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Vulnerable Dem incumbent caught calling home state ‘stolen land’ in resurfaced video

April 9, 2026 10:30am EDT / Fox News

Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed campaigns with left-wing influencer Hasan Piker despite his history of offensive comments on 9/11 and antisemitism. Piker, known for calling America deserving of 9/11 and showing no patriotism, has a significant online following. Some Democrats fear this controversial alliance could jeopardize their chances in the crucial Michigan Senate race during the midterms, alienating swing voters.

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A House Democrat running for re-election in a battleground district previously said his home state was “stolen land” and claimed racism was “embedded” into nearly everything, according to a resurfaced video reviewed by Fox News Digital.

“We are on stolen land,” Rep. Gabe Vasquez, N.M., said in 2020 before entering Congress during an interview with a New Mexico-based outlet. He added the land used to be Mexican territory and before that was inhabited by Native Americans.

“Just about every part of life that we experience has some racism embedded into it,” Vasquez continued. “I have become less optimistic about where this country stands in terms of being able to eradicate racism, because it is intergenerational. It is passed on. It is embedded into our system.”

Vasquez, who is seeking a third term in November, made the remarks while serving as a city councilmember of Las Cruces — the largest city in his southwestern New Mexico district. He entered Congress in January 2023 after defeating a Republican incumbent while positioning himself as a moderate.

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Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., conducts a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Chair Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., left, Reps. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and Darren Soto, D-Fla., also appear.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

Vasquez also suggested that he was open to replacing some of the city’s police officers with licensed psychologists and clinicians to respond to certain events during the interview.

“Those are the types of things that I’m committed to supporting, where if we do have to take budget away from a specific department, whether you know, it be police or otherwise,” Vasquez said, adding that he believed it was unnecessary with the current budget.

“If we don’t need those positions anymore, if we don’t need those budget line items anymore, then we need to get rid of them,” he continued. “And that’s a decision I’m happy to try to champion at the city council.”

Vasquez in 2020 appeared to justify rioting following the death of George Floyd, CNN’s KFile first reported. He also voiced support for the defund the police movement while using a pseudonym during an interview with a local outlet at a Black Lives Matter protest that year.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said Vasquez has been an unequivocal supporter of law enforcement during his House tenure in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Rep. Vasquez has supported increased funding for law enforcement for his entire political career, including over $4 billion for state and local police as Congressman just this year,” DCCC spokesperson Anna Elsasser said.

The New Mexico Democrat has joined the majority of House Democrats in refusing to fund federal immigration enforcement absent reforms, including the tightening of warrant requirements and prohibiting officers from wearing masks.

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Defund the police activists flooding the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in the summer of 2020.(Getty Images)

The Republican National Committee sharply criticized Vasquez’s prior comments in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Gabe Vasquez is a truly sick individual who may have a terminal case of the woke mind virus,” RNC spokesman Zach Kraft said in a statement. “He should get the help he needs to realize how insane it is to call every single American racist, and he should be nowhere near Congress.”

Vasquez is a top target of national Republicans, who are mounting a second attempt to unseat him after he improved his performance in 2024 despite Trump carrying the district.

Representative Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat from New Mexico, during a tour of CN Wire Corporation in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Vasquez, a Democrat currently serving New Mexico’s second Congressional district, is running for re-election against former Republican Representative Yvette Herrell, who served the district from 2021 to 2023.(Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted the race from “toss-up” to “lean Democrat” in January, citing President Donald Trump’s declining job approval and Democrats’ strong electoral performance in 2025.

Fox News Digital reached out to Vasquez’s campaign for comment.

Israel’s war in Lebanon becomes a flashpoint as Iran says U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire”

2026-04-09T11:41:00-0400 / CBS News

Lebanon has emerged as a flashpoint in President Trump’s effort to end the Iran war, with the U.S. and Israel publicly disagreeing with Iran and Pakistan over whether the country to Israel’s north is included in the two-week ceasefire announced earlier this week.

Opposing stances over the terms of the deal — and claims by Iran of U.S. and Israeli ceasefire violations — are straining the fragile truce as Israel continues launching strikes in Lebanon and Iran warns of “explicit costs and strong responses” to breaches of the deal.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister said sweeping attacks Israel carried out Wednesday in Lebanon were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire — you cannot have it both at the same time.”

