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EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThe UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has advised against all travel to Israel amid an escalation in the country's military activity with Iran.
The advice, which covers Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, means travel insurance could be invalidated if individuals do not follow it.
It comes as missiles have been launched by both countries in recent days with Israeli airspace remaining closed.
"The situation has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning," the FCDO said.
Getty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will do "everything in [its] power" to protect people in the UK from the knock-on economic effects of the conflict between Iran and Israel.
She would not "take anything off the table" in response to the threat of rising energy costs, she told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.
The global oil price rose sharply on Friday following the initial attacks by Israel and Iran's subsequent response.
A rise in the cost of oil pushes up petrol and diesel prices and can fuel inflation more broadly.
Following Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, oil prices spiked to nearly $130 a barrel, contributing to higher prices for UK shoppers on everything from transport to food.
However the cost of a barrel of oil, currently around $75, is still lower than it was in January.
"There is no complacency from myself or the Treasury," Reeves told the BBC.
In 2022, following the start of the Ukraine war, the Conservative government responded to higher energy prices by stepping in to help households with their bills.
"We are not anywhere near that stage at the moment," the chancellor said.
Household energy bills respond slowly to rising wholesale energy prices, and average bills, as set by the price cap, are due to come down in July.
If the conflict continues, and in particular if there is disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway off the south coast of Iran, the price of oil and gas could rise further.
However, oil market experts say there is currently less upward pressure on the price of oil than there was three years ago.
Reeves said the situation in the Middle East was part of the reason that she had raised spending on both defence and energy security, in her announcement last week, which outlined the government's budgets for the rest of the parliament.
"A lack of investment in our own domestic energy production has left us exposed," she said.
"The investment [announced in the Spending Review] in nuclear energy, in offshore wind, in onshore wind, in carbon capture and storage, is all about ensuring we are more self-sufficient as a nation," she said.
Many of those investments will take several years to complete, but some of the government's planned investments could have an impact "in the shorter term" such as investment in home insulation, she added.
Lord John Browne, former chief executive of the energy giant BP, said he also believed it was time to "push very hard" on energy security, and on the transition away from fossil fuels.
Lord Browne, who now chairs BeyondNetZero, a fund investing in carbon transition technologies, told Laura Kuenssberg some of the government's plans were "too bullish" and would take more time than planned.
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride said the implications of the latest conflict for "oil prices, equity prices... trading and inflation and therefore interest rates and the general state of the world economy" were very important.
He said the UK economy needed to be "much stronger" to cope with the challenges it is now facing, adding that the government had made the wrong choices by increasing taxes on business.
Plans for borrowing and spending had kept inflation higher, he said.
BBCRachel Reeves has insisted ministers "never dismissed the concerns of victims" of grooming gangs, as she defended the decision to launch a national inquiry after months of pressure.
The chancellor said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was focused on victims "and not grandstanding".
Sir Keir has faced criticism for resisting calls for such an inquiry, with the Conservatives claiming they forced him into a U-turn.
Former detective Maggie Oliver, who resigned from Greater Manchester Police over the way grooming cases were handled in Rochdale, said the Conservatives and Labour had both been "dragged kicking and screaming to this point".
The prime minister said on Saturday he had read an independent report into child sexual exploitation by Baroness Louise Casey and would accept her recommendation for an inquiry, covering England and Wales.
The report is expected to be published on Monday and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to address the findings of the review in Parliament.
At the start of the year, the government dismissed calls for a national inquiry.
Sir Keir and other ministers argued the issue had already been examined in a seven-year inquiry led by Professor Alexis Jay.
Appearing on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Reeves was asked whether the prime minister had been wrong to initially resist the idea.
She replied: "We've never dismissed the concerns of victims. These are the most important people in those discussions."
Reeves said the government had been focused on implementing the recommendations of Professor Jay's review.
"But the prime minister wanted to assure himself he was doing everything that was necessary, which is why he asked Baroness Casey to do this rapid review," she added.
When asked if Sir Keir had changed his mind on the need for a national inquiry, Reeves replied: "Our prime minister has always been really focused on the victims, and not grandstanding but actually doing the practical things to ensure something like this never happens again."
Ms Oliver said the inquiry was "an important step on the journey to change" and that Baroness Casey's report would "lift the lid on what has been going on".
But she said Labour and the Conservatives had "equally failed" to confront the issue of grooming gangs, so "won't get a single bit of thanks" from her.
"For me, I can only look at them with contempt, because I see on the ground the suffering that their neglect has caused," she added.
Appearing on the same programme, shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said the decision to launch the inquiry should have happened "far, far earlier".
He said the Conservatives had been "calling for this for many, many months" and accused Sir Keir of dismissing their concerns as "some kind of far-right bandwagon".
"That was the wrong response," Stride said. "This is just another example of the prime minister being pressurised by us into U-turning."
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said it was pleased the prime minister accepted the recommendations of Baroness Casey's report.
But the charity's chief executive Chris Sherwood said "a national inquiry into abuse by organised networks must not delay urgent action on child sexual abuse that is long overdue".
He said survivors had already waited more than two years for the recommendations from Professor Jay's report to be implemented.
Professor Jay's inquiry found institutional failings, with tens of thousands of victims across England and Wales.
