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中国旅游平台：俄罗斯游客春节赴华预订单增471%

发布时间：2026-01-31T14:01:00.000Z / 来源：联合早报

中国在线旅游平台数据显示，今年农历新年期间，俄罗斯游客入境中国预订单同比激增471%。

综合上观新闻和中新社报道，携程平台数据显示，春节期间入境游持续升温，来自马来西亚、韩国、新加坡、日本、俄罗斯等国的预订单量居前。其中，俄罗斯游客预订量同比激增471%，韩国游客预订量同比增长95%。

飞猪平台数据显示，过去两周，外国游客春节机票预订量同比增长超400%；上海、广州、香港、北京、成都等成为最受欢迎的入境首站城市。

去哪儿平台星期五（1月30日）发布的数据也显示，截至目前，外国游客预订春节期间赴华机票同比增长近三成。热门目的地包括上海、北京、广州、深圳、成都、厦门、哈尔滨、海口、重庆和沈阳等。

根据数据，外国游客不仅青睐大城市，也越来越关注“宝藏小城”。春节期间飞往兰州、呼和浩特的外国游客数量同比增长超过四倍；桂林、济南、运城、烟台的增幅也超过一倍。

携程旅游分析师认为，“来中国过春节”正成为全球新趋势，本质是文化IP与入境游深度融合的成功实践，春节民俗的独特性与体验感，正成为吸引海外游客入境的核心竞争力，为入境旅游高质量发展注入持久动力。

特朗普下最后通牒促达协议 伊朗全面备战愿平等谈判 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年1月31日 22:36 | 来源：联合早报

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普称，伊朗希望同美国达成协议，而不是面对美国的军事行动。不过，伊朗态度强硬，称处于全面防御与备战状态。

特朗普星期五（1月30日）在白宫告诉记者，美国已告知伊朗达成协议的最后期限，但他拒绝透露具体日期。

特朗普重提伊朗当局决定停止处决参与国内大规模示威的抗议者，这说明德黑兰准备谈判。“我可以这么说，他们（伊朗）是要达成协议的。”

特朗普重申，美国有一支规模庞大的舰队正朝伊朗方向进发，并表明希望双方能够就核武和导弹问题达成协议。他更警告：“如果我们达成协议，那当然是好事。如果没达成协议，那就走着瞧。”

美国财政部星期五宣布对伊朗实施新一轮制裁，主要针对参与镇压近期抗议活动的人，包括伊朗内政部长莫梅尼和多名伊斯兰革命卫队指挥官。

伊朗外长：导弹和防务能力不容谈判

在土耳其访问的伊朗外长阿拉格齐星期五在伊斯坦布尔强调，伊朗的导弹和防务能力是不容谈判的。

阿拉格齐表明，如果特朗普停止威胁，并在平等基础上进行谈判，德黑兰已准备好启动谈判。

美国新闻网站Axios本周引述华盛顿官员报道称，美国与伊朗达成的任何协议都须包括限制伊朗的远程导弹库数量、移除伊朗境内的浓缩铀，以及禁止伊朗私自浓缩铀。

另外，伊朗陆军总司令哈塔米周五警告美国和以色列不要发动袭击，称伊朗军队处于全面防御和备战状态。

据伊朗官方媒体报道，哈塔米说：“如果敌人犯错，毫无疑问，这将危及自身安全、区域安全以及犹太复国主义政权的安全。”

伊朗霍尔木兹海峡实弹演习 美军：不容忍“不安全行为”

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队星期天（2月1日）起在霍尔木兹海峡举行两天海上实弹演习。美军中央司令部星期五提前警告伊朗军队，不要在美军附近作出不安全和不专业的行为。

美国在中东区域的盟友担心，美国对伊朗的任何打击可能导致局势和经济动荡。

伊朗国家安全委员会秘书拉里贾尼（Ali Larijani）星期五到莫斯科同俄罗斯总统普京会面。双方没有公布此次会谈的细节，但俄方已献议在华盛顿和德黑兰之间进行调解。

