比奥对国际部队进驻加沙表示乐观 美国警告以色列勿吞约旦河西岸

24/10/2025 - 19:54

美国国务卿马可·卢比奥正在以色列访问,以巩固加沙地带脆弱的停火协议。他称,现在已有多国准备加入国际稳定部队,并重申了特朗普总统警告以色列不可吞并约旦河西岸的立场。

法新社10月24日消息,在美国国务卿抵达之前,美国特使史蒂夫·维特科夫、总统唐纳德·特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳以及副总统JD·万斯都访问了以色列。卢比奥为这一系列访问殿后。

周四抵达以色列的卢比奥表示,他对以色列和哈马斯维持停火持“乐观态度”。该停火协议于10月10日生效,基于唐纳德·特朗普旨在彻底结束两年战争的计划。

卢比奥称,“许多国家”已“提出”加入国际稳定部队(ISF),根据特朗普计划,该国际部队将在以色列军队撤离后进驻加沙地带。

但他警告称,这些国家或人员必须是以色列能够接受的,并指出以色列对国际部队的组成拥有否决权,特别是可以反对土耳其的参与。

作为第一个承认以色列的穆斯林国家,土耳其在埃尔多安总统的领导下,接待了哈马斯领导人,并对以色列进行了严厉批评。

此外,卢比奥先生表示,美国可能会寻求联合国对国际安全部队(ISF)的授权,一些国家已经提出了这一要求。

近日访问以色列的所有美国官员都对停火协议的执行表示了信心,尽管周日以色列对加沙地带的轰炸似乎动摇了停火协议,而轰炸的导火索是枪击事件造成两名以色列士兵丧生。

关系正常化

周五,卢比奥先生访问了位于以色列西南部基里亚特-加特的美国监督停火监督机构——民事-军事协调中心(CCMC)。他讨论了扩大《亚伯拉罕协议》的可能性。2020年,阿联酋、巴林和摩洛哥通过该协议与以色列实现了关系正常化。

卢比奥表示,现在“许多国家都对加入这些协议表示了兴趣”,有的国家兴趣更大,但他没有点名这些国家。

沙特阿拉伯是伊斯兰教最重要的圣地之一,多年来一直在与美国就与以色列关系正常化进行谈判。但利雅得现在将巴勒斯坦建国作为与以色列关系正常化的条件。

此外,吞并约旦河西岸的问题也卷入了美国的外交风波。周三,以色列议会投票通过了两项旨在扩大对其在1967年占领的约旦河西岸领土主权的法案。

周四晚间,唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿就以色列不得吞并约旦河西岸保证说,“如果发生这种情况,以色列将失去美国的所有支持”。 在10月15日接受《时代》杂志采访时,特朗普说:"这种情况不会发生。因为我在加沙停火谈判中向阿拉伯国家承诺过"。他的国务卿卢比奥周五重申了这一立场。

内塔尼亚胡则在周四驳斥了任何有关以色列与美国关系紧张的说法,称卢比奥是“以色列的非凡朋友”。

A Woman Self-Deported, Hoping to Shield Her Son. He Was Detained Anyway.

Joel Camas, 16, had been without his mother for about four weeks after she voluntarily returned to Ecuador. His lawyer had hoped his age would shield him.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Joel Camas, 16, an undocumented immigrant living in New York City without a parent, appeared on Thursday for a check-in with federal officials. He was accompanied by Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and Beth Baltimore, his lawyer.

Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

Mr. Jeffries, the House minority leader, had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, for months. But his support provides a late boost.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat who leads his party in the House, had faced intense lobbying over a potential endorsement of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

几内亚Labé法广俱乐部助扫盲

24/10/2025 - 19:31

西非国家几内亚(Guinéé Conakry)的拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部决定开设一个扫盲中心(un centre d'alphabétisation)。

非洲国家几内亚(Guinéé Conakry)的拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部决定开设一个扫盲中心(un centre d'alphabétisation),以帮助年轻人和在职成年人实践和完善使用法语。就此,当地法广俱乐部(CLUB RFI)主席塞伊夫雷(Saïfoulaye Diallo)在接受本台法语专栏节目主持人艾里克(Eric Amiens)采访时谈到了新成立的这个扫盲中心当前的学员及师资状况。

Saïfoulaye Diallo, président du club RFI Labé et Isabelle Ba, marraine du centre d'apprentissage.
Saïfoulaye Diallo, président du club RFI Labé et Isabelle Ba, marraine du centre d'apprentissage. © Club RFI Labé

首先就当前的学员人数,他说:“目前,我们有三个小组。其中上午来的一个小组,有六人。下午来的一个小组,有十二个人。我们现在还有一些职业人,学习时间是晚上20点到22点30分。现在大约有七到八人。所以,目前我们有近二十来人。” (Trad A Desk Fin)

Un élève qui compose.
非洲 / 几内亚 :拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部 Afrique / Guinée - RFI Club Labé : un élève qui compose. © Club RFI Labé

哪这个扫盲中心目前的师资情况如何呢?就此,拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部主席回答说:

在这个中心里的人,都是俱乐部的成员。我们在内部进行组织,因为目前我们没有能力聘请教师。所以,必须要节省开销。所以,我们亲力亲为。我们也得到了主管教育事务当局的支持,给我们指引方向以及如何进行。幸运的是,我们几乎全部都是教师,目前能够做到。”(Trad B Desk Fin)

Enrobé Nicolas Desk 2025.10.24 v Guinée Conakry - Club RFI Labé a décidé d'ouvrir un centre d'alphabétisation / 非洲-几内亚拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部新开扫盲中心
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Desk-Enrobé Nicolas 24.10.25_SOIR Guinée Conakry - Club RFI Labé a décidé d'ouvrir un centre d'alphabétisation / 非洲-几内亚拉贝法广俱乐部成立扫盲中心

尼古拉

本台法广(RFI)法文报道介绍说,几内亚(Guinée - Conakry)拉贝(Labé)法广俱乐部(Club RFI)的扫盲中心,致力于帮助年轻人和在职成年人提高阅读和写作技能。有关这一采访得更多内容,请在新闻之后收听由尼古拉主持的[法语世界]专栏(Chronique francophonie)第135集。

RFI Carte / Afrique : la Guinée.
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鸡蛋bot|十堰车撞人事件已逾48小时,我在等一份官方通报

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标题:十堰车撞人事件已逾48小时,我在等一份官方通报
作者:卫子游
发表日期:2025.10.24
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10月22日,湖北省十堰市一小学周边发生车撞人事件,多名学生被撞,引发广泛关注。截至发稿,事发已逾48小时,当地仍未发布情况通报,外界对于事故伤亡及肇事原因则众说纷纭。

据悉,事发地位于十堰市茅箭区重庆路小学附近,为文秀路与山东路交叉口。目击者称,事发时正值学校放学,肇事车超车闯红灯后径直冲向路边人群。当地警方称,肇事司机已被控制,案件正在调查中,后续会有官方通报。

事发后,多名重庆路小学的学生家长称,学校近日如常开学,警方加强了事发路段的执勤,但校方至今未告知事件原因,“作为学生家长,连这点知情权都没有么?”有家长致电十堰交管服务热线,工作人员告诉其:“这是恶性事件,不归他们管。”但笔者随后拨打该交管热线,接线人员表示,对相关事件不知情。

有学生家长及周边居民告诉笔者,已有被撞人员在事件中遇难身亡,但该信息暂未获官方确认。亦有疑似被撞学校家长告诉笔者,“作为受害者的母亲,我十分压抑自己的心情!什么时候给我们受害者一个交代!”

