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A group of President Donald Trump’s MAGA allies released a playbook Wednesday to fulfill the largest deportation push in U.S. history. It could very well split Trump’s coalition.
The plan from the Mass Deportation Coalition — an organization led by some prominent Trumpworld veterans, immigration restrictionist groups and hawkish policy experts — rests on one crucial pillar: A major immigration enforcement crackdown on workplaces, modeling the strategy that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration used to deliver the nation’s largest deportation initiative in history.
“There is no chance for a mass deportation program if worksite enforcement is not the centerpiece,” the playbook, shared first with POLITICO, reads. “Enforcement at scale means focusing on physical areas where illegal aliens are concentrated: worksites.”
That strategy almost certainly promises to alienate some of the Trump administration’s allies in the agriculture, construction and hospitality industries, which all rely heavily on undocumented labor. Farm groups in particular hold significant sway in Trump’s Washington and have already shown prowess in steering the administration away from worksite enforcement when those efforts disrupted the industry.
Worksite raids could also prove deeply unpopular with voters, whose views have turned increasingly negative toward Trump on immigration and seemingly forced the administration to ramp down its deportation push.
The release of the group’s playbook — which also offers recommendations from digitizing the employment verification process to barring unauthorized immigrants from accessing credit — comes as the Trump administration enters a new stage of internal immigration enforcement.
In the months since an immigration surge in Minneapolis left two U.S. citizens dead, the administration pivoted its message on mass deportations while overhauling its leadership at the Department of Homeland Security. Border czar Tom Homan replaced Customs and Border Protection chief Greg Bovino in Minneapolis and drew down the immigration enforcement presence in the city; the president ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and tapped then-Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace her; and a POLITICO review of official administration social media accounts found that references to “mass deportations” sharply decreased in March.
In a statement, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson denied that the White House has shifted its deportation approach.
“Nobody is changing the Administration’s immigration enforcement agenda,” she said in a statement. “President Trump’s highest priority has always been the deportation of illegal alien criminals who endanger American communities. As the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly said, approximately 70 percent of deportations to date have been illegal aliens with criminal records.”
Still, the Mass Deportation Coalition is trying to push the White House back toward a more aggressive immigration approach. Its members include Mark Morgan, the former acting commissioner of CBP under Trump; Erik Prince, a Trump ally and former Blackwater CEO who has pitched the White House on privatizing immigration detention operations; and a number of conservative organizations like the Heritage Foundation.
The group commissioned a poll last month by McLaughlin & Associates, one of Trump’s pollsters, that found a majority of likely U.S. voters support deporting all migrants who entered the country illegally. The poll also found that 70 percent of likely voters support “strengthening workplace immigration enforcement to help raise wages for American workers.”
However, those results differ drastically from other recent polling on immigration, like a January POLITICO poll amid the Minneapolis surge which found that nearly half of U.S. adults say Trump’s mass deportation campaign was too aggressive, including 1 in 5 of his 2024 voters.
“Special interests and industry have been able to operate in the shadows, and to lean on lawmakers and administration officials,” said Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project and a member of the Mass Deportation Coalition. “We're taking that fight public, and we don't think that they're well situated to win that fight, because their arguments don't sell with the American people.”
The group’s stated goal of 1 million deportations in 2026 mirrors a private goal among White House officials, the Washington Post reported last year. It would mark a significant uptick in apprehensions: The Department of Homeland Security said it deported just over 600,000 individuals in 2025, though independent analyses put the number lower.
Industry groups are warning worksite enforcement would disrupt supply chains. Last June, after immigration raids on farms and meatpacking plants sent a shiver through the agriculture industry and drew negative headlines, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and others successfully lobbied the president to pivot to focus on blue cities instead — a move that eventually culminated with the tumultuous operation in Minneapolis.
“The president made clear where he stands on the issue, and made clear how he wants to see the policy enforced,” said John Hollay, president of the National Council of Agricultural Employers. “If [immigration raids] were to occur again on farm operations, that’s going to disrupt the food supply chain, and we’ve made that very clear. We know the president is committed to ensuring our food supply chain is not disrupted and that prices at the grocery store are not raised unnecessarily.”
