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US lawmakers warn Pulte appointment could thwart surveillance law’s renewal

2026-06-07 16:46:41 UTC / Reuters

U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 9, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

• Summary

• Lawmakers from both parties criticize Pulte’s lack of national security experience
• Democrats threaten to block FISA renewal unless Trump reverses Pulte appointment
• Republicans warn intelligence gap possible if FISA lapses amid ongoing leadership dispute

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers with national security expertise warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s choice ​of Bill Pulte to be his chief intelligence adviser could stand in the way of renewing an expiring foreign surveillance law.

The Senate ‌and House of Representatives face a Friday deadline for renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor emails and other communications of foreigners located outside the U.S. without individual judicial warrants.

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Trump named Pulte, who has no experience in the security field, to be acting director of national intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard who resigned effective June 30.

Pulte ​would also retain his position as the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency. His temporary appointment as director of national intelligence has outraged ​Democratic and Republican members of Congress because of his lack of experience.

Democrats also argue Pulte has demonstrated a willingness to use ⁠his housing finance position to attack Trump’s perceived enemies.

The appointment was like throwing a “live hand grenade” into the congressional debate days before FISA is set to expire, ​Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told ABC’s “This Week” program.

On Friday, the Senate blocked an attempt to begin debate on the FISA ​renewal, but Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, told reporters another attempt would be made this week.

Democrats’ support would be essential to the bill clearing the Senate. They have warned they will not back it unless Trump reverses his temporary appointment of Pulte.

Trump on Thursday said he did not think he would nominate Pulte to be a “permanent” director of national intelligence. But he can ​serve as acting director for 210 days without Senate confirmation.

Representative Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” program the timing ​of Pulte’s appointment puts FISA’s renewal in doubt.

“You just could not have come up with worse timing,” he said. “If we had to pass another bill in the context of Bill ‌Pulte, I don’t ⁠think we could.”

Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican who also appeared on the ABC program, said, “I don’t believe he’s statutorily qualified” given his lack of any experience.

But McCaul, a former House Homeland Security Committee chairman and former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said it “would be the most grossly irresponsible thing I’ve seen Congress do in my 22 years in office” if lawmakers fail to renew FISA just before the start of FIFA World Cup games in North America, and as weeks ​of celebrations begin to observe the 250th ​anniversary of the United States.

Although Pulte ⁠is not qualified to be permanent director, Republican Senator Dave McCormick said, the president has other officials he can turn to for intelligence advice such as CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also Trump’s national security ​adviser.

“Bill Pulte is going to be a temporary fix until we get the right qualified person in there permanently,” McCormick ​told Fox News’ “Sunday Briefing” ⁠program.

Before Trump’s choice of Pulte, the Senate and House were on track to pass a compromise bill after protracted negotiations. Now even Republicans believe the renewal could be held up.

“We write with regret to ask that you plan for a potential significant gap in foreign intelligence collection,” reads a letter that Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Chuck Grassley ⁠sent on ​Friday to Rubio.

In their letter, which was first reported by Punchbowl, Cotton and Grassley blamed the situation ​on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the chamber’s top Democrat. But Himes said it is an admission that Pulte is the problem.

“I think at one level they’re acknowledging reality, which is that the Pulte ​appointment has taken 702 reauthorization off the table,” Himes told CBS.

Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Writing by Richard Cowan; Editing by Sergio Non and Chris Reese

Can Marco Rubio convince Trump that a free Cuba is America First?

2026-06-07T16:00:08.568Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/07/politics/marco-rubio-free-cuba-trump

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is navigating the most volatile moment in US-Cuba relations in decades.
• The administration has imposed a fuel blockade, sent the CIA director to Havana with an ultimatum and indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
• Rubio faces a difficult balance between his lifelong goal of a free Cuba and Trump’s desire for a “good deal.”

AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.

In the final days of his 2016 presidential campaign, then-Sen. Marco Rubio stood before a friendly Miami debate crowd and named his baseline for any negotiations with Cuba: free elections, a free press and free speech for the 11 million people living on the island. The GOP front-runner, Donald Trump, offered something much vaguer — an unspecific pledge to work out “a good deal” with the Castro regime.

Rubio ridiculed the answer. The crowd roared.

Now, as secretary of state, Rubio is navigating the most volatile moment in US-Cuba relations in decades on behalf of the man he once mocked. For months, Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has teamed with Trump to pressure Cuba’s leaders to the negotiating table while trying to hasten conditions for their ouster.