法新社的分析文章指出，美国可能效仿对委内瑞拉的做法，通过海上封锁和制裁伊朗能源出口，对伊朗施压，也可能发动有限军事打击，对付伊斯兰革命卫队及其民兵组织。如果美国采取更激进的选项，则是展开大规模军事打击，试图动摇伊朗神权体制。

不过，瑞士研究所日内瓦高等学院的中东问题专家萨贝特认为，伊朗神权政权仍具韧性，美国目前依旧倾向于有限的行动，“以在持续削弱伊朗体制的同时，尽量减低伊朗发动大规模反击的意愿”。

伊朗发生两起爆炸 以色列否认与事件有关

2026年1月31日 23:02 / 联合早报

伊朗南部阿巴斯港（Bandar Abbas）一栋居民楼发生爆炸。伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社的报道说，有关伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令阿里礼萨·坦格西里遇刺传闻不实。

路透社引述两名以色列官员说，以色列与伊朗星期六（1月31日）发生的一系列爆炸事件无关。美国五角大楼尚未对此事作出回应。

阿巴斯港的爆炸发生在当地时间下午2时10分左右（新加坡时间傍晚6时40分）。半官方的法尔斯通讯社报道，爆炸严重损毁了该建筑的一至三层，并震碎了其他楼层以及附近建筑物的窗户。报道还称，停放在该建筑附近的十余辆汽车也遭到损坏。

伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社引述阿巴斯港危机管理总局局长迈赫达德·哈桑扎德说，发生爆炸的居民楼位于阿巴斯港莫阿莱姆大道。消防和应急救援力量已赶赴现场，正展开救援。当地消防部队首长后来说，爆炸是气体泄漏所致。

迈赫达德还提醒民众勿轻信谣言，应通过官方渠道获取相关信息。

新华社引述塔斯尼姆通讯社随后的另一则报道说，有关“伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令坦格西里遭暗杀”的传闻不实。

报道说，几个小时前，一些社交媒体大量传播“革命卫队海军司令被暗杀”消息。报道引述知情人士的话说，该消息不属实。

另据伊朗伊斯兰共和国通讯社报道，伊朗西南部胡齐斯坦省（Khuzestan）阿瓦士市（Ahvaz ）基安沙赫尔区一栋居民楼同日发生天然气爆炸，造成至少四人死亡。法新社说，消防员和救援人员已赶往现场，营救受困在瓦砾下的人员。

伊朗发生两起爆炸 以色列否认与事件有关

2026年1月31日 23:02 / 联合早报

伊朗南部阿巴斯港（Bandar Abbas）一栋居民楼发生爆炸。伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社的报道说，有关伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令阿里礼萨·坦格西里遇刺传闻不实。

路透社引述两名以色列官员说，以色列与伊朗星期六（1月31日）发生的一系列爆炸事件无关。美国五角大楼尚未对此事作出回应。

阿巴斯港的爆炸发生在当地时间下午2时10分左右（新加坡时间傍晚6时40分）。半官方的法尔斯通讯社报道，爆炸严重损毁了该建筑的一至三层，并震碎了其他楼层以及附近建筑物的窗户。报道还称，停放在该建筑附近的十余辆汽车也遭到损坏。

伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社引述阿巴斯港危机管理总局局长迈赫达德·哈桑扎德说，发生爆炸的居民楼位于阿巴斯港莫阿莱姆大道。消防和应急救援力量已赶赴现场，正展开救援。当地消防部队首长后来说，爆炸是气体泄漏所致。

迈赫达德还提醒民众勿轻信谣言，应通过官方渠道获取相关信息。

新华社引述塔斯尼姆通讯社随后的另一则报道说，有关“伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军司令坦格西里遭暗杀”的传闻不实。

报道说，几个小时前，一些社交媒体大量传播“革命卫队海军司令被暗杀”消息。报道引述知情人士的话说，该消息不属实。

另据伊朗伊斯兰共和国通讯社报道，伊朗西南部胡齐斯坦省（Khuzestan）阿瓦士市（Ahvaz ）基安沙赫尔区一栋居民楼同日发生天然气爆炸，造成至少四人死亡。法新社说，消防员和救援人员已赶往现场，营救受困在瓦砾下的人员。

A police officer thought he had a muscle cramp. He ended up fighting for his life.

