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© Salgu Wissmath/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press
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近日,网传艺术家“坚果兄弟”、策展人郑宏彬近期走访陕西小壕兔乡,并公开反映当地环保问题后,疑遭警方带走“失联”。
据悉,异地传唤坚果兄弟、郑宏彬的是陕西榆林警方。目前,榆林市公安局榆阳区分局以涉两起寻衅滋事案为由,对二人采取了行政拘留措施,拘留期限合并执行20日。
案发前一周,坚果兄弟等人曾走访陕西小壕兔乡。该乡镇位于陕西榆林市榆阳区,地处陕蒙边界、毛乌素沙漠南缘。2018年,此地因水污染问题备受舆论关注,当地环保部门曾介入调查,生态环境部亦表态,“将持续关注小壕兔乡水污染问题”。
对于污染问题,村民当年曾多次反映未果,转折点正是坚果兄弟等人的污染调查及行为艺术。据北青深一度报道,2018年,行为艺术家坚果兄弟将来自小壕兔乡的一万瓶生活用水,拿到北京和西安展览,引发广泛关注。在榆林环保部门对小壕兔乡多个村庄进行的水质检测中,多份水样铁、锰等指标不合格。“事后,内蒙古的多家煤矿企业,因矿井水存放、外渗等问题,遭到了罚款查处。”
近年来,坚果兄弟对小壕兔乡环境污染问题保持着持续关注。2025年6月22日,其发帖称,将重访小壕兔乡,搜集当地环境污染相关线索,“自2018年始,在媒体、环保工作者、律师、网友、村民、艺术工作者和地方政府的戏剧性的联合行动下,小壕兔啃了不少硬骨头,有一些环境问题得到基本的解决,还有一些环境问题还在暗流涌动。”
7月1日,网上曝出坚果兄弟及其合作伙伴郑宏彬失联的消息。网传消息称,6月30日,坚果兄弟在昆明与亲友失联,不知下落。同晚,与坚果兄弟共同参与小壕兔环境污染公共艺术行动的策展人郑宏彬,“也在西安被警方带走,目前无法取得联系。”
网传消息显示,二人被迫失联,疑与近期陆续曝光小壕兔乡环境污染问题有关。
此前,笔者从多位知情人士处获悉,坚果兄弟与郑宏彬此次前往小壕兔乡,停留了一周左右,“主要是走访‘癌症村’情况,挂白旗(行为艺术),在小壕兔的时候都正常。”
二人此次被拘,或与2024年8月的“吴彦荣寻衅滋事案”有关联。
公开信息显示,吴彦荣为小壕兔乡掌高兔村一村民,多年前即开始调查、曝光当地企业违规排污等问题,于2018年因小壕兔乡水污染事件与坚果兄弟相识;2024年8月23日,吴彦荣因陕蒙交界煤矸石路污染事件而遭行拘15日。
据坚果兄弟此前发帖,吴彦荣2024年夏天在当地煤矸石污染路段用红漆刷“拆”字的行为,后被警方定性为寻衅滋事。
据悉,坚果兄弟、郑宏彬亲属已委托刑辩律师介入此案,当事人已向办案机关申请暂缓执行,律师已递交行政复议申请。
此前,笔者曾多次致电榆林市公安局、榆阳区公安分局及榆阳区政府办公室,询问涉事二人情况,均未果。
7月1日传出“失联”的艺术家坚果兄弟和郑宏彬,已确认被陕西榆林市公安分局榆阳分局处以行政拘留20日处罚,目前正关押在榆阳区拘留所。水瓶纪元从双方家属处获悉,他们被执行行拘的事由是“寻衅滋事”,涉及他们在小壕兔乡发起的两次社会性艺术项目,分别给予行拘10日处罚,合并执行20日,属于违反《治安管理处罚法》的“顶格处罚”。
其中一次是去年8月在全乡大量煤矸石路段上涂巨型“拆”字,反映多家风电巨头企业涉嫌违法使用未处理的纯煤矸石铺路,表达村民治理污染、修水泥路的诉求;另一次是今年6月在小壕兔村6组,给一群羊绑白旗,反映住户紧邻四处天然气井,近五年来癌症、脑梗、心梗等重症疾病患者呈多发趋势,27户常住居民中已有7人死亡,15人患病。
据二人家属透露,他们对案件事实没有异议,但对其被定义为寻衅滋事,并不认可,目前均已委托律师提交了行政复议材料并被接收。郑宏彬坚持认为,两次行动是独立的艺术表达,是对环境污染的披露,只会让大众更关注环境问题和因污染而受难的村民,这也是他和坚果兄弟七年来不断回访小壕兔的初衷,相信不会给当地带来不良影响。
此前,坚果兄弟也曾公开表示,“我们不是跟政府对立,我们真正的目标可能是一致的:解决污染问题,调查谁污染的,谁来治理,重新恢复小壕兔生态系统。”
小壕兔乡位于陕西、内蒙交接地带,蕴藏着丰富的煤、天然气资源,乡委西北方向30公里范围内,聚集了中石化大牛地气田和巴彦高勒煤矿、母杜柴登煤矿、门克庆煤矿三座煤矿。随着这些项目相继投产,小壕兔乡村民饱受多种污染源影响,包括:气田钻井就地掩埋毒泥浆、压裂液,偷排气体,煤矿违法排放废水等,大批树木、羊群死亡,村民也相继发病。
此次事件中的小壕兔村6组,因气井建设最早、与住户距离最近不到200米、患病人数明显高于其他村组,表达了更强烈的诉求,希望政府对村中水、土、空气质量进行检测,为村民提供包括癌症筛查在内的免费身体检查,如确实存在问题与村民协商搬迁安置。
“我们听说榆林公安把给羊绑白旗理解为‘披麻戴孝’,在当地民俗中不吉利,而他们的创意表达其实是‘投降’。幽默、好玩,一直是他们的艺术行动能够吸引人、促进解决社会问题的关键要素。”熟悉坚果兄弟的友人介绍,’举白旗投降的羊’,象征着多年来小壕兔村6组村民受天然气井污染影响申诉无门的处境,“村民们的病痛和高额医药负担、对污染可能引发疾病的恐慌都是真实的,应当获得政府部门的回应。这里面也隐含着坚果兄弟和郑宏彬自身对于近年来艺术行动空间越发收窄的无奈。”
水瓶纪元了解到,在坚果兄弟和郑宏彬被带走前,也有与两人多年保持联络的小壕兔村6组村民遭警方搜查手机和问话。该村民称,办案人员谈及两人行动“损害政府形象”,询问他的看法,他直言道,“他们是为我们发声的,从内心来说特别感谢人家”,反问乡和区政府互相推诿不作为。
坚果兄弟和郑宏彬对小壕兔污染问题的关注,缘起于2018年5月,郑宏彬作为策展人发起了艺术行动项目“九个发布会”,邀请艺术家以“艺术即媒体”的方式介入社会议题。坚果兄弟应邀参与,启动了针对小壕兔乡水污染的“带盐计划”:用1万瓶村民受污水置换“农夫山泉”纯净水,并于北京798与西安展出“农夫山泉超市”展览,引发极大公众关注,推动榆林市环保局介入调查,涉事矿企停产整治,深水井与净水设施启动,基本解决小壕兔乡饮用水安全问题。此后,他们还发起了“重金属音乐专场”“环保英雄评选”“羊羊山泉新闻发布会”等行动,持续为小壕兔乡争取关注与环境污染治理改善。
郑宏彬曾在一篇文章中解释“艺术即媒体”的含义:“不是说艺术可以代替媒体,而是从十几年前的‘公民记者’与‘公民调查’等个人行动的意义上,说艺术家要面对人的具体处境,并可以像媒体人那样去工作,调查、信源互证、挖掘真相、权力监督等。”坚果兄弟在小壕兔乡挨家挨户走访,收集受损害村民讲述,列成一张长长的表格。郑宏彬评价坚果兄弟:“此次的艺术行动经验了与独立媒体人近乎一样的工作。”而在集中的媒体关注消散后,他们也继续承担着独立媒体人的工作——多次回访小壕兔乡。
2024年8月,他们因煤矸石污染事件重返小壕兔。据了解,2019年开始,中广核、陕投集团、国家能源集团、中国华电为运输巨型风力发电机组,使用内蒙煤矿固体废物煤矸石在小壕兔铺设道路。村民反映因煤矸石污染,耕地严重退化,农田无法种植;羊群死亡率提高;鸟类死亡增多,土壤植被大面积死亡,潜在重金属通过地下水或尘埃进入农业和牧业系统。2023年,内蒙警方抓捕铺设煤矸石路的民营企业负责人及多名司机,分别关押1-3个月,罚没金额超6100万,却并未用于清理受污染道路。坚果兄弟发起大地艺术,在全乡各路段写满大大的红色“拆”字,呼吁相关责任方清理污染物。而至今,村民们“要水泥路,不要煤矸石路”的诉求仍未得到落实。
上海发往湘西怀化的K1373次普速列车,于7月2日夜间8点多,在浙江境内被上行货运列车剐蹭,前者机车前车脱线,瞬时停电停空调。在K1373成为闷罐火车的2小时左右,一名穿黑T恤的乘客小伙砸破3号车厢车窗。广铁公安后来对他批评教育,予以放行。