“You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre,” Saeed Khatibzadeh told the BBC, CBS News’ partner network.

Khatibzadeh said the agreement between the U.S. and Iran stipulated a cessastion of hostilities by both countries and their allies, including in Lebanon.

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Thursday on X that Lebanon and other allies of Iran “form an inseparable part of the ceasefire,” calling it “Point 1” of the 10-point Iranian proposal that underpins the agreement between Washington and Tehran, with “no room for denial and backtracking.”

Qalibaf noted that the leader of Pakistan, which brokered the ceasefire agreement, had also “stressed the Lebanon issue.” Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Tuesday night on X, as he announced the deal, that Iran, the U.S and “their allies” had “agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.”

What the U.S. and Israel say

The White House and Israel’s government says Lebanon was never part of the ceasefire agreement.

President Trump told PBS News Hour’s correspondent Elizabeth Landers on Wednesday that Israel continuing its attacks in Lebanon was “part of the deal — everyone knows that. That’s a separate skirmish.”

Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. never promised Lebanon would be included in the ceasefire agreement, despite Iran’s claims it was. He chalked it up to a “reasonable misunderstanding” between the parties.

Israel also has said the ceasefire agreement does not extend to its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israel’s military said it hit 100 purported Hezbollah targets across the country on Wednesday in just 10 minutes. Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 203 people were killed, and its prime minister said there were significant civilian casualties. Israel’s defense minister said Thursday that “200 terrorists” were killed in the strikes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday that Israel would begin its own negotiations with Lebanon.

“In light of Lebanon’s repeated calls to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed the Cabinet yesterday to open direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible,” Netanyahu said. “The negotiations will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon.”

On Wednesday, Netanyahu said Iran had entered ceasefire negotiations with the U.S. “battered and weaker than ever,” and that it had waived all of its preconditions, including a ceasefire in Lebanon.

“I insisted that the temporary ceasefire with Iran not include Hezbollah,” Netanyahu said. “And we continue to strike them forcefully.”

When asked Thursday by the BBC if Iran would tell Hezbollah to stop firing rockets into Israel, Khatibzadeh said “it is quite clear that Hezbollah is a pure Lebanese freedom movement.”

He did not deny that Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers help train and arm Hezbollah fighters, but said “it is not true that they are acting on behalf of us.”

He also said that, despite Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, Iran remained “very much focused on getting an agreement done.”

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict

Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon have been exchanging strikes since shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terror attack that sparked the war in Gaza. Like its much smaller Iran-backed ally Hamas, Hezbollah has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States government, and Israel’s, for almost two decades. The European Union also considers Hezbollah’s armed wing a terrorist group.

Hezbollah was formed in 1982 as a Shiite Muslim political and military force with the support of Iran and Syria, after an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It has functioned since then within the Lebanese government as a political party, but also outside of it, providing services to its Shiite followers and maintaining its own paramilitary force.

After Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 attack, Hezbollah started launching regular rocket strikes on northern Israel in support, it said, of Hamas and the Palestinian people.

Since then, Israel has retaliated with extensive strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s suburbs. Lebanese officials say at least 1 million people have been displaced by the Israeli assault. In 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah’s longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah with a strike in Beirut.

For significant periods after the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli residents in northern Israelis communities, near the Lebanese border, were also forced to flee their homes for safety due to the Hezbollah rocket attacks. Netanyahu and members of his cabinet have said repeatedly that Israel will continue its operations in Lebanon until it is safe for all Israeli residents to return to their homes.

“Wonderful residents of the North, we are committed to returning security to you,” Netanyahu said Wednesday.

The Strait of Hormuz

Control over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains another key issue complicating the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Iran has not loosened its grip on the vital waterway, through which about 20% of the world’s oil supply was being transported on tankers before the Iran war began.

“Definitely, we are going to provide security for safe passage and it is going to happen after the United States actually withdraws this aggression,” Iran’s Khatibzadeh told the BBC Thursday, speaking of the strait.

He said Iran would determine a “protocol which is going to run from now on on safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz,” inconjunction with Oman “and, of course, with the international community.”

The strait is a geographical bottleneck for maritime traffic through which all goods from the Persian Gulf must pass to enter the Arabian Sea and the lucrative markets of Asia beyond. It is bordered by Iran to the north and Oman to the south.

