Pennsylvania AG explains why state leads nation in Medicaid fraud convictions while others battle mass schemes

June 6, 2026 2:54pm EDT / Fox News

Sunday’s office secured more convictions than any other state in fiscal year 2025, according to HHS rankings

By Robert McGreevy, Fox News

Pennsylvania Attorney General details his state’s $12 million Medicaid fraud bust

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday explains a $12 million Medicaid bust of a Philadelphia pharmacy that allegedly fraudulently collected millions in Medicaid reimbursements for prescriptions it never fulfilled.

Pennsylvania’s Republican Attorney General Dave Sunday detailed how his state has become number one in the country in convicting Medicaid fraudsters in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

“As you know, in Pennsylvania we had the most Medicaid fraud convictions in the entire country last year. And the reason for that is because of how aggressively we investigate and prosecute these cases,” Sunday told Fox News Digital.

“We have an absolute moral duty to protect the most vulnerable amongst us. And one of the ways we can do that is making sure that the resources that are meant to go to them actually get to them,” he continued.

Amid a strong push from the White House to investigate and prosecute fraud nationwide — demonstrated through Vice President JD Vance’s White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — Medicaid fraud in particular has come into the spotlight.

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FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Vice President Vance meet to discuss efforts to combat fraud and enhance accountability in social welfare programs.(Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

In May, Vance’s task force announced an indictment in a $46.6 million Minnesota Medicaid fraud scheme that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the “largest autism fraud bust in American history.”

And as high-profile fraud busts involving foreign nationals in Minnesota, California and other blue states increasingly highlight the prevalence of social service scams, Sunday’s efforts in a purple state stand out especially.

Key to Sunday’s nation-leading conviction rate, he told Fox News Digital, is the emphasis his office places on collaboration, including with his state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro.

“We collaborate on a lot of issues, and this is one of those issues that our offices do collaborate on. The State Inspector General’s Office works with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General to make sure that we receive those complaints, and then we take them and we run with them,” Sunday explained.

In 2025, HHS’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) ranked Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit number one in total fraud charges filed against individuals, while ranking Pennsylvania number three in total fraud convictions for the fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2025, the OIG ranked Pennsylvania third in charges and first in total convictions, suggesting a marked improvement in conviction efficiency.

“The reason why we are so successful and the reason the states that are successful are is because they’re working as a team together. This is much greater than any individual office,” Sunday told Fox News Digital.

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“You have to work hard as an office. You have to collaborate with your federal partners, your local partners, your state partners. You have work with the different service providers. This has to be an all hands on deck effort where you collaborate and coordinate with everyone humanly possible. And that’s not just to get the successful prosecutions, but it’s to get their referrals. People have to know what to look for,” he continued.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, then the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general, speaks during a rally for Dave McCormick, then a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, at Beerded Goat Brewery in Harrisburg, Pa., on Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

His collaborative efforts, combined with vigilance, have prevented Pennsylvania from falling into the same trap as Minnesota, which had the seventh most fraud convictions in 2025, according to the HHS-OIG.

“The goal is to not let those criminal enterprises take root. That is the way that you have to do this to make sure that it doesn’t [turn into a Minnesota]. That’s how you have do it. You have to stay ahead of it. Every step of the way. You can’t ever let it grow. You have to watch it when it happens. And you have to make sure that you prioritize these cases, because as an AG, your time and efforts could go to a million different places. But when you’re like here in Pennsylvania, we are hyper focused on community safety,” Sunday said.

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He highlighted the need for collaboration, especially considering the cross-border and transnational efforts of many convicted fraudsters. The women convicted in the Minnesota autism fraud bust notably were sending millions of dollars in fraudulently obtained Medicaid payments back to their families in Kenya, prosecutors said.

“Remember, criminal enterprises, they don’t care about borders and they don’t pick and choose what jurisdiction that they’re only going to stick to. And so collaboration can’t know borders either. So we work with other states. We work across the country with other AG’s offices. We do everything we can to identify these cases and then hold these actors accountable because what’ll happen is a lot of times these cases will span multiple states. And so if you have an organization or a criminal enterprise that is operating in one state, there’s a good chance they’re operating in another state as well. And so when we can come together and work as a team, that allows us to be able to have even greater impact.”