The seven-year investigation concluded child sexual abuse was "epidemic" across the two nations and made 20 recommendations in the final report published in 2022.
The grooming gangs issue was thrust into the spotlight at the start of this year, fuelled partly by tech billionaire Elon Musk, who criticised Sir Keir for not calling a national inquiry.
A row between the two centred on high-profile cases where groups of men, mainly of Pakistani descent, were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls in towns such as Rotherham and Rochdale.
In January, the government stopped short of launching a statutory national inquiry into grooming gangs, despite the idea receiving support from some Labour MPs.
The statutory inquiry now backed by the prime minister will be able to compel witnesses to provide evidence.
The government has already announced plans for five local inquiries, to be held in Oldham and four other areas yet to be named.
A senior government source said the national inquiry would "co-ordinate a series of targeted local investigations".
（德国之声中文网）尽管多方呼吁克制缓和局势，但以色列和伊朗之间的袭击与轰炸仍在继续。伊朗取消了与美国原定周日在阿曼的第六轮核谈判，称在以色列炮火下谈判“毫无意义”。
以色列：对伊朗的袭击将继续
周六至周日，以色列方面对伊朗进行了一系列轰炸，袭击了一座国防设施和多个燃料库。以色列军方表示，其空军在周六夜间袭击了德黑兰“80多个”据点。
伊朗方面表示，以色列在过去数小时袭击了其储油设施，引发火灾，并袭击伊朗国防部。伊朗半官方的塔斯尼姆通讯社（Tasnim）称，以色列的袭击于周六引发火灾后，伊朗已经部分暂停了南帕尔斯气田（South Pars）的生产。该气田是世界最大天然气田。
延伸阅读——油价飙升之后：以色列袭击伊朗震动全球经济
一位以色列官员表示，以色列在伊朗仍有大量目标，并拒绝透露此次袭击将持续多久。
以色列军方已经警告居住在军事设施附近的伊朗人撤离。
特朗普：“我们可以轻易结束这场冲突”
特朗普赞扬了以色列攻势，同时否认了伊朗有关美国参与其中的指控。伊朗外长阿拉格奇（Abbas Araqchi）此前称，以色列的袭击得到了美国的支持和协助。
这位美国总统还警告德黑兰，不要将报复范围扩大到美国设施、美国利益。
“如果我们受到伊朗任何形式的攻击，美国武装部队将以前所未有的规模对你们进行全力打击，”特朗普在其社媒“真相社交”（Truth Social）上写道。“他还表示，“不过，我们可以轻易地在伊朗和以色列之间达成协议，结束这场血腥冲突！！！”
周日晚些时候，特朗普再次发帖称，伊朗和以色列“很快”将实现和平，表示很多会谈正在进行，两国“需要达成协议，也一定会达成协议”。
美国一直在与伊朗谈判，试图要求德黑兰承诺严格限制其核计划。伊朗则称其核计划纯属民用。而以色列认为伊朗核计划具有作为武器的潜力，构成了生存威胁。
以色列方面又有十人丧生
在以色列，伊朗最新一波袭击始于周六晚11点后不久，当时耶路撒冷和海法拉响了空袭警报，约百万人躲进防空设施。周日凌晨，导弹划破长空，爆炸声在特拉维夫和耶路撒冷回荡。伊朗军方周日表示，袭击了以色列战机的加油站，以报复以色列此前的袭击。
与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装也表示，已向特拉维夫附近的雅法（Jaffa）发射弹道导弹。这是首次有伊朗盟友声称加入战斗。
以色列当局表示，在周六夜间、周日凌晨至少10人在伊朗袭击中丧生，其中也包括3名儿童，另有超过140人受伤。自伊朗发动报复性袭击以来，以色列方面有至少13人丧生，超过350人受伤。
担忧长期冲突
在数十年的敌对和代理人冲突之后伊朗、以色列这两个宿敌重新直接激烈交火，引发了人们对可能席卷整个中东地区的长期冲突的担忧。
以色列总理内塔尼亚胡誓言要打击“哈梅内伊政权的每一个目标”，而伊朗方面则警告称将采取“更猛烈、更强有力的反击”。
国际原子能机构周四宣布伊朗违反了《不扩散核武器条约》。以色列表示，其目标是阻止伊朗发展核武器，并消除其弹道导弹能力。
德国总理梅尔茨（Friedrich Merz，又译作“默茨”）周日透过其发言人表示，伊朗“绝不能拥有核武器”。德国政府发言人科内柳斯（Stefan Kornelius）在一份声明中表示，默茨是在与阿曼苏丹的通话中发表上述言论的。两位领导人一致认为，有必要“防止冲突蔓延”。
塞浦路斯：伊朗要求我们向以色列传达信息
塞浦路斯总统赫里斯托杜里迪斯（Nikos Christodoulides）周日表示，伊朗已要求塞浦路斯向以色列传达“一些信息”，但没有透露其详细内容。其总统办公室表示，赫里斯托杜里迪斯在周日与内塔尼亚胡进行了交谈，还与埃及、阿联酋和希腊领导人进行了交谈。此前，塞浦路斯外交部长已于周五晚间与伊朗外长对话。
赫里斯托杜里迪斯还表示，他对欧盟对中东危机的迟缓反应感到不满。他说，塞浦路斯是欧盟成员国中距离中东最近的国家，周五和周六晚，在塞浦路斯各地都能看到伊朗发射的袭击以色列的导弹。塞浦路斯已经要求召开欧盟外交事务理事会特别会议。
塞浦路斯已主动提出协助从该地区撤离第三方国民，并呼吁各方避免采取可能加剧冲突的行动。
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（德国之声中文网）《商报》发表评论称，尽管美国总统特朗普高调宣布同中国“达成了交易”，但在地缘政治博弈不断加剧的当下，这场看似“突破性”的交易，更像是一场短暂的停火，而非长久的和平。这篇题为《不要高兴的太早，总统先生》的评论写道：