The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial passageway for oil shipments from Gulf states. Bedirhan Demirel/Anadolu via Getty

“I think that we have shown to everybody that energy security is important for Iran, it’s important for this body of water in the Persian Gulf, and we are going to abide by the international norms and international law … If safe passage mean[s] that a new protocol that ensure[s] forever that this body of water will be peaceful, then that’s okay,” but that safety should be two-sided, Khatibzadeh said.

The diplomat said Iran had “many doubts” about the prospects for a final peace agreement with the U.S., suggesting Tehran believed Washington could just be exhausting diplomatic channels but planning to revert to military force, or “dictating and not compromising.”

President Trump has said he expects Iran to comply with the terms he says were agreed on for a ceasefire ahead of planned negotiations this weekend, warning that if it doesn’t, he will order large-scale attacks on the country.

Sarah Lynch Baldwin and Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.

伊朗副外长：伊朗代表团将前往伊斯兰堡参加谈判

2026年4月9日 22:30 / 联合早报

巴基斯坦在为伊朗和美国代表的会谈做准备，4月9日，保安人员在伊斯兰堡红区附近的一条封闭的道路上站岗。 （法新社）

伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社报道，伊朗外交部副部长哈提卜扎德说，伊朗代表团将前往巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡参加谈判。

伊朗驻巴基斯坦大使穆加达姆星期四（4月9日）删除了他在社交媒体上一则帖子，称伊朗代表团将于星期四晚抵达伊斯兰堡，准备本周末与美国举行会谈。

巴基斯坦总理谢里夫星期三（8日）在电视讲话中说，美国和伊朗确认参加星期五在伊斯兰堡举行的和平谈判，目标是在停火后实现持久和平。

彭博社引述巴基斯坦总理办公室的声明说，伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬早些时候在与谢里夫通话时，“对巴基斯坦所作的努力表示赞赏”。

在美国总统特朗普设定升级打击的最后期限到来前不久，美国与伊朗同意实施为期两周的停火，德黑兰承诺重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。这一临时停火为双方争取时间，以达成结束冲突的长期协议。

这场持续六周的冲突已造成逾5300人死亡，并引发全球能源危机。

巴基斯坦利用与伊朗以及美国的密切关系，在两国之间促成停火协议。数周以来，这个南亚国家一直与土耳其、埃及等国合作推动结束战争。

伊朗副外长：伊朗代表团将前往伊斯兰堡参加谈判

2026年4月9日 22:30 / 联合早报

伊朗副外长：伊朗代表团将前往伊斯兰堡参加谈判

巴基斯坦在为伊朗和美国代表的会谈做准备，4月9日，保安人员在伊斯兰堡红区附近的一条封闭的道路上站岗。 （法新社）

伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社报道，伊朗外交部副部长哈提卜扎德说，伊朗代表团将前往巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡参加谈判。

伊朗驻巴基斯坦大使穆加达姆星期四（4月9日）删除了他在社交媒体上一则帖子，称伊朗代表团将于星期四晚抵达伊斯兰堡，准备本周末与美国举行会谈。

巴基斯坦总理谢里夫星期三（8日）在电视讲话中说，美国和伊朗确认参加星期五在伊斯兰堡举行的和平谈判，目标是在停火后实现持久和平。

彭博社引述巴基斯坦总理办公室的声明说，伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬早些时候在与谢里夫通话时，“对巴基斯坦所作的努力表示赞赏”。

在美国总统特朗普设定升级打击的最后期限到来前不久，美国与伊朗同意实施为期两周的停火，德黑兰承诺重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。这一临时停火为双方争取时间，以达成结束冲突的长期协议。

这场持续六周的冲突已造成逾5300人死亡，并引发全球能源危机。

巴基斯坦利用与伊朗以及美国的密切关系，在两国之间促成停火协议。数周以来，这个南亚国家一直与土耳其、埃及等国合作推动结束战争。

法国新国家健康计划致力于减少久坐

2026年4月9日 22:46 / 联合早报

在法国，30%的男性和40%的女性未达到身体活动推荐量；11至17岁的青少年中，有66%的人存在令人担忧的健康风险，很多人身体活动不足、经常久坐，而这与屏幕使用时间不断增加有关。 （示意图 / Pexels）