Sunday praised Vance’s task force as a valuable focal point to catalyze statewide anti-fraud efforts.

Vice President JD Vance joined by White House deputy chief of staff and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson during a roundtable discussion on anti-fraud initiatives on May 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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“I’m very thankful for the Vice President. I’m thankful for Vice President Vance and for his efforts in bringing everyone together and to sort of create a hub and spoke model where we all can work together and collaborate because that’s the only way that these cases are gonna be solved,” Sunday said.

He also highlighted cases his office had prosecuted in recent months as part of their efforts.

“We had a huge conviction this year with the Broad Street Family Pharmacy in Philadelphia. And these are individuals that were billing Medicaid up to $12 million for expensive medications that oftentimes they didn’t even obtain, let alone give to someone who needed that medication to stay alive. And so those are the type of cases we have to really go after, because when they are making that much money, if we don’t get involved, if we didn’t investigate it, they’re just gonna keep doing it,” he told Fox News Digital.

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In that case, the state charged nine people in a sprawling alleged scheme that prosecutors say included fraudulent claims for HIV drugs and antipsychotic medications, as well as a pill purchasing kickback plot.

The alleged scheme’s ringleaders — Peter Dello Buono and Frank Bengermino — were sentenced to between 1.5 and five years in prison and ordered to pay $12.25 million in restitution. Five of the other seven plead guilty to various charges, while the remaining two have pending cases.

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That $12.25 million is almost equal to the amount of federal funding that Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Fraud unit got in 2025. An HHS grant that composes three quarters of the state’s Medicaid fraud unit funding comes in at roughly $12.8 million.

Sunday also revealed that the Medicaid fraud unit recovers over four times the amount of money it spends on investigations.

“For every dollar spent in our Medicaid section, we recover $4.64. So think about that investment. For every dollar we spend, we recover $4.64 through our investigations and convictions. And I go back to the convictions because you can obtain restitution through sentences and through convictions. And if you can’t get those convictions, then you’re gonna leave a lot of that money with the bad actors that you can get back to taxpayers _,” he told Fox News Digital.

In addition to busting blatant fraud schemes, Sunday’s office also prosecutes neglect and abuse cases that involve Medicaid claimants.

“Some of these cases, especially the abuse and neglect cases are some of the absolute most horrific cases that any prosecutor sees. I’m a career prosecutor. I’ve been doing this for a long time. And when you see services that are supposed to be rendered that aren’t and you see individuals that are seniors, that are suffering in pain as a result of it, those are cases that those individuals need to not just be charged, but they need to be convicted,” he said.

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He pointed to the case of Kelly R. Gonzalez, a personal care administrator who a jury convicted on two counts of felony neglect in February when she failed to refill a care home resident’s seizure medication leading to his 2021 seizure death.

“The defendant in this case, Gonzalez, was tasked with overseeing the prescribing of medication in this home. One of her jobs was making sure that residents received the prescribed medications,” Sunday said. “There was a resident in that home, the victim, who did not receive the prescribed seizure medication. And the defendant, in this case, Gonzales, found out about it and still didn’t provide the medication.”

According to witness testimony, two of Gonzalez’s colleagues informed her that her patient needed a refill, but she still failed to get his medication refilled.

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“Apparently the victim in that case went 10 days without medication, and obviously when you’re taking serious medication, life-saving medication and you go 10 days without it, then there can be serious ramifications,” Sunday told Fox News Digital.

“So as a result of that, the victim in this case died,” he concluded.

Fox News Digital contacted the White House and Shapiro’s office for additional comment.

DOJ debunks social media claim of discrepancy in LA mayor voting count

2026-06-06 19:54:59 UTC / CNN

DOJ debunks social media claim of discrepancy in LA mayor voting count

By Kaanita Iyer

5 min ago

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2026, 3:54 PM ET

Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli attends a news conference to discuss fraud prevention on January 9, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.

Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

A Los Angeles-based Justice Department official late Friday debunked a baseless claim of a discrepancy in the vote count of the city’s mayoral race that has circulated on social media.

The claim, which has been pushed by several right-wing figures on X, including billionaire Elon Musk, alleges a vote-count update on election night showed that Republican candidate Spencer Pratt received zero new votes.

First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli — an appointee of President Donald Trump who leads the Los Angeles-based US attorney’s office — addressed the conspiracy theory on Friday.

“There was a claim circulating on social media about an election night ballot update at the Los Angeles Registrar of Voters where one candidate received zero votes,” Essayli wrote. “We reviewed official county records. The claim is false. Each candidate received votes in every update.”

Several accounts posted a claim on social media suggesting there was election fraud in the race, alleging there was a vote count update in which Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt received zero votes.

Pratt, a former reality TV star, ran against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who are both Democrats, in Tuesday night’s nonpartisan primary election. CNN has projected that Bass will advance to the November general election but has yet to call whether she will face off against Pratt or Raman as votes continue to be counted.

A spokesperson for The Associated Press, which publishes vote counts in real time based on reports from election officials, told CNN in a statement that “there was a lag in an automated update such that some candidates’ votes were added in one update and the other candidates followed about a minute later.”

Pratt was in the second batch of candidates, the AP said, which means the vote counts were slightly delayed and, therefore, initially showed him appearing to gain zero additional votes in one of the updates that came in while two other leading candidates received thousands of votes.

“Exactly one minute later, the electronic update picked up the votes for another group of candidates including Spencer Pratt. Taken together, the updates included 21,870 votes for Pratt, 12,850 votes for Bass and 9,521 votes for Raman, along with votes for other candidates,” the AP spokesperson said.

CNN has reached out to the Los Angeles County clerk’s office for comment.

The conspiracy theory around the mayor’s race comes as the Trump administration continues to push false claims about election fraud in the US. Trump still baselessly alleges that the 2020 election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden, was rigged.

This week, Trump claimed repeatedly, without evidence, that the slow pace of the count from Tuesday’s primary was a sign of Democratic “cheating.” The Justice Department then sent one of its attorneys to observe ballot processing in Los Angeles, the county’s election office told CNN.

Earlier Friday, Essayli also alleged, “There is evidence of election fraud in California,” adding that “investigations are underway.”

California has long had a reputation for being slow to report the results. That’s because a significant number of the total votes come in as mail ballots are dropped off on Election Day, according to the California Voter Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the election process.

Under state law, mail ballots can be received at local election offices up to seven days after the election, as long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day. And officials must verify ballots before they can be counted. It’s typical for mail ballots counted in the days after the election to lean Democratic.

Top Trump artificial intelligence adviser to leave the White House

June 6, 2026 at 2:20 p.m. EDT / The Washington Post

Sriram Krishnan, who has been central to the administration’s AI efforts, will probably continue to play an active role in its approach to the technology.

Sriram Krishnan, White House senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence, in December. (Al Drago/Reuters)

By Cat Zakrzewski

A tech investor who shaped the Trump administration’s pro-industry artificial intelligence policies will depart the White House at the end of the month.

Sriram Krishnan has informed administration officials that he plans to leave his post as the White House senior policy adviser for AI to start an outside institution that will influence technology policy, according to a person familiar with his plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions. Planning for the new initiative is in nascent stages, but it is intended to allow the tech leader to continue to play an active role in the Trump administration’s response to the development of AI.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/06/trump-top-ai-advisor-leaving-white-house/

警惕煽动种族情绪内容 学者：严法与公民辨别力是抵御分裂双重防线

2026年6月6日 23:51 / 联合早报

专家指出，建设一个具有凝聚力的多元社会是一项持续性的工程，我国在社会融合和新移民融入方面确实面对挑战，也没有人会声称我们已经做得完美无瑕。 （档案照片）

尽管新加坡多年来建设的社会结构根本上具有韧性，人民也支持多元种族理念，受访学者提醒国人不能掉以轻心，因为我国还是会被外部力量动摇，尤其当种族课题被有心人利用时。

近日网络流传贬低和嘲弄本地印族社群的论述，以及试图破坏我国多元文化社会的煽动贴文和视频。内政部星期六（6月6日）发文告说，警方已援引《网络犯罪危害法令》，向社媒平台发出14项屏蔽指示。