January 31, 2026 / 8:00 AM EST / CBS News

Detective Sergeant Chris Johnson always kept his health in mind. He knew he had a family history of high blood pressure, so he made sure to stay active and eat well. His job with the Bartlett, Illinois, police force kept him on his feet. When he wasn’t at his desk or spending time with his wife and two children, he was in the gym or playing basketball.

One Sunday last March was a rare, slow day. He had spent it relaxing with his family and watching some TV before heading to bed early. Shortly after lying down, he began to feel a chest ache. Believing it was a muscle cramp, he went to the kitchen for some ice.

“I didn’t feel nauseated, headache, or anything,” Johnson told CBS News. “I remember getting really hot. I went to my kitchen, and then I basically collapsed.”

Luckily, Johnson’s wife had followed him into the kitchen. When he fell, scattering ice across the floor, she leapt into action and called 911. Paramedics arrived at the house in under two minutes, Johnson said. He was sped to an area hospital, then airlifted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Doctors rushed him into a six-hour open-heart surgery. The procedure saved his life.

When Johnson awoke, doctors told him he had experienced an aortic dissection, which is when the body’s main artery tears, causing massive internal bleeding. The condition is rare and often fatal, killing about 13,000 people per year, according to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Survival depends on the location and size of the tear and how fast treatment is received.

Sgt. Chris Johnson in the hospital after an aortic dissection. Chris Johnson

“If this tear was two millimeters bigger, it would have been instantly fatal,” Johnson said.

“My surgeon came in at one point and he was explaining it to me. After you hear it, you’re like, ‘Oh man, this is serious. This is a lot. This is a lot more serious than I thought’,” he continued. “And it all stemmed from one night. I mean, the Saturday before I went and got a couple tattoos. Everything was normal. And then two days later, you’re fighting for your life, literally.”

A recovery “against all odds”

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The dissection wound up being just the first of Johnson’s health troubles. After his surgery, his heart rhythm became abnormal. Doctors needed to shock him with a defibrillator three times to keep him stable. Johnson also had two strokes, two pulmonary embolisms caused by blood clots in his legs, and pneumonia. His right arm was paralyzed by the strokes, he said.

“At one point, they did tell my wife that they didn’t think I was going to make it after going through the strokes and all those other medical issues,” Johnson said.

After 10 days in the ICU, Johnson was transferred to Northwestern’s Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. He started physical therapy and quickly hit his milestones. But occupational therapy proved tougher. He and occupational therapist Beth Bosak spent three months working on his fine motor skills.

Sgt. Chris Johnson and occupational therapist Beth Bosak work together at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

When they first began working together, Johnson’s arm “barely moved” and his hand was “not really responding,” Bosak said. He wanted to get cleared to use his service weapon again and be able to manage his large dog. Bosak blended personalized exercises and classic occupational therapy techniques to create a custom plan. Soon, Johnson was making progress.

“For a while, I didn’t want to believe that my injury was as serious as it was. That was hard for me to believe. Day one, I walked in there, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to, I can’t do this,’” Johnson said. “My therapists were amazing. There were tough days, absolutely, but it was amazing. In the beginning, I thought, ‘There’s no way I am ever going to ever get back to normal.’ And now I am — against all odds, I guess. I’m back.”

“Don’t ignore those signs”

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During his rehabilitation, Johnson had been on light duties at work, meaning that he was at his desk instead of out in the field. In August, just 10 weeks after finishing occupational therapy, he was cleared to return to full duty. It was an important milestone, he said.

“I was like, ‘I feel amazing. I feel good,’” Johnson said. “Now here we are.”