在众多电影中,从《东方快车谋杀案》到《雪国列车》,密闭飞驰的列车都承载着巨大隐喻。K1373列车青年的砸窗举动,让本次事件超越一般事故,具备了极大的象征寓意。破窗之举是对低效的铁路救援的不服从,而这一“不服从”成为所有人的退路。
这里说的“所有人”包括砸窗透气的小伙本人,也包括其他数百名乘客,同样包括那些与车站领导通联却不得其法的乘警乘务员,甚至还包括那些不在列车上,可假如发生次生灾害必定会波及的其他人员。小伙破的不只是窗户,还是一个僵局与危局。
在长达两个小时的时间里,数百号人无所作为,只能忍受酷热。夜里八九点钟,车外可能漆黑一片,在这种情况下,如果开门通风万一乘客跳车,列车员及其领导无法承担。所以,在拿到更高层级的担保前,忍受似乎是唯一的选择。
象征意味首度显现,被事故耽搁的乘客与乘务班组虽然同在一列破损列车上,可他们不在同个权力层面上,同舟却无法共济。列车员在情绪逐渐失控的乘客前,一切安抚都没有效果。在信息壁垒之下,车厢里的升温让矛盾尖锐起来。
一个很明显的办法是,打破窗户通风,可对乘务员来说,在列车危情下,这是比打开车门通风更严重的问题,他们担不起,也或者完全超出了他们的应急预案——也许根本就缺乏这样的预案。破窗就成了列车里所有人都能想到,却踌躇的决定。
在小伙甩开乘务员劝阻前,K1373次列车弥漫着服从,是乘务员前后胸被汗水湿透的服从,是老年人与幼童出现中暑征兆的服从,是一种让所有人陷入进一步险情的服从心态。如果在这个情势下,有谁享受这种服从,那他一定是变态了。
在小伙奔到车窗的过程中,他身前身后有数名乘务员在,这都让人怀疑,他作势阻拦小伙没有用上全力。在那种必须接受车外指令才能行动的受制状态,让作为乘客的小伙破窗或许可以甩掉一切有形与隐性的责任,所以小伙成功站在了车窗那。
小伙用安全锤击打车窗,猛击数下即成功破窗,小伙随即闪开,乘务员易位,站在破损的车窗前挡住,防止有人跳车,另有乘务员迅速打扫碎玻璃——肉眼可见地,小伙的不服从让乘务员有了恪守职责的新机遇,不服从犹如春风,让车厢里活了起来。
得益于小伙的不服从,其他乘客获得了新鲜的空气,孤勇者给更多人换来了喘息之机,也或者说是生机。这是一个富有意味的时刻,小伙砸碎车窗的不服从,升级了整个列车事故,同时却让事故的危险性下降了,不服从不是挑衅,而是解放。
小伙在金华站被带去铁路派出所问话,在长达十几个小时的时间里,及至微博上此时发酵,人们都认为他会受到不公正待遇。紧急避险——一种看起来不会挑衅警方的定性,在公众的谈论中彼此传递,这是一个修饰“不服从”的安全词。
摆在铁路警方面前的,随着舆情变强烈,也明朗起来。如果对小伙处以任何处罚,都将为广铁集团招致更猛烈的非难。轻拿轻放,似乎是明智的选择。“批评教育”,既保证了官方在处置列车遇险时的权威,也顾全了舆论的风向。
这就是从不服从视角看到的整个事件,它昭示了两个处境:一是紧急状况下的不服从可以自救,也可以救人,但不服从的公众意识显然处于自我松绑的限制级别;二是“不服从”被“紧急避险权”所取代,是一种话语上的虚与委蛇,却呼应并强化了上一条的现实。
这阵子广州都是桑拿天,在没有空调的地方待上五分钟就会满身大汗,就算坐着不动也会心跳加快头晕脑胀。
想象一下,118个人,闷在K字头绿皮火车的一节车厢里,在气温33度的浙江金华,没有空调,没有风扇,门窗紧闭,停留3个小时……
请问乘客会被蒸到几成熟?
关键在于,这不是凭空想象,而是昨天一火车上千名旅客真实的遭遇。
7月2日晚,K1373次旅客列车在浙江金华与一辆货运列车发生侧面碰撞事故,万幸没有造成人员伤亡。但列车因此停在铁轨上3个多小时,期间空调关闭,门窗紧闭。
设身处地想一下,刚刚经历了撞车惊魂的一车乘客待在这闷罐车里会有多热,多闷,多烦躁,多害怕……
据媒体报道,车上旅客多次和列车乘务人员沟通,希望开门或者破窗(列车固定车窗无法打开)来透气,均被乘务人员坚决拒绝。
不开门这一点是完全可以理解的,列车因故停在半路上,黑咕隆咚的铁道上,把乘客放出去也太危险了。
但不允许破窗就完全不可理解了。说得轻一点,这是工作方法僵硬死板,说得重一点,这是拿一车乘客的生命安全在开玩笑!
30多度的气温,这么多人挤在狭窄封闭的车厢里呼吸,体感温度很快会超过40度,再加上缺氧的环境,极有可能导致乘客中暑或热射病,代谢旺盛的儿童更是首当其冲的高风险。
毫不夸张地说,这真的是能热死人的场景。
可是,列车员就是不给开门,不让砸窗,那怎么办呢?一整车上千名乘客,居然真就老老实实在那儿憋着、闷着、等着……
直到3号车厢一名黑衣乘客挺身而出,用硬物砸开一扇车窗,为车上乘客争取到了氧气,争取到了一丝晚风,争取到了呼吸的自由。
这是什么行为?这特么就是活生生的英雄主义救苦救难行为啊!
铁路公司完全应该给这名乘客送上嘉奖与感谢费,嘉奖他在危急时刻打破教条解决问题,感谢他及时破窗避免了更多乘客的生命危险。要是由我来办这事,高低也要给他奖励一张五年免费乘坐火车的至尊VIP金卡。
然而现实中,这位黑衣乘客破窗后居然是被乘警带走了……
管辖这趟列车的怀化铁路公安接受媒体采访时表示:
并没有对砸窗的男乘客进行拘留,仅对其批评教育后放行。
仅对其批评教育……意思是破例开恩放他一马没有拘留罚款是吧?
能要点儿脸吗?!
真正应该拘留和批评教育的,是操作不当致列车相撞的货运列车司机,是不近人情拿乘客生命冒险的列车乘务人员,是置乘客危难于不顾等着平民百姓来冒砸窗风险的列车乘警。
勇敢砸窗让一车人得以透气保命的英雄被你们带走,还被你们批评教育,是不是该道歉补偿?
我实在忍不住还要再表扬一下那位勇敢砸窗的黑衣大哥,实在是一位漂亮的中国人!
作为一名中国人,我们完全可以想象到砸窗之前他经历过的内心挣扎:
这一锤下去,会不会被抓走?要赔多少钱?会不会留下案底将来影响孩子考公考编?
这些在中国都是完全有可能发生的后果,也是整趟列车上千人只有他一个人敢于砸窗的直接原因。
中国人,千百年来一以贯之,太温驯了……
设身处地想一想,如果是我在那趟列车上,我肯定会想到要去砸车窗透气,会动那个心思。但我真的不能肯定,换作是我,到底有没有足够的勇气挥动那柄小小的破窗锤。
由此,我对这位黑衣大哥的崇敬之情又多了三分。
向您致敬!
没有带着乘客走,已是不幸中的万幸,要是真把飞机带下去,那就是另一个东航MU5735事件了,后果不堪设想。
但这事哪怕只发生在地面,也已经够震撼。
一个飞了多年、能开A321的机长,拿着刀子砍人,最后从15楼跳下去,这不是情绪崩溃那么简单,是制度一路把人逼到墙角。
这事发生在2025年7月1日上午,长春南航吉林分公司。
李某某,31岁,是一名A321机长。
根据通报,当时他正接受一个叫“资质能力排查”的内部考核,结果被定为“不合格”。
谈话中情绪激动,动手伤了人,最后跑到15楼一跃而下。
排查的内容,说白了就是对飞行员的规章掌握、程序熟练度、飞行状态进行评估。
报告上写着李某某“通讯失效程序掌握不准确”、“驾驶舱门电子锁密码不熟”,怎么看都是基础性失误。
但一个飞了几千小时、能升A321机长的人,会不记得密码?
不会应急程序?
大家心里清楚,飞行员圈子里也都心知肚明,这份报告的背后,是另一套逻辑。
这套逻辑,不是看你会不会飞,而是看你是不是“自己人”。
这事要说透,得从中国民航这几十年的发展说起。
早些年,中国民航是个严肃行业,属于国家战略部门。
培养一个飞行员周期长、成本高,一个飞行员至少得练个三四年。
那时候飞行员叫“空中铁饭碗”,入行不易,淘汰率也高。
所有飞行员统一由中飞院等几所航校培养,选拔严格、流程规范。
但到了2000年以后,情况变了。
民航放开,民营航司一个接一个冒出来,比如春秋、吉祥、奥凯等。
市场大了,但飞行员供应不上。
于是出现一个潮流:高薪挖角。
从三大航里掏人,直接开高价,结果三大航飞行员跳槽成风。
这时三大航坐不住了,他们就联合起来,搞出了一个“飞行员有序流动协议”。
这个协议说白了,就是限制飞行员自由跳槽。
你想走?