A fuel blockade has left Cubans with rolling blackouts ahead of the sweltering summer months. Last month in Havana, CIA Director John Ratcliffe delivered a rare in-person ultimatum to Cuban officials to enact political changes. Five days later, the Justice Department indicted former President Raúl Castro. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group is close by in the Caribbean.

On Thursday, the US piled on more pressure, imposing sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canal, his wife and stepson; family members of Raúl Castro; and several organizations it asserted were tied to the Cuban government.

It remains an open question whether Rubio will achieve the liberated Cuba he has sought for most of his life, or whether the moment will end, as others have, with what Trump deems “a good deal.”

There is growing frustration within the White House over how difficult it has proved to force the island’s regime into making major concessions. And Trump has recently expressed doubt about forcing a change in the Cuban government, telling reporters last month when pressed about specifics of a potential deal, “Well, I don’t know about changing the regime.”

On Thursday, Trump vowed to eventually turn his full attention to Cuba — though it would have to wait until he first finds a resolution to the Iran war that’s eluded him for months.

“We’re going to handle that as soon as we finish. I like to do one thing at a time,” he said. “As soon as that’s done, on our way back, we’ll just make a little brief stop.”

Meanwhile in South Florida, where more than 1 million Cuban Americans reside, hope is surging for a Cuba without a Castro in power.

“I think we all can envision what we want Cuba to look like, and it doesn’t have to happen overnight,” Rubio said Wednesday in testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“The United States is open to a negotiated situation that puts Cuba on a path towards democracy, prosperity, freedom, normalcy. We would be open to that, and we would work with whoever is open to doing it,” Rubio told lawmakers.

“Obviously, it will be challenging,” he said.

The pressure campaign on Cuba is just the latest audacious effort to reshape global diplomacy undertaken by Rubio, who has become a primary driver behind Trump’s sprawling and at-times chaotic foreign policy agenda.

A career politician who has long harbored presidential ambitions, Rubio’s unlikely alliance with Trump — who once derided him as “Liddle Marco” — has granted him broad power within the administration, and numerous job titles to go with it.

In addition to secretary of state, Rubio is acting national security adviser, making him the first to hold both jobs since Henry Kissinger. From those perches, the 55-year-old Rubio has played a central role in Trump’s forays into Iran and Venezuela, while also managing increasingly tenuous relations with the US’ allies in Europe and with its chief rival, China.

Yet Cuba is his most personal challenge yet. And as Rubio plots another potential run for the presidency in 2028, it’s the one whose success or failure could most closely define him.

Rubio grew up steeped in Cuba’s history, and he has credited the exile community with shaping his hawkish worldview. That community’s aspirations are now largely resting on his shoulders — but so are the demands of a president who has expressed fleeting interest in wholesale regime change.

“This is the golden ring for Marco Rubio. This is what he has dreamed about, both personally and professionally,” said Lawrence Gumbiner, who led the US Embassy in Havana during Trump’s first term. “I think he realizes he’s got to dance around his boss, President Trump, and the expectations of the (Cuban) diaspora, and the reality.”

Discussions between South Florida business and community leaders — including longtime Rubio supporters and allies — have intensified as they consider how they might help rebuild Cuba should the regime topple. The State Department has been in contact with some about assisting with humanitarian efforts if needed, a person with knowledge of the discussions said.

Steve Bovo, the former mayor of Hialeah, Florida, and a close ally of Trump and Rubio, told CNN he has warned local officials that regime change could generate some domestic chaos if Cuban Americans on the mainland rush to rescue people or deliver humanitarian aide by boat.

“The fact that Rubio is there in the thick of it is probably what gives everyone in the exile community a lot of calm,” said Bovo, the son of a Bay of Pigs veteran.

Bovo, whose wife is a longtime Rubio aide, also acknowledged the angst within his community as the US and Cuba near a tipping point. “There would be a massive disappointment if by the end of Trump administration there isn’t a degree of change in Cuba that is either a straight line to total freedom or total freedom,” Bovo said.

Many who have watched Cuba policy up close, though, are skeptical the hopes of the exile community — and Rubio himself — can co-exist with Trump’s limited appetite for a protracted foreign engagement.