Sgt. Chris Johnson at the Bartlett Police Department. Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

Johnson returned to work with an extra mission. He has become an advocate for hypertension and heart health awareness, especially for Black men and people in high-stress jobs. He said he has frequently recommended that colleagues get mild symptoms looked at.

“The profession that we’re in, in law enforcement, it’s a high-stress, crazy job, right?” Johnson said. “We have tickets to the greatest show on Earth, but if we don’t take care of ourselves, then we can end up in situations like this. Now I’m more like the advocate of ‘Go get heart scans’ and things like that.’ What I’m excited to bring to my department and others that do this profession, or any type of high-stress profession, is to listen to yourself. Don’t ignore those signs. Go to the doctor and get checked out.”

Hundreds of political prisoners in Venezuela could be released under new amnesty bill

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez also ordered the closure of the notorious El Helicoide prison

By Rachel Wolf

Published January 31, 2026 8:43am EST

Hundreds of political prisoners in Venezuela, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists, could soon be freed under an amnesty bill that the country’s acting president announced on Friday.

The move represents the latest concession Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has made since the Jan. 3 capture of the country’s former leader Nicolás Maduro by the U.S.

Rodriguez told a group of justices, magistrates, ministers, military brass and other government leaders that the National Assembly, which is controlled by the ruling party, would promptly take up the bill, The Associated Press reported.

“May this law serve to heal the wounds left by the political confrontation fueled by violence and extremism,” she said in the pre-taped televised event, according to the AP. “May it serve to redirect justice in our country, and may it serve to redirect coexistence among Venezuelans.”

VENEZUELA RELEASES ALL KNOWN AMERICAN DETAINEES AFTER MADURO’S CAPTURE AND GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER

Relatives of people they consider to be detained for political reasons protest holding chains in front of police guarding the Zona 7 Bolivarian National Police detention center in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, on the same day acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced an amnesty bill.(Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Rodriguez said the amnesty law would cover the “entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present,” and that those incarcerated for murder, drug trafficking, corruption or human rights violations would not qualify for relief, the AP reported.

In addition to the amnesty law, Rodriguez announced the shutdown of Venezuela’s notorious El Helicoide prison in Caracas. Torture and other human rights abuses have been repeatedly documented at El Helicoide. The facility is set to be transformed into sports, social and cultural center, according to reports.

Alfredo Romero, the head of Foro Penal, Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization, welcomed the legislation while expressing some skepticism.

“A General Amnesty is always welcome as long as its elements and conditions include all of civil society, without discrimination, that it does not become a blanket of impunity, and that it contributes to the dismantling of the repressive apparatus of political persecution,” Romero said in a post on X.

Relatives of detainees gather near El Helicoide, headquarters of Venezuela’s intelligence service and a detention center, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, on the same day acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons.(Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

VENEZUELA’S DELCY RODRÍGUEZ SNAPS AT WASHINGTON, DECLARES ‘ENOUGH’ OF US INFLUENCE

Relatives of some prisoners livestreamed Rodríguez’s speech on a phone as they gathered outside Helicoide, according to the AP.

Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado said in a statement that the moves were not made “voluntarily, but rather in response to pressure from the US government,” the AP reported. She also reportedly noted that people detained for their political activities have been held for anywhere between a month and 23 years.

Foro Penal estimates there are 711 political prisoners held in Venezuela, 183 of whom have been sentenced, the AP reported. The outlet identified prominent members of the opposition who were detained after the 2024 election and remain in prison as former lawmaker Freddy Superlano, Machado’s lawyer Perkins Rocha, and Juan Pablo Guanipa, a former governor and one of Machado’s closest allies.

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez speaks under a framed image of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a ceremony marking the opening of the new judicial year at the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.(Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

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On Friday evening, Venezuela released all known American citizens being held in the country.

“We are pleased to confirm the release by the interim authorities of all known U.S. citizens held in Venezuela,” the U.S. embassy wrote on X. “Should you have information regarding any other U.S. citizens still detained, please contact American Citizen Services.”