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肇事车行车轨迹简图@zyh

据此前报道,事发时正值重庆路小学放学高峰期,前去接孩子的吴女士(化姓)目睹了上述事件。网传视频显示,肇事车起初在文秀路上由西向东行驶。吴女士告诉笔者,肇事车行至事发路口时,先是停在左侧车道等红绿灯,其正前方停有一辆车,“他(肇事司机)开始还在等红灯,然后突然就闯(红灯)了,直冲着人去了,没有刹车,也没有按喇叭,没打方向(灯)。”

一段网传行车记录仪视频记录下了肇事车撞人的场景。视频显示,10月22日17时29分许,一辆白色轿车从其左侧超车并闯红灯,后径直驶向左前方在等红绿灯的人群。另一段网传现场视频显示,事发后多人受伤倒地,其中有背书包的小孩。

“速度太快了,当时都没人跑,根本反应不过来。”吴女士称,现场有多人被撞,包括小学生,肇事车撞人后仍向前行驶了一段距离才停下,“人都撞飞起来了,前挡玻璃还有只鞋子。”

现场照片显示,肇事车辆系一辆白色“比亚迪·秦”轿车,车牌号为“鄂C·F66780”。事发后,笔者多次致电比亚迪客服热线,接线人员称,若无车主信息及车架号,仅靠车牌号,无法查询到相关事故报告。

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10月22日晚间,笔者致电咨询当地官方多部门。十堰市公安局茅箭区分局一工作人员称,警方正在调查此事,不便透露案情;茅箭区教育局一值班人员称,22日下午事发后,教育局有关领导已赶往事发地,其不清楚现场情况;茅箭区政府办一接线人员称,有关情况需待官方后续通报。

10月23日,一位自称十堰市公安局的工作人员告诉笔者,警方已将肇事司机控制,案件正在进一步调查中。

Canada will restart trade talks when 'Americans are ready', says Carney

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US President Donald Trump has said he is immediately ending all trade negotiations with Canada.

He wrote on Truth Social that the country had run an advert featuring former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

"Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED," Trump wrote late on Thursday.

The US president has imposed a 35% levy on Canadian imports, although he has allowed exemptions for goods that fall under the USMCA - a free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that Trump negotiated during his first term.

Trump has also imposed sector-specific levies on Canadian goods, including 50% on metals and 25% on automobiles.

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From government spin doctor to Cameroon president's main rival

AFP via Getty Images Cameroon presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary in a white gown, wearing glassesAFP via Getty Images
Cameroon opposition candidate has

Cameroon's opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has declared himself the winner of the 12 October elections, has told the BBC that he will not accept a stolen vote, with the results due to be announced on Monday.

He says his team has compiled the overall picture based on results from individual polling stations, so there is no doubt.

Tchiroma Bakary, 76, is a former government minister who broke ranks with President Paul Biya, 92, who is seeking another term after 43 years in power.

The ruling party has dismissed Tchiroma Bakary's victory claims and several officials have described it as illegal because only the Constitutional Council can proclaim official results.

Tchiroma Bakary said he had urged his supporters to defend their votes, adding: "We will never accept their votes being stolen by anyone."

He said he was not concerned about being arrested or being put in jail, "but I know that I have already won the presidential election".

"There is no doubt, no shadow of doubt whatsoever. My victory is undeniable," he told the BBC in an interview.

He said the ruling CPDM party had "their backs against the wall" and could not accept the reality of the vote, and challenged them to show if what he was saying about the election was wrong.

He defended his decision to declare himself himself the winner, insisting that the law "does not prevent us from so doing".

Tensions over the delayed announcement of the election results have been growing, sparking fears of post-electoral violence in a country already rocked by a separatist conflict in the Anglophone regions and Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North region.

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Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl

Reuters Lola Daviet is photographed standing against a white wall. She has blonde hair in a pony tail and is wearing a light pink t-shirt with grey and white detailing on the shoulder. Reuters
Lola Daviet was 12 years old when she was murdered

A woman who raped and murdered 12 year-old Lola Daviet in Paris has been handed a rare whole-life sentence in a case that has shocked France.

Dahbia Benkired, aged 27, must spend at least 30 years in prison after a panel of judges and a jury decided to impose the country's harshest possible penalty.