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最近，有网友反映，自己买安眠药后，收到厦门湖里区交管部门注销驾驶证短信。此事迅速在网络引发热议，有些人支持交管，认为这种大数据执法有利于公共安全，有人则认为此举侵犯了公民隐私。
我仔仔细细把此事前因后果梳理了一遍，发现此事槽点实在太多了。
就先挑几种为这事变化辩护的声音说说吧，比方说，我看该新闻下面一条高赞评论说，“这是精神类药物，跟隐私有啥关系啊？本来就是要实名购买的”（见下图）。
这个毫无逻辑的网友评论，居然获得如此多的点赞，真让人无语。拜托，实名买药不代表可以公开，不代表我的就诊信息可以让除医院之外的第三方可以看到，医疗就诊信息是个人最为核心的隐私，除非经过严格的法律授权，谁都应该无法调取。
湖里区交管部门后来回应此事说，“该短信只是提醒，驾驶员接到信息后，建议前往辖区交警部门进一步核实，或需要签署承诺书或开具医院证明。”（据极目新闻）又有一些人站出来为湖里交管辩护，说“只是提醒，又不是真注销”，言下之意大家有些大惊小怪。
不知这些网友生活在天上还是人间，居然对一件折腾民众的事情，说得如此轻飘。我倒想问问，民众往交管所来回跑，不需要花费时间和精力吗？签承诺书或开具医院证明，难道不是件麻烦的事吗？问题是，我好好一个人，对他人安全没造成威胁，却受到如此歧视性对待，冤不冤？
再说，湖里交管给那位网友发的短信，明确说要注销驾照，现在又改口说“要进一步核实”，拜托，执法部门给民众发送执法信息，应该准确而完整，不要上来这么一惊一乍好吗，不然收信人即便没有神经衰弱，恐怕都要给吓出来了！
此事引发最多的，就是关于公民隐私泄漏的讨论，对于这个话题，我感觉没必要再多说，毕竟道理再简单不过。我倒想分析一下，这种大数据执法对公共安全是好事还是坏事？
正常服用安眠药等精神类治疗药物的人群，是否会影响驾驶安全，这个我们并未看到详实的科学研究。不过，常识是明摆着的，如果一个人有失眠或精神焦虑、抑郁等疾病，及时服药治疗，对于他的身体，进而对于驾驶安全难道不是一件好事吗？
反过来，如果一个需要服药治疗精神疾患的人，在得知自己一旦开药，就诊信息就会传给交管，可能导致驾照被注销，或者说可能要为保驾照被折腾一番，你觉得他还是轻易去开药和治疗吗？
换成我，我肯定不会的。我看到这个“买安眠药收到注销驾驶证短信”的新闻，就有些后怕，因为我之前就因为失眠开过安眠药，如果我们当地交管也像厦门那样搞大数据执法，我也要倒霉了。
有统计显示，中国有3亿人被睡眠障碍困扰。另一公开数据显示，中国精神障碍人群规模已高达2.8亿。这两个统计肯定有重叠，毛估估，目前国内有睡眠障碍和精神障碍，需要服药治疗的人，应该有上亿左右吧。
如果所谓大数据执法普及，服药治疗和驾照注销联系在一起，必然会导致一大批人，因为害怕惹上麻烦而回避治疗，如此一来，这些人的症状只会加重，这对他们的身体显然不是好事，对驾驶安全会是好事吗？
所以，只要用常识思考，许多事是很容易看明白的。
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Democrats are opening a new front in their midterm offensive over Iran.
VoteVets Action Fund is rolling out a $250,000 ad campaign Wednesday targeting Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) over his support of the war with Iran, according to details shared first with POLITICO.
It’s one of the first examples of Democrats putting real money behind the issue in the midterms since President Donald Trump’s attack on the country more than a month ago. And it comes as Republicans grow increasingly worried that the war’s impact on prices could hurt the party at the ballot box this fall.