可以,交几百万违约金,原单位还得点头。
最狠的是,档案和执照验证资料都在原单位手里,不点头你什么也干不了。
就这样,飞行员开始被“锁死”在原单位,变成了“航空农奴”。
那时候大家还安慰自己:至少飞得多,收入也高,忍一忍还可以过下去。
但真正把整个系统搞坏的,是“自费飞行员”这件事。
2007年以后,三大航开始搞自费招飞,名义上是缓解飞行员紧缺,实际上是打开了一条“关系户快车道”。
不用走中飞院那种选拔流程,航司内部自己面试自己选。
那考什么?考你爸是谁。
于是各路“飞二代”“烟二代”“电二代”纷纷涌入。
你看电力系统、烟草系统、铁路系统,哪个不是被关系户塞满?
本来一个技术岗位,最后变成圈子里的“传承职位”。
有的岗位上一个家族能连着干三代。
现在好了,这套东西也传进了民航。
他们进来以后呢?
飞得少、挣得多。
宽体机、大航线、好班次,一排就是几年。
有人飞完一个月只做几次起落,年终奖金却是满打满算。
甚至不少人还搭配了“固定教员”,你放心飞,真出事有老飞兜底。
而真正靠自己熬上来的普通飞行员,飞737、飞320,飞红眼、飞偏远线,一天飞四段,风里雨里,挣的还不如人家坐着喝茶的“二机长”。
李某某就属于那种靠自己一点点熬上来的。
他不是“圈里人”,更不是“谁谁谁的儿子”。
他熬到机长已经算幸运,可就在最关键的节点,一个资质排查把他从空中打回地面。
资质排查这几年成了航司手里的“万能钥匙”。
你想处理谁,搞一个排查就够了。
哪怕你飞得好,也能在“态度问题”“程序不熟练”“沟通不足”里找到理由。
一旦你被贴上“不合格”的标签,后面的程序就是降级、停飞、重新培训、带飞50小时、再复飞……
但你要知道,这个“50小时”从哪儿来?
靠排班。
排班权在谁手里?
在领导、在机队。
那谁先排上?
当然是圈子里的。
你不是圈子里的,你就慢慢等。
等个半年一年,飞行资质早就废了。
你想走人?
不好意思,合同还在,违约金四五百万,还欠公司培训费。
想去国外?
民航局不给你出具飞行记录验证,你连资料都带不走。
出不去、留不下,还被贴着“情绪问题”的标签,你说人会不会疯?
这时候公司还会搞一套心理“疏导”,让你签文件、谈感受,一旦你表达不满,说“最近压力很大”,就会被定义成“心理状态不稳定,可能影响飞行安全”,直接停飞。
这套流程,表面是管理,其实是清洗。
李某某的故事,其实不是特例,而是一个典型。
他一步一步走到机长,却在制度里被一步一步逼回底层。
他最后没有带着飞机走,已经是克制。
他如果真的情绪完全崩溃了,把整架航班带走,后果不堪设想。
但他没这么干,他只对这个系统里压在他头上的几个节点“爆发”了,然后自己走了。
从某种意义上说,他是用命把问题摆到台面上。
但这系统回应了吗?
没有。
民航局没有回应,南航没有说明,连个公开的追责都没有。
更没有人站出来说:是不是制度出了问题?
是不是排查流程太随意?
是不是对普通飞行员的保护机制太弱?
没有。
只有一句“刑事案件正在侦办”。
可是,我们都知道,这不是普通的刑事案件。
这是一个被体制架死的人,在最后时刻做出的极端回应。
而这套体制已经不仅仅是民航的问题。
你去看看电力系统,有多少岗位是“儿子接父亲班”的;
你看看烟草系统,有多少领导的子女进了“非卖品”办公室;
你再看铁路、电信、甚至银行、石油、广电……
只要是体制内,只要是资源型岗位,关系户早就排满了。
现在,这个风终于吹到了民航。
而不同的是,民航不是地面单位,它是一架一架的飞机,是几百条乘客的命,是每天几千次的起飞降落。
你可以用关系进别的系统混日子,但你不能在天上混。
可现在的系统,连“飞得稳”都开始向“站队稳”倾斜,那离出事也就不远了。
李某某的事情,只是一个开端。
如果这个系统再不动手术,再不清理掉那些混进来的、靠背景吃饭的人,再不恢复飞行员自由流动的职业权利,那么,这样的事不会是最后一起。
这不是个体的崩溃,这是整个行业的警告。
你可以堵消息、删评论、开会维稳,但现实不会跟着你演戏。
飞行员不是机器,不是随时替换的零件,他们是真正掌握几百人生命的人。
他们的崩溃,不是情绪的问题,是制度早就裂开口子,只是没人敢看。
李某某已经没了,希望大家别再把问题推回他身上,说“他不适合飞行”。
真正不适合飞行的,是这个制度。
2025年6月30日晚,我们的朋友坚果兄弟和郑宏彬分别失联了,因为他们近期对7年来持续关注的陕北榆林小壕兔持续污染地回访、发声。
具体事件已有一些文章,微博上也可搜索——
关注艺术家坚果兄弟失联:他曾帮助深圳城中村儿童、北京雾霾、LGBTQ+群体、冤案受害者、陕西小壕兔乡水污染受害者…
(坚果兄弟和郑宏彬这些年做了什么,随便搜索一下,可以看到大量的内容。)
榆林是我的出生地,是我度过童年的地方,是我母亲的故乡。小时候的印象里,那里是贫穷的蓝天白云黄沙的一个世界。除了沙尘,没有别的什么污染。陕北虽然缺水,水却是很好的,甘甜养人。我母亲从小在榆林沙漠中种树,年年种年年活不了。她曾说每年都在同一个树坑种树。我二姨是林场的工人,一辈子固沙种树。90年代左右,因为种树和绿化技术与政策的发展,树可以种活了。现在榆林周边一片绿色,小时候出门满眼无垠的沙漠的景象已经不存在了。
但也是在90年代,因为油气发现,陕北变成了能源开发的热地。像早一些时候的山西,数千年的半耕半牧半行商的贫穷之地,变成了有资源就有钱的地方,诞生了无数富豪。90年,陕西各种人和机构,凡是能插上手的,都纷涌到陕北去挖油井挣钱。我当时所在的单位也动员所有员工集资去买了口井,还准备发行股票。但是吃皇粮的人干了一阵儿看没有什么收获就撤了,转手后的油井很快出了油,我们单位一无所获。90年,我舅舅在正在开发的神木大柳塔找到了一个会计工作。那个夏天,我坐长途车去大柳塔看望他。和舅舅在大柳塔漫步的时候,已经看到,那里的地表和水都已经被污染了。黑污污油腻的排泄物肆意在大地上蔓延。当时年少的我感到触目惊心,这种急迫的开发和发财,是完全不需要承担责任和义务的。
我去过的大柳塔离小壕兔是两小时车程。
对于10岁就离开榆林的我来说,陕北是我生命中最深的、最亲的、魂牵梦萦的所在。我为家乡很多人摆脱贫穷而感到幸福。很多年,我母亲攒下每一分钱,攒每一件衣物,寄回给榆林的弟妹。就像我院子里的植物用尽所有生命的力量开花一样,我的两个姨姨,为了给我和妹妹做一件衬衣作为礼物,也要想尽所有的办法。不曾指望,但是因为整体经济的改变,终于他们摆脱了作为普通工人的贫穷,过上不缺衣少食的生活。然而,我的故乡发生的许多事情,仍然让我心痛。贫瘠没有污染,到污染和不负责任的唯利是图,转变太快。受罪的受活的,拼命挣扎或抗争,但是大多数人视而不见,也不关心。所以,知道坚果、宏彬和许多他们的同伴在小壕兔所做的事情,我对他们有无以言表的感激。他们是我的朋友,也是我的家乡的恩人。
坚果和我讲过,他投身到环保行动中,是因为他儿时生活世界和现在世界的巨大反差。他在湖北一个青山绿水的乡村度过童年。他的父母恬淡而温柔。他儿时的世界人与自然是和谐的。成年后到大城市,在中国各地飘荡,到处看到的是污染、暴力、不公。他义无反顾投入环保行动和其他社会正义的行动,毋宁说是拒绝他的童年世界的彻底消失,在人世间争取哪怕一点点可能的生活和生存的健康世界。坚果从小梦想过做诗人和小说家,他开过十多个奇特的书店。他学的是文学。但他没有进入文学界,不是因为缺少才华,而是因为那是一个与世隔绝醉生梦死没劲的地方。看看文学界,除了前几年王敖为#MeToo行动,有谁放下身段舍身上场行动过?坚果和艺术圈发生关系,是因为这个圈子里还有人和他一样,有心、有志气、有奇思妙想,能够到任何地方和任何人一起行动。
宏彬和许多艺术圈的人有过相似的经历。从小学画上美术班,考学进入学院或美院。然而他的艺术和个人觉醒,是2008年汶川地震之后,他当时的艺术史老师李公明将课堂变成一节事件新闻报道和艺术行动课那个时刻。之后他做过雅昌的艺术报道,做过策展人,混迹于浮华喧嚣的艺术现场,也活跃于当时刚刚兴起的自组织实践中。15年因为在西安的“副馆长计划”转而投入社会实践。与刘伟伟的接触,之后的西三艺术群体、“居民”计划、“清水河”社区等等,和许多同伴形成了艺术即是媒体,是社会参与、行动和发生的现场这条路径。
坚果、宏彬和许多他们的同伴选择的道路,让他们享受不到艺术圈闭圈取暖自high的温暖和红利,也日渐危路难行。去年策划儿童艺术节的时候,我曾邀请坚果他们为我们构想一个动员更广泛的社会参与的方案。坚果想出了一个让家长和孩子互换位置游戏的方案,非常巧妙。但是没有采用这个方案,甚至都没有提到他们。因为我收到各方面的提醒,不要让他们影响“祸害”了整个艺术节,最好连他们的名字都不要提。他们完全理解并接受,我也完全理解并接受。但是就像在许多、持续发生、都不再会惊讶的事情之后,只有羞耻和惭愧硌硬在心里。
从巴西到印尼、加拿大,世界上各地的环境污染,都和不负责任的、权、利、暴力勾结有关。发声和抗争从来都是螳臂当车的拼命。天下之事,天下人受之,天下人为之。
也许这次他们也不会受到太大伤害。也许他们会很快得到自由。也许我们稍微勇敢一点为他们发声传播,知道的人越多,他们会越安全。
下面这些图片,来自宏彬和坚果分享的一个演示文档。
© Noah Berger/Associated Press
Amid chaotic scenes, French police waded into shallow waters off a beach south of Boulogne early on Friday morning and used knives to slash an inflatable small boat - packed with men, women and children - that was wallowing, dangerously, in the waves.