A whole-life term is extremely rare in France and Benkired is the first woman to receive it.

Those who have been given the sentence include serial killer and rapist Michel Fourniret and jihadist Salah Abdeslam, who took part in the 2015 Paris attacks which killed 130 people.

Lola was murdered in October 2022. Her body was discovered in a plastic storage box in the courtyard of the building where she lived in north-eastern Paris.

Benkired is an Algerian immigrant who was under orders to leave the country. French right-wing and far-right politicians have seized on the case.

Lola's mother Delphine Daviet and her brother Thibault were in court to hear the verdict. Her father Johan Daviet died in 2024, aged 49.

The prosecutor in trial had argued for Benkired to received the longest sentence possible. Benkired was examined by psychiatric experts and found to have "psychopathic" traits but otherwise sane.

The prosecutor told a panel of three judges and six jurors: "Make no mistake no drug treatment can fundamentally transform Ms Benkired's personality. When there is no illness, there is no treatment."

Before jurors began their deliberations on Friday, Benkired told the court: "I ask for forgiveness and what I did is horrible.

"That's all I have to say."

Rubio says lots of countries willing to join Gaza security force

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Marco Rubio warned of "bumps in the road" but said the US is committed to making the peace plan work

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said "a lot of countries" have offered to be part of an international security force for Gaza - a key part of President Donald Trump's peace plan - but added Israel would have to be comfortable with participants.

Speaking on a visit to Israel, Rubio said talks on forming the International Stabilization Force (ISF) were continuing and that it would come into effect "as soon as it possibly can".

It remained unclear, however, how such a force could be deployed without an understanding with Hamas.

He said the Israel-Hamas ceasefire had made "historic" progress since it began two weeks ago, but warned to expect "ups and downs and twists and turns".

"There is no plan B," he said. "This is the best plan. It's the only plan. And it's one that we think can succeed."

Rubio said conditions had to be created "so that never again will we see what happened on 7 October, so that you can actually be in a place [Gaza] that no longer has elements operating within it that are a threat to Israel or to their own people for that matter".

The war was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken to Gaza as hostages.

At least 68,280 Palestinians have been killed by the Israel military campaign that followed, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are seen by the United Nations as reliable.

Rubio said Hamas will be disarmed, as required by Trump's plan. "If Hamas refuses to demilitarise, it'll be a violation of the agreement and that'll have to be enforced," he said.

"Hamas cannot govern and cannot be involved in governing the future of Gaza," he added.

Rubio's visit caps a week in which senior American officials, including Vice-President JD Vance, came to Israel. It's a sign that Washington is determined to make Trump's plan for Gaza succeed and is concerned that actions by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government might collapse it. In Israeli media, the effort has been described as "Bibi-sitting", a play with the prime minister's nickname.

In recent days, multiple reports have suggested the White House's frustration with the Israeli government, fuelled by the military's deadly response to an attack it blamed on Hamas in Gaza last weekend and the vote in the Israeli parliament towards the annexation of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, while Vance was visiting.

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that American officials said they would "not tolerate any surprises from Israel that could jeopardise the ceasefire", and that they were expecting advance notice from Israel before any strikes in Gaza. "In practice," the report said, "the US [was] taking over certain security authorities from Israel".

In public, Netanyahu, whose coalition relies on the support of ultra-nationalist ministers, has rejected reports that Washington is making decisions on Israel's behalf, describing the country's relationship as a partnership.

The apparent pressure from the country's most important ally, at a time when Israel faces unprecedented isolation, risks derailing his strategy to frame the war in Gaza as a victory at home. This narrative will be essential in the campaign for the next parliamentary election, which should be held by October 2026.

Both Rubio and Vance tried to strike a positive tone in their public statements – both said they were optimistic the ceasefire would hold – while also acknowledging that the negotiations over the remaining points would be difficult and long.

Those issues include the scale of the Israeli withdrawal, the future governance of Gaza and the formation of the ISF, as well as the disarmament by Hamas, and they offered no indication of how those talks would proceed.