“If Rubio wants a diplomatic, negotiated outcome,” said Juan Gonzalez, senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs on the National Security Council under President Joe Biden, then, “he’s going to have to betray his political base in South Florida.”

Gonzalez acknowledged regime change in Cuba would be “historic,” but noted that the stakes for Rubio are incredibly high.

“If (Rubio) pulls it off, it will potentially launch him nationally as a broader political figure, whereas I think up to now he’s still been seen as a Florida politician,” Gonzalez said, adding that the opportunity also carries real political risk. “So for him, this is table stakes. If this is a mess, he’s done.”

Within the administration, Rubio has emerged as Trump’s key adviser on the Western Hemisphere. It’s as close as he’s come to the role he envisioned as a boy, when he “boasted I would someday lead an army of exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro and become president of a free Cuba,” he wrote in his memoir, “An American Son.”

Rubio was also a trusted voice on the region for the White House during Trump’s first term. “Then-Sen. Rubio’s imprint was visible across the administration’s approach to Cuba and Venezuela,” a person close to Rubio told CNN.

As with the majority of Trump’s foreign policy priorities, the team working on Cuba has been small. Rubio, who spends much of his time at the White House, has a tight cadre of aides working on the issue, including several from his years in the Senate. Within the administration and at the State Department, Cuba policy is largely shaped by political appointees. However, career ambassador Mike Hammer has remained on the ground as the US charge d’affaires in Havana.

In March, Rubio acknowledged his principal role in the work, telling reporters, “any reporting on Cuba that you didn’t get from me or the president is a liar, because those are the only people working on it.”

After toppling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime, Trump officials sought to quickly capitalize on their newfound influence in the country to weaken Cuba by disrupting the flow of Venezuelan oil to the island and pressuring Mexico to slow its own oil deliveries.

The administration has increasingly turned its sights on the military conglomerate that controls much of Cuba’s economy, and Rubio on Wednesday said the US is “open to an arrangement that allows” revenue to begin to flow to the Cuban people.

Despite crushing economic sanctions and the threat of military action, Cuba’s leadership has refused to negotiate a quick deal, attempting instead to outlast Trump’s enthusiasm for yet another foreign entanglement and keep its grip on power. Cuba’s foreign minister recently dismissed the notion that Cuba is a threat to the US and said in a post on X that Havana is “open to dialogue to resolve bilateral issues, based on respect for our sovereignty, our constitutional order, and our political system.”

One former State Department official noted that the Cuban government has historically moved into “siege mentality” when faced with US pressure.

“There’s so much more that’s required for political change in Cuba,” said Frank Mora, the former US ambassador to the Organization of American States during the Biden administration.

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly praised Rubio in a statement as “instrumental in executing the President’s foreign policy agenda to protect our homeland from threats in the region.”

But despite asserting the so-called Donroe Doctrine that Trump has claimed to reassert American influence across the Western Hemisphere, she stopped short of promising major political change in Cuba.

“As the President stated, Cuba is a failed country that has been horribly run for many years,” Kelly said. “The United States will be there to help, but its flailing leaders should make a deal with the United States before it is too late.”

Cuba’s government has said it’s open to negotiations with the US but will not bend to pressure to remake the island’s single-party communist form of government. Cuban officials have told CNN that they feel Rubio’s personal animus to Havana is stymying any possible deal.

Cuban government social media accounts have also posted parody videos of a puppet doll version of Rubio called “the blond worm,” a combination of Rubio’s last name, which means blond in Spanish, and a highly offensive epithet that Fidel Castro hurled at Cubans who fled the island after his 1959 revolution.

With the Iran war dragging on, top Trump political aides are eager to turn the president’s attention back to domestic issues ahead of November’s midterms — even as the president appears to be digging in, warning recently that Tehran’s efforts to outlast him won’t work because he doesn’t “care about the midterms.”

Within the administration, there are indications that the US intends to ratchet up its economic and political pressure campaign against Havana. Officials have also contemplated a range of potential military actions against Cuba, former diplomats and others close to the White House said. But they all come with major risks and no guarantee of generating a quick victory.

Carrying out a Venezuela-style raid in Cuba is viewed as far more complicated proposition with less upside; Castro is nearly 95, and there’s little assurance that capturing him would weaken a regime that’s kept an iron grip on power for decades. There is also no equivalent to Delcy Rodríguez — the US-backed interim leader of Venezuela — in the Cuban system, experts say.