All those onboard clambered to safety as the boat collapsed.
The intervention was highly unusual.
French police usually follow strict rules that bar them from going into the sea in case they put lives at risk.
"Let's go in," said one of the gendarmes, pulling off his body armour, and taking out a small knife. His colleagues took their heavy armour off, too, placing equipment in the back of a nearby police car before rushing into the water.
It is possible to see this rare incident as evidence that the French police - under growing pressure to stop a surge of small boat migrant crossings to the UK - are changing their tactics.
But well-placed sources in France have told us that the procedural changes now being considered will almost certainly focus on the use of patrol boats at sea to intercept the "taxi-boats" before they're fully loaded, rather than on approving more aggressive interventions from police on the beaches.
A few metres offshore, the boat itself was clearly in trouble. People were crowded around the outboard motor, which had briefly stalled but was being restarted.
Waves were breaking underneath the boat, causing it to lurch wildly, and there were loud screams from several children who were in danger of being crushed onboard.
Earlier, two large groups of people already wearing orange life jackets had emerged from the nearby dunes and rushed towards the sea.
In all there were probably 80 or 100 people. But when the first "taxi-boat" - used by the smuggling gangs to collect passengers from various points along the French coast - sped past perhaps 100m from the shore, it was clearly full already and did not stop to pick anyone else up.
A few minutes later, a second boat, with almost no passengers, came towards the shore, watched by a French coastguard boat further into the English Channel.
Initially, people were ushered forwards in organised groups, holding hands, and directed by one man who appeared to be leading events.
But as the inflatable boat turned and reversed towards the shore, there was a scrum as dozens of people scrambled to climb aboard in water that was at least waist deep.
At first the gendarmes declined to intervene and stood watching from the shore.
One officer repeated a now-familiar explanation to me - that they were barred from going into the water except to rescue people.
But as the situation became increasingly chaotic, the officers at the scene clearly felt that a line had been crossed, that those on board were now in danger, and that there was a brief opportunity to disable the boat in relative safety and while any smugglers - who might have fought back - were distracted by their attempts to restart the engine.
As a policeman slashed repeatedly at the rubber, there were cries and shouts of anger and frustration from some of those onboard.
A young girl, who had been in the middle of the scrum, squashed at the stern of the boat close to the engine, was plucked to safety as others scrambled on to the nearby sand.
Moments later the boat was dragged ashore by the police as the migrants began collecting items they had dropped on the beach and then headed inland, up the sandy paths through the dunes towards the nearest village and a bus-ride back to the migrant camps further north.
Moments before the explosion, artists, students and athletes were among those gathered at a bustling seaside cafe in Gaza City.
Huddled around tables, customers at al-Baqa Cafeteria were scrolling on their phones, sipping hot drinks, and catching up with friends. At one point, the familiar melody of "Happy Birthday" rang out as a young child celebrated with family.
In a quiet corner of the cafe overlooking the sea, a Hamas operative, dressed in civilian clothing, arrived at his table, sources told the BBC.
It was then, without warning, that a bomb was dropped by Israeli forces and tore through the building, they said.
At the sound of the explosion, people nearby flooded onto the streets and into al-Baqa in a desperate search for survivors.
"The scene was horrific - bodies, blood, screaming everywhere," one man told the BBC later that day.
"It was total destruction," said another. "A real massacre happened at al-Baqa Cafeteria. A real massacre that breaks hearts."
The BBC has reviewed 29 names of people reported killed in the strike on the cafe on Monday. Twenty-six of the deaths were confirmed by multiple sources, including through interviews with family, friends and eyewitness accounts.
At least nine of those killed were women, and several were children or teenagers. They included artists, students, social activists, a female boxer, a footballer and cafe staff.
The conduct of the strike and the scale of civilian casualties have amplified questions over the proportionality of Israel's military operations in Gaza, which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say are aimed at defeating Hamas and rescuing the hostages still being held by the group.
Family members in Gaza and abroad spoke to the BBC of their shock and devastation at the killings.
"We were talking with each other two days ago. We were sending reels to each other. I can't believe it," said a young Palestinian man living in the US whose 21-year-old "bestie" Muna Juda and another close friend, Raghad Alaa Abu Sultan, were both killed in the strike.
The numbers of deaths analysed by the BBC were broadly consistent with figures given by the Hamas-run Civil Defence Agency, a senior local medic and the Palestinian Red Crescent in the days after the strike.
Staff at Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies, said its toll as of Thursday had reached 40 deaths, including people who had succumbed to their injuries, and unidentified bodies.
An official at the hospital said some of the bodies had been "blown to pieces", and that 72 injured patients were brought there - many having sustained severe burns and significant injuries that required surgery. He said many were students.
In a statement after the strike, the IDF said it had been targeting "terrorists" and that steps were taken to "mitigate the risk of harming civilians using aerial surveillance".
"The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terrorist organization in order to remove any threat posed to Israeli civilians," it added, before saying the "incident" was "under review".
The IDF did not directly respond to multiple BBC questions about the target of the strike, or whether it considered the number of civilian casualties to be proportionate.
Al-Baqa Cafeteria was well-known across the Gaza Strip, considered by many to be among the territory's most scenic and vibrant meeting spots.
Split over two floors and divided into men's and mixed family sections, it had views out to the Mediterranean Sea and television screens where people could watch football matches. It was a place to gather for coffee, tea and shisha with friends, and was a particular favourite with journalists.
Al-Baqa had remained popular even during the war, especially because of its unusually stable internet connection. The cafe, which had until now survived largely unscathed, also served up a reminder of the life that existed before the bombardments.
A cafe manager told the BBC that there was a strict entry policy. "It was known to our customers that if any person looked like a target, then they were not let inside the cafeteria - this was for our safety and the safety of the people there," he said.
On the day of the strike, the port area of Gaza City where the cafe is located was not under Israeli evacuation orders, and families of those killed on Monday say they had felt as safe as is possible when heading there.
Staff told the BBC that the strike in the early afternoon - between the Muslim prayers of Zuhr and Asr - was outside of the cafe's busiest hours.
The strike hit a section of the men's area where staff said few people were at the time.
BBC Verify showed several experts photos of the crater left in the wake of the explosion and the remaining munition fragments. Most said that they believed it was caused by a bomb, rather than a missile, with a range of size estimates given, at a maximum of 500lb (230kg).
The IDF told the BBC it would not comment on the type of munition used.
A journalist who was in the area at the time of the strike and spoke to eyewitnesses immediately afterwards told the BBC the munition that hit the cafe "was launched from a warplane - not from a drone that would usually target one or two people… It looked like they were very keen on getting their target". His account was consistent with others we spoke to.
Twenty-seven-year-old Hisham Ayman Mansour, whose deceased father had been a leading figure in Hamas' military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, was among those in the men's section by the sea.
His brother was previously killed by Israeli forces, and one social media post mourning his death suggested the brother had taken part in the 7 October 2023 attacks.
A local Hamas source said Hisham was the target of the strike, and described him as a field commander with the group, a "mid-ranking role".
Tributes posted on social media also referred to him as a "fighter" and "member of the resistance". His cousin also described him to the BBC as a "fighter" with the proscribed group, but said he thought he was "low-level" and not currently active.
It is unclear what he was doing in the cafe that day, with two sources telling the BBC he was believed to be there for a "money drop", while another suggested he was there for "coffee and a short respite" and that he had not been involved in "militant activities" during the war.
A photo shared on social media purported to show Hisham at the same spot in the men's area of the cafe the day before the strike, wearing a cap and sports t-shirt. Photos of his body after the strike in the same outfit were shared by family and friends.
Two members of his family - one of them a child - were also killed.
The IDF would not confirm whether Hisham was the primary target, or one of a number of targets of the strike.