南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究学院社会凝聚力研究主任梁振雄博士指出，这类操作和以往的外来势力干预本质相同，一方面是在我国内部制造“分化再征服”的局面，刻意挑动华族与印族等其他族群之间的矛盾，削弱社会内部的互信，再一步步动摇公众对政府和公共机构的信心，让我国社会陷入内部分裂。

本地部分群体易受煽动影响

新加坡政策研究所社会研究室兼任首席研究员陈恩赐博士指出，虽然新加坡人整体上并不排斥新移民，包括非新加坡籍的印度社群，而且调查显示国人对多元种族主义有广泛支持，但也有些人可能认为，非新加坡籍印度社群在就业和住房方面与他们存在竞争关系。

这种经济层面的担忧，可能使他们更容易受到煽动反印族情绪言论的影响。

梁振雄指出，建设一个具有凝聚力的多元社会是一项持续性的工程，我国在社会融合和新移民融入方面确实面对挑战，也没有人会声称我们已经做得完美无瑕。但关键在于，不能让这些真实存在的议题被别有用心的势力裹挟，放大分化、激化对立。

数码发展及新闻部长杨莉明星期六下午在脸书贴文写道，新加坡的多元文化不单指人口的组成，而是融入本地人日常的交流、我国的教育体制和公共机构之中。

“再加上我们作为一个国际枢纽，新加坡人被塑造成一个既扎根于本地文化，同时也放眼世界的群体。我们可以在多个不同社会与文化环境之间穿梭，而不会感觉到它们相互矛盾或抵触。”

她也指出，新加坡这种文化特质，对那些来自单一文化环境、身份认同也较为单一的人来说，比较不容易理解。相比之下，新加坡人对游走于不同文化世界感到自在。

“这个特点并不矛盾。这是我们的历史与环境使然，也是我们身份的一部分。”

学者：向海外宣传我国价值观 助他国了解我国多元社会

受访学者也肯定了政府采取严格执法行动来遏制恶意内容的必要。

新加坡管理大学杨邦孝法学院副教授陈庆文认为，政府采取这些措施的真正意义，在于向公众展示捍卫社会凝聚力的坚定决心，并表明我国绝不允许此类有害言论发酵。此外，国人也必须培养识别此类威胁的“肌肉”，并具备必要的辨别力，不让他人企图分裂人们。

“归根结底，政府无法完全阻止恶意言论传播；得靠人民决定这种言论是否会生根发芽，或是被大家毫不犹豫地拒绝。”

梁振雄指出，我国的应对之策仍以防御回应为主，例如下架有问题的内容、运用相关法律工具。这些措施本身是必要的，但这是比较被动的做法。

他认为，我国接下来应更主动地，把我国秉持的价值观，不仅向国人阐述清楚，也要向海外宣传。例如，通过国际团结社会会议等区域与国际平台，让区域国家更广大的受众理解我国如何塑造多元种族的社会结构。

至于为何有关视频刻意抨击我国多元文化社会，陈庆文认为，有关的境外人士相信是出于一种民族主义至上的心态。

“在他们的世界观中，以华族为多数的新加坡，能做到不让其他种族受歧视，并且受到平等对待，这显得非常特殊，也削弱了他们对于应该如何治理一个以华族为多数的国家的看法。我们的多元种族社会对他们来说是一种抵触。“

陈庆文指出，面对这类有意颠覆我国多元文化社会的举措，新加坡人须更有力地捍卫我们的多元种族文化主义。

针对部分中国网民评论新加坡时带有宣扬民族意识的贴文，内政部回复《联合早报》询问时说，政府不会加以限制真实的媒体内容在网络舆论空间出现，前提是有关内容以公开、透明及可追溯来源的方式呈现，而且不含有任何伤害他人的论述。“我们的优先考量是维护新加坡的利益，保障我们社会的凝聚力；对于企图在我国社会制造分裂的人，我们将毫不犹豫采取行动。”