Rubio on Wednesday said there are “people within the technocratic realm of the government that could play some role in all of this.”

“But ultimately, if you’re asking me, is there a singular individual right now that we would trust and rely on to lead this transition from start to finish? I can’t give you that name right now,” he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Some Republican lawmakers eager to pry open Cuba’s political and economic system have pressed Rubio and the administration to mount such an operation anyway.

“Look at Venezuela,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, a daughter of Cuban exiles, said following Castro’s indictment. “I do believe we should follow that example.”

Even that outcome — a successful change in leadership, but without a timetable for elections and liberation for the island’s residents — risks falling short of the vision embraced by a Cuban American community that is close to Rubio and has overwhelmingly supported Trump across his three elections.

“You’ve got the Rubio team and the Cuban Americans who have a real, serious, deep objective Cuba,” said Ricardo Zúñiga, a former longtime senior State Department official. “And you have the president, who just wants to win — and he doesn’t care what that win looks like.”

Trump’s willingness to strike quickly to remove the political leadership in Venezuela and Iran has emboldened Cuban exiles to imagine a similar fate for Castro, said Jorge Duany, a longtime chronicler of the diaspora at Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute. Surveys of Cuban Americans increasingly show support for a US military intervention to liberate the island, he said.

“There’s a sense of desperation since nothing has worked to produce significant change on the island,” Duany said.

Expectations are now so high that a failure to meet them could be politically damaging.

“You will see a huge exodus of Cuban Americans from Republican Party, or at least from Trump’s party,” said Marcell Felipe, a prominent Cuban American businessman and chairman of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. “It would be political suicide.”

Felipe, like many other Cubans living in the US, wants to see the release of political prisoners and for the country to more closely resemble its Caribbean neighbors like the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

However, some have argued that Trump has built up enough goodwill within the diaspora that they would be willing to accept a transitional period where some from the former regime remain in place.

“There’s a segment of the exile community that will tolerate nothing but a Castro hanging from the highest tree possible,” Bovo said. “Now, there may have to be some sort of bitter juice to swallow.”

It’s a daunting tight rope for Rubio, not only as the country’s chief diplomat and as a Cuban American but also as someone increasingly viewed as a future GOP presidential contender. In private conversations, Trump has compared Rubio with Vice President JD Vance as he mulls his potential heirs, CNN previously reported. Vance has publicly joked he and Rubio are contestants on the latest version of “The Apprentice.”

Rubio has impressed many potential Republican primary voters with how he has stepped onto the world stage, even as a growing number of them express frustration with Trump’s continued focus on foreign priorities. But that could change if the situation in Iran doesn’t improve or if Venezuela crumbles under the instability left by Maduro’s ouster.

Nor does his improved standing account for Rubio becoming the face of another unpopular foreign intervention. Americans already overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump’s handling of Cuba, according to a March Associated Press-NORC poll. And 78% of Americans — including 6 in 10 Republicans — oppose using US troops to overthrow the Cuban government, a survey from Ipsos and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found.

Felipe is optimistic Rubio remains committed to the vision for Cuba he outlined a decade ago as a presidential contender. He has less faith in others within Trump’s inner circle who have urged the president to reorient his administration around domestic affairs.

“That’s exactly where his political enemies would like to put Rubio — in a position where he has to choose between Trump’s good graces or his people’s good graces,” Felipe said. “If he has to choose between one of those, his political future will be damaged. I think that’s something his political rivals and competitors and the Castro regime would like to see happen.”

CNN’s Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report.

Trump says U.S. open to unfreezing Iranian funds, easing sanctions ‘if they behave’

2026-06-07 1:05 p.m. EDT / The Washington Post

The president, appearing on “Meet the Press,” said the U.S. will help Iran eliminate its enriched uranium if a peace deal is reached — and warned of harsh military action if talks fail.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One following a trip to Wisconsin on Friday. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

By Sammy Westfall

President Donald Trump said the United States would not lift sanctions on Iran or unfreeze its assets up front as part of any peace deal with Tehran and would consider doing so only if other conditions are met, he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

As Platner targets Senate seat, fellow Democrats hold their noses ahead of Maine primary

2026-06-07T19:27:23.872Z / Reuters

Summary

Democrats express unease over reports about Platner’s past conduct
Some Democrats urge focus on policy after acknowledging allegations
Republicans criticize Platner as troubling and extreme

NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Reports about presumptive Senate nominee Graham Platner’s past have left some of his fellow Democrats feeling uneasy about him just days before the state’s primary.