One former senior IDF official told the BBC he understood that "multiple Hamas operatives" were hit at the cafe, but that a so-called battle damage assessment was still ongoing. A source with Israeli intelligence connections pointed towards a social media post naming Hisham as the target.
Sources in Gaza gave the BBC the name of a more senior Hamas commander who was rumoured to have been seated on a nearby table, but posts on social media said he died the following day and did not mention the cafe.
The Hamas source said Hisham was the only person within the group killed at al-Baqa, while the IDF did not respond to questions about the commander.
An anti-Hamas activist told the BBC that "many Hamas people" were injured in the strike, including one who worked with the group but not as a fighter, who lost his leg in the explosion.
Medics could not confirm this account, but said that they dealt with many people with severe injuries, including those arriving with missing limbs or requiring amputations.
Israel does not allow international journalists access to Gaza to report on the war making it difficult to verify information, and Hamas has historically ruled the territory with an iron grip, making speaking out or any dissent dangerous.
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Among the bodies and the debris in al-Baqa were traces of the civilian lives lost - a giant pink and white teddy bear, its stuffing partially exposed, a child's tiny shoe, and playing cards soaked in blood.
A displaced man who was in the area seeing family at the time of the strike was among those who went running into the cafe to try to find survivors.
"Shrapnel was everywhere… there were many injuries," he told the BBC.
He said when he entered part of the men's section that he found the bodies of waiters and other workers, and saw as one "took his last breath".
"It was crazy," said Saeed Ahel, a regular at the cafe and friend of its managers.
"The waiters were gathered around the bar since it was shady and breezy there. Around [six] of them were killed," he added, before listing their names. More were injured.
The mother of two young men who worked at the cafe screamed as she followed their bodies while they were carried on a sheet out of the wreckage on Monday.
A distraught man pointed at a dry patch of blood on the floor, where he said bits of brain and skull had been splattered. He had put them in a bag and carried them out.
Meanwhile, the grandmother of 17-year-old Sama Mohammad Abu Namous wept.
The teenager had gone to the cafe that afternoon with her brother, hoping to use the internet connection to study. Relatives said the siblings were walking into the beachside cafe when the bomb hit. Sama was killed, while her brother was rushed to hospital.
"She went to study and they killed her," she said. "Why did she have to return to her grandmother killed?"
The coach of young female boxer Malak Musleh said he was in shock at the loss of his friend of more than 10 years, having first learned the news of her killing through social media.
"She believed that boxing was not just for boys but that girls should have the right too," Osama Ayoub said. "Malak was ambitious. She didn't skip any training day."
He said he last saw Malak about 10 days before the strike, when he dropped off some aid to her and her father.
"We sat together for nearly an hour. She told me that she was continuing her training with her sister and wished I could train them. I told her unfortunately because my house got demolished I live now in Khan Younis [in southern Gaza], but as soon as I hear that there is a ceasefire I will try to go back to training," he said.
"She said to make sure to keep a space for them… She had passion in her eyes and her words."
When Osama saw the Facebook post by Malak's father announcing her death, he "didn't believe it".
"I called him and he confirmed it but I still don't believe it," he said over the phone from a displacement camp.
Artist Amina Omar Al-Salmi, better known as Frans, was also at the cafe with a well-known photographer friend.
Since the 35-year-old's death, one of her pieces depicting a dead woman with her eyes closed and covered in blood, has been shared widely online alongside an image of her after her death, with people noting the striking similarities.
Her sister, now living in Sweden, told the BBC that the last time they spoke, Frans had said that she was sure "something good was going to happen".
"She was happy and said: 'We'll meet soon. You'll see me at your place.'"
Additional reporting by Riam El Delati and Muath al-Khatib
Verification by Emma Pengelly and Richie Irvine-Brown
US President Donald Trump is to sign his landmark policy bill into law, a day after it was narrowly passed by Congress.
The signing event at the White House on Friday afternoon, coinciding with 4 July celebrations, enacts key parts of the Trump agenda including tax cuts, spending boosts for defence and the immigration crackdown.
Trump began his victory lap at an Iowa rally on Thursday night, telling supporters it will unleash economic growth, but he must now convince sceptical Americans as polling suggests many disapprove.
Several members of his own Republican party were opposed because of the impact on rising US debt and Democrats warned the bill would reward the wealthy and punish the poor.
The 870-page package includes:
The bill signing will precede 4 July American Independence Day fireworks and a military picnic attended by the pilots who recently flew into Iran to try to dismantle three nuclear sites.
The celebratory mood follows days of tense negotiations with Republican rebels in Congress and days of cajoling on Capitol Hill, sometimes by the president himself.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delayed the final vote in the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday by speaking for nearly nine hours.
He called the bill an "extraordinary assault on the healthcare of the American people" and quoted testimony from individuals anxious about its impact.
But his marathon speech only postponed the inevitable. As soon as he sat down, the House moved to a vote.
Only two Republicans went against, joining all 212 Democrats united in opposition. The bill passed by 218 votes to 214.
Earlier this week, the Senate passed the bill but US Vice-President JD Vance was required to cast a tiebreaking vote after three Republicans held out.
Hours after the House passed the bill, the president was in a triumphant mood as he took to the stage in Iowa to kick off a years long celebration of 250 years since American independence.
"There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago," he told supporters in Des Moines.
"Very simply the One Big, Beautiful Bill will deliver the strongest border on Earth, the strongest economy on Earth [and] the strongest military on Earth."
The White House believes the various tax cuts will help stimulate economic growth, but many experts fear that will not be sufficient to prevent the budget deficit - the difference between spending and tax revenue in any year - from ballooning, adding to the national debt.
Analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests the tax cuts could produce a surplus in the first year but will then cause the deficit to rise sharply.
According to the Tax Policy Center, the tax changes in the bill would benefit wealthier Americans more than those on lower incomes, About 60% of the benefits would go to those making above $217,000 (£158,000), its analysis found.
The BBC spoke to Americans who may see a cut in the subsidies that help them pay for groceries.
Jordan, a father of two, is one of 42 million Americans who benefits from the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) scheme targeted by the bill.
He and his wife get about $700 a month to feed their family of four and the 26-year-old said if this bill reduces what he can claim he would get a second job. "I'm going to make sure that I can do whatever I can to feed my family," he says.
Along with cuts to SNAP, the changes to Medicaid - a programme that covers healthcare for low-income, elderly and disabled Americans - would result in nearly 12 million losing coverage in the next decade, the CBO estimates.
Republicans defend their changes to Medicaid, saying that by toughening up work requirements they are tackling abuse and fraud.
Polling taken before the bill passed in Congress suggests public support is low and dwarfed by numbers opposed. A recent Quinnipiac University survey pointed to only 29% endorsing the legislation, which rose to two-thirds among Republicans.
But knowledge of the bill may be low too. Reuters reported there was little awareness of the legislation among Trump supporters they spoke to at the Iowa rally on Thursday night.
Several people have died and others are missing after flash flooding hit parts of central Texas on Friday morning.
Disaster declarations have been issued for the Hill Country and Concho Valley regions.
Rescues and evacuations have been underway since the early morning, but there are warnings of more potential flash flooding to come.
"Even if the rain is light, more flooding can occur in those areas," Acting Governor Dan Patrick said.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state was providing "all necessary resources to Kerrville, Ingram, Hunt and the entire Texas Hill Country dealing with these devastating floods".
The region is to the north-west of the Texas city of San Antonio.
Pictures show the deep flood waters swamping bridges and fast moving water swirling down roads.
Exactly how many people have died or are missing has not yet been confirmed by authorities.
"Folks, please don't take chances. Stay alert, follow local emergency warnings, and do not drive through flooded roads," Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said.
Kerr County Sheriff's Office said the area had suffered a "catastrophic flooding event" and confirmed that fatalities had been reported.
It told residents near creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River to move to higher ground.
One of Sweden's most wanted gang leaders, Ismail Abdo, has been arrested in Turkey, the Swedish prosecutor's office said on Friday.
The dual Swedish-Turkish national has an extensive list of drug-related charges against him according to the global police agency, Interpol.
The 35-year-old, nicknamed The Strawberry, is a well-known leader of the Rumba crime gang in Sweden. He is accused of orchestrating illegal operations from abroad and has been the subject of an Interpol red notice since last year.
Swedish police did not identify him, but confirmed the arrest of a man "suspected of having engaged in serious drug trafficking and inciting serious violent crimes" for many years in Sweden.
He was one of 19 people who were arrested during raids in Turkey, where officers seized more than a tonne of drugs, state broadcaster TRT reported. Exactly where the raids took place has not been revealed.
Arrest warrants were issued for a further 21 suspects, of whom 14 were believed to be abroad and three already in custody on other charges. Four are still at large, TRT added.
Turkish authorities reportedly seized assets worth around 1.5bn Turkish lira (£27.8m; $38m), including 20 vehicles, bank accounts and 51 real estate properties.
Gang violence in Sweden has escalated in recent years, in part because Abdo's former friend, Rawa Majida, is the leader of a rival gang, Foxtrot.
Many people have been killed since their deadly turf war began. It entered a new, violent chapter in 2023 when Abdo's mother was murdered in her home in Uppsala, north of the capital, Stockholm.
The escalation prompted the government to bring in the army to help tackle the surge in gang killings.
In 2024, Turkish police arrested Abdo during a traffic stop, but released him on bail despite the active Interpol red notice against him - a move which drew criticism from Swedish authorities who were seeking to extradite Abdo.