The ad attacks Van Orden, an at-risk Republican and combat veteran, for backing a Pentagon push for $200 billion more for the Iran operation as prices at the pump continue to rise, and after he called last year for cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ad accuses Van Orden of backing cuts to veterans’ care — though in the hearing referenced, the Republican advocates for slashing bureaucrats to add more doctors.
The spot sheds light on how Democrats are working to weaponize the war: by arguing that Trump is spending big abroad while further pinching voters’ pocketbooks and, in VoteVets’ case, stiffing veterans.
“Look at that gas pump. We’re paying the cost every damn day of this war in Iran. But for Congressman Van Orden, we’re not paying enough. He’s going for another $200 billion dollars to spend in Iran,” a male Marine Corps veteran narrates in the clip.
“This is the same guy who backed big cuts to VA care for vets,” the veteran says, referring to significant staffing reductions at the agency since Trump returned to office, including thousands of medical personnel. “Vets like me, we understand the cost of war. But if we don’t have the money to take care of our veterans, we damn sure can’t afford another war. Call Van Orden on it.”
VoteVets, whose PAC works to elect Democratic veterans, intends to expand its Iran ad campaign into other battleground districts, with a particular focus on GOP veterans who the group argues are blindly following Trump in abandoning his campaign-trail pledge to end endless wars.
“There’s absolutely no doubt that voters throughout the country, and particularly in Rep. Van Orden’s district, are very aware of the fact that every single day we spend billions of dollars [on] this war in Iran is yet another day that not only is the affordability crisis ignored, but it's getting even worse,” said former Rep. Max Rose, a New York Democrat who serves as a senior adviser to VoteVets. “What this first video represents is our commitment to holding every single Republican veteran in the House of Representatives accountable for their lies, hypocrisy and absence of courage.”
Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, slammed VoteVets as a “running joke in the veteran community” in a statement to POLITICO. He expressed support for Trump’s military operation and the supplemental funding plan that the White House has been reviewing. But Van Orden stressed that he continues to oppose putting uniformed troops on the ground in Iran.
“Iran has been at war with the United States for 47 years. When we start putting a price tag on American citizens’ lives, we’ve already lost sight of our responsibility,” Van Orden said. “Every single American murdered by these radical Muslim mullahs is priceless, and every American life we can save is beyond value.”
The 30-second spot will run during NCAA games and other live sporting events, as well as on broadcast, radio, streaming services and social media platforms. It represents an escalation in Democrats’ rhetoric and aggression as the party seizes on growing voter backlash to the now monthlong conflict that Trump is threatening to intensify.
Democrats have already been hammering Republicans over affordability as the average price of a gallon of gas soars over $4. Now they’re eyeing ways to connect other cost concerns to the ballooning spending on the war amid reporting that Republicans are considering further reductions to federal health spending to bankroll the military effort — returning to some of their signature issues of the cycle to argue that the GOP is prioritizing fealty to the president over voters’ pocketbooks.
Other Democrat-aligned groups are joining in. Battleground Alliance PAC flew a plane over a minor league baseball game in Pennsylvania over the weekend with a banner targeting Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie that read “Mackenzie: Your Iran Vote = Sky High $$$Gas.” The group is planning similar stunts in more than half a dozen other swing districts across Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio.
“We're in a war of choice, which is spending an enormous amount of money, and we're going to get more health care cuts and oil price increases,” said Andrew Grossman, a senior adviser to the labor-backed Battleground Alliance PAC. “And so the cost of living — like the chaos and the Republican Congress just saying yes always to President Trump — is hitting Americans in our pocketbooks, and that is the single most important issue of our moment.”
Mackenzie’s campaign manager, Andres Weller, dismissed the move in a statement as “the same political stunts that people are tired of. An outside group did the same thing at the same place in 2024, and all it accomplished was annoying people who were trying to enjoy a baseball game with their family and friends.”