Multiple Democratic lawmakers on Sunday expressed reservations about their party’s likely choice in November’s race to represent Maine in the Senate, even as Platner holds a wide lead in polls ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

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Appearing on morning TV talk shows, congressional Democrats criticized him to varying degrees, though none of them called for him to end his campaign amid reports he exchanged sexual messages with women while he was already married and that past romantic partners described his behavior as “toxic.”

For Representative Tom Suozzi of New York, the reports from several news outlets last week cast a brighter spotlight on long-simmering concerns. “I’ve been unsettled about Graham Platner for a long time about the issues and the positions he takes on issues, not just the allegations about his personal conduct,” Suozzi said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said the reports about Platner are “disturbing” if they turn out to be true. But the election success of President Donald Trump, a Republican, shows that politicians can survive allegations of bad behavior toward women, Warner said on ABC’s “This Week” show.

“I think President Trump set a new standard,” he said. “Whether that low standard is what we ought to proceed with, I think it’s going to be again in the hands of the voters.”

Platner’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He previously has apologized for the text messages, while calling reports about them and other past behavior politically motivated.

Representative Ro Khanna of California, who campaigned for Platner in Maine this week, said on Sunday that Democrats should admit his behavior was unacceptable and then shift the discussion to critical national issues.

“We should focus on acknowledging it was misogynistic, acknowledging it was wrong, moving on with redemption,” Khanna told CBS’ “Face the Nation” program.

If Platner wins on Tuesday, he is expected to face longtime Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, in one of the country’s most closely watched political battles.

Republican lawmakers in TV appearances criticized Platner, who is scheduled to hold a town hall in Maine on Sunday evening.

Platner’s past is “very, very troubling,” said Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, who also appeared on the CNN program. “We have to set a higher bar,” Fitzpatrick said.

Republican Senator Dave McCormick, also of Pennsylvania, called Platner one of the Democrats’ “extreme” candidates.

“Who would have thought you could be a misogynist, have allegations of violence against women … and have the mainstream of your party endorsing you?” he said on Fox News’ “Sunday Briefing” show.

Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Sergio Non

Lawsuit aims to stop UFC fight at the White House

2026-06-07T19:38:49.237Z / CNN

By Aileen Graef, Julia Benbrook

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2026, 3:38 PM ET

Workers prepare the UFC stage at the White House on June 5, 2026.

Allison Robbert/AP

Two Virginia residents have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the UFC fight President Donald Trump is holding at the White House as part of celebrations for the nation’s 250th birthday.

The lawsuit, filed Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of a Vietnam War veteran and a civic activist, argues the structure erected on the White House grounds is not authorized without congressional approval or environmental review.

It also argues the use of the White House grounds “to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access” will both financially benefit UFC President Dana White and Trump himself, citing a report in the spring Trump bought $50,000 in stock in UFC’s parent company, TKO Group Holdings.

The lawsuit pushes back on the assertion from the administration that the UFC match falls under the authorization from Congress for events to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, saying the event “is not in any material sense a ‘celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence’—it is, instead, a celebration of the UFC’s brand and the 80th anniversary of Donald Trump’s birth.”

CNN has reached out to the White House and UFC for comment on the lawsuit.

The White House South Lawn event, set for June 14, coincides with Trump’s 80th birthday. A weigh-in for the fighters is set for the day before at the Lincoln Memorial.

“The Lincoln Memorial is sacred ground, and it honors everyone who has ever worn this country’s uniform,” plaintiff Paul Romano, a retired Air Force sergeant and Vietnam veteran, said in a news release. “Using it as a backdrop for a for-profit cage fight so the President and his friends can make money is a desecration.”

Teen dies after showing symptoms of heat-related illness on strenuous hike through Grand Canyon

June 7, 2026 2:29 PM EDT / CBS News

By Emily Mae Czachor News Editor

A teenager died after experiencing symptoms of heat-related illness while hiking in the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said.

The teen died Wednesday along a stretch of the Grand Canyon’s Bright Angel Trail, according to the park service. It said in a statement that rangers received reports at around 1:40 p.m. local time that day “of an 18-year-old male experiencing heat-related symptoms” on a portion of the trail deep within the canyon. He had hiked past Havasupai Gardens, a rest stop and campground that already requires a 3,000-foot descent from the canyon rim, according to the Grand Canyon Trust.