法国健康、家庭、自治与残障人士部发布公报说，法国政府公布了2026年至2030年的第五个国家营养健康计划，特别呼吁国民加强运动、减少久坐。

新华社引述星期三（4月8日）发布的公报说，在法国，30%的男性和40%的女性未达到身体活动推荐量；11至17岁的青少年中，有66%的人存在令人担忧的健康风险，很多人身体活动不足、经常久坐，而这与屏幕使用时间不断增加有关。

为促进活动并减少久坐行为，这项计划在小学阶段推进“学会骑自行车”项目，鼓励青少年将步行和骑行作为促进身心健康的重要方式，继续推动在小学和有关服务机构中普及“每天30分钟身体活动”，在高等院校中全面推广“运动促进健康”相关举措。

公报说，这项计划还呼吁企业配备有助于推广健康饮食、开展体育活动、减少职场久坐时间的工具，鼓励企业为员工提供促进身体活动、减少久坐行为的机制。

在法国，30%的男性和40%的女性未达到身体活动推荐量；11至17岁的青少年中，有66%的人存在令人担忧的健康风险，很多人身体活动不足、经常久坐，而这与屏幕使用时间不断增加有关。 （示意图 / Pexels）

法国健康、家庭、自治与残障人士部发布公报说，法国政府公布了2026年至2030年的第五个国家营养健康计划，特别呼吁国民加强运动、减少久坐。

新华社引述星期三（4月8日）发布的公报说，在法国，30%的男性和40%的女性未达到身体活动推荐量；11至17岁的青少年中，有66%的人存在令人担忧的健康风险，很多人身体活动不足、经常久坐，而这与屏幕使用时间不断增加有关。

为促进活动并减少久坐行为，这项计划在小学阶段推进“学会骑自行车”项目，鼓励青少年将步行和骑行作为促进身心健康的重要方式，继续推动在小学和有关服务机构中普及“每天30分钟身体活动”，在高等院校中全面推广“运动促进健康”相关举措。

公报说，这项计划还呼吁企业配备有助于推广健康饮食、开展体育活动、减少职场久坐时间的工具，鼓励企业为员工提供促进身体活动、减少久坐行为的机制。

美军维持地区部署 伊朗称黎巴嫩继续遭袭谈判无意义

2026年4月9日 23:14 / 联合早报

以色列星期三（4月8日）对黎巴嫩实施大规模空袭，利塔尼河上的卡西米耶（Qasmiyeh）大桥是目标之一，图为黎巴嫩民防人员周四在现场检查桥梁受损情况。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国和伊朗在展开谈判前都摆出强硬姿态。美国总统特朗普说，美军将继续部署在伊朗周边，直至德黑兰达成并遵守最终协议。伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬则警告，如果以色列继续袭击黎巴嫩，谈判将毫无意义。

白宫星期三（4月8日）宣布，副总统万斯将率领美国代表团赴巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡，与伊朗展开谈判。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特说，美方代表包括总统特使威特科夫与特朗普女婿库什纳，首轮谈判于星期六（11日）上午举行。她没有说明双方将直接谈判，或是通过调解方间接谈判。

特朗普同日晚间在社交媒体上说，所有美国舰船、飞机、军事人员将继续驻扎在伊朗境内与周边地区，直到达成真正的协议并得到全面遵守。他警告：“尽管可能性极小，但如果协议因任何原因而破裂，战火将重燃，而且比所有人见过的都更大、更强、更猛烈。”