The increase in gang violence that has plagued some of Sweden's biggest cities and spread to quieter suburbs and towns has shattered its reputation as a safe and peaceful nation.
Lat year, Sweden's security service, Sapo, accused Iran of recruiting Swedish gang members to carry out attacks on Israeli or Jewish interests. In October, a 13-year-old boy fired shots outside the offices of Israeli tech firm Elbit Systems. Israel's embassies in Sweden and Denmark were also both targeted.
Sweden's centre-right governing coalition, which promised to end the gang crime wave when it was elected in 2022, will see Abdo's capture as a win. However the fact that he is also a Turkish citizen could complicate the extradition process.
An estimated 14,000 people in Sweden are caught up in criminal gangs, according to a police report last year, and a further 48,000 people are said to be connected to them.
A pall of acrid smoke hung over Kyiv on Friday morning following a night of intensive Russian strikes that hit almost every district of the capital, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The hours of darkness were once again punctuated by the staccato of air defence guns, buzz of drones and large explosions. Ukraine said Russia had fired a record 550 drones and 11 missiles during a long night of bombardment.
The strikes came hours after a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, after which the US president said he was "disappointed" that Putin was not ready to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
A woman was killed in Russia following Ukrainian drone attacks, officials said.
The acting governor of the southern Rostov region said she had been killed in a strike on village not far from the Ukrainian border.
Russia's overnight air strikes broke another record, Ukraine's air force said, with 72 of the 550 drones penetrating air defences - up from a previous record of 537 launched last Saturday night.
Air raid alerts sounded for more than eight hours as several waves of attacks struck Kyiv, the "main target of the strikes", the air force said on the messaging app Telegram.
Ukraine's foreign minister condemned "one of the worst" nights in the capital and said "Moscow must be slapped with the toughest sanctions without delay".
"Absolutely horrible and sleepless night in Kyiv. One of the worst so far," wrote Andrii Sybiha on X.
Noting that it came directly after Putin's call with Trump, Sybiha added that "[Putin] does it on purpose" and "clearly shows his disregard for the United States and everyone who has called for an end to the war".
Footage shared on social media by Ukraine's state emergency service showed firefighters battling to extinguish fires in Kyiv after Russia's large-scale overnight attack.
At least 23 people were wounded in the attacks on Kyiv, according to Ukrainian authorities, with railway infrastructure damaged and buildings and cars set ablaze across the capital.
Friday's attacks were the latest in a string of major Russian air strikes on Ukraine that have intensified in recent weeks as ceasefire talks have largely stalled.
War in Ukraine has been raging for more than three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Following his conversation with Putin on Thursday, Trump said that "no progress" to end the fighting had been made.
"I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there, and I'm very disappointed," Trump said.
"I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad."
The Kremlin reiterated that it would continue to seek to remove "the root causes of the war in Ukraine". Putin has sought to return Ukraine to Russia's sphere of influence and said last week that "the whole of Ukraine is ours".
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he hoped to speak to Trump on Thursday about the supply of US weapons after a decision in Washington to halt some shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine.
Kyiv has warned that the move would impede its ability to defend Ukraine against escalating airstrikes and Russian advances on the frontlines.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said "we're giving weapons" and "we haven't" completely paused the flow of weapons. He blamed former President Joe Biden for sending "so many weapons to Ukraine that it risked weakening US defences".
Kenyan President William Ruto says he is building a church at the presidential residence in Nairobi that he will pay for himself - and says he has nothing to apologise for.
"I am not going to ask anyone for an apology for building a church. The devil might be angry and can do what he wants," President Ruto said on Friday.
That statement alone has angered Kenyans already frustrated with his style of leadership and what they regard as the entanglement of the state and the church.
The BBC has asked the government for comment.
It is not clear who Ruto was referring to as "the devil" in his comments at state house, but he says nothing will stop the project from going ahead.
On Friday one of Kenya's leading newspapers - the Daily Nation - published architectural designs showing a large building with stained glass windows and capacity for 8,000 people.
The paper questioned whether the project was in keeping with Kenya's secular constitution.
There has also been criticism of the cost, estimated at $9m (£6.5bn), at a time when many Kenyans are struggling with the rising cost of living.
Ruto said he would pay for the church out of his own pocket, however that raises the question of whether he has the right to build such a large structure on state-owned property.
In an open letter, one MP said Kenya was not a Christian state and belonged to people of all religions.
While some 85% of Kenyans are Christian, there is also a large Muslim population of about 11%, along with other minority faiths including Hinduism and traditional African religions.
There is no mosque or temple at the presidency.
"I did not start building this church when I entered the State House. I found a church but one made out of iron sheets. Does that look befitting for the State House?" a defiant Ruto told politicians at a meeting he hosted on Friday.
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An American teenager has been detained on an Antarctic island, creating a major delay in his attempt to fly his small plane to every continent that is being followed online by more than a million people.
Chilean authorities stopped Ethan Guo, 19, after he submitted a false flight plan, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.
His deviation from that plan in the air had "activated alert protocols", Chile's General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics said in a statement.
Mr Guo was taken into custody after landing on King George Island, home to a number of international research stations and their staffs, where July temperatures typically stay well below freezing.
Mr Guo's small Cessna 182 aircraft took off from the city of Punta Arenas, near the southernmost point of Chile, and flew to the island off the Atlantic coast, which is claimed by Chile. It is named after England's King George III.
He was detained at Teniente R. Marsh airport.
Mr Guo had allegedly submitted a plan to fly over Punta Arenas, but not beyond that, according to regional prosecutor Cristian Cristoso Rifo, as cited by CBS.
He has been charged for violating two articles of the country's aeronautical code, including one that could lead to short-term imprisonment.
In the statement, Chile's General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics said Mr Guo had also allegedly violated the Antarctic Treaty, which regulates international relations with respect to the uninhabited continent.
Mr Guo posted an update on X on Wednesday, saying: "I'm alive everyone, I'll make an update soon."
Ethan Guo has flown his Cessna aircraft to all the other six continents in his journey spanning more than 140 days, according to his social media feed.
He is hoping to become the first pilot to complete solo flights across all seven continents in the Cessna aircraft, and simultaneously aims to raise $1m (£ 731,000) for cancer research at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
When the gunfire started outside her home in the Damascus suburb of Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Lama al-Hassanieh grabbed her phone and locked herself in her bathroom.
For hours, she cowered in fear as fighters dressed in military-style uniforms and desert camouflage roamed the streets of the neighbourhood. A heavy machine gun was mounted on a military vehicle just beneath her balcony window.
"Jihad against Druze" and "we are going to kill you, Druze," the men were shouting.
She did not know who the men were - extremists, government security forces, or someone else entirely - but the message was clear: as a Druze, she was not safe.
The Druze - a community with its own unique practices and beliefs, whose faith began as an off-shoot of Shia Islam - have historically occupied a precarious position in Syria's political order.
Under former President Bashar al-Assad, many Druze maintained a quiet loyalty to the state, hoping that alignment with it would protect them from the sectarian bloodshed that consumed other parts of Syria during the 13-year-long civil war.
Many Druze took to the streets during the uprising, especially in the latter years. But, seeking to portray himself as defending Syria's minorities against Islamist extremism, Assad avoided using the kind of iron first against Druze protesters which he did in other cities that revolted against his rule.
They operated their own militia which defended their areas against attacks by Sunni Muslim extremist groups who considered Druze heretics, while they were left alone by pro-Assad forces.
But with Assad toppled by Sunni Islamist-led rebels who have formed the interim government, that unspoken pact has frayed, and Druze are now worried about being isolated and targeted in post-war Syria.
Recent attacks on Druze communities by Islamist militias loosely affiliated with the government in Damascus have fuelled growing distrust towards the state.
It started in late April with a leaked audio recording that allegedly featured a Druze religious leader insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Although the leader denied it was his voice, and Syria's interior ministry later confirmed the recording was fake, the damage had been done.
A video of a student at the University of Homs, in central Syria, went viral, with him calling on Muslims to take revenge immediately against Druze, sparking sectarian violence in communities across the country.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said at least 137 people - 17 civilians, 89 Druze fighters and 32 members of the security forces - were killed in several days of fighting in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana, and in an ambush on the Suweida-Damascus highway.
The Syrian government said the security forces' operation in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya was carried out to restore security and stability, and that it was in response to attacks on its own personnel where 16 of them were killed.
Lama Zahereddine, a pharmacy student at Damascus University, was just weeks away from completing her degree when the violence reached her village. What began as distant shelling turned into a direct assault - gunfire, mortars, and chaos tearing through her neighbourhood.
Her uncle arrived in a small bus, urging the women and children to flee under fire while the men stayed behind with nothing more than light arms. "The attackers had heavy machine guns and mortars," Lama recalled. "Our men had nothing to match that."
The violence did not stop at her village. At Lama's university, dorm rooms were stormed and students were beaten with chains.
In one case, a student was stabbed after simply being asked if he was Druze.
"They [the instigators] told us we left our universities by choice," she said. "But how could I stay? I was five classes and one graduation project away from my degree. Why would I abandon that if it wasn't serious?"
Like many Druze, Lama's fear is not just of physical attacks – it is of what she sees as a state that has failed to offer protection.