The Associated Press and Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.

Book excerpt: “The Let Them Theory” by Mel Robbins

January 31, 2026 / 10:34 AM EST / CBS News

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Mel Robbins’ podcasts, TED Talk and bestselling books, including “The 5 Second Rule,” have made her one of the most successful motivational speakers.

In her latest bestseller, [“The Let Them Theory”] (Hay House), she discusses how personal growth is only possible when you stop pouring energy into things you cannot control – which includes changing other people.

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I’ve spent the last two years researching the Let Them Theory: why it works, and how you can use it to transform your life and improve your relationships with other people.

In writing this book, I’ve spoken to many of the world’s leading experts in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral science, relationships, stress, and happiness. You’ll meet them as you read the book, and their research will help you apply the theory in countless situations in your life. As you’ll soon see, the science is clear: This thing works. And it works really well.

But this book isn’t just about introducing you to the Let Them Theory. It’s about a fundamental law of human nature: All human beings have a hardwired need for control.

We all have an innate desire to control everything about our lives: our time, our thoughts, our actions, our environment, our plans, our future, our decisions, and our surroundings. Feeling in control makes you feel comfortable and safe, so naturally you try to control everyone and everything around you—oftentimes, without even realizing it.

But the fact is, there is one thing you will never be able to control. No matter how hard you try, you will never be able to control or change another person. The only person you are in control of is you. Your thoughts, your actions, your feelings.

For too long you’ve been working against this fundamental law of human nature. You’ve been fighting to change people, battling to control situations, worrying about what people say, think, or do; and in doing so, you’ve created unnecessary stress, tension, and friction for yourself and in your relationships. I did too.

The Let Them Theory has transformed my entire approach to life and how I deal with other people. Instead of resisting the natural flow of human nature, I learned to embrace it. Instead of wasting my energy on something I can’t control—what others say, think, and do—I poured my energy into what I can control: me.

The result? I gained more control over my own life than I have ever had before. It was freeing. I stopped making other people the problem, and in doing so, my relationships improved in ways I never thought possible. It was like unlocking a door that had been sealed shut for years. And behind it? A life where I’m no longer weighed down by the need to manage other people.

In the coming pages, you’ll learn all about the theory, the easiest way to start using it, and how awesome it feels when you do. You’ll also learn about a surprising discovery I made early in our research. The Let Them Theory isn’t just … Let Them. Yes, it begins with these two words, but that’s not the whole story. Let Them is just the first half of the equation. There is a second, even more crucial step to this theory: Let Me.

In the next chapter, we’ll unpack both Let Them and Let Me and explore the science and psychology behind each one of the two steps. Then, you’ll learn about the eight core areas of your life where the theory will have the biggest positive impact. We’ll talk about your relationships, career, emotions, opinions, stress, love life, struggles, chronic comparison, friendship, and most importantly, your relationship with yourself.

Over and over, you’ll learn how you’ve been trying to control the wrong things and unknowingly made other people a problem. The truth is, other people should be one of the greatest sources of happiness, support, and love in your life. But they can’t be if you keep trying to control what they feel, say, and do. That ends with this book.

Master the Let Them Theory, and you’ll stop exhausting yourself trying to control the uncontrollable. This isn’t just about feeling better. It’s about redesigning how you live your entire life. I can’t wait for you to discover the space and freedom to experience your life the way you’ve always wanted—on your terms.

Let’s begin.

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Unearthed photo of Swalwell meeting with top CCP official raises alarm bells: ‘Very disturbing’

By Alec Schemmel, Cameron Cawthorne | Fox News
Published January 31, 2026 9:53am EST

FIRST ON FOX: A previously unreported 2013 Facebook post by China’s San Francisco consulate shows then-freshman Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., touting “great potential” for U.S.-China cooperation during a meeting with a senior CCP diplomat, which came during the same time period when Swalwell was allegedly targeted by Chinese espionage efforts.