“为了给美中在伦敦达成的、内容尚模糊不清的谈判结果‘骨架上添肉’，美国总统特朗普显得有些急不可耐。他在自己名下的社媒平台‘Truth Social’上写道，中国将会恢复提供稀土和磁铁，作为交换，中国则将获得‘一些已经达成协议的东西’，此时总统又变得有些语焉不详了。他只是说，中国学生将重新获得在美国大学学习的机会，就好像这是中国最为关心的问题似的。
不，这其实就是特朗普总统站在美国的立场上宣布的所谓突破，也完全符合其支持者们对这位自称的‘交易高手’所抱持的期望。至于西方，其中或许也包括特朗普时代的美国，过去多年来如何一步步将自己置于经济依赖的困境，这里却只字未提。对特朗普来说，当务之急是把同宿敌中国的谈判成果归功于自己，他并不想反思过去。他要传达的信息是：美国赢了，特朗普赢了。
然而事情却并非如此简单。不出意料的是，同以往一样，中国政府的表态仍是非常审慎，非常简短。至于在高科技领域都有哪些让步，目前并无官方说法。中国官方通讯社新华社在周三晚间就相关谈判进行了大篇幅报道，但同特朗普措辞直截了当的贴文相比，实质性内容却相当匮乏。
其中只有一句话令人印象深刻。新华社文章援引中方谈判代表、副总理何立峰的话报道称，贸易战没有赢家，中国虽不愿战，‘但必要情况下，绝不畏战’。换句话说，中方此前三番五次发出的威胁依然有效，即必要情况下，仍会叫停对美国和西方的稀土供应。特朗普此时却在大书特书‘美中关系非常之好’，可惜现实绝非如此。”
“永久的和平还遥遥无期”
《商报》评论认为，中美在伦敦达成的协议只是双方的又一次‘停火’，永久的和平还遥遥无期。评论最后写道：
“因此，即便不是悲观主义者也能预见，全球两大经济体之间的紧张关系很快就将再度升级。两国正逐步走向一种更深程度的阵营对立与相互隔离。双方正在相互脱钩，而非相互和解。在这一点上，中国政府的立场已经非常明确。
周二，也就是中美谈判的第二天，《人民日报》发文写道，中国将会坚持‘管理本国资源的正当权利’。子弹上膛的‘稀土武器’已经被中国人摆在了谈判桌上，下一次威胁只是时间问题。”
“中美之间仍有巨大的分歧”
对于中美谈判代表本周在伦敦达成的框架性协议，《南德意志报》评论道：
”尽管双方在伦敦达成了协议，但中美贸易争端中的一个核心问题仍然悬而未决。5月中旬，美中官员曾在日内瓦就为关税战暂时降温达成共识，双方也分别下调了关税，美国对中国产品征收30%的关税，而中方则对美国进口商品征收10%的关税。不过这一‘休战’协议只有90天的有效期。此后如果不能达成新的协议，高额关税将重新生效。至于特朗普是否希望抢先一步，他所提的55%关税是否只是谈判基础，以及今后双方是否还将举行进一步的贸易谈判，这一切目前都不清楚。
中美之间依然存在着巨大的分歧。特朗普及其顾问对美国接近3000亿美元的巨额贸易逆差提出强烈批评。事实上，同中国之间的许多争议话题由来已久，特朗普入主白宫之前就已存在。其中包括，美国指责中国以受到政府补贴的廉价商品冲击美国市场。对特朗普及其内阁中的关税强硬派来说，对华强硬也是他们政治资本的一部分。许多支持者希望特朗普能够和中国抗争到底直到取胜。在这些支持者看来，制造业的衰退是美国的耻辱，而中国则是这一切的罪魁祸首。
但与此同时，中美两国的经济却有着千丝万缕的联系。关税战升级以来，今年五月，中国对美出口同比下降了35%，跌幅相当于新冠疫情期间。如果中国国家主席习近平也批准伦敦协议，该协议将立即生效。
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（德国之声中文网）波尔（Timo Boll）算是德国体坛的一位传奇人物。他征战德国乒乓球甲级联赛29年，20次入围世界锦标赛，20次获得欧洲锦标赛单打、双打及团体冠军，四次排名世界第一。波尔在体育上的成就堪比德国网球“金童”鲍里斯·贝克尔、“车王”迈克尔·舒马赫以及篮球明星、波尔的挚友德克·诺维茨基。在德国，提起乒乓球，人们首先想到的就是波尔这个名字。
6月15日是波尔的告别之战。德国乒乓球甲级联赛季后赛决赛在杜塞尔多夫俱乐部和德国杯冠军奥克森豪森之间进行，这是波尔漫长职业生涯的最后一场比赛。
现年44岁的波尔坦诚地说：“我从三四岁就开始打乒乓球，十五六岁就开始打职业比赛了。当你不熟悉任何其他生活方式时，你自然会害怕‘一切都结束了’的那一刻。”
同时他也说，“这是一场与自己内心的斗争。作为一个完美主义者，我感觉自己再也无法达到最高水平了”，这越来越让他感到难受。他表示，他之前将巴黎奥运会看作是一个重要的目标和节点，如今退役感觉已经算圆满了。
未来有何规划？
在经历了二十多年奔波于世界各地、参加各种乒乓球赛事之后，波尔会做什么？
他有很多选择。他的好友、国家队队友帕特里克·弗朗西斯卡（Patrick Franziska）邀请他当其教练。他也在与自己最喜欢的足球俱乐部多特蒙德讨论各种可能：让波尔成为多特蒙德在乒乓球圣地中国打开大门的敲门砖；或者让波尔在多特蒙德实习，以便学习企业架构和体育管理。“一切都还没有最终敲定，”他在体育流媒体平台Dyn的媒体圆桌会议上谈到其纪录片《蒂莫·波尔——最后一次发球》时说道。
然而，最有可能的情况是，波尔暂时什么都不做，而是去和家人度假，享受近年来少有的陪伴妻女的时光。
低调的体育明星
作为乒坛常青树，波尔一直都很受欢迎。这也和他低调的性格有关，他不爱张扬，更不爱吹牛。他形容自己是“低调的人”。
2005年，他作为夺冠热门飞往上海参加世锦赛，并最终登上领奖台。然而，波尔并没有拿到奖牌，而是获得了公平竞赛奖。在16强比赛中，他对阵中国的刘国正，在最后一局拿到赛点时，裁判判定刘国正的球打出界、波尔获胜。
但波尔向裁判指出，这是一个擦边球，这一分应该属于中国选手刘国正。而场内其他人都没有注意到。最终刘国正扳回比赛，波尔被淘汰出局。
这是波尔与鲍里斯·贝克尔、迈克尔·舒马赫的区别：虽然波尔的体育成就可以与另外两位比肩，但乒乓球在德国仍然很小众，这位乒坛传奇也太低调，因此无法引起巨大轰动。
在法兰克福、柏林，波尔可以不受打扰地随意走在街上。不过在北京、上海，这是不可能的，乒乓球是中国最主流、最热门的体育项目。而波尔是过去多年里中国人最熟悉的德国乒乓球名宿。
“我会想念他的处事不惊”
“他现在退役，感觉就像我身体的一部分也退役了，”德国乒乓球名将迪米特里·奥恰洛夫（Dimitrij Ovtcharov）说道。现年36岁的奥恰洛夫也曾世界排名第一，拿过世乒赛冠军、两次欧洲锦标赛冠军，而且与波尔不同的是，奥恰洛夫还获得过两枚奥运单打奖牌。
然而，奥恰洛夫在某种程度上一直活在波尔的阴影下，这与网球方面“德国金童”贝克尔与其队友迈克尔·施蒂希的情况有点类似，但不同的是，这两位乒乓球明星从一开始就是密友。
“我会想念他的处事不惊，”奥恰洛夫说，“在奥运会或者世锦赛上，他只是坐在那里，散发着平静的气息，泡着他的咖啡。我已经非常习惯这一切。少了他的前几场比赛我明显感觉到压力更大。”
周日，波尔完成最后一场比赛。尽管不敌对手，德国媒体纷纷撰文，纪念这位即将离场的乒坛巨星。