Rangers rushed to launch a helicopter rescue operation and ultimately found the teen about 30 feet below the trail, in a remote area, the park service said. They attempted life-saving measures but were unsuccessful.

Officials have not released the 18-year-old’s name, saying Saturday that notifications remained pending to his next of kin.

The park service said the teen had intended to complete a round-trip day hike from the South Rim of the canyon to the Colorado River. That’s the route of the Bright Angel Trail, which the park service says is its most popular hiking trail into the canyon, though it recommends against hiking all the way to the bottom and back in a single day.

“Destinations below Havasupai Gardens are not recommended day hikes due to the long distance, extreme temperature changes, and an approximately 5,000′ (1,500 m) elevation change each way,” the park service’s website said. The site also advises hikers to “check with a park ranger” before attempting to hike to Havasupai Gardens and back in a day, as that trek alone is 9 miles and takes between six and nine hours.

An investigation into the teen’s death is underway at the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, the park service said.

Heat-related illnesses can occur when a person is exposed to extreme heat. The most serious of them, heat stroke, is a medical emergency that can cause disability or death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

When someone experiences heat stroke, their body’s temperature rises rapidly, potentially reaching 106 degrees Fahrenheit or higher in as little as 10 or 15 minutes, and is unable to cool itself down, the CDC warns. Symptoms of heat stroke can include confusion, slurred speech, loss of consciousness, profuse sweating and seizures.

新报业首办足球嘉年华 22支队伍以球会友迎世界杯

2026年6月7日 22:45 / 联合早报

新报业媒体举办的首届足球嘉年华，除了足球比赛，也设有互动项目，让参与民众在足球运动中找到乐趣。 （关俊威摄）

新报业媒体举办的首届足球嘉年华，除了足球比赛，也设有互动项目，让参与民众在足球运动中找到乐趣。 （关俊威摄）

在世界杯足球赛即将开踢之际，新报业媒体举办首届足球嘉年华，邀请来自不同领域的机构以球会友，在竞技之余促进交流合作，并为公益筹款。

这场名为“Football Fiesta 2026”的足球嘉年华于星期天（6月7日）在狮城水手训练中心举行。来自科技、医药保健、金融、交通及社区服务等领域的18家机构，共派出22支队伍，通过五人制足球赛的方式同场竞技，角逐500元至5000元不等的奖金。

墨西哥驻新加坡大使加西亚·洛佩兹（Agustin Garcia-Lopez）和加拿大驻新加坡最高专员保罗·托皮尔（Paul Thoppil）受邀担任足球嘉年华的嘉宾。两国驻新加坡外交代表机构也分别组队参赛，为活动增添世界杯主办国元素。今年的世界杯由墨西哥、加拿大和美国联合主办，揭幕战将于新加坡时间6月12日凌晨打响。

新报业媒体总裁陈英杰在活动上致辞时说，今年举办足球嘉年华恰逢世界杯举行，因此意义更加非凡。这也提醒大家，足球是一项能够促进友好沟通与合作的运动。

墨西哥驻新加坡大使加西亚·洛佩兹说，足球能将不同企业和社区凝聚在一起。这项运动不仅关乎竞技，更体现包容精神，并能为人们的生活带来正向改变。

经过一天激烈角逐，新加坡科学中心派出的队伍夺得冠军，SMRT队伍获得亚军，冬海集团队伍获得季军。冠军队经理人、新加坡科学中心营销与传播部门总监池金盾感谢主办方提供平台，让大家有机会认识其他机构的参与者，并与老朋友叙旧交流。

