基辅夜空重创:空袭警报长达十一小时
俄罗斯于夜间对乌克兰首都基辅发起了一轮由无人机与弹道导弹(ballistic missiles)交织而成的致命袭击。乌克兰官方发布紧急避难通告,基辅中心城区在漫长的黑夜中不断传来剧烈爆炸声。直至清晨约7时,空袭警报才得以解除,整场警报持续逾11小时。此次袭击造成至少17人死亡,数十人受伤。分析指出,此次空袭被视为对乌克兰近期频繁袭击俄罗斯本土油气基础设施与供应链防线的报复。乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基表示,此举旨在“将战争的现实带回俄罗斯本土”,通过让更多俄罗斯普通民众切身感受战争的痛苦,从而向弗拉基米尔·普京施压以促成谈判。然而,普京态度依然强硬,声称对乌克兰的军事行动不会停止。
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So, the air alarms went off um a little before 8:00 last night. We started hearing air defenses firing around 9:00 or 10:00. It's a bit of a rat-tat-tat sound. And then we heard one very, very big boom. That was the start of a lot of booms over the course of the night. My colleague Cassandra Vinograd is in Kyiv, where Russia hammered the city overnight with deadly waves of drones and ballistic missiles. The Ukrainian authorities were telling everyone to stay in shelter, stay in shelters because the attack was underway. We heard a lot of explosions in the center of Kyiv, and this continued for hours and hours. While we're hearing all this going on, we're always monitoring Telegram channels, and so images started coming out of an apartment building on fire. Then we heard that the roof of a hotel was on fire, and the reports just kept coming in through dawn. We were hearing explosions, and emergency workers and rescuers were already responding and rushing to respond to strike sites even as more booms were being heard. Finally, at around 7:00 a.m., they lifted the air raid alarm, so we were under air raid alarm for over 11 hours. And now, there's a lot of smoke over the city this morning, and you can smell the strikes in the air at the moment. It's a very specific smell after a strike. As of early this morning, Ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people were killed and dozens were injured. Cassie says many in Kyiv had been bracing for this kind of large-scale assault in retaliation for Ukraine increasingly hitting Russia. Recently, advances in drone production and technology have allowed Kyiv to launch bigger and bigger strikes against Moscow and against Russian oil infrastructure and supply lines. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the goal is, quote, "Bringing the reality of the war back to Russia." With the idea that exposing more Russians to the pain of the conflict will ramp up the pressure on Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal. Putin, however, has dug in, saying that Russia's assault on Ukraine will continue.
跨国葬礼与地缘宣示:伊朗为其前最高领袖举行大葬
伊朗官方正在为今年二月在美国与以色列联合空袭中丧生的前最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊(Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)举行迟到的盛大国葬。由于战争的剧烈破坏,葬礼在死后数月方才举行,这在强调速葬的穆斯林文化中极为罕见。伊朗政府极力将此次大葬塑造成彰显国家团结与抵抗力量的重要时刻。为期一周的葬礼仪式将跨越德黑兰等五个伊朗城市以及伊拉克邻国境内。伊朗专家指出,将哈梅内伊的遗体和仪式推至境外邻国,旨在象征性宣示伊朗在整个中东地区的政治与宗教主导权。尽管官方动员了庞大哀悼队伍,但民间对该政权的抗议声浪并未消退。许多人对哈梅内伊生前施行的残酷镇压、酷刑以及清剿异见人士深恶痛绝。与此同时,继任的最高领袖阿亚图拉·莫杰塔巴·哈梅内伊(Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei)在获选后尚未公开露面,外界对其是否会出席葬礼依然存疑。
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In Iran, government officials are making their final preparations for a massive funeral for the country's former supreme leader, months after his death. Millions of people are expected to turn out to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes in February at the start of the war. It's highly unusual for a burial to be delayed this long in Muslim culture, underscoring just how much Iran has been disrupted by the conflict. Now, the government is hoping to present the funeral as a moment of national unity and a kind of show of resistance. One Iranian official said the funeral represents, quote, "The beginning of a new era in the Islamic Republic." It's expected to be a week-long spectacle spanning at least five cities. Tehran has declared a 3-day holiday starting Saturday, with Khamenei's body lying in state, then proceeding through the city. The ceremonies and the body will then move to other cities across Iran and Iraq. Khamenei had many devoted Shiite Muslim followers in nearby countries, and one expert on Iran told The Times that bringing the ceremonies across borders is, quote, "A way of symbolizing Iran's regional influence and power." Massive crowds are expected along the route, but many people in Iran still deeply oppose the regime. Khamenei oversaw brutal repression, torture, killing of dissidents, and widespread corruption. And some Iranians openly celebrated when he was killed. Some had hoped the war would bring regime change, but it was Khamenei's son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was tapped as the new supreme leader. He hasn't been seen in public since he was chosen for that role, though. And it's unclear whether he'll appear at the funeral.