Democrats’ ramp-up comes as Republicans are increasingly fearful a prolonged war will hurt their chances of holding onto power in the midterms. The conflict is already fracturing the MAGA coalition. And polls show a majority of Americans are against the operation in Iran, including an Ipsos survey released Tuesday that found two-thirds of Americans want the U.S. to end its involvement even if the president does not achieve all his goals, and that 56 percent expect the conflict will have a negative impact on their personal financial situation.
Voters are “going to look to their members of Congress to see if they double down or be an independent voice [on Iran],” Samuel Chen, a Pennsylvania-based GOP strategist, said. “If they’re doubling down on it in these tight seats in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and other places, that could be the difference.”
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法新社周三（4月1日）消息称，美国国务卿鲁比奥在接受福克斯新闻采访时说：“我认为很遗憾，几乎毫无疑问，一旦这场冲突结束，我们必须重新审视这一关系。我们需要重新评估北约这一联盟对美国的意义。”他还补充说，最终决定权在总统特朗普手中。
据称，美国对部分北约成员国（包括法国、西班牙和意大利）感到不满，因为这些国家没有允许美方飞越该国领空，或使用境内的美军基地向以色列运送军事装备。这一行动与2月28日爆发的伊朗战争有关。
特朗普此前也曾在迈阿密的一次商业论坛上表示，美国未来可能不会在必要时帮助北约盟友，并再次批评该联盟。他称：“我们每年为北约花费数千亿美元来保护他们，我们一直都会支持他们，但考虑到他们现在的做法，我想我们也许不必再这样做了，对吧？”
近几周来，特朗普多次发表强硬言论，在他的社交平台上将北约称为“纸老虎”和“懦夫”，并警告说美国“会记住这一点”。
鲁比奥进一步表示：“如果我们已经到了这样一个地步——北约联盟反而阻碍我们使用这些基地，使我们无法用来维护美国利益，那么北约就成了一条单向通道。”他还说：“如果北约仅仅意味着我们在欧洲驻军来保护欧洲……而当我们需要使用他们的军事基地时，他们却回答‘不’，那我们为什么还要留在北约？这是必须要提出的问题。”
此外，鲁比奥还强调，应由美国的盟友负责保障霍尔木兹海峡的安全。目前该海峡因伊朗的行动实际上已被封锁，而欧洲国家在能源上依赖该通道。他还表示，在对伊朗的战争中，“我们已经接近终点”，但未给出具体时间表。
自特朗普第二任期以来，美国与北约之间的关系正经历严重动荡。美国指责欧洲国家过度依赖美国安全保障，而欧洲方面则对美国可能减少承诺深感担忧。
日本首相高市早苗日本时间4月1日下午与法国总统马克龙举行会谈，就伊朗局势交换意见并协商应对措施。马克龙总统已于昨日下午抵达羽田机场。将与日本方面重点探讨七国集团（G7）能否在伊朗问题上保持协调一致，对于日本担心作为七国集团轮值主席国的法国可能会邀请中国国家主席习近平出席七国集团峰会，法方明确表示不会邀请中方与会。
