日本年度外交报告：不再视中日关系为“最重要关系之一” | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月24日 16:33

日本不再把中日关系称为“最重要关系之一”

去年11月，日本首相高市早苗说，如果解放军对台湾采取的行动也威胁到日本领土，日本可能会部署军队，这番言论激怒了北京。 （路透社）

路透社审阅的一份草案显示，随着中日关系恶化，日本将在年度外交报告中下调对中日关系的“最重要的关系之一”的表述。

日本政府将于4月批准2026年版《外交蓝皮书》。蓝皮书将描述中国为重要的邻国，并将中日关系描述为“战略性”和“互利性”关系。

草案列举了过去一年中东京与北京的对抗，包括对稀土出口实施管制、中国对日本军机进行雷达锁定，以及加大对台湾问题上的压力。

这凸显了中日关系自去年11月以来持续恶化的趋势。当时，日本首相高市早苗说，如果解放军对台湾采取的行动也威胁到日本领土，日本可能会部署军队，这番言论激怒了北京。

随后，北京重新限制日本海产品进口，敦促本国公民避免前往日本，并限制稀土和电子元件中使用的关键矿物出口。

高市早苗说，她的言论符合十年前颁布的日本安全法。然而，美国情报机构上周发布的一份报告称，她的言论与以往日本领导人的言论截然不同。日本政府否认了这一评估。

今年2月，高市早苗在国会发表讲话，警告称中国存在“胁迫”行为，北京及其地区伙伴俄罗斯和朝鲜构成了日益严重的经济和安全威胁。

Authorities find 229 migrants calling for help in back of truck in Mexico

Updated on: March 24, 2026 / 6:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Mexican authorities found 229 migrants on Monday packed in the back of a truck traveling through the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the first such encounter in months, marking a potential uptick in migration since President Donald Trump took office.

José Manuel Pozos, the state’s deputy government secretary, said that they found migrants trapped in a truck reported stolen after they began to call for help from a police impound lot. Most of the migrants were from Central America, 17 were minors and a number were dehydrated, he said.

Veracruz is one of a number of states that masses of migrants have historically crossed to reach the United States, and are preyed upon by cartels and other criminal groups. They are often packed into trucks in dangerous conditions to evade authorities while being smuggled north.

But as migration north has plummeted since Mr. Trump took office, cases are few and far between.

An employee at the Xalapa vehicle impound lot, where the truck was taken, told The Associated Press that the trailer had been stopped about 28 miles southeast of the city and that hours after arriving at the lot, workers began to hear shouting and banging coming from inside.

When they realized people were locked inside, they called emergency services to open the vehicle, said the worker, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

In the afternoon, the migrants were removed from the impound lot in state police buses, but Veracruz police did not report where they were being taken. Generally, migrants without legal status are handed over to Mexico’s immigration agency.

Over the years, migrant smugglers have used all kinds of vehicles to transport foreigners through Mexico, usually overcrowded, in poor conditions, and at risk of dying in the process, as happened in a deadly accident in southern Mexico in 2021 or when 53 migrants died after being abandoned inside a truck in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. Two smugglers were later sentenced to decades in prison for that incident.

Many times, trailers are specially modified to smuggle people with hidden compartments in case of inspections. Fake ambulances have even been used to evade checkpoints.

From 2022 to 2024, Mexican authorities greatly increased the seizure of these vehicles and the detention of migrants traveling inside them.

Unlawful crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2025 plummeted to the lowest annual leve l since the early 1970s, according to internal federal statistics obtained by CBS News. But while migration levels have taken a nose dive over the past year, migration north appears to be slowly picking up again.