美国出现第二起螺旋蝇蛆病 得州发布“灾难宣告”

2026年6月6日 23:07 / 联合早报

6月5日，在美国得克萨斯州奥斯汀市的州紧急事务管理部门行动中心，州长格雷格·阿博特在新闻发布会上签署了“全州灾难宣告”。 （法新社）

美国在得克萨斯州发现了第二起牛只遭螺旋蝇蛆寄生的病例，与此同时，加拿大暂时禁止从得州进口牲畜。

美国农业部（USDA）星期五（6月5日）在社交媒体X平台发布公告说，第二起病例发生在得克萨斯州南部一头牛犊身上，距离星期四报告的第一个病例约5.5英里（9公里）。

新大陆螺旋蝇蛆（New World screwworm）疾病由螺旋锥蝇的幼虫引发。这种蝇类将卵产在恒温动物的伤口或黏膜上，幼虫通过伤口钻入动物组织并以活体组织为食，可导致严重感染甚至死亡，危害牲畜和野生动物。在极少数情况下，人类也可能受到感染。这种害虫曾长期存在于南美洲部分地区，近年来持续向北扩散，经中美洲和墨西哥逐步逼近美国边境。

得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）于星期五发布了“全州灾难宣告”，当局正紧急采取措施阻止害虫扩散。

得克萨斯州已设立12英里（约19公里）的隔离区，这意味着所有温血动物，包括宠物，在离开该区域前都必须接受检查。

美国本土又现“新大陆螺旋蝇蛆病” 农业部启动应急预案
美国启动应急防控阻螺旋蝇蛆病入侵

5月1日，在美国得克萨斯州拉格朗日举行的费耶特县牛犊诊疗及贸易展上，养牛户们参加了关于新大陆螺旋蝇威胁的讲座。（路透社）

加拿大食品检验局发布的新闻稿说，已暂时禁止过去21天内曾到过得克萨斯州的牲畜入境。

人们曾认为美国已于1966年根除了这种蝇类。但据佛罗里达州农业部称，这种蝇类在2016年引发疾病，主要影响鹿群，并于隔年扑灭。

近日出现的首例是在靠近墨西哥边境附近被发现，已引发牧场主人、尤其是养牛户的担忧。这种害虫还会感染野生动物、宠物甚至人类。

美国消灭这种蝇类的方法是投放数百万只不孕的雄蝇，与野外的雌蝇进行交配。美国官员说，目前每周释放约400万只不孕蝇，并且已把约400万只处于蛹期的螺旋蝇部署到地面释放舱中。

据美国农业部去年的研究估计，螺旋蝇若在得州卷土重来，带来的经济损失可能高达18亿美元（约23亿1400万新元）。

希盟同心党同日造势互别苗头 安华促柔佛人支持国州政府同一团队

2026年6月6日 23:56 / 联合早报

AI摘要

• 希盟与同心党同日于柔佛举办造势活动，互别苗头，州选氛围升温。
• 安华强调联邦与州政府同属一团队将更利柔佛发展，举新柔地铁、柔新经济特区及森林城市复苏为例。
• 公正党与行动党先后宣布展延党大会至8月，以专注应对柔佛及森美兰州选。

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马来西亚首相及希盟主席安华（左四）与民主行动党秘书长陆兆福（右四），星期六（6月6日）在希盟柔佛州选竞选机制启动仪式上一同擂鼓，为希盟在柔佛州选打响第一炮。 （马新社）

（峇株巴辖综合讯）马来西亚柔佛州议会解散后的首个周末，首相安华领导的希望联盟，与人民公正党前署理主席拉菲兹为首的同心党不约而同在柔佛举行造势活动，互别苗头意味浓厚，令州选未战先热。