伊朗军方发言人星期四（9日）说，伊朗希望达成协议，但如果谈判失败，“我们已为长期作战做好准备”。

巴基斯坦此前说，美伊谈判将在星期五（10日）开始。伊朗驻巴基斯坦大使穆加达姆星期四在社媒X平台上说，伊朗谈判代表团当晚将抵达伊斯兰堡，但他的贴文很快被删除。

伊朗使馆官员后来告诉法新社，贴文因“时机问题”被移除，但没有说明伊朗代表团是否星期四抵步。

路透社引述巴基斯坦消息报道，伊方代表团由外长阿拉格齐与议长卡利巴夫率领。

巴基斯坦一辆军用卡车星期四（4月9日）驶过伊斯兰堡红区的塞雷纳酒店（Serena Hotel），这家酒店预计将是美伊谈判场地。（法新社）

伊朗称，谈判将以它提出的10项条件，而不是美国的15点方案为基础。法新社引述美国高官报道，伊朗的10点计划与白宫同意作为停火与谈判基础的框架不同。

据伊朗媒体报道，伊朗的10点方案包括它继续控制霍尔木兹海峡、结束对伊朗制裁、接受伊朗铀浓缩活动等，这与美方诉求相悖。

对于特朗普声称，伊朗已同意停止铀浓缩活动；卡利巴夫说，根据停火条件，伊朗可继续这些活动。伊朗原子能组织主席伊斯拉米也表明，伊朗不可能同意限制铀浓缩活动。

对于停火是否涵盖黎巴嫩，双方也各执一词。美方坚称未同意把黎巴嫩纳入停火协议，但卡利巴夫星期四在X平台上强调，黎巴嫩和整个抵抗轴心是停火协议中不可分割的部分。

佩泽希齐扬同日说，以色列持续袭击黎巴嫩，将使谈判毫无意义。“我们的手仍然扣在扳机上。伊朗绝不会抛弃黎巴嫩的兄弟姐妹。”

居中斡旋的巴基斯坦总理谢里夫也说，停火涵盖黎巴嫩等所有相关地区。

德黑兰大学教授伊斯兰米指出，伊朗维护黎巴嫩是出于战略考量。他告诉半岛电视台：“如果美国无法在双方同意停火期间阻止以色列攻击黎巴嫩，就算能达成协议，德黑兰又如何能确定以色列不会攻击伊朗？”

以色列对黎巴嫩的攻势依旧猛烈。黎巴嫩政府说，以军星期三的袭击造成200多人死亡，超过1000人受伤。

欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯警告：“以色列的行动使美伊停火协议面临很大压力。伊朗停火协议应该涵盖黎巴嫩。”

法国总统马克龙也呼吁交战各方，在包括黎巴嫩在内的所有冲突地区遵守停火协议。

然而，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期四宣称，会继续打击黎巴嫩真主党，直至以色列北部完全恢复安全。

他说，以军在星期三的空袭中打死了黎真主党领导人卡西姆的秘书与顾问哈尔希（Ali Yusuf Harshi）。以军说，此人是卡西姆的侄子，也是他的亲信。

美军维持地区部署 伊朗称黎巴嫩继续遭袭谈判无意义

2026年4月9日 23:14 / 联合早报

以色列星期三（4月8日）对黎巴嫩实施大规模空袭，利塔尼河上的卡西米耶（Qasmiyeh）大桥是目标之一，图为黎巴嫩民防人员周四在现场检查桥梁受损情况。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国和伊朗在展开谈判前都摆出强硬姿态。美国总统特朗普说，美军将继续部署在伊朗周边，直至德黑兰达成并遵守最终协议。伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬则警告，如果以色列继续袭击黎巴嫩，谈判将毫无意义。

白宫星期三（4月8日）宣布，副总统万斯将率领美国代表团赴巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡，与伊朗展开谈判。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特说，美方代表包括总统特使威特科夫与特朗普女婿库什纳，首轮谈判于星期六（11日）上午举行。她没有说明双方将直接谈判，或是通过调解方间接谈判。

特朗普同日晚间在社交媒体上说，所有美国舰船、飞机、军事人员将继续驻扎在伊朗境内与周边地区，直到达成真正的协议并得到全面遵守。他警告：“尽管可能性极小，但如果协议因任何原因而破裂，战火将重燃，而且比所有人见过的都更大、更强、更猛烈。”