据日本外务省相关人士透露，两国领导人虽曾在去年11月的G20峰会上有过简短交流，但此次会谈是马克龙与高市之间“首次正式的首脑会谈”。
4月1日，马克龙总统在东京都内举行的日法经济论坛上发表演讲指出，在能源与资源领域减少对特定国家依赖、推进“去风险化”（风险降低），是日法两国面临的共同课题。他还表示，两国都是“储蓄大国”，但在技术创新方面投资仍显不足，应加大投入，以增强经济的韧性。
此外，4月1日，日本经济产业大臣赤泽亮正与法国经济、财政、工业和数字主权部部长莱斯屈尔在日本经济产业省举行了会谈，就加强重要矿产资源采购多元化合作达成一致。双方计划通过政府与民间合作项目，构建稀土供应链，以减少对中国的高度依赖。
法国总统府4月1日之前明确表示，计划于6月15日至17日在法国东部埃维昂举行的G7峰会，将邀请印度、韩国、巴西和肯尼亚四国参加，但不会邀请中国。作为本届G7轮值主席国，法国已决定不向中国发出邀请。
围绕是否邀请中国的问题，去年11月曾有报道称马克龙考虑邀请中国国家主席习近平出席峰会，对此，日本政府基于中国在海洋活动和经济施压方面的行为，向法方表达了担忧，认为若邀请中国，相关问题可能难以充分讨论。12月2号，也就是马克龙访华前一天，日本国家安全保障局局长市川惠一给法方打了电话，表达“关切”，等马克龙从北京回来正式放风要邀请中国，日本外务省明确表示反对。12月5号，日本外相茂木敏充在记者会上强调：“日本重视由共享民主主义和法治等基本价值观的G7所形成的团结。”政府相关人士指出：“G7的意义在于由在诸多方面具有共识的成员进一步深化讨论”，并透露这一立场也已传达给法方，而法国认为：抱有巨大对外贸易黑字的中国，在纠讨论正全球贸易不平衡问题上不可或缺，但综合日本方面的顾虑以及中方参与意愿有限等因素，最终决定此次不发出邀请，并寻求以其他形式展开对话。
在首脑会谈中，鉴于伊朗局势恶化、欧洲部分国家与美国立场出现距离，日本与法国将就推动G7协调应对展开磋商。双方还将确认在谴责霍尔木兹海峡“事实上封锁”的声明中扩大参与国家范围，以保持步调一致。
在因中东局势而趋于不稳定的资源与能源领域，两国将就制定确保重要矿产稳定供应的路线图达成一致，包括推进双方共同投资的稀土冶炼项目等。
同时，考虑到中国军事活动的日益活跃，双方还将加强在安全保障领域的合作，特别是法国作为在太平洋拥有领土的国家，将与日本深化相关协作。
此外，日法两国政府还将配合此次首脑会谈，发表关于核能与核聚变能源合作的联合声明。在核聚变方面，双方将通过包括在法国正在建设的国际热核聚变实验堆（ITER）在内的项目推进合作，国际热核聚变实验堆是目前正在法国卡达拉舍建设的国际大型核聚变科学实验项目，其目标是验证磁约束核聚变作为能源在工业规模上的可行性，是迈向未来核聚变发电站的“和平利用核聚变能源之路”。日法双方将继续推进与日美欧等多方的合作开发，面对中东局势紧张，双方将致力于减少对化石燃料的依赖，推进核电站长期运行以及下一代核反应堆“快堆”的研发合作，并确认到本世纪中叶推进示范性快堆开发的共同目标。同时，还将加强核燃料循环领域的合作，包括推动日本青森县六所村核燃料再处理工厂的安全运行。
被迫解散的香港市民支援爱国民主运动联合会(支联会)被控煽动颠覆国家政权罪(煽颠案)一案完成举证，在最後一天的盘问中，法官多次打断自辩的邹幸彤的提问，更一度考虑不让前常委关振邦作供，遭邹指法庭不想听证据。法庭最後决定，只可提问2018年之後的事宜，而法庭亦在没有事实否定的情况下，指示邹幸彤以「六四事件」代替「六四屠城」来作出提问。
案中最後一名被告邹幸彤昨(3月31日)午完成证人作供及盘问程序，法庭随即商定，将案件押後至下月 18日进行结案陈词，排期三天。至於法官会否赶在「六四事件」37周年之前作出裁决，则仍是未知数。