除了足球赛事，现场也设有各种互动项目和抽奖环节，包括运球挑战、射门挑战及足球体验课程，让参与的民众在足球运动中同乐。

活动尾声，陈英杰代表新报业媒体将筹得的1万元款项捐赠给新加坡体育理事会旗下的公益机构“体育关怀”（SportCares）。

泰国警方逮捕的日本籍电诈头目（左一）涉嫌远程操控柬埔寨波贝市一个跨国电信诈骗网络，造成数十亿日元的损失。 （取自泰国警方脸书）

（曼谷综合讯）泰国警方在首都曼谷逮捕一名在日本国内被通缉的日本男子，他涉嫌参与电信诈骗和人口贩卖。

泰国警方星期六（6月6日）召开记者会说，落网嫌犯是39岁日籍男子佐佐木，他涉嫌远程操控在柬埔寨波贝市运营的一个跨国电诈网络，并与多个国家的跨国犯罪团伙有联系。

他的团伙专门针对日本人下手，造成高达数十亿日元的损失。今年4月1日，日本名古屋地方法院签发逮捕令，指佐佐木犯下诈骗罪并通缉他。

《曼谷邮报》报道，此次逮捕行动源于日本当局对一个以日本公民为目标的柬埔寨诈骗团伙展开的深入调查。日本调查人员锁定佐佐木为团伙头目，并追查到他已携家人逃往泰国匿藏。

日本当局随即与泰国警方协调，请求协助追捕佐佐木。泰国警察反人口贩卖中心于是指派移民局警察展开深入调查，最终在曼谷市中心瓦塔纳区将他缉拿归案。他将被引渡回日本受审。

根据初步调查，除了诈骗，佐佐木团伙还涉嫌从多个国家诱骗人员到柬埔寨电诈园区，强迫他们参与诈骗活动。

这次行动是泰国首相阿努廷政府打击电诈团伙和人口贩运的努力之一。泰国警察总长吉他拉已责成反人口贩运中心与国际伙伴合作，防止泰国成为人口贩运中转站。

泰国当局强调，会继续严厉打击电诈团伙和人口贩运网络，重点是逮捕幕后主使和内部高层。

西北健康生活节 吸引6000名公众参与

2026年6月7日 23:06 / 联合早报

周末在蔡厝港体育场举行的西北健康生活节，吸引约6000名公众参与，包括投入手提壶铃负重训练的公众。 （邝启聪摄）

快步走、气功、动感单车、尊巴舞，以及投掷球、划船机等健身项目，约2000名居民星期天（6月7日）参与了西北健康生活节的活动。

由西北社区发展理事会主办的西北健康生活节星期六（6日）和星期天在蔡厝港体育场举行，为期两天的活动免费向公众开放，共吸引约6000居民人次参与。

星期天早上，约2000名公众一同在蔡厝港体育场做气功、热身操。（邝启聪摄）

星期天早上，蔡厝港、武吉班让、武吉知马、义顺、三巴旺等超过2000名来自西北区健步行俱乐部（North West Brisk Walking Club）的居民齐聚体育场，一同做热身操，参与千人大型健步走活动。

在星期天的西北健康生活节活动中，超过1000名公众参与了健康快步走。国家安全统筹部长兼内政部长尚穆根（台上右一）以主宾身份出席，图为他与西北区市长、油池基层组织顾问任梓铭（左一）、武吉班让基层组织顾问连荣华（右三）、义顺集选区基层组织顾问李蕙莹（左三）、三巴旺集选区基层组织顾问黄士轩（左二）和蓝延理（右二），向出发的公众挥手致意。（邝启聪摄）

国家安全统筹部长兼内政部长尚穆根以主宾身份出席，同行的有武吉班让基层组织顾问连荣华、义顺集选区的李蕙莹、三巴旺集选区的黄士轩和蓝延理。

望把无器械徒手健身推广到各社区 为居民带来健康

作为东道主的西北区市长、油池基层组织顾问任梓铭说，许多活动不依赖专门器材或场地，便于社区普及，主办方希望把这类无器械的徒手健身（calisthenics）推广到各个社区，为居民带来健康。

为吸引更多家庭和年轻参与者，健康生活节活动期间还面向亲子和孩童举办多项比赛，让居民通过友好竞技享受运动乐趣，当中包括儿童足球赛、篮球赛、羽毛球赛，以及儿童冲刺赛等。

任梓铭说：“我们处在一个被屏幕夺走注意力的世界里；家庭能放下手机、真诚地陪伴彼此，构成非常美好的画面。”

健康生活节现场提供超过40项适合不同年龄群体的体育和保健活动，包括动感单车、壶铃、划船机、垫上皮拉提等。

武吉班让居民许秀龄（76岁，退休者）说，她最近两年一直跟着社区举办的活动积极锻炼，一周参与四五次活动，不仅丰富了退休生活，也增强了体魄。

她说：“健康是得摆第一位的，我们要多运动、保持身体健康，在社区活动中还能认识很多朋友。”