（德新社）
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从科幻电影里跳出来？：这个机器人名叫Forpheus，是日本欧姆龙（OMRON）公司的作品。以世界上第一台智能乒乓球训练机的身份被载入吉尼斯世界纪录大全。看上去像不像某部科幻电影里的杀人机器人？
反应速度：千分之一秒：这个机器人的核心部件是它的智能分析系统和LED大灯左右两边的两台高速摄影机。每台摄影机都能够以每秒80张照片的速度同时分析乒乓球和对手的动作，在千分之一秒的时间里做出反应，驱动机械臂以0.1毫米的准确度做出接球的动作。正手、反手、发球样样都行。
挑战世界杯冠军：如果只是会接球，之前也有类似的乒乓机器人能做到这一点。但Forpheus值得炫耀的是它可以随时分析对手的打法，并迅速做出相应的调整，不断提升自己的技术。在2018年的汉诺威工业展上，它向世界排名第三、曾经获得世界杯冠军的德国选手奥恰洛夫（OVTCHAROV Dimitrij）发起挑战。
接扣杀是短板：面对这样的“对手”，奥恰洛夫刚开始时还十分认真的对待。一段“和平球”过去后，奥恰洛夫开始显露自己的真功夫，让Forpheus无力招架他每小时180公里时速的扣杀。
人类暂时还是胜者：奥恰洛夫虽然“秒杀”了Forpheus，但还是很有风度的夸奖了这位特殊的“对手”，表示“它现在还无法打败我。但它如今的能力已经足够让人刮目相看”。
承让 承让：这款机器人已经是欧姆龙公司研制的第四代产品。每一代较之前相比都有长足的进步。最新的这个“三脚怪兽”还可以识别对手的情绪，在对手发怒时降低击球水平，以平缓其情绪。也许正是因为这个功能，笔者上前与其较量时也打出了几个Forpheus接不到的球。
想要？买不着：虽然这款机器是为了让人提高球技开发的。但却不会面向市场出售。原因很简单：太贵了。它存在的意义更多在于展示欧姆龙公司在工业人机互动和人工智能方面的研发水平。Forpheus握拍的机械臂，已经被广泛应用在大量的自动包装系统中。
（德国之声中文网）两名消息人士向路透社表示，中美在伦敦达成的贸易休战中，有一个核心的出口限制领域并未触及，那就是：北京并未承诺对美出口战斗机和导弹系统使用的特种稀土磁铁。
上周伦敦的谈判中，中方似乎把取消军用稀土磁铁限制与美国尖端人工智能芯片对华出口管制的议题挂钩。
一名消息人士表示，在伦敦谈判中，中国承诺在现有的数万份稀土出口申请中，建立快速通道审批美国非军方制造商的申请。审批后颁发的许可证有效期为六个月。北京还提出，为可信赖的美国公司开辟“绿色通道”加速审批。
初步信号是积极的：周三，中国稀土磁铁制造商金力永磁表示，获得包括对美国的出口许可。中国商务部则证实批准了一些出口许可的“合规申请”。
但两名消息人士向路透社表示，中国在特种稀土方面并未让步，包括军事应用的钐。这些特种稀土不在伦敦达成一致的快速通道范围之内。汽车和其它工业制造商所需要的主要是其它稀土磁铁，包括镝和铽。
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Getty ImagesProtests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US, organised by a group called "No Kings".
The demonstrations were held to counter a rare military parade hosted by Trump in Washington DC, and came after days of protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere over his immigration policies.
Lawmakers, union leaders and activists gave speeches in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Houston to crowds waving American flags and placards critical of Trump.
The military parade on Saturday evening, also Trump's birthday, was timed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army. He warned that any protests at the parade would be met with "heavy force".
Organisers said there were hundreds of protests with millions of participants.
In Philadelphia, people gathered in Love Park. "I just feel like we need to defend our democracy," Karen Van Trieste, a 61-year-old nurse, told the Associated Press.
She said Trump's staffing cuts to public health agencies were one of the reasons why she turned out.
One of the larger crowds was in Los Angeles where leaders and law enforcement have been on high alert during days of protests, sometimes violent, against a series of deportation raids.
Trump sent in the state's National Guard a week ago against the wishes of Governor Gavin Newsom and to the anger of local officials.
On Saturday, Jose Azetcla, a member of the civil rights group the Brown Berets, told the BBC in Los Angeles that it was immigration that brought him out on to the streets.
"It's not harsh, it's evil. You don't separate families," he said.