由於法庭早前已经以2018年为提供证据的年份，故此原先排期75天的聆讯，预计可大幅缩短一半，但却令审讯完结时，更接近六四周年。不过，了解中国维稳情况的非政府组织人士估计，「六四事件」37周年前判决的可能性较低。
据了解，以2018年划界，是因为控方初期举证时以被告多年来的公开发言和访问为主，被法官质疑是否要法庭处理三十几年前的事，最终商订，证供须涉及2018年或以後的事宜，而2018年是中国最新的修宪年份，当中，政府把「中国共产党领导是中国特色社会主义最本质的特徵」加入第一条，禁止任何组织或者个人破坏。控方亦以此条文为基本，指结束一党专政就是推翻中共领导的特质，触犯法律，提出控告。
法官质疑邹幸彤寓政治宣传於提问 邹否认
在昨天的审讯中，由出任支联会常委廿四年的关振邦以辩方证人出庭作供，主要问及他对六四的认知丶支联会就五大纲领的讨论等，但关的作答被指过於详细，多次被法官打断；而自辩的邹幸彤以律师身份提问时，亦多次被法官质疑，双方发生争拗。
例如邹幸彤追问证人看那些报章来了解六四时，被法官李运腾打断，称提问要有限制度，明令禁问三十几年前的事；邹则表示，想藉此表达支联会陈述的事实和用词都是有理有据的，与当时绝大多数传媒报道的相若，质疑法庭是否不让人讲事实。不过，李官强调，报章丶海报的内容亦只是传闻证供，法庭无从判断邹所指的是否真是事实；邹则反驳称，关当年的所见所闻，并非传闻证供；但李官最後表明，今次不是审讯六四，不是邹用作政治宣传的场合。邹否认自己是在做政治宣传，李官则继续持有此看法，双方就此争拗了一阵子。
邹幸彤接着提问关，「六四屠城」後有没有继续参与相关活动；但李官立即更正她，指问题不正确，应该「系『六四事件』之後。」邹质疑，法庭没有证据前，不能说她的说法不正确。李官不再与她争拗，只是表明，如果邹继续「用呢啲字眼，我会考虑系咪真系畀你继续问落去」。
法庭曾讨论中止证人作供
但当法官陈仲衡代问证人有否在1989年六四事件後参与支联会工作时，李官叫停关的回应，指要确定关的作供是否与本案有关，若没有，便毋须再听。其後便请证人离开法庭，等待法庭决定。
法官向邹幸彤了解提问方向後再休庭五分钟商讨，接着念出法庭的「决定」：「证人唔能够讲2018年以前嘅事情，只能够由2018年开始讲。」李官更在邹同意後再次向她确认，如果她逾越此界线，便不会容许她继续盘问证人。
证人：支联会无讨论纲领内容 亦从未放弃
在其後的提问中，关供称，由1989年为支联会当义工开始，五大纲领已经存在，虽然没有人明确表示何谓五大纲领，但据他个人理解，五大纲领犹如奥运五环般互相紧扣，而且顺序不变，就是救人为优先，所以第一是「释放民运人士」；其次是「平反八九民运」，因为争取民主不是罪，故争取平反，多年来一直以争取这两个纲领为基础；发展下去便是「追究屠城责任」丶「结束一党专政」，最终达致「建设民主中国」。
控方追问，关称五大纲领以「释放民运人士」为先，但支联会是否从来没有放弃过其馀四个纲领，尤其是「结束一党专政」。关肯定回应，支联会从无放弃任何一个纲领。
根据控罪，支联会及该会正丶副主席李卓人丶何俊仁和邹幸彤四名被告，被指於2020年7月1日至2021年9月8日期间，在香港煽动他人参与实施以非法手段颠覆国家政权的行为，即推翻或破坏中国的根本制度或中央政权机关。
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中国和巴基斯坦周二（3月31号）呼吁立即结束中东战争，并提出一项五点计划，其中包括停火和尽快开启和谈。法新社报道称，中巴两国已将自身定位为调解人，以防止当前冲突升级。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普称对伊朗的战争可能即将结束。
巴基斯坦此前曾表示，愿意为华盛顿和德黑兰之间的和平谈判提供便利。在其副总理兼外交部长达尔（Ishaq Dar）周二访问北京，与中国外长王毅举行会谈后，两国提出“关于恢复波斯湾和中东地区和平稳定的五点倡议”，内容包括：立即停止敌对行动：允许人道救援物资进入所有受战争影响的区域；尽快开启和谈；确保非军事目标安全：呼吁冲突各方立即停止针对平民和非军事目标的攻击，全面遵守国际人道法，停止对能源、海水淡化、电力等重要基础设施和核电厂等和平核设施的攻击；确保航道安全：呼吁各方保护滞留在霍尔木兹海峡以内海域的船只和船员安全，安排民商事船只尽快安全通过，尽快恢复海峡正常通航。确保联合国宪章的首要地位。