暗流涌动:特朗普政府的铁腕移民排查与卡塔尔专机争议
特朗普政府正通过美国移民与海关执法局(ICE: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)展开新一轮大规模且更为隐秘的非法移民搜捕行动。仅在上周,全美范围内被扣留的人数便超过10,000人,白宫下达的新指令要求将每日逮捕2,000人作为新常态标准。与过往招摇的城市清剿行动不同,国土安全部部长马克·韦恩·马林此次推动了更为“低调”的执法策略,以避开舆论对前述Minnesota执法过程中错杀本国公民丑闻的指责,该行动给移民社区带来了极大的恐慌。
在内政的另一项焦点中,特朗普首次登上了由卡塔尔王室赠予的价值两亿美元的全新空军一号专机。此项馈赠在去年曾招致外界强烈质疑,担忧其沦为外国政府干预和影响美国总统决策的利益输送渠道。为了使该机达到承载美国元首的安全标准,美国联邦政府已经额外投入了数亿美元进行安防升级,该机将在特朗普卸任后转赠给其总统图书馆。
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Now, two quick updates on the Trump administration. First, the Department of Homeland Security says ICE agents arrested 39 people in Wisconsin over the weekend. In the last week, there's been a major surge in immigration arrests across the US with ICE agents detaining more than 10,000 people. According to interviews with federal officials and documents obtained by the Times, ICE was told that the White House wanted an increase in arrests, and that 2,000 arrests a day was the new standard. That's roughly double what the arrest rate had been earlier this year. And in a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said, "Our message is clear. If you come to our country illegally, we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will deport you." The new push is taking place without the Trump administration drawing a lot of attention to it, like they did with the highly visible operations in big cities before. It's part of Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin's pledge for a quieter enforcement campaign following the chaos in Minnesota, where federal officers killed two US citizens during operations. It's unclear how long this new surge will last. One immigration attorney the Times spoke to in Utah said it's left her clients afraid and on edge. Quote, "They don't want to leave their houses. They are afraid to drive to do their grocery shopping." Also, So, this will be the first flight of what I think is maybe the greatest commercial plane ever built. Yesterday, President Trump boarded the new Air Force One jet gifted to him by the Qatari royal family for the first time. The plane, which he took for a trip to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, is worth about $200 million. His decision last year to accept the gift from the government of Qatar attracted a lot of scrutiny over whether a foreign government was trying to influence Trump. The US government then poured hundreds of millions of dollars into making it secure enough to carry the president. According to senior administration officials, the plane will be donated to Trump's presidential library when he leaves office and could potentially be available for his personal use. Trump has said it would have been, quote, "stupid" not to accept the gift since other planes that have been ordered from Boeing to replace Air Force One have been repeatedly delayed and have still yet to be delivered.
高温炙烤全美与Village People主唱逝世
美国正经历大范围的极端高温热浪,从达科他州到波士顿直至迈阿密,超过2.3亿美国人面临高温威胁,局部地区的酷热指数(heat index)攀升至112华氏度。各城市紧急开放避暑中心,而医疗系统在应对国庆假期烟花炸伤的常规压力之余,正全力收治大量脱水与中暑病患。
文化领域方面,经典迪斯科乐团 Village People 的主唱维克多·威利斯(Victor Willis)逝世,享年74岁。他曾共同创作并演唱了《YMCA》及《Macho Man》等多首时代金曲。该经典歌曲长期被视作同性恋标志性赞歌,尽管威利斯本人曾澄清其创作初衷并无此含义。
此外,为迎接美国建国250周年,联邦政府正着手埋下一颗时间胶囊,各州选送了极具地方特色的标志物作为未来考古的印记,其中包括来自俄亥俄州的莱特兄弟首飞机翼织物面料、缅因州的鲸骨刻字以及新墨西哥州的官方州领带“波洛领带”(bolo tie)。
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These are extremely dangerous conditions and they will affect every part of our city. In New York and many other cities, officials are preparing for what could be a record-breaking heat wave. Temperatures will climb into the high 90s and triple digits with a heat index that could peak around 112°. Cities have opened cooling centers and sent out vans staffed by nurses doing wellness checks on vulnerable residents. And ER doctors are staring down a double whammy. The 4th of July weekend always brings a surge of patients with fireworks injuries. Now, they're bracing for people suffering dehydration and heatstroke. In the US, extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths. The heat's already been hitting in many places. According to the National Weather Service, as of today, more than 230 million people in the US, from the Dakotas to Boston down to Miami, are likely to experience dangerous conditions. And finally, Let me identify each of you. May I have you by name, just not a faceless group. Victor Willis, I love you. And that's Victor. The lead singer of the Village People, Victor Willis, has died at age 74. In the campy disco era band, Willis was the one often dressed as a police officer, up there on stage alongside a construction worker, a cowboy, etc. A critic for the Times once described Willis as the only overt musician in the group, which had a string of massive hits with YMCA and Macho Man, both of which Willis co-wrote. Raised in San Francisco, Willis later moved to New York to act and perform, and he frequented a YMCA, which helped inspire the song. It became a karaoke staple and a go-to hit at weddings, even for uncles that can't dance. Over the years, there were a lot of sometimes heated discussions about what the song meant. People had long embraced it as a gay anthem, with the lyrics calling to hang out with all the boys. But Willis, for his part, threatened to sue news outlets that called it that. He said he didn't mind gay people adopting the song, but that he'd never intended it as that. More recently, the song became the soundtrack to Trump rallies as the president danced along. I got a lot of calls and a lot of emails from people that were like really upset by the fact that they thought that we were endorsing Trump. In interviews, Willis, who performed as part of Trump's second inauguration, maintained he was not endorsing the president's policies. And he said that he believed music should be, quote, not preserved for one political side. Those are the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford, and there is no show tomorrow for the holiday. That means no full quiz this week, but we will give you one question before we go. This weekend is the 250th anniversary of the United States. As part of the festivities, the federal government is burying a time capsule. And each state got a chance to put something in that will be dug up way, way, way in the future. I'm going to give you three items that are in there, and you tell me the state that contributed them. To start, a bit of fabric from the Wright brothers' first flight. That's Ohio. Kind of a trick because the flight took place in North Carolina, but the brothers were from Ohio. Next, a message etched into a whale bone. That's Maine. And last one, a bolo tie. That's New Mexico, coming in with a fashion contribution. The bolo tie is the official state tie of New Mexico. I guess every state needs a state tie. That's it for the week. The headlines will be back on Monday.