This year, shelters in southern Mexico told the AP that in addition to receiving non-Mexican foreigners deported by Trump, they have once again begun to take in Central Americans heading north, although in very small numbers.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/unlawful-us-mexico-border-crossings-hit-lowest-tally-since-1970-data-shows/

日本年度外交报告：不再视中日关系为“最重要关系之一” | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月24日 16:33

路透社审阅的一份草案显示，随着中日关系恶化，日本将在年度外交报告中下调对中日关系的“最重要的关系之一”的表述。

日本政府将于4月批准2026年版《外交蓝皮书》。蓝皮书将描述中国为重要的邻国，并将中日关系描述为“战略性”和“互利性”关系。

草案列举了过去一年中东京与北京的对抗，包括对稀土出口实施管制、中国对日本军机进行雷达锁定，以及加大对台湾问题上的压力。

这凸显了中日关系自去年11月以来持续恶化的趋势。当时，日本首相高市早苗说，如果解放军对台湾采取的行动也威胁到日本领土，日本可能会部署军队，这番言论激怒了北京。

随后，北京重新限制日本海产品进口，敦促本国公民避免前往日本，并限制稀土和电子元件中使用的关键矿物出口。

高市早苗说，她的言论符合十年前颁布的日本安全法。然而，美国情报机构上周发布的一份报告称，她的言论与以往日本领导人的言论截然不同。日本政府否认了这一评估。

今年2月，高市早苗在国会发表讲话，警告称中国存在“胁迫”行为，北京及其地区伙伴俄罗斯和朝鲜构成了日益严重的经济和安全威胁。

Notorious police commander dubbed “Prime Evil” testifies at South African hearing on apartheid killings

Updated on: March 24, 2026 / 7:10 AM EDT / CBS/AP

One of South Africa’s most notorious apartheid police commanders testified on Monday at an inquiry into the killing of four activists in 1985 as part of the country’s renewed focus on atrocities committed by security forces during decades of forced racial segregation that went unpunished.

Eugene de Kock, dubbed “Prime Evil” for his role in killing anti-apartheid activists, denied involvement in the prominent case of the Cradock Four – but said police at the time had photos of around 6,000 anti-apartheid activists described as “known terrorists” who should be tracked and killed if an arrest was not possible.

The Cradock Four were not among them, he said. Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto, three of them teachers, were abducted by police at a roadblock and killed. Their bodies were found burned, in one of the apartheid era’s most shocking cases.

De Kock testified that one of the police officers implicated in the killings had asked him to help assist with a cover-up.

“He wanted to know if I could get another firearm,” de Kock said, adding that he was asked “if we could interfere with the ballistics.”

De Kock, the commander of a special counterinsurgency police unit during apartheid, was sentenced in 1996 to two life terms and another 212 years in prison after being convicted of murder, kidnapping and other charges for his role in abducting, torturing and killing activists. He was released on parole in 2015.

According to BBC News, his father, Lawrence de Kock, was a magistrate and a close personal friend of former apartheid Prime Minister John Vorster. His brother, Vossie de Kock, described him as a “quiet boy” who “wasn’t violent at all,” the BBC reported.

De Kock asked for forgiveness from some of his victims, according to the BBC. In a letter he penned to the family of Bheki Mlangeni, a lawyer he killed with a letter bomb, he wrote: “There is no greater punishment than to have to live with the consequences of the most terrible deed with no-one to forgive you. For me, even my own death can’t compare.”

Now 77, de Kock was given a police guard to a court in the southern city of Gqeberha, where the Cradock Four were killed. His image was blurred on the official video broadcast after the judge ruled that he not be shown, according to the Foundation for Human Rights, which is representing some of the victims’ families.

Two inquiries into the case conducted during apartheid were widely suspected of being cover-ups. One that started in 1987 found the men were killed by unknown people. The other that began in 1993, found that they were killed by unnamed police officers.

The latest inquiry started last year after families’ pressure. The six former policemen implicated in the killings were never prosecuted despite being identified and denied amnesty during South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation process in the late 1990s. All six have died.

In this Sept. 14, 1998 file photo, Eugene de Kock, the head of a covert police unit that tortured and killed dozens of people, attends an amnesty hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Pretoria, South Africa. Denis Farrell / AP

South African authorities have reopened other investigations into apartheid atrocities in recent years. They include the 1967 death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli, the 1981 killing of lawyer Griffiths Mxenge and the 1977 death in police custody of iconic anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last year ordered a separate inquiry to establish whether post-apartheid governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.