"The government says these were unaffiliated outlaws. Fine. But when are they going to be held accountable?" she asked.
Her trust was further shaken by classmates who mocked her plight, including one who replied with a laughing emoji to her post about fleeing her village.
"You never know how people really see you," she said quietly. "I don't know who to trust anymore."
While no-one is sure who the attackers pledged their allegiance to, one thing is clear: many Druze are worried that Syria is drifting toward an intolerant Sunni-dominated order with little space for religious minorities like themselves.
"We don't feel safe with these people," Hadi Abou Hassoun told the BBC.
He was one of the Druze men from Suweida called in to protect Ashrafiyat Sahnaya on the day Lama was hiding in her bathroom.
His convoy was ambushed by armed groups using mortars and drones. Hadi was shot in the back, piercing his lung and breaking several ribs.
It's a far cry from the inclusive Syria he had in mind under new leadership.
"Their ideology is religious, not based on law or the state. And when someone acts out of religious or sectarian hate, they don't represent us," Hadi said.
"What represents us is the law and the state. The law is what protects everyone…I want protection from the law."
The Syrian government has repeatedly stressed the sovereignty and unity of all Syrian territories and denominations of Syrian society, including the Druze.
Though clashes and attacks have since subsided, faith in the government's ability to protect minorities has diminished.
During the days of the fighting, Israel carried out air strikes around the Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, claiming it was targeting "operatives" attacking Druze to protect the minority group.
It also struck an area near the Syrian presidential palace, saying that it would "not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community". Israel itself has a large number of Druze citizens in the country and living in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Back in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, Lama al-Hassanieh said the atmosphere had shifted - it was "calmer, but cautious".
She sees neighbours again, but wariness lingers.
"Trust has been broken. There are people in the town now who don't belong, who came during the war. It's hard to know who's who anymore."
Trust in the government remains thin.
"They say they're working toward protecting all Syrians. But where are the real steps? Where is the justice?" Lama asked.
"I don't want to be called a minority. We are Syrians. All we ask for is the same rights - and for those who attacked us to be held accountable."
Additional reporting by Samantha Granville
Russia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi calling it a "courageous" decision.
He met Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, in Kabul on Thursday, where Mr Zhirnov officially conveyed his government's decision to recognise the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Muttaqi said it was "a new phase of positive relations, mutual respect, and constructive engagement", and that the shift would serve as "an example" to other countries.
The Taliban have sought international recognition and investment since they returned to power in August 2021, despite reports of increasing violations on human rights.
"We believe that the act of official recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will give impetus to the development of productive bilateral cooperation between our countries," Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement.
It said Russia saw the potential for "commercial and economic" cooperation in "energy, transportation, agriculture and infrastructure", and that it would continue to help Kabul to fight against the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking.
Russia was one of very few countries that did not close down their embassy in Afghanistan in 2021, and said on Telegram that "expanding the dialogue with Kabul" was critical in terms of regional security and economic development.
The country was also the first to sign an international economic deal with the Taliban in 2022, where they agreed to supply oil, gas and wheat to Afghanistan.
The Taliban was removed from Russia's list of terrorist organisations in April this year with the intention to pave the way for the establishment of a "full-fledged partnership" with Kabul, according to the Russian foreign ministry.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also referred to the Taliban as an "ally" in fighting terrorism in July last year, with representatives travelling to Moscow for talks as early as 2018.
The two countries have a complex history, after the Soviet Union invaded the country in 1979 and fought a nine-year war that cost them 15,000 personnel.
The decision to install a USSR-backed government in Kabul turned the Soviets into an international pariah, and they eventually withdrew from Afghanistan in February 1989.
Western governments and humanitarian organisations have widely condemned the Taliban government, in particular for their implementation of Sharia, which places heavy restrictions on women and girls.
In the past four years, women have been barred from accessing secondary and higher education, are unable to leave their homes without a male chaperone and are subject to strict dress codes.
Legislation has become increasingly restrictive, with the latest installation of 'virtue' laws banning women from speaking outside of their home.
The United Nations has said the rules amount to "gender apartheid", while also reporting public floggings and brutal attacks on former government officials.
Strict sanctions were placed on Afghanistan in 2021 by the United Nations Security Council, most notably the freezing of approximately $9bn in assets.
While China, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Pakistan have all designated ambassadors to Kabul, Russia is now the only country to recognise the Taliban government since their return to power almost four years ago.
A hugely popular K-pop musical animation has seen songs by its fictional bands zoom to the top 10 of music charts, rivalling the success of real-life K-pop groups.
KPop Demon Hunters, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, is currently the most streamed movie on Netflix globally, clocking up more than 33 million views in just two weeks.
The song Your Idol by a boy band in the film, Saja Boys, has reached number two on the chart. This makes them the highest charting male K-pop group in US Spotify history, according to reports - surpassing kings of K-pop BTS.
Golden, a track by the film's fictional girl group Huntr/x, hit number three on Spotify in the US, equalling Blackpink as the highest-charting female K-pop group.
The film's soundtrack shot into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in the US, making it the highest debut for a soundtrack so far this year.
Golden is being released as an official single by Republic Records, and Netflix is submitting it for awards consideration, according to Variety.
KPop Demon Hunters follows the adventures of superstar band Huntr/x.
The three members of the all-female group - Rumi, Mira, and Zoey - are secretly "badass demon hunters" who protect their legions of fans from supernatural dangers.
During Huntr/x concerts, their music is used to protect the human world from the forces of darkness.
But rival band the Saja Boys, who are demons in disguise, are their arch enemies.
Jinu, Abbs, Romance, Baby, and Mystery have been sent by demon king Gwi-ma to steal the souls of Huntr/x's fans.
KPop Demon Hunters was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans and was based on a story by Ms Kang.
Its success should perhaps not be too surprising as top producers including Teddy Park, who has worked with Blackpink, and BTS collaborator Lindgren were part of the team that created the album.
The huge success of KPop Demon Hunters comes as South Korean mega-stars BTS are set to make their highly-anticipated comeback.
The seven-strong group announced this week that it will head to the US this month to start working on new music.
The band is due to release a new album and go on tour next year after all of its members completed their mandatory military service.
Meanwhile, Blackpink is set to start its first all-stadium world tour on 5 July.
The band, which has not released an album together since 2022's Born Pink, is due to reveal a new song at the start of the Deadline World Tour.
High-profile British sports agent Jonathan Barnett has been accused of raping a woman more than 39 times, in a US lawsuit.
In a civil complaint lodged at a US district court in Los Angeles, the unnamed woman, referred to as "Jane Doe", says Mr Barnett "trafficked" her from Australia to the UK in 2017, "tortured" and kept her as a "sex slave" over a six year period.
She says Mr Barnett made "repeated threats to her life and the lives of her minor children".
The 75-year-old known for representing leading footballers including Gareth Bale and Jack Grealish, says the charges "have no basis in reality and are untrue".
"We will vigorously defend this lawsuit through the appropriate legal process. I am looking forward to being entirely vindicated and exonerated," a statement from his lawyers said.
Mr Barnett was ranked as the world's most powerful sports agent in 2019 by Forbes magazine.
The civil case was filed on Wednesday.
According to court documents, the pair first met in the 1990s through a professional athlete in London and reconnected online and then in person in 2017.
Within a matter of weeks she relocated to the UK with her teenage children - with sports agency CAA Stellar, headed by Mr Barnett, covering moving expenses.
The filing says that upon her arrival, he told her he "owned" her and raped her in a hotel room.
Mr Barnett went on to impose strict rules to obey him at all times, referring to him as "My Master" and to "never say it hurts", according to the lawsuit.
The complaint goes on to describe alleged degrading acts that included drinking urine or ingesting faeces.
The alleged torture also included the woman "tied up overnight without food or water".
She says she was "trafficked, threatened, tortured, and held" in bondage in different locations throughout the world, including Los Angeles, from 2017 to 2023.
"Realising she was powerless against a dangerous predator, Ms Doe submitted to Barnett in order to avoid being severely beaten or even killed," the lawsuit said.
"Jane Doe" is also suing Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency and sports agency CAA Stellar, where Mr Barnett was executive chairman until his retirement last year.
The court documents state the CAA Stellar's parent companies, talent agencies ICM and CAA, "failed to find and/or willfully or recklessly disregarded" that substantial payments were made between 2017 and 2023, despite the woman not being an athlete or agent.
It is claimed Barnett referred to her as "slave" in emails sent from his work account.
Court documents say Mr Barnett used his "money and power to maintain coercive control" over the woman who was "in fear of her life and the lives of her children".
Lawyers for "Jane Doe" state the case is about "institutional abuse at the highest level".
They are seeking compensation on her behalf.
According to LA Times, CAA said it first heard of the woman's allegations last year when her lawyers made settlement demands - and the press inquired.
"While the complaint attempts to connect these allegations to CAA's business, Ms Doe has never been an employee, consultant, or contractor of CAA, ICM, or Stellar, nor has she ever had any business connection to CAA, ICM, or Stellar," CAA said in its statement.
"CAA takes any allegations of this nature seriously, and through counsel, promptly urged Ms Doe to contact law enforcement in the United Kingdom."
A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat, including with machine guns.
On one occasion, he said, a guard had opened fire from a watchtower with a machine gun because a group of women, children and elderly people was moving too slowly away from the site.