There were confrontations between protesters and National Guard soldiers near the Federal Building and tear gas was fired to disperse the crowds.
But a block or two away, hundreds of protesters continued marching peacefully.
Despite the largest outpouring of protests since Trump was re-elected, opinion polls indicate his immigration policies remain broadly popular with the public.
A CBS/YouGov survey last week found 54% of Americans approved of his policy to deport immigrants who are in the US illegally - 46% disapproved.
A plurality of Americans (42%) said Trump's programme was making them safer and 53% said he was prioritising the deportation of dangerous criminals.
The "No Kings" name of the protests refers to criticism that Trump has overstepped the limits of presidential power in his second term.
The president stood to salute as some of the thousands of uniformed soldiers taking part in the parade marched past, alongside dozens of tanks and military vehicles, plus marching bands.
He spoke briefly to thank those present for their service.
"Our soldiers never give up. Never surrender and never, ever quit. They fight, fight, fight. And they win, win, win."
Some politicians and former military leaders have criticised the event as a costly vanity project. The price tag is between $25m and $45m (£18.4m to £33.2m), according to the Army.
But many of those attending told the BBC that for them it was about celebrating the military, to which some of them held a deep connection.
When Melvin Graves returned from fighting in Vietnam, he got no parade, he said, so this was as close as he would come to one.
Mr Graves acknowledged politics played a part in the event but added: "This is about honouring these men and women who served, to thank them for their service."
The last US military parade was held by President George HW Bush in June 1991, celebrating the US-led victory in the Gulf War.
A crowd of 200,000 people attended the parade to cheer on veterans, peaking at 800,000 who watched the fireworks display, the LA Times reported at the time.
The numbers at Saturday's event was well below that, partly due to wet conditions and the forecast of heavy rain.
For younger veterans, the parade was something they never saw during their time in service.
Brian Angel, a former infantryman from Virginia who served in the Army between 2014 and 2017, including a stint at the border between South and North Korea, told the BBC he wanted to see more of this.
"Every branch should get some sort of parade or recognition."
Getty ImagesSome experts saw an uneasy juxtaposition between US soldiers marching through the capital while troops had been deployed by the president to deal with protests in LA.
Security expert Barbara Starr told the BBC: "Because of that polarisation right now over this immigration debate and the use of troops in uniforms carrying weapons, I think it does overhang this parade in a way that was perhaps not originally envisioned by the army."