The 2013 photo, which was unearthed by Fox News Digital and “liked” by Christine “Fang Fang” Fang, a Chinese national who was suspected of being a Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) operative and who was reportedly working closely with Swalwell’s campaign helping with fundraising, showed Swalwell posing with Song Ru’an.

At the time of the photo, Ru’an was the Deputy Consul General at China’s Bay Area consulate in San Francisco. He would subsequently be tapped to serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in Hong Kong until at least 2021.

The United States and China have a lot in common and the two economies are highly complementary. There are great potential for the two countries to cooperate,

Danish veterans protest outside U.S. Embassy over Greenland, combat contributions

January 31, 2026 / 9:56 AM EST / CBS/AP

Hundreds of Danish veterans, many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops in the Middle East, staged a silent protest Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen in response to the Trump administration’s threats to take over Greenland and belittling their combat contributions.

“Denmark has always stood side by side with the USA — and we have showed up in the world’s crisis zones when the USA has asked us to. We feel let down and ridiculed by the Trump Administration, which is deliberately disregarding Denmark’s combat side by side with the USA,” Danish Veterans & Veteran Support said in a statement.

“Words cannot describe how much it hurts us that Denmark’s contributions and sacrifices in the fight for democracy, peace and freedom are being forgotten in the White House,” it said.

Danish Veterans gather for a “silent protest march” from Kastellet in Copenhagen to the American embassy in Copenhagen on January 31, 2026. Emil Helms / Ritzau Scanpix /AFP via Getty Images

Danish veterans are furious at the White House’s rhetoric, which disregards Greenland’s right to self-determination, a territory of NATO ally Denmark. They also strongly object to President Trump’s claim that Denmark is incapable of protecting the West’s security interests in the Arctic.

On Saturday, veterans first gathered at a monument honoring fallen Danish service members, then marched to the nearby U.S. Embassy, where they observed five minutes of silence — one each for Denmark’s army, air force, navy, emergency management agency and police.

“We also want to tell Americans that what Trump said is an insult to us and the values that we defended together,” Soren Knudsen, vice president of Denmark’s veterans association, told the Agence France-Presse.

He added that the organizers were pleasantly surprised by the support they’ve received.

“It all started within the association and grew into a large event,” Knudsen said.

Denmark’s Veterans gather for a “silent demonstration march” from Kastellet in Copenhagen to the American embassy in Copenhagen on January 31, 2026. Emil Helms / Ritzau Scanpix /AFP via Getty Images

Danish combat veteran Martin Aaholm, who served in Afghanistan alongside U.S. troops and lost both of his legs to an improvised explosive device, told CBS News earlier this week that he feels “angry and betrayed” by Mr. Trump’s comments about Greenland and Denmark.

“I have sacrificed a lot of friends, family, girlfriends, all because I was placed on the path of helping America after 9/11,” he said, adding that it was worth helping America. “I was amazed that we would answer the call, us little Denmark. I was amazed that we were able to fight with the big guys.”

“I think America has lost its soul. It’s not the America I grew up with, where America was the defender of peace in the world and wanted to spread democracy,” Aaholm added.

Forty-four Danish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, the highest per capita death toll among coalition forces. Eight more died in Iraq.

Tensions were further inflamed on Tuesday when 44 Danish flags — one for every Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan — that had been placed in front of the embassy were removed by embassy staff.

Danish flags are placed in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 28, 2026. Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The embassy apologized and replaced them.

“We have nothing but the deepest respect for Danish veterans and the sacrifices Danish soldiers have made for our shared security. There was no ill intent behind the removal of the flags,” it said in a post on its Facebook page.

The State Department later said that, as a general rule, guard staff remove items left behind following demonstrations and other “legitimate exercises of free speech.” The flags were returned to those who left them, it said.

What 3 million new documents tell us about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

2026-01-31T15:07:38.061Z / CNN

President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the three million Jeffrey Epstein documents released Friday, after the president initially resisted the effort. While some of the references are benign, others include newly disclosed unverified sexual assault claims against Trump as well as fresh details about how some of Epstein’s victims described their interactions with the future president.