美媒：美国将继续空袭伊朗，但暂停能源设施袭击 | 联合早报

2026年3月24日 16:40 / 联合早报

3月23日，伊朗首都德黑兰的一栋居民楼在美以冲突期间遭到袭击，损毁严重。 （路透社）

据Semafor星期一（3月23日）引述一名美国官员的话报道，美国将继续对伊朗发动空袭，暂停袭击仅限于针对德黑兰能源设施的行动。此前，美国总统特朗普称与未透露姓名的伊朗官员的会谈“富有成效”。

路透社报道，特朗普星期一早些时候曾将打击伊朗发电厂和能源基础设施的计划推迟五天。伊朗随后否认曾与美国进行谈判。

一名美国官员告诉Semafor：“暂停袭击五天仅限于他们的能源设施。”

“这不包括军事设施、海军、弹道导弹和国防工业基地。‘史诗狂怒行动’将继续进行。”

Semafor的报道还补充说，以色列没有参与华盛顿与德黑兰的会谈。

美媒：美国将继续空袭伊朗 暂停仅限能源设施

2026年3月24日 16:40 / 联合早报

3月23日，伊朗首都德黑兰的一栋居民楼在美以冲突期间遭到袭击，损毁严重。 （路透社）

据Semafor星期一（3月23日）引述一名美国官员的话报道，美国将继续对伊朗发动空袭，暂停袭击仅限于针对德黑兰能源设施的行动。此前，美国总统特朗普称与未透露姓名的伊朗官员的会谈“富有成效”。

路透社报道，特朗普星期一早些时候曾将打击伊朗发电厂和能源基础设施的计划推迟五天。伊朗随后否认曾与美国进行谈判。

一名美国官员告诉Semafor：“暂停袭击五天仅限于他们的能源设施。”

“这不包括军事设施、海军、弹道导弹和国防工业基地。‘史诗狂怒行动’将继续进行。”

Semafor的报道还补充说，以色列没有参与华盛顿与德黑兰的会谈。

Conservative FISA revolt poses fresh test for Speaker Johnson

House GOP leadership is pushing clean 18-month extension of warrantless surveillance powers, but privacy hawks say existing guardrails are not enough

By Elizabeth Elkind, Adam Pack
Fox News

Published March 24, 2026 6:00am EDT

A brewing fight over privacy rights and national security will come to a head in the House of Representatives in the coming weeks, shaping up to be the latest test for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his razor-thin GOP majority.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire on April 20 pending congressional reauthorization. A planned vote on a “clean” extension of the measure this week, however, has been delayed amid a growing rebellion.

A vast swath of lawmakers, along with the intelligence community, have argued the provision is critical to preventing another Sept. 11-style terror attack. But privacy hawks in Congress — a mix of conservatives and progressives — say it gives the federal government too much power to spy on private U.S. citizens.

“This is a privacy issue,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. “It’s a very important tool, don’t get me wrong, against terrorists. But you cannot, in my mind, continue to warrantlessly surveil U.S. citizens that don’t have an immediate nexus or tie to some terrorists.”

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Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., argued to reporters after a classified briefing on FISA last week, “There have been countless terrorist attempts that have been stopped because of the FISA process.”

“The administration’s been very clear how important this process is to keeping Americans safe at home. It’s why they’ve requested the renewal,” Scalise said. “It was created after September 11th. We surely don’t want to go back to a Sept. 10 mentality. A pre-Sept. 11 attitude, where we just hope that nothing bad happens.”

Section 702 is a provision that allows the federal government to conduct warrantless surveillance of a foreign national outside the U.S. if they’re suspected of ties to terrorism — even if the person on the other end of the communication is an American citizen.

The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a “clean” extension after significant reforms were made to the process in 2024, but conservatives have said those guardrails are not enough.

“There were some much-needed changes made two years ago, but there may be some additional ones that I think that we ought to make,” Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., who is running for an open Senate seat, told Fox News Digital.