Some of the "No Kings" demonstrations in the state of Minnesota were cancelled by organisers after flyers for the event were found in the car of the man accused of fatally shooting a state politician and her husband.
Governor Tim Walz urged people not to attend protests until the suspect had been arrested but that did not stop thousands turning out.
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EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThe UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has advised against all travel to Israel amid an escalation in the country's military activity with Iran.
The advice, which covers Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, means travel insurance could be invalidated if individuals do not follow it.
It comes as missiles have been launched by both countries in recent days with Israeli airspace remaining closed.
"The situation has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning," the FCDO said.
BBCA man has died and several people including an eight-year-old girl have been injured in a flat fire in Perth.
Police officers on patrol noticed the blaze had broken out in the top floor of the four-storey building on the corner of Scott Street and South Street at about 01:50.
About 40 residents were evacuated from neighbouring properties, while 12 fire crews worked through the night to extinguish the flames and deal with structural collapses.
The eight-year-old girl and a 27-year-old man were taken to hospital while two firefighters, one of whom had been hurt by falling masonry, were also given medical treatment. A man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said one fire engine remained on the scene on Sunday morning to make the area secure.
The roof and top floor of the building, which houses the Royal Bar on the ground floor, has been completely destroyed.
The evacuated residents were taken to the Salutation Hotel which is being used as a respite centre.
First Minister John Swinney, the MSP for Perthshire North, said he was "terribly sorry" to hear of the man's death.
In a post on X, he said: "Concerned also for the condition of those who are receiving hospital treatment. This is a major incident and I am thankful to the emergency services."
Stuart CowperA joint investigation has been launched by police and the fire service.
Ch Supt Nicola Russell said inquiries were at a very early stage and as part of this, a temporary airspace restriction - which includes drones - had been put in place in the area until 13:00 on Wednesday.
She said: "You must check if it is legal to fly in your area. Drone users are responsible. It is a criminal offence to fly in restricted airspace.
"A police cordon remains in place and members of the public are asked to avoid the area."
Scott Street and South Street are still closed.
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With the Napoleonic Wars concluded, many hoped that Europe could look forward to a period of peace, and its peoples would be spared involvement in battles and their resulting fires. Instead, the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought even more devastating conflagrations, many of which were witnessed by artists and committed to canvas.
The city of London had seen its last immense fire in ‘the Great Fire of London’ of 1666, but like many cities was no stranger to more limited destruction.
In about 1826, when he was staying in Hampstead overlooking London, John Constable painted this marvellous oil sketch of Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead.
It was on 16 October 1834 that Constable had his greatest opportunity, when fire completely destroyed the Old Palace of Westminster, the seat of the English parliament at the time.
When the old Palace caught fire, most of London turned out to watch the flames. John Constable was in a cab, stuck in a jam on Westminster Bridge, from where he painted this Fire Sketch (1834), showing the north end of the building ablaze. He did not, apparently, try to develop it into anything more substantial.
With his arch-rival Constable stuck in a cab on Westminster Bridge, JMW Turner was still on the ‘south’ bank, at the far end of that bridge. From there, or rather later, he painted one version of The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834 (1834-5) in oils. The two prominent towers seen behind the fire are those of Westminster Abbey.
Turner’s other canvas shows a view from near what is now Hungerford Bridge, still on the ‘south’ bank of the Thames because of the traffic jam, but that was before the construction of what might have been a convenient means for Turner to have crossed the river. In this view, Westminster Bridge is silhouetted against the flames, instead of being lit by them, and the massive towers of Westminster Abbey appear ghostly in the distance.
Turner capitalised successfully on this spectacle, although these paintings aren’t the atmospheric sketches they might appear to be. A lot of the oil paint has been applied wet on dry, showing that Turner must have worked on each for several weeks, at least, in the studio.
In 1837, the French landscape painter Pierre Marie Joseph Vernet was working in Saint Petersburg, Russia, when the Winter Palace, the official residence of the emperor, caught fire. Vernet’s Fire in the Winter Palace, 1837 is a studio painting showing that spectacular event, based on observations and sketches he made at the time of the fire.
It’s not only man’s buildings that burn. When dry prairies are struck by lightning, they too can catch alight, and that’s the scene that Charles Deas narrates so well in his masterly painting of Prairie on Fire from 1847.
A bolt of lightning, at the far right, tells us how the prairie came to be aflame. From this low viewpoint, the fire itself appears unimpressive, but is dangerously close behind these three people riding two horses in their flight. On the nearer white horse is a young man, facing behind and away from the viewer, looking back at the fire. His left arm is wrapped around a young woman, who appears to have swooned away.
Behind is a black horse, with an older, bearded man in the saddle. He points to the left, exhorting the others to head that way to safety. The tension results from implication: that the unimpressive flames at the right represent a much larger and imminently threatening danger, and that it’s progressing rapidly to the left, chasing the horses and their riders.
Even when you’re on an idyllic Pacific island, as this anonymous painting of The Burning of the Harbor Master’s House, Honolulu (1852) reminds us, the dangers of fire are never far away.
Johan Christian Dahl’s Burning Windmill at Stege (1856) adopts contemporary style and use of colour, but is fundamentally a brandje in the Golden Age tradition of Egbert van der Poel of two centuries earlier. Although painted well before Impressionism, Dahl echoes the red of the flames in the field and trees to the left of the windmill, and even in his signature.