Most notably, the newly released documents contain a list of unverified assault allegations against Trump compiled by FBI officials last year. There are also FBI notes about a woman who accused Trump in a lawsuit of raping her when she was 13, and an FBI interview with one of Epstein’s victims who stated that Epstein’s accomplice Ghislane Maxwell once “presented her” to Trump at a party.

There’s no public evidence that the any of the allegations against Trump contained in the new documents were deemed credible by the FBI, and the Justice Department said on Friday that the allegations against Trump in the documents were false. Trump has long denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein or any allegation of sexual misconduct.

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The revelations serve as a reminder of Trump’s initial resistance against releasing the files, despite pledging to do so when he took office.

Congress ultimately bucked Trump and passed a law forcing the Justice Department to release all of the Epstein files by mid-December. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department belatedly completed that duty on Friday with its release of 3.5 million documents, though Blanche said some documents were withheld under exceptions to the law.

The new details are also a reminder of Trump’s decades-long friendship with Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019, and Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate who is currently in prison for sex trafficking.

It’s hard to capture at this point the full scope of what’s contained in the millions of documents that were put online Friday morning, due to the sheer enormity of the release.

A search of the Justice Department’s Epstein website for “Donald Trump” yielded more than 1,800 hits, a number that rose during the day Friday as the DOJ website seemingly indexed more files. Many of those references are news articles mentioning Trump during his presidency that Epstein shared with others, as well as his commentary about Trump with a mix of journalists and other associates, like Steve Bannon.

Blanche said Friday the White House had “no oversight” of the review of documents related to the Epstein investigation.

“Let me just be clear — they had nothing to do with this review,” Blanche said. “They had no oversight over this review. They did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact, what to not redact.”

The Justice Department said in its release that “some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”

One of the most intriguing documents involving Trump was a list officials at the FBI compiled this past August with of more than a dozen allegations related to Trump , many of which appear to have come from unverified tips through the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center, which takes tips from the public.

The documents were included in emails that were sent by officials in the FBI’s New York field office on the Child Exploitation & Human Trafficking Task Force. “Yellow highlighting is for the salacious piece,” one official wrote to explain how the allegations were being sorted.

It’s not clear why the allegations were compiled last summer. In July, the FBI and DOJ released a memo claiming there was no evidence that Epstein had a list of powerful men who participated in his alleged underworld of sex trafficking and pedophilia.

The allegations appear to be unverified, and officials note that some are secondhand information. The FBI document says that in many instances, there was no contact made with the individuals who sent in the allegations, or no contact information was provided.

There are also unverified allegations made in the document against former President Bill Clinton, who has denied wrongdoing related to Epstein.

Between Trump’s stints in the White House, many of his allies became right-wing influencers and podcasters. And many, like now-FBI Director Kash Patel, latched onto the Epstein saga and suggested that the Justice Department was protecting Democrats and liberal celebrities – while largely ignoring Trump’s well-documented ties to Epstein.

After whipping up activists in the GOP base, pressure built last year on the Trump administration to use its new powers over the DOJ and FBI to release Epstein-related materials from the vault. One early attempt by Attorney General Pam Bondi backfired when new materials she touted ended up being a curation of already public filings.

This led to a drumbeat of Republican lawmakers calling for the full release of the Epstein files. They worked with Democrats who were eager to use the issue as a cudgel against a man that many of them saw as a sexual predator, after more than a dozen women accused him of assault and harassment and he was found liable by a jury in 2023 for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a civil defamation case. (He denies all of these allegations and hasn’t ever been accused by law enforcement of any wrongdoing related to Epstein.)

Trump fought hard to stop Congress from passing the law and personally lobbied individual GOP members at the White House. But he was outmaneuvered by a bipartisan groundswell of support from lawmakers and the public, and eventually dropped his opposition. The bill passed nearly unanimously and Trump signed it into law in November.

The first wave of releases began on December 19, which was the deadline to release everything. Even though it was only a partial release, Trump’s name was all over it.