伊朗军方发言人星期四（9日）说，伊朗希望达成协议，但如果谈判失败，“我们已为长期作战做好准备”。

巴基斯坦此前说，美伊谈判将在星期五（10日）开始。伊朗驻巴基斯坦大使穆加达姆星期四在社媒X平台上说，伊朗谈判代表团当晚将抵达伊斯兰堡，但他的贴文很快被删除。

伊朗使馆官员后来告诉法新社，贴文因“时机问题”被移除，但没有说明伊朗代表团是否星期四抵步。

路透社引述巴基斯坦消息报道，伊方代表团由外长阿拉格齐与议长卡利巴夫率领。

巴基斯坦一辆军用卡车星期四（4月9日）驶过伊斯兰堡红区的塞雷纳酒店（Serena Hotel），这家酒店预计将是美伊谈判场地。（法新社）

伊朗称，谈判将以它提出的10项条件，而不是美国的15点方案为基础。法新社引述美国高官报道，伊朗的10点计划与白宫同意作为停火与谈判基础的框架不同。

据伊朗媒体报道，伊朗的10点方案包括它继续控制霍尔木兹海峡、结束对伊朗制裁、接受伊朗铀浓缩活动等，这与美方诉求相悖。

对于特朗普声称，伊朗已同意停止铀浓缩活动；卡利巴夫说，根据停火条件，伊朗可继续这些活动。伊朗原子能组织主席伊斯拉米也表明，伊朗不可能同意限制铀浓缩活动。

对于停火是否涵盖黎巴嫩，双方也各执一词。美方坚称未同意把黎巴嫩纳入停火协议，但卡利巴夫星期四在X平台上强调，黎巴嫩和整个抵抗轴心是停火协议中不可分割的部分。

佩泽希齐扬同日说，以色列持续袭击黎巴嫩，将使谈判毫无意义。“我们的手仍然扣在扳机上。伊朗绝不会抛弃黎巴嫩的兄弟姐妹。”

居中斡旋的巴基斯坦总理谢里夫也说，停火涵盖黎巴嫩等所有相关地区。

德黑兰大学教授伊斯兰米指出，伊朗维护黎巴嫩是出于战略考量。他告诉半岛电视台：“如果美国无法在双方同意停火期间阻止以色列攻击黎巴嫩，就算能达成协议，德黑兰又如何能确定以色列不会攻击伊朗？”

以色列对黎巴嫩的攻势依旧猛烈。黎巴嫩政府说，以军星期三的袭击造成200多人死亡，超过1000人受伤。

欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯警告：“以色列的行动使美伊停火协议面临很大压力。伊朗停火协议应该涵盖黎巴嫩。”

法国总统马克龙也呼吁交战各方，在包括黎巴嫩在内的所有冲突地区遵守停火协议。

然而，以色列总理内坦亚胡星期四宣称，会继续打击黎巴嫩真主党，直至以色列北部完全恢复安全。

他说，以军在星期三的空袭中打死了黎真主党领导人卡西姆的秘书与顾问哈尔希（Ali Yusuf Harshi）。以军说，此人是卡西姆的侄子，也是他的亲信。

First major 2026 Atlantic hurricane forecast predicts slightly below-average season

April 9, 2026 10:00 AM EDT / CBS News

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Fewer storms than usual may develop during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, researchers say, as climate patterns seem poised to favor slightly below-average activity compared with a typical year.

That prediction anchors the latest annual hurricane forecast from Colorado State University’s Tropical Cyclones, Radar, Atmospheric Modeling and Software team, which was released Thursday. The team historically provides some of the earliest insights into what to expect from an upcoming season. Another key outlook will be released next month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Colorado State University’s team of experts estimate that 2026 will see 13 named storms develop in the Atlantic basin, including six hurricanes and two major hurricanes (defined as a Category 3 or higher).

They could occur at any point in the season, which officially runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, although activity typically peaks between August and October.

The team acknowledges their April forecast is preliminary, and, like NOAA’s, will be updated once hurricane season is underway. But their initial prediction is still closely monitored each year by leaders and residents of hurricane-prone states — especiallyFlorida and states along the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard — readying themselves for the possibilities ahead.

“We always recommend, to coastal residents, to prepare the same way for every season,” Delián Colón-Burgos, who co-authored the forecast, told CBS News. “Putting this out there in April gets people thinking about what’s coming in the next couple of months.”

Hurricane activity this year will dip to about 75% of the long-term seasonal average, according to the forecast. If accurate, that would mark somewhat of a decrease from last year’s hurricane season, which brought 13 named storms, five hurricanes and four major hurricanes, although none made direct landfall in the U.S. last year. Federal data show an average season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Colorado State University’s 2026 Atlantic hurricane forecast compared with the number of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes that developed in 2025, and that develop during an average season. Nikki Nolan/CBS News

Colón-Burgos emphasized that communities vulnerable to the hazards of hurricane season should “take it seriously” regardless of the statistics. She said encouraging people to start preparations in advance and remain alert no matter what “is one of the most important things that we want to get across.”

An atmospheric shift

An anticipated change in atmospheric conditions that can either coax or suppress the development of Atlantic hurricanes is the main driver of researchers’ below-average forecast, Colón-Burgos said.