Rubio said there were "a lot of countries" that offered to take part in the ISF. "Obviously, as you put together this force, it'll have to be people that Israel's comfortable, or countries that Israel's comfortable with as well," he added, without elaborating.

This appeared to be a reference to Turkey, which has become a major player in the negotiations, amid reports Israel has vetoed the country's involvement.

The scope of the ISF's mission remains unclear, as countries appear to be concerned with the possibility that its forces might end up confronting Hamas fighters if there is no agreement with the group over the ISF deployment.

Seeing the peace plan through is "not going to be an easy ride", Rubio said. "There are going to be bumps along the road, but we have to make it work."

Warsaw Ghetto survivor who resisted the Nazis dies

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Michael Smuss in an updated handout photo

Michael Smuss, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland who resisted the Nazis, has died aged 99 in Israel.

He joined the ghetto uprising as a teenager in 1943, helping to make petrol bombs. Taken prisoner, he survived concentration camps and a death march before the end of World War II.

After the war, he became an artist and Holocaust educator. The embassies of Germany and Poland in Israel paid tribute to him on social media.

"He repeatedly risked his life during the Holocaust, fighting for survival and helping other prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto – even after he was captured by the Nazis and deported to concentration camps," the German embassy stated on X.

The Polish embassy said Smuss "lectured youth on the history of Polish Jews and expressed his memories through art. His legacy endures."

The Polish embassy and the Holocaust Educational Trust, a UK charity, called Smuss the last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. However, in 2018, Israeli officials and international media, including the BBC, reported that Simcha Rotem, who had just died aged 94, was the last surviving fighter of the uprising.

Last month, Germany's ambassador to Israel awarded Smuss with the German Federal Cross of Merit, in recognition of his contribution to Holocaust education and promoting dialogue between the two countries, the embassy said.

"Thousands of people, especially young people in Germany, have learned from his testimonies."

German Embassy in Israel Michael Smuss, with white hair and wearing a blue shirt and tan trousers, stands up on a walker as a man with dark hair in a suit pins a medal to his chest.German Embassy in Israel
The German ambassador to Israel awarded a medal to Michael Smuss in September

Smuss was born in 1926 in the Free City of Danzig, a city-state that is now Gdansk, Poland. He later moved to Lodz before being deported to the Warsaw Ghetto with his father.

Hundreds of thousands of Jews were crammed into the ghetto, where they faced poverty, starvation, disease and cold.

Since Smuss spoke German, he was taken outside to work in a factory repairing and repainting helmets, he recounted in a video recorded for the Sumter Museum in the US in 2022.

He joined the Jewish Resistance in the ghetto, and he and others started stealing as much paint thinner as possible to make petrol bombs.

"We filled up bottles which were put up on the roofs of all the houses close to the entrance of the ghetto with the expectation that once they're going to come, we'd be throwing them down", he said.

When the Nazis came to empty the camp on 19 April 1943, the uprising began. The resistance fought back with weapons they had exchanged for warm clothes from Italian soldiers who had been sent from Africa to the Russian front.

The resistance, which Smuss called "the greatest uprising in this war against Germany", lasted 28 days.

"It was very rough... no shower, no food. They were burning up, liquidating one house after another, full of smoke burning in your eyes," he said.

He described thousands of bodies lying in front of houses and "the smell of gas and decomposed bodies".

He, among some others, was taken prisoner on 29 April.

Corbis via Getty Images Inmates of the Warsaw Ghetto stand in line with their arms up as a German soldier walks towards them.Corbis via Getty Images
Michael Smuss, identified by The Jerusalem Post as fourth from left, taken prisoner after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

They were put on a train to the Treblinka extermination camp. As he witnessed people dying on the journey, "my heart became a stone", he said.

Along the way, the train was stopped by employers looking to retrieve workers that had been taken from their factories. Another German came looking for experienced workers, and Smuss offered himself and those he knew.