希盟星期六（6月6日）晚在柔佛中部峇株巴辖举行州选竞选机制启动仪式，希盟及人民公正党主席安华、民主行动党秘书长陆兆福、国家诚信党主席莫哈末沙布等希盟巨头齐聚一堂发表政治演说。

同一时间，安华的前亲信、现为同心党实权领袖的拉菲兹在柔南新山举办同心党全马巡回柔佛站活动，向当地民众传达党理念，并为柔佛州选造势。

柔佛州选不仅关系州政权归属，也被视为来届马国大选的重要风向标。安华在希盟竞选机制启动仪式上表明，如果州政府能与联邦政府一致，必能获得更好的发展。

他致辞时大打“发展牌”，强调柔佛能取得如今的发展，包括新柔地铁即将通车、吸引大量外资的柔佛—新加坡经济特区顺利推进，柔佛国民阵线州政府固然有功劳，但获得联邦政府大力支持更是关键。

安华说，团结政府上台后，马来西亚与新加坡的关系变得更好，才让上述两项柔佛人翘首以盼的发展项目得以落实。

“柔佛是富裕的州属，各项发展已很不错……如果联邦政府和州政府是同一个团队，发展计划会更容易推行，人民也会获益更多。”

“我们（团结政府）执政后，森林城市重新发展……柔佛经济变得更好，说明联邦政府的支持对州内发展很重要。……若希望柔佛有更好的发展，就支持希盟。”

马来西亚首相及希盟主席安华（中）星期六（6月6日）在柔佛州峇株巴辖为希盟柔佛州选竞选机制主持推介。他抵步时受到支持者夹道热烈欢迎，一度令他寸步难行。（马新社）

马国前首相马哈迪2018年再次任相后曾宣布，外国人今后不准购买柔佛依斯干达特区森林城市（Forest City）项目的房地产，导致森林城市逐渐沦为“鬼城”。直到2023年，安华政府推出一系列国家级政策，特别是把森林城市列为金融特区和免税岛后，人气才开始回升。

另一方面，公正党宣布展延原定6月26日至28日举行的年度党代表大会至8月14日至16日，以专心应对柔佛和森美兰州选。

公正党宣传主任法米发声明说，公正党政治局与中央理事会周六稍早时在峇株巴辖开会作出这个决定。当天的会议还委任公正党选举主任赛夫丁，以及柔佛公正党主席扎丽哈为全国副主席，以加强党中央组织架构，提升党的整体运作效率。

柔佛和森美兰州议会本月初相继解散，预计会在近期举行州选。民行党星期四（4日）已率先宣布展延原定7月12日召开的党代表大会至8月16日，以全力迎战柔森两州选举。

6月6日，以色列轰炸黎巴嫩南部的萨克萨基耶村（Saksakiyeh），建筑物损毁。 （法新社）

黎巴嫩总统奥恩发表声明，强烈谴责以色列军队袭击黎南部一支黎政府军巡逻队，导致两名军官和一名士兵死亡。

新华社引述黎巴嫩军方的声明说，以军对黎南部奈拜提耶地区一辆军车发动了空袭，造成数名军人死亡。

奥恩星期六（6月6日）说，这一袭击行为严重侵犯黎巴嫩主权，公然违反国际法和国际准则，是以方持续升级局势的一部分。黎巴嫩将坚定捍卫自身利益，决不让步。

以色列国防军的声明则说，以方当天在黎巴嫩泰卜尼特地区附近发现一辆驶向以军士兵的车辆。以方认为是黎巴嫩真主党在活动，对车辆实施了打击。

声明说，初步调查显示，车内有两名黎巴嫩政府军军官和一名士兵，相关调查正在进行中。

安东内利（中）力压四届世界冠军维斯塔潘（左）和七届世界冠军哈密尔顿摘得摩纳哥的杆位。 （路透社）

（摩纳哥综合电）来自意大利的19岁天才车手安东内利（Antonelli）在新加坡时间星期六（6月6日）力压四届世界冠军维斯塔潘（Verstappen）和七届世界冠军哈密尔顿（Hamilton），摘得世界一级方程式（F1）摩纳哥大奖赛的杆位。