中国方面表示，外长王毅和巴基斯坦外长“将加强在伊朗问题以及其他共同关心的国际和地区问题上的战略沟通与协调”。
据路透社，达尔此次访华是在巴基斯坦周日与土耳其、埃及和沙特阿拉伯举行会谈之后，以及特朗普警告伊朗，如果伊朗不开放霍尔木兹海峡，美国将“摧毁”伊朗的油井和发电厂之后进行的。
德黑兰拒绝承认与华盛顿展开正式对话，但根据半官方塔斯尼姆通讯社（Tasnim News Agency）引述匿名消息人士说法，德黑兰已经针对美国总统特朗普的终战15点计划，透过巴基斯坦向美方提交其回覆。
王毅周二对巴基斯坦的调解努力表示欢迎，称中国支持巴基斯坦在缓和紧张局势和帮助恢复和平谈判方面发挥重要作用，并期待巴基斯坦发挥重要作用。
据中国外交部声明，王毅对达尔表示： “中方愿同巴方一道克服困难，扫清障碍，尽快结束战争，创造和平机遇，开启和平谈判之窗。”
中东战争已经进入第二个月，据路透社报道，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和国务卿马可·卢比奥表示，对伊朗的战争可能即将结束，华盛顿方面暗示，即使没有达成协议，也可能与德黑兰领导层进行直接对话，并逐步结束冲突。
路透社评论指出，这些言论凸显了华盛顿方面反复无常、有时甚至自相矛盾的表态，即这场已造成数千人死亡、蔓延至整个地区并造成前所未有的能源破坏的战争何时以及如何结束。
白宫宣布，美国总统将于周三晚间（格林尼治标准时间周四凌晨1点）向全国发表讲话，“提供有关伊朗的重要信息”。
周三，伊朗、以色列、海湾国家和黎巴嫩等多个战线均报告了新的袭击事件。黎巴嫩卫生部称，以色列对贝鲁特地区的两次空袭，已造成至少7人死亡。
美国驻港澳总领事馆就港府修订国安法律丶令拒绝向执法人员交出个人电子装置及密码者须面对刑事检控一事发出警告，并呼吁美国公民一旦被扣押或被捕，应接触领事馆；此项「安全警告」发出两日後，中国驻港特派员崔建春「约见」美国驻港总领事伊珠丽(Julie Eadeh)，表示强烈不满和坚决反对。有关态度和回应速度均较上次强硬和快速。
港府於一星期前修订国安法第43条的实施细则，并即日生效，当中主要扩大执行国安法律的执法部门及权力，而最受争议的，是赋权执法人员可以在有合理怀疑的情况下，着令任何人士交出手机丶电脑等个人电子装置，以及密码，又或协助当局解锁。美国驻港总领事馆於上周四(3月26日)就此发出安全警告(security alert)，强调任何人士包括进入或过境香港的美国公民。
而在美国之前，台湾的大陆委员会已透过发言人讲话的方式，指新修订侵犯人权，提醒民众赴港要慎思。
不过，中国外交部驻港公署单是挑美国的做法作出回应。在港美领发出安全警告两日後，公署表示，指已约见美领伊珠丽提出严正交涉，除反对外，更敦促美方立即停止以任何形式干预香港事务和干涉中国内政。
有趣的是，公署公告的中文版虽然是用「约见」，但英文版用的却是正式外交用词「summoned」(标准译法是「召见」)，其用词较上一次丶伊珠丽去年履新後邀请前政务司长陈方安生等人出席欢迎酒会时强，当时的英文用语是「met」，中文版则一样是「约见」。而发布的位置亦由上次的「特派员活动」项下，改到今次的「公署表态」项下；另外，回应的时间亦快了很多。有人认为，这是反映外交公署对伊珠丽的不满有所升级；但亦有人估计是对事，即针对国安法作出批评更能挑动中国神经。
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEstate agents have accused Rightmove of charging "unsustainable" fees, with some saying their charges have more than doubled in recent years.