Jules Breton’s The Burning Haystack from 1856 shows a minor blaze, but an important change in the approach to fire. Here the people of Courrières are making frenetic but co-ordinated efforts to extinguish a fire that has broken out in one of their grainstacks. Each of its multitude of figures is playing their role as part of the whole, working from an unseen script.
My next group of paintings show the devastating fire that struck Frederiksborg Castle, near Hillerød in the north of Zealand (Sjælland), Denmark. Set in a huge deer park, the castle was used as King Frederick VII’s residence during the 1850s. When he was resident on the night of 16 December 1859, the weather was bitterly cold, prompting the king to ask for a fire to be lit in a room; because its chimney was being repaired, this allowed the fire to spread. It was so cold that the moat around the castle was frozen, preventing any serious attempts to control the fire, and allowing it to spread rapidly to most of the buildings. Thankfully the king’s collection of more than three hundred paintings were saved.
This anonymous painting of Frederiksborg Castle on Fire (1859) was probably made in the relative comfort of a studio shortly afterwards.
Another anonymous view of Frederiksborg Castle on Fire (1859) appears to be a quick oil sketch made at the height of the fire during that night.
Ferdinand Richardt’s The Castle on Fire, 1859 (1859) was clearly a more protracted work from his studio, probably made from the artist’s contemporary sketches and notes.
There is no question that Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky’s detailed realist depiction of Fire in the Village (1885) was painted entirely in the studio. Its emphasis on people and their loss and suffering is characteristic of Naturalism. Most significantly, Dmitriev-Orenburgsky lived and worked in Paris between 1875-85, during the height of Jules Bastien-Lepage’s success; the latter had only died a few months before Dmitriev-Orenburgsky completed this painting.
William A Coulter had been born in Ireland, and travelled to the USA as a seaman. In 1869, he settled in San Francisco, trained in Europe as a marine artist, then from 1896 worked on the art staff of the San Francisco Call newspaper. He witnessed and painted the San Francisco Fire of 1906, which remains his only well-known work. It was clearly made in the studio, presumably from observation and sketches.
My final painting is one of the best-documented: Edvard Munch’s The House is Burning! from 1927. On the morning of 31 August 1927, the maids working in a manor house close to Munch’s studio were using an electric vacuum cleaner when fire broke out in that room. They and the occupants of the house fled. Munch and other neighbours helped the owners rescue many of their possessions.
The local fire brigade attended promptly, and the fire was soon brought under control. Although there have been claims that Munch set his easel up during the fire, this painting is more probably based on a photograph published in a newspaper the following day, carefully recomposed and augmented to heighten its drama. The witness is now a photograph rather than a painting.
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Maxar / BBCSatellite imagery shared with BBC Verify has provided a clearer picture of damage inflicted on two of Iran's key nuclear sites as well as other military targets.
Imagery from two different providers shows damage to the Natanz nuclear facility as well as a missile site south of the city of Tabriz - hit in the first round of strikes against Iran on Friday.
Other images show damage to other known missile bases.
Israel is continuing to target numerous sites across Iran, which has prompted retaliatory strikes.
Newly released optical satellite imagery from Maxar shows the clearest picture yet of what happened at key Iranian nuclear sites at Natanz and Isfahan.
At Natanz, we can see damage to the pilot fuel enrichment plant and an electrical substation, according to analysis by the Institute for Space and International Security (ISIS).
Maxar / BBCThis follows on from earlier analysis of radar imagery that first showed the damage.
On Friday the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the UN Security Council that "the above-ground part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant, where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% U-235, has been destroyed".
Uranium-235 is essential both for nuclear power stations and also for nuclear weapons.
Verified footage taken shortly after the strikes show several plumes of smoke rising from the site.
Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told BBC Verify that, while inconclusive, the pattern of explosions "would fit with penetrating bombs being used. Probably GBU-31(V)3s or even possibly more specialised penetrating GBU-28s".
TelegramThese munitions, known as "bunker busters", have been used by Israel in the past to target underground facilities in both Gaza and Lebanon.
However, Mr Grossi said there is "no indication of a physical attack on the underground cascade hall containing part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant and the main fuel enrichment plant".
On Saturday, the IAEA confirmed that four "critical buildings" were damaged at Isfahan, including the Uranium conversion facility and the fuel plate fabrication plant.
BBC Verify analysis of the latest images from Maxar found visible damage to at least two structures at Isfahan and an apparent scorch mark near the periphery of the site.
MaxarThe IAEA has said that "no increase in off-site radiation" has been recorded at either Natanz or Isfahan.
Maxar also provided imagery from two other key Iranian nuclear sites which showed no visible evidence of damage, specficially the the Arak heavy water reactor or the Fordow enrichment facility.
Iranian media had reported the latter site was targeted, but the IDF have since denied this.
Imagery and analysis captured on Friday by Umbra Space reveals damage to several parts of a missile complex near the city of Tabriz in north-western Iran.
The damaged sites include weapon storage areas, missile shelters and silos, according to the annotated graphic provided by Umbra with analysis by geospatial intelligence consultant Chris Biggers.