House GOP leadership has said they will put an 18-month FISA extension on the floor without any changes. While the underlying bill is likely to get support from a majority of the House chamber, Johnson could run into trouble during a procedural hurdle known as a rule vote.

A “rule vote” is effectively a test vote which, if successful, allows lawmakers to debate and then weigh a given measure. But rule votes traditionally fall along partisan lines, meaning the speaker will only be able to lose one GOP vote to still advance the Section 702 reauthorization without support from Democrats.

At least two House Republicans, Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., are already threatening to vote against the rule. Both are leveraging their support on Senate passage of the SAVE America Act, an unrelated Trump-backed election integrity measure.

“I’m a NO on FISA as it stands. I’m a NO on the rule for FISA to boot. Swamp isn’t happy but that’s where I’m at. Pass the SAVE America Act and I MIGHT feel differently,” Boebert posted on X last week.

Luna posted on the site, “The Speaker, who is a very nice man, is completely WRONG on his perspective of a CLEAN FISA Reauthorization WITHOUT SAVE AMERICA ATTACHED (SAA). Mike can and SHOULD tell the rules committee to attach SAA to FISA.”

Some conservatives have also groused about the sharp reversal on FISA from some Republicans, who previously supported more surveillance guardrails under the Biden administration.

“It’s the position that the speaker used to hold before he became speaker,” Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital, referring to Johnson’s past support for warrant requirements.

Trump notably urged Republicans to “KILL FISA” when Section 702 was last up for reauthorization in April 2024, arguing he had been a victim of its warrantless surveillance powers. Johnson, who was just months into his speakership, opposed a push for new warrant requirements sought by privacy hawks.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388099016112

Exclusive: FBI investigation into Kash Patel was more extensive than previously reported

By Jana Winter
March 24, 2026 10:02 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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FBI Director Kash Patel announces the apprehension of Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list, during a press conference in Ontario, California, U.S., January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

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• Two grand jury subpoenas issued by Special Counsel Jack Smith to Verizon requested extensive records
• The probe sought phone, email, and text records as well as usernames and IP addresses
• The subpoenas came during classified documents and elections interference investigations

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) – A special counsel investigation that began in 2022 of Kash Patel, who is ​now the FBI director but was then a private citizen, included demands for more than two years of phone records, text messages and financial ‌information, according to two grand jury subpoenas and nondisclosure orders viewed by Reuters.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team issued subpoenas to Verizon Communications (VZ.N) for Patel’s communications at the time when they were investigating whether President Donald Trump had interfered with the 2020 election and had hidden classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Reuters could not determine the nature of Smith’s investigation of Patel and what allegations ​of wrongdoing, if any, were being probed at the time.

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The new records regarding Patel were authorized for release by Republican Senators Charles Grassley, Ron Johnson and ​Ted Cruz ahead of a subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the Smith investigation, which was code-named Arctic Frost.

Smith was appointed special counsel in ⁠2022. Reuters previously reported that Smith’s team had subpoenaed the phone records of Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles while they were private citizens but involved ​in Trump’s campaign to reclaim the presidency in 2024.

The new documents viewed by Reuters show that the probe into Patel was more extensive than previously reported. In addition ​to phone, online user names, and text messages, Smith and his team sought mailing and email addresses, billing and IP addresses and bank account information, according to the documents.

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The requests included records of calls and texts sent and received but not the contents of those phone calls or messages themselves, the documents show. They also included records of session times and the duration of calls, as ​well as subscriber information associated with Patel’s accounts.

One subpoena requested records from January 1, 2021 to November 23, 2023. The other was for the time period of ​October 1, 2020, through February 22, 2023.

Reuters was unable to determine whether the investigation into Wiles was more extensive than previously reported.

FBI spokesman Ben Williamson told Reuters the records show improper actions ‌by Smith ⁠and the FBI at the time.

“The FBI under prior leadership was weaponized in ways the American people are only now beginning to fully grasp,” Williamson said.

A spokesman for Smith did not respond to a request for comment. He previously told Congress that his investigators were concerned about possible obstruction of justice. He told lawmakers in January that his office “followed Justice Department policies, observed legal requirements and took actions based on the facts and the law.”