The online listing portal is now being pursued in a class action, launched by accountant Jeremy Newman on behalf of potentially hundreds of estate agents.
The BBC understands a letter of claim has been sent to Rightmove seeking just under £1.5bn in damages, claiming the website has "abused a dominant position" in the online property portal market.
Rightmove said the claim was "without merit, and we will defend it vigorously", adding it is "confident in the value we provide to our partners and consumers."
The claim alleges that Rightmove has charged thousands of estate agents and new home developers excessive and unfair subscription fees, and action has been filed in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Newman claims hundreds of estate agents are reporting a rise in fees with little change in the services they are receiving while they have been "squeezed" over the past few years by flat property prices.
"Estate agents are having to employ fewer people because they can't afford them alongside their fees to Rightmove," said Newman, who is also a former Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel member. "As a result, their services can't be as effective."
Rightmove has consistently reported a profit margin of around 70%, making it one of the most profitable companies in the FTSE 100.
The company's own consumer research suggests it has an 80% share of time spent on property portals.
Newman said the class action was not about arguing Rightmove should not exist, as it has "an important function in the property market".
But he added: "Rightmove is exploiting a self-evident dominant market position, and are charging too much for it."
The BBC has reviewed evidence from five estate agents suggesting there have been sharp rises in fees.
Many other agents report that Rightmove is significantly more expensive than other platforms, yet acknowledge it delivers most of their leads.
Many say they are struggling to absorb the costs but feel they have little choice.
On its website, Rightmove claims it gives agents "access and brand exposure to the UK's largest and most engaged home-moving audience."
A Rightmove spokesperson said the firm was "confident in the value we provide to our partners and consumers, who are at the core of our business solutions and digital platform."
"As one of the most efficient parts of the UK housing market, we help people across the UK to move home by bringing buyers, sellers, renters, landlords and agents together.
"Our platform continues to provide a growing range of constantly evolving products and features which facilitate market transparency, liquidity and confidence."
Alisa Zotimova is founder of AZ Real Estate, a London-based Bespoke Property Consultants and Estate Agents.
Zotimova said her fees have "more than doubled" in seven years.
She started with a reduced promotional rate which later increased significantly.
Whilst this was "no secret", she described this rise as "unsustainable".
"You don't have to sign up but it feels like I'm pushed into a bit of a corner with my customers expecting me to use it," she said.
If smaller agents cannot afford these sorts of fees, Zotimova said that would have knock-on effects for the housing market.
"For buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords there will be higher fees, less choice of agents if smaller ones can't compete," she said.
When Zotimova heard about the legal action she decided she didn't want to opt out.
"It feels a bit David and Goliath, now it seems there is maybe a chance," she said.
Chris, who owns two estate agents in Northamptonshire, is being charged more than £5000 a month for a basic membership, allowing him to advertise about 30-50 properties online.
He says his fees are the equivalent of two full time members of staff salaries per month.
"It's a lot of money to find every single month," he said, adding that the costs ultimately get passed on to clients.
"When you're trying to run and operate a small business and a particular company has complete control of that business, is a challenge," Chris said.
He accepts Rightmove is the "number one portal" but said costs shouldn't be determined by the company.
"We just have to continue to cut back and make savings in other areas to facilitate the juggernaut that is Rightmove," he said.
Andy Keogh, an estate agent in the Midlands, believes the platform gives "value for money". He said 80% of his leads come from Rightmove which has a "monopoly on the market".
From June, his fees will go up from £1710 to £1850 a month, for up to 40 properties in sales and lettings.
"If you don't like it, don't use them. Agents who are moaning would struggle with their business if they decided to come off it," Keogh said.
He acknowledged that for lettings, Zoopla is much cheaper, which charges £450-500 a month.
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