已经迎来四连胜的安东内利凭着1分12秒051的成绩，生涯首次摘得摩纳哥大奖赛的杆位。红牛的维斯塔潘以0.043秒的微小劣势屈居第二，法拉利的哈密尔顿落后0.228秒拿到第三。

领跑车手积分榜的安东内利在排位赛后说：“这是我们所说的‘魔法一圈’，我把所有的一切都完美结合在一起。和马克斯（维斯塔潘）的差距太小了，第一次跑的时候只差一毫秒。非常感谢我的团队，因为昨天我们有点挣扎，但今天我们取得了巨大的进步。

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“这是今年最紧张的排位赛。我感觉很棒，很高兴我们能完成任务。”

法拉利的另一名车手，曾在2024年于主场夺冠的摩纳哥车手勒克莱尔（Leclerc）则收下第四，红牛的哈贾尔（Hadjar）第五。

马赛地车队因此也包揽了赛季目前六站的全部杆位，安东内利则是第四次夺杆。之前拿到两个杆位的马赛地队友拉塞尔（Russell）发挥不佳，仅仅收下第六，后者目前在积分榜上排名第二，落后安东内利43分。

杆位在摩纳哥极其宝贵，因为街道赛狭窄难超车的特点，后车极难完成超越，近三年的正赛冠军均是从杆位起跑。

卫冕车队冠军迈凯伦双雄皮亚斯特里（Piastri）和诺里斯（Norris）分列第七和第八，阿尔卑的加斯里（Gasly）拿到第九，红牛二队的劳森（Lawson）挤入前10。

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英国首相斯塔默周五（6月5日）在英格兰斯温顿的国防科技公司STARK参观一套Vanta系统。 （路透社）

（伦敦综合电）英国首相斯塔默警告，西方情报评估显示，俄罗斯可能在四年内攻击北约国家，并承诺将在下个月的北约峰会之前公布一项拖延已久的国防投资计划。

斯塔默周五（6月5日）说：“我们的情报评估以及北约其他国家的评估均表明，俄罗斯最早可能在2030年对北约发动袭击。因此，你们可以看到此事的紧迫性及我们所给予的优先程度。”

英国这一预测同其他欧洲领导人以及北约秘书长吕特此前的判断一致；吕特去年12月曾警告，指俄罗斯可能在五年内对北约展开军事行动。

斯塔默承诺，英国将从明年起把国防支出提高到国内生产总值（GDP）的2.5%，并在下一届国会进一步提高至3%。

英国对国防能力进行检讨制定的10年国防投资计划原定于去年年底公布，但至今仍未发表。斯塔默称，这项计划将于7月7日开始在土耳其举行的北约峰会之前公布。

英国媒体报道，这项计划是因为财政部与其他部门在成本问题上存在分歧才被推迟。但斯塔默向记者坚持，该计划将获得充分资金保障。

与此同时，英国武装部队司令奈顿接受英国广播公司（BBC）的访问时指出，英国目前面临的风险和威胁，是自冷战以来最严重的。

他说，俄罗斯一直在试探、挑战并检验欧洲的防御能力，并且正在不断升级局势，他认为目前是他经历过最危险的时期，存在跨越红线的风险。

奈顿还谈到了战争性质的转变以及适应的必要性。他说，无人机和自主系统将在未来的战争中变得越来越重要。

Pope Leo urges Spaniards to to set aside “polarizing narratives” during first papal visit in 15 years

2026-06-06 10:38:50 EDT / CBS News / AP

Pope Leo XIV urged Spaniards on Saturday to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain at a moment of political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and a credibility crisis for the Catholic Church.

The American pope, who has Spanish ancestors, traveled to Spain dozens of times as a priest, but this is the first visit by a pope in 15 years. It signals Leo is returning papal attention to Europe’s Christian roots after Pope Francis largely stayed away from the traditional centers of Christianity in favor of smaller Catholic communities farther away.

Leo is seemingly keen to bring his message of peace, unity and human dignity to a continent sorely polarized over migration, Russia’s war in Ukraine and anxiety over artificial intelligence.