UMBRAIn Kermanshah, low resolution imagery from Planet Labs shows what appears to be extensive burn marks to an area near a known missile base, and possible damage to two buildings.
Footage we verified from the same site on Friday showed at least three large plumes of smoke rising from the base.
Planet Labs PBCMaxar also provided imagery showing significant damage to one structure at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ghadir ballistic missile base near Tehran, and considerable damage to the IRGC radar site in Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province.
Getty ImagesProtests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US, organised by a group called "No Kings".
The demonstrations were held to counter a rare military parade hosted by Trump in Washington DC, and came after days of protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere over his immigration policies.
Lawmakers, union leaders and activists gave speeches in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Houston to crowds waving American flags and placards critical of Trump.
The military parade on Saturday evening, also Trump's birthday, was timed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army. He warned that any protests at the parade would be met with "heavy force".
Organisers said there were hundreds of protests with millions of participants.
In Philadelphia, people gathered in Love Park. "I just feel like we need to defend our democracy," Karen Van Trieste, a 61-year-old nurse, told the Associated Press.
She said Trump's staffing cuts to public health agencies were one of the reasons why she turned out.
One of the larger crowds was in Los Angeles where leaders and law enforcement have been on high alert during days of protests, sometimes violent, against a series of deportation raids.
Trump sent in the state's National Guard a week ago against the wishes of Governor Gavin Newsom and to the anger of local officials.
On Saturday, Jose Azetcla, a member of the civil rights group the Brown Berets, told the BBC in Los Angeles that it was immigration that brought him out on to the streets.
"It's not harsh, it's evil. You don't separate families," he said.
There were confrontations between protesters and National Guard soldiers near the Federal Building and tear gas was fired to disperse the crowds.
But a block or two away, hundreds of protesters continued marching peacefully.
Despite the largest outpouring of protests since Trump was re-elected, opinion polls indicate his immigration policies remain broadly popular with the public.
A CBS/YouGov survey last week found 54% of Americans approved of his policy to deport immigrants who are in the US illegally - 46% disapproved.
A plurality of Americans (42%) said Trump's programme was making them safer and 53% said he was prioritising the deportation of dangerous criminals.
The "No Kings" name of the protests refers to criticism that Trump has overstepped the limits of presidential power in his second term.
The president stood to salute as some of the thousands of uniformed soldiers taking part in the parade marched past, alongside dozens of tanks and military vehicles, plus marching bands.
He spoke briefly to thank those present for their service.
"Our soldiers never give up. Never surrender and never, ever quit. They fight, fight, fight. And they win, win, win."
Some politicians and former military leaders have criticised the event as a costly vanity project. The price tag is between $25m and $45m (£18.4m to £33.2m), according to the Army.
But many of those attending told the BBC that for them it was about celebrating the military, to which some of them held a deep connection.
When Melvin Graves returned from fighting in Vietnam, he got no parade, he said, so this was as close as he would come to one.
Mr Graves acknowledged politics played a part in the event but added: "This is about honouring these men and women who served, to thank them for their service."
The last US military parade was held by President George HW Bush in June 1991, celebrating the US-led victory in the Gulf War.
A crowd of 200,000 people attended the parade to cheer on veterans, peaking at 800,000 who watched the fireworks display, the LA Times reported at the time.
The numbers at Saturday's event was well below that, partly due to wet conditions and the forecast of heavy rain.
For younger veterans, the parade was something they never saw during their time in service.
Brian Angel, a former infantryman from Virginia who served in the Army between 2014 and 2017, including a stint at the border between South and North Korea, told the BBC he wanted to see more of this.
"Every branch should get some sort of parade or recognition."
Getty ImagesSome experts saw an uneasy juxtaposition between US soldiers marching through the capital while troops had been deployed by the president to deal with protests in LA.
Security expert Barbara Starr told the BBC: "Because of that polarisation right now over this immigration debate and the use of troops in uniforms carrying weapons, I think it does overhang this parade in a way that was perhaps not originally envisioned by the army."
Some of the "No Kings" demonstrations in the state of Minnesota were cancelled by organisers after flyers for the event were found in the car of the man accused of fatally shooting a state politician and her husband.
Governor Tim Walz urged people not to attend protests until the suspect had been arrested but that did not stop thousands turning out.
Josh ShinnerThe Prince and Princess of Wales have shared new photos of Prince William with their three children to mark Father's Day.
One is a portrait shot showing the prince standing with his arms around George and Charlotte while Louis stands in front of him - the other is a landscape image in black and white appearing to show the four lying on the grass in an embrace.
The two photos, shared on the couple's official social media account, are accompanied with the caption "Happy Father's Day, Papa (before and after!) We love you! G, C & L" along with a heart emoji.
It comes as the family attended Trooping the Colour on Saturday celebrating the King's official birthday.
A family photo from Saturday's event was shared on the same Instagram account featuring Prince William dressed in uniform, Catherine and Charlotte in blue dresses with George and Louis in suits with red ties.
Josh ShinnerThe Father's Day photos shared on Sunday were taken by Josh Shinner who has taken pictures of Prince William and Catherine's family before, including their Christmas card for 2023.
Last year's Father's Day photo was taken by Catherine.
It featured the prince standing with his three children, their arms around each other, looking out to sea.
The royal couple typically share images of their children to mark special occasions such as birthdays.
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