That’s primarily because El Niño, the warmer phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, cycle, is expected to arrive this summer, according to the Climate Prediction Center. A phenomenon defined by shifting sea surface temperatures and precipitation in the Pacific Ocean, the cycle impacts weather across the United States and often foreshadows how busy a hurricane season will be.

During El Niño, Atlantic hurricanes tend to be less intense and less frequent.

The Climate Prediction Center has said there’s a 62% chance El Niño will emerge between June and August, and last until at least the end of 2026. Forecasters expect that El Niño will be in full swing, and potentially strong, at the peak of this year’s hurricane season.

Whether sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean rise or fall in the coming weeks is one variable creating uncertainty in the April forecast. Colón-Burgos said temperature trends are giving “a bit of a mixed signal” right now, and how they shape up could affect future storm predictions.

How many storms will make landfall in 2026?

The current forecast predicts there’s a 32% chance of a major hurricane making landfall somewhere along the U.S. coastline in 2026, and 35% chance of one making landfall in the Caribbean. While those figures may seem low, researchers note that they don’t account for less powerful storms, which can still be dangerous.

“It takes only one storm near you to make this an active season for you,” said Michael Bell, who co-authored the forecast, in a statement.

No hurricanes struck the U.S. last year, for the first time in a decade, but some Caribbean islands were hit especially hard. Jamaica, in particular, was devastated by Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall as a formidable Category 5 storm and concluded the 2025 hurricane season.

A map of tropical systems that formed during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Nikki Nolan/CBS News

Named storms in 2026

The World Meteorological Organization prepares a list of names that will be assigned to a given year’s tropical storms and hurricanes.

For 2026, the first named storm will be called Arthur, followed by Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard and Fay. The list continues alphabetically until wrapping up with Vicky and Wilfred, although not all letters in the alphabet are represented.

Names that will be given to tropical storms and hurricanes in 2026. Nikki Nolan/CBS News

A storm receives a name when its maximum wind speeds reach 39 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. If winds reach 74 mph, the storm becomes a hurricane. “Major” hurricanes are those with winds of at least 111 mph, corresponding with Category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson Scale commonly used to rate storms. Such powerful hurricanes are capable of causing catastrophic damage.

US fourth-quarter GDP growth revised lower to a 0.5% rate

2026-04-09 1:24 PM UTC / Reuters

By Reuters

April 9, 2026 1:24 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth slowed more than previously estimated in the fourth quarter amid downgrades to business investment, including inventory accumulation, but corporate profits increased ​sharply, government data showed on Thursday.

Gross domestic product increased at a downwardly ‌revised 0.5% annualized rate, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said in its third GDP estimate. The economy was previously reported to have grown at a 0.7% pace in the fourth ​quarter. The advance estimate had put GDP growth at 1.4%.

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Economists polled by ​Reuters had forecast GDP growth would be unrevised at a 0.7% ⁠rate. Revisions to the fourth quarter’s growth pace reflected downgrades to business spending ​on intellectual products as well as inventories.

Growth in consumer spending, which accounts for more ​than two-thirds of the economy, was revised down to a 1.9% pace from the previously reported 2.0% rate.

Last year’s shutdown of the government was the key driver of the slowdown from the ​third quarter’s 4.4% growth pace.

Neither the third- nor fourth-quarter GDP readings are true reflections ​of the economy’s health.

Final sales to private domestic purchasers, which excludes government, trade and inventories, grew ‌at ⁠a 1.8% pace in the fourth quarter. This measure of domestic demand, closely watched by policymakers, was previously estimated to have increased at a 1.9% rate. Domestic demand grew at a 2.9% pace in the July-September quarter.

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Profits from current production increased at ​a rate of $246.9 ​billion in the ⁠fourth quarter, surging from a $175.6 billion growth pace in the third quarter.

When measured from the income side, the economy grew at ​a 2.6% rate in the fourth quarter. Gross domestic income increased ​at a ⁠3.5% pace in the July-September quarter.

The average of GDP and GDI, also referred to as gross domestic output and considered a better measure of economic activity, grew at ⁠a 1.5% ​rate. Gross domestic output grew at a 4.0% ​rate in the third quarter.

Though growth likely picked up in the first quarter, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ​is casting a cloud over the economy.

Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci

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