The pope opened his weeklong trip in Madrid, greeted at the airport by the country’s Catholic monarchs, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and He told reporters, while traveling, that he was particularly heartened by reports of a spiritual awakening among young people in the once-staunchly Catholic but now secularized country.

Pope Leo XIV waves upon his arrival at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid/Barajas International Airport, Saturday, June 6, 2026, on the occasion of his Apostolic journey to Spain. Stefano RELLANDINI /AFP via Getty Images

Pope Leo speaks out against polarization

During his welcome address, Leo appealed to Spaniards, especially political leaders, to put polemics aside and invest in educating young people to appreciate diversity and complexity rather than shunning them.

“Today, the temptation to gain popularity by fanning the flames of polarization seems to have grown rather than diminished, and human dignity continues to be violated,” Leo said.

He appealed to Spain’s place at the heart of Christian Europe to serve as a model for the rest of the continent, while also recalling the country’s 800-year Moorish past, when cities like Toledo and Córdoba became, he said, “centers of dialogue between languages, religions and knowledge.”

“For the love of truth, I invite everyone to set aside the divisive and polarizing narratives of your societal reality and history,” he said. Doing so will help Europe “overcome sterile simplifications through the fruitful appreciation of complexity.”

Spaniards find themselves increasingly divided over issues including immigration, feminism and political corruption, while historically it was riven by territorial and independence movements.

The highlight of Leo’s visit to Madrid will be his speech Monday to both chambers of the Spanish Parliament, the first by a pope. Such speeches are rare and often become one of the most important of a pontificate.

But Leo will find a highly polarized legislature, with the ruling Socialist party hammered by a series of corruption scandals. Conservative parties, including the Popular Party and far-right Vox, have called for Sánchez to step down before the 2027 elections and have roundly criticized his government’s migration policies.

Princess Sofia of Spain, Crown Princess Leonor of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Pope Leo XIV and King Felipe VI of Spain pose during a welcome ceremony with His Holiness the Pope Leo XIV in Welcome Ceremony at Royal Palace on June 06, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. Elisabetta Trevisan – Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images

Spain’s Socialist-led government has bucked a general trend in Europe and the United States by announcing it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization. Sánchez has highlighted the benefits of legal migration to the country’s economy with an aging workforce and low birthrate.

Renewed interest in all forms of spirituality

Despite some expected protests of Leo’s visit, his speech to Parliament in particular is something of a milestone for Spain’s Catholic Church. Shaped by the anticlerical violence of the country’s 1936-1939 civil war, more recently, it has dealt with a credibility crisis over revelations of decades of clergy abuse and cover-up.

While much of Europe has secularized in recent decades, Spain stands out after it underwent a religious crisis following the 1975 death of Gen. Francisco Franco. A staunch Catholic, Franco viewed his reign as something of a religious crusade against the anticlerical anarchist, leftist and secular tendencies in Spain.

Spain’s Felipe VI and Pope Leo XIV review the horse guard at the Royal Palace in Madrid on June 6, 2026. Pope Leo XIV is visiting Spain June 6-12 with stops in Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands, where he will meet with migrants and organisations dedicated to helping them. Stefano RELLANDINI /AFP via Getty Images

As Spain transitioned to a democracy, the percentage of Spaniards who declared themselves Catholics fell from 90% in the 1970s to just 55% in 2025, according to polling data collected by Spain’s state opinion agency. Of that group, only 19% say they regularly attend Mass.

And yet there are signs of renewed interest in all forms of spirituality, Christian and otherwise, especially among young Spaniards, said sociologist Narciso Michavila Núñez, president of the GAD3 consulting firm that polls young people about their faith, among other things.

In recent surveys, he said, pollsters are registering newfound interest in faith among Gen Z Spaniards. Michavila and others cite the popularity of Spanish pop star Rosalía’s new hit album “Lux,” which is overtly spiritual.

“The truth from a common view is not that God is in fashion. What is new in this moment, in this visit of the pope, is that God in the Spanish society is not a tattoo anymore,” he said.