The documents revealed that federal prosecutors collected evidence in 2020 that Trump flew on Epstein’s private plane multiple times in the 1990s. This blew a hole in Trump’s previous denials, including a 2024 statement that “I was never on Epstein’s Plane.”

The December documents also revealed that the Justice Department subpoenaed Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club before Maxwell’s criminal trial in 2021. It’s unclear how the club responded. But the document requested information about a former Mar-a-Lago employee.

Just as they did on Friday, Trump appointees went out of their way to make clear that these disclosures also contained unverified tips about Trump, releasing the same statement that the files contained “untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”

A lot of the new material further enhanced the public’s understanding of Epstein’s ties to a wide array of Democratic figures, celebrities, and businesspeople. The files also made clear that Epstein closely followed news stories about Trump – and that he was in much more regular contact with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon than previously known.

Included among the millions of pages of documents released Friday were new details from the FBI’s interview notes with Epstein’s victims. While there was no smoking gun that many of Trump’s critics had hoped for, the documents brought new attention to Trump’s longstanding ties to a sexual predator.

One FBI memo from an Epstein victim contained allegations that Maxwell once “presented” her to Trump at a party in New York and later made clear to Trump that she was “available,” telling her, “Oh I think he likes you. Aren’t you lucky. This is great,” according to the document. The woman told federal investigators that “nothing happened” between her and Trump.

Another FBI memo contained notes from an apparent 2021 interview with Virginia Giuffre, one of the most outspoken Epstein survivors, who died by suicide in April 2025. The partially redacted memo indicates that Giuffre told investigators about working as a teenager at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, how she was recruited from there to work for Epstein, and about the sexual abuse she says she was later subjected to by Epstein.

The files also included an FBI form that details a complaint from a woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her when she was 13 years old.

This anonymous accuser, Jane Doe, previously launched lawsuits against Trump and dropped them, the last right before the 2016 election.

The FBI document details multiple instances where she alleged abuse by Trump, including rape. It also says Epstein was allegedly “angry that Trump was the one to take Doe’s virginity” and also raped Doe. These descriptions mirror the allegations that Jane Doe made in her 2016 lawsuit.

Trump had previously denied the woman’s allegations.

When the lawsuit was dropped in 2016, Epstein emailed stories about the development to multiple associates, which were included in the files released Friday. There are also emails Epstein forwarded to Trump’s friend Tom Barrack in April 2016 when a Reuters reporter reached out to Epstein for comment after the lawsuit was filed.

“Nuts but i thought you guys should know,” Epstein wrote.

Beyond the FBI notes, the Epstein documents contain multiple emails that offer a glimpse into the convicted sex offender’s view of his former friend after he was elected president in 2016.

Epstein emails with a range of associates, including journalists, executives and others, with plenty of commentary about Trump.

In December 2018, Epstein asked journalist and author Michael Wolff for help pushing back against a story. Their exchange came just days after the Miami Herald published a deep investigation with interviews with dozens of women who said they were victims of Epstein’s abuse.

“Im thinking what would trump do,” Epstein wrote to Wolff as they bounced ideas off one another.

“He never tries to explain. He denies, blames media, denigrates someone else,” responded Wolff, who had written a salacious book about Trump’s White House that year.

“All about Donald Trump, the real villain,” Wolff followed up.

There are multiple emails between Epstein and Larry Summers, the former US treasury secretary and Harvard University president, discussing Trump’s presidential campaign and first term. Summers previously told CNN he is “deeply ashamed” of his correspondences with Epstein and took leave from teaching at Harvard in November.

In October 2016, Summers asked Epstein: “How plausible is idea t=at trump is real cocaine user?”

“Zero,” Epstein replied.

While discussing Trump’s foreign policy in July 2017, Summers wrote to Epstein: “I think your friend is mentally ill.”

“Not my friend,” Epstein responded, “and i ve told you that before.”

CNN’s MJ Lee, Hannah Rabinowitz and Sarah Owermohle contributed to this report.