"When we left on the train to Treblinka, I was sure that my life was over," he told The Jerusalem Post earlier this year. "But when the train came to a halt, I felt with all of my being that on this day I was not going to die."

He was moved and endured forced labour at other camps, and finally a death march to Dachau, before his Nazi captors fled incoming American troops.

He told The Jerusalem Post that his father was killed trying to escape one camp, while his mother and sister, who had been able to stay in Lodz, survived.

Smuss initially returned to Poland, but then moved to the US, where he worked, studied and started a family.

After experiencing trauma symptoms, he moved to Israel in 1979 alone to seek help, where he took up art and educating others about the Holocaust.

He is survived by his wife.

What's in Reagan advert that's caused US-Canada trade talks collapse?

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The radio address made by former President Ronald Reagan focused on the impact of tariffs

US President Donald Trump has said he will halt all trade negotiations with Canada immediately over an advert in which his predecessor Ronald Reagan says tariffs "hurt every American".

The ad, sponsored by Canada's province of Ontario and released last week, features excerpts of an address Reagan gave in 1987 focusing on foreign trade.

Trump called the advert "FAKE" while The Ronald Reagan Foundation said it "misrepresents" the former president's address.

While the minute-long advert only includes excerpts from the original, five-minute-long address, it does not alter Reagan's words. It does however alter the order in which he made the comments.

Below are the lines from the advert in italics, followed by an explanation of how they appear (indicated in bold) in the original address.

"When someone says, 'let's impose tariffs on foreign imports', it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes, for a short while it works, but only for a short time."

This is the opening line of the minute-long advert. The words have not been altered.

But it is not until about halfway through his original address that Reagan speaks these lines.

The 1987 radio speech - Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade - begins with Reagan saying Japan's prime minister will visit the White House and "recent disagreements" on trade will be discussed. Reagan had recently placed tariffs on some Japanese goods over a trade agreement dispute.

By the time he reaches the advert's opening line, he has set out his aversion to tariffs, described the "prosperity and economic development that only free trade can bring", and said high tariff legislation made the Great Depression even worse.

"Over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American, worker and consumer."

In the advert, these words immediately follow the first line. Again, Reagan did speak these words.

However, in the original address the two sentences are not connected. In fact they are separated by more than a minute of speech, and the "Over the long run.." line actually comes first.

After introducing the Japanese state visit, Reagan starts to explain why he recently introduced the tariffs.

He says in the original speech: "Imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind are steps that I am loath to take. And in a moment I'll mention the sound economic reasons for this: that over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer."

Reagan says some companies had been "engaging in unfair trade practices" and going against an agreement with the US - and that this was therefore a "special case".

This sets the tone for the rest of the address, which he dedicates to making clear his commitment to free trade and the dangers of high tariffs.

"High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars."

This is the advert's third line, and again these are Reagan's words. But again, in the original speech they do not follow straight on from the previous line in the advert. There is about one minute separating them in the address.

In the 1987 speech he says this line in the middle of his address while describing what he sees as the consequences of tariffs. He says:

"What eventually occurs is: First, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets. And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars."

"Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs."

Reagan does say this line after the previous one - but the advert cuts out a few sentences separating them.

Here is the full run from one to the next in the original:

"High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.

"So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs."

"Throughout the world, there's a growing realisation that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition."

Here, the advert jumps back about a minute - but the words are the same.

In the original, Reagan praises the economic benefits of free trade and continues: "Now, that message of free trade is one I conveyed to Canada's leaders a few weeks ago, and it was warmly received there. Indeed, throughout the world there's a growing realisation that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition."

He then talks about the "sound historical reasons" for this realisation: "For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing."

He says experts believe high tariff legislation passed at that time "greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery".

"America's jobs and growth are at stake."

This is how Reagan ends his speech both in the address and the advert, in relation to tariffs.

The final chunk of his speech is omitted from the ad - in which he says he is determined "to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity" and criticises opponents in Congress who "want to go for the quick political advantage" and "forget" the millions of jobs involved in trade.

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