When asked to respond the GHF said the allegations were categorically false.
They referred us to a statement saying that no civilians ever came under fire at the GHF distribution sites.
The GHF began its operations in Gaza at the end of May, distributing limited aid from several sites in southern and central Gaza. That followed an 11-week total blockade of Gaza by Israel during which no food entered the territory.
The system has been widely criticised for forcing vast numbers of people to walk through active combat zones to a handful of sites. Since the GHF started up, Israeli forces have killed more than 400 Palestinians trying to retrieve food aid from its sites, the UN and local doctors say. Israel says the new distribution system stops aid going to Hamas.
Continuing his description of the incident at one of the GHF sites - in which he said guards fired on a group of Palestinians - the former contractor said: "As that happened, another contractor on location, standing on the berm overlooking the exit, opened up with 15 to 20 shots of repetitive weapons fire at the crowd.
"A Palestinian man dropped to the ground motionless. And then the other contractor who was standing there was like, 'damn, I think you got one'. And then they laughed about it."
The contractor, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity, said GHF managers had brushed off his report as a coincidence, suggesting that the Palestinian man could have "tripped" or been "tired and passed out".
The GHF claimed the former contractor who made these allegations is a "disgruntled former contractor" who they had terminated for misconduct, which he denies. He showed us payslips suggesting that he continued to be paid for two weeks after leaving the post.
The man we spoke to, who said he had worked at all four of the GHF distribution sites, described a culture of impunity with few rules or controls.
He said contractors were given no clear rules of engagement or standard operating procedures, and were told by one team leader: "if you feel threatened, shoot – shoot to kill and ask questions later".
The culture in the company, he said, felt like "we're going into Gaza so it's no rules. Do what you want."
"If a Palestinian is walking away from the site and not demonstrating any hostile intent, and we're shooting warning shots at them regardless, we are wrong, we are criminally negligent," he told me.
He told us that each site had site CCTV monitoring activity there, and GHF insistence that no one there had been hurt or shot at was "an absolute bare-faced lie".
GHF said that gunfire heard in footage shared with the BBC was coming from Israeli forces.
Team leaders referred to Gazans as "zombie hordes", the contractor told me, "insinuating that these people have no value."
The former contractor also said Palestinians were coming to harm in other ways at GHF sites, for example by being hit by debris from stun grenades, being sprayed with mace or being pushed by the crowds into razor wire.
He said he himself had witnessed several occasions in which Palestinians appeared to have been seriously hurt, including one man who had a full can of pepper spray in his face, and a woman who he says was hit with the metal part of a stun grenade, improperly fired into a crowd.
"This metal piece hit her directly in the head and she dropped to the ground, not moving," he said. "I don't know if she was dead. I know for a fact she was unconscious and completely limp."
Earlier this week more than 170 charities and other NGOs called for the GHF to be shut down. The organisations, including Oxfam and Save the Children, say Israeli forces and armed groups "routinely" open fire on Palestinians seeking aid.
Israel denies its soldiers deliberately shoot at aid recipients and says the GHF's system provides direct assistance to people who need it, bypassing Hamas interference.
The GHF says it had delivered more than 52 million meals in five weeks and that other organisations "stand by helplessly as their aid is looted".
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
At least 57,130 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Additional reporting by Gidi Kleiman and Samantha Granville
Hamas says it is consulting other Palestinian groups before giving a formal response to the latest proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal put forward by the US.
President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that expected to know within 24 hours whether Hamas has agreed to the plan.
On Tuesday, Trump said Israel had accepted the conditions necessary for a 60-day ceasefire, during which the parties would work to end the 20-month war.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military is continuing to bomb targets across the Gaza Strip.
Local journalists reported hearing explosions and gunfire as Israeli helicopter gunships and artillery struck the southern Khan Younis area on Friday morning.
Overnight, at least 15 Palestinians were killed in strikes on two tents housing displaced people in Khan Younis, the local Nasser hospital said.
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strikes, but it did say its forces were "operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities".
In a statement issued early on Friday, Hamas said it was discussing with the leaders of other Palestinian factions the ceasefire proposal that it had received from regional mediators Qatar and Egypt.
Hamas said it would deliver a "final decision" to the mediators once the consultations had ended and then announce it officially.
The proposal is believed to include the staggered release of 10 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 18 other hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Fifty hostages are still being held in Gaza, at least 20 of whom are believed to be alive.
One of Hamas's key demands is the resumption of unrestricted food and medical aid into Gaza, and the proposal reportedly says sufficient quantities would enter the territory immediately with the involvement of the United Nations and Red Cross.
It is said the plan would also include a phased Israeli military withdrawal from parts of Gaza.
Above all, Hamas wants a guarantee that Israeli air and ground operations will not resume after the end of the 60-day ceasefire.
The proposal is believed to say that negotiations on an end to the war and the release of the remaining hostages would begin on day one.
Donald Trump told reporters early on Friday that he expected to know "over the next 24 hours" whether the proposals would be accepted by Hamas.
The hope then would be the resumption of formal, indirect, talks ahead of a planned visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington next week.
"We sure hope it's a done deal, but I think it's all going to be what Hamas is willing to accept," US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Israel's Channel 12 TV on Thursday.
"One thing is clear: The president wants it to be over. The prime minister wants it to be over. The American people, the Israeli people, want it to be over."
Netanyahu meanwhile promised to secure the release of all the remaining hostages during a visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz, a community near the Israel-Gaza border where a total of 76 residents were abducted during the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that triggered the war.
"I feel a deep commitment, first of all, to ensure the return of all of our hostages, all of them," he said. "We will bring them all back."
He did not, however, commit to ending the war. He has insisted that will not happen until the hostages are freed and Hamas's military and governing capabilities are destroyed.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
At least 57,130 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Crowds mourned Diogo Jota in his hometown to pay their respects to the Liverpool forward and his brother Andre Silva, who both died in a car crash on Thursday.
Portugal's president, stars from the national team and fans from across the country gathered in the small town of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, where the pair grew up.
Their parents, grandfather and other family members held a private vigil at a chapel in the town before it was opened to the public for a wake. The funeral will be held on Saturday.
The pair - both footballers, with Andre playing in Portugal's second division - were killed after the Lamborghini they were travelling in crashed in the Spanish province of Zamora.
Fans carrying Portugal flags, flowers and other memorabilia were seen weeping as they queued to pay their respects.
Those in attendance included President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, national team stars Joao Moutinho, Diogo Dalot and Ricardo Horta, and Jota's agent Jorge Mendes.
For years as a young boy, Jota played for local club Gondomar SC, which named its academy after him in 2022.
Emblazoned on its sign is a quote from Jota: "It's not about where we come from but where we're going to."
Outside the club, shirts and scarves were laid inside a ring of candles.
The 28-year-old father-of-three - who this year won the Nations League with Portugal and Premier League with Liverpool - married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso just 11 days before the fatal crash.
He had been travelling back to Liverpool for pre-season training, making the trip by car and ferry because he had undergone minor surgery and had been advised against flying.
Liverpool said his death was a "tragedy that transcends" the club.
Fans also grieved outside the club's Anfield stadium.
Former captain Jordan Henderson was seen in tears as he laid a wreath, with a card that read: "Rest in peace my friend, along with your brother Andre. We will all miss you."
Former Liverpool councillor Peter Millea - a home and away regular who had come to pay his respects - told the BBC: "There was something about him as a player when he first came to us that he became an instant hit.
"He was one of those players you can easily take to, because of the manner in which he conducted himself on and off the pitch and the important goals he scored."
Mr Millea said some fans at Anfield had broken into impromptu renditions of the chant while paying their respects.
"I'm sure we'll hear it loud and clear at Wembley for the Community Shield and we'll hear it at Preston for the first pre-season away game, you know it'll be sung around the field against Athletic Bilbao and then during the course of the rest of the season and probably forever-more," he said.
Elsewhere, fans left flowers, scarves and shirts outside Wolves' Molineux Stadium, where Jota played prior to his move to Anfield.
At Wimbledon, Portuguese tennis player Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon to mark the passing of his countrymen.
A minute's silence was held in the Euro 2025 game between Denmark and Sweden.
Liverpool has cancelled pre-season fitness tests that were due to take place today for some players as a result of yesterday's news. A phased return of training will now begin on Monday.
The funeral service will be held at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in Sao Cosme in Gondomar at 10:00 on Saturday.
Several people have died and others are missing after flash flooding hit parts of central Texas on Friday morning.
Disaster declarations have been issued for the Hill Country and Concho Valley regions.
Rescues and evacuations have been underway since the early morning, but there are warnings of more potential flash flooding to come.
"Even if the rain is light, more flooding can occur in those areas," Acting Governor Dan Patrick said.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state was providing "all necessary resources to Kerrville, Ingram, Hunt and the entire Texas Hill Country dealing with these devastating floods".
The region is to the north-west of the Texas city of San Antonio.
Pictures show the deep flood waters swamping bridges and fast moving water swirling down roads.
Exactly how many people have died or are missing has not yet been confirmed by authorities.
"Folks, please don't take chances. Stay alert, follow local emergency warnings, and do not drive through flooded roads," Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said.
Kerr County Sheriff's Office said the area had suffered a "catastrophic flooding event" and confirmed that fatalities had been reported.
It told residents near creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River to move to higher ground.