Democrats in Congress have defended Smith from previous GOP criticisms, saying he ​had acted appropriately in seeking phone records ​and other evidence they said was necessary ⁠to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Trump and his associates. It is not unusual for investigators to seek phone and other records, even of prominent people, while seeking facts about a case.

Former FBI director Christopher Wray, who ran the bureau during Smith’s ​investigation, did not respond to a request for comment.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Mazzone issued a nondisclosure order on November 30, ​2022 in the probe of ⁠Patel which stated that the court had

发布/2026年3月24日 17:02

去年全球空气素质恶化 巴基斯坦污染最严重

最新报告显示，巴基斯坦是全球空气污染最严重的国家，图为2026年1月，巴基斯坦最大城市卡拉奇一个陶工聚居区的窑炉冒出滚滚黑烟。 （法新社）

（新加坡综合电）受严重野火以及化石燃料和农业等领域产生的污染影响，去年全球空气质量恶化，有更多城市空气质量水平未能达标。空气最差的城市集中在印度、巴基斯坦与中国，其中巴基斯坦的空气污染最严重。

据瑞士空气质量技术公司IQAir星期二（3月24日）发布的2025年《世界空气质量报告》，在受调查的近9500座城市中，只有14%的PM2.5年均浓度达到世界卫生组织（WHO）制定的健康标准，即低于每立方米5微克。相较之下，在上一年报告中受调查的近9000座城市有17%达标。

全球污染最严重的25个城市都位于印度、巴基斯坦和中国，其中印度洛尼（Loni）排名第一，PM2.5平均浓度达每立方米112.5微克。报告指出，工业排放、汽车尾气、沙尘暴、焚烧作物等导致这些国家空气质量恶劣。

野火也是空气质量下降的因素之一，去年欧洲和加拿大的野火都产生了破纪录的碳排放量。

巴基斯坦PM2.5年均浓度为每立方米67.3微克，是报告涵盖的143个国家和地区中最高的。其次为孟加拉国、塔吉克斯坦、乍得和刚果民主共和国。

IQAir全球首席执行官哈姆指出，空气质量关系着“未来一整代人的生产力”。他说：“我们知道空气污染会降低智商与体力劳动能力，最终还会给卫生系统带来负担，因为人们必须就医并被迫退出劳动力市场。”

在全球空气污染恶化之际，也有一些地方的空气质量取得改善。去年，有75个国家的PM2.5水平较前一年降低，54个浓度上升，两个维持不变，12个国家新纳入统计。

空气质量达标的国家和地区有13个，包括法属波利尼西亚、波多黎各、美属维尔京群岛、巴巴多斯、新喀里多尼亚、冰岛、百慕大、留尼汪岛、安道尔、澳大利亚、格林纳达、巴拿马与爱沙尼亚。

南非的尼湖德维（Nieuwoudtville）是全球空气最洁净的城市，PM2.5年均浓度仅为每立方米1微克。

去年全球空气素质恶化 巴基斯坦污染最严重

2026年3月24日 17:02 / 联合早报

最新报告显示，巴基斯坦是全球空气污染最严重的国家，图为2026年1月，巴基斯坦最大城市卡拉奇一个陶工聚居区的窑炉冒出滚滚黑烟。 （法新社）

（新加坡综合电）受严重野火以及化石燃料和农业等领域产生的污染影响，去年全球空气质量恶化，有更多城市空气质量水平未能达标。空气最差的城市集中在印度、巴基斯坦与中国，其中巴基斯坦的空气污染最严重。

据瑞士空气质量技术公司IQAir星期二（3月24日）发布的2025年《世界空气质量报告》，在受调查的近9500座城市中，只有14%的PM2.5年均浓度达到世界卫生组织（WHO）制定的健康标准，即低于每立方米5微克。相较之下，在上一年报告中受调查的近9000座城市有17%达标。

全球污染最严重的25个城市都位于印度、巴基斯坦和中国，其中印度洛尼（Loni）排名第一，PM2.5平均浓度达每立方米112.5微克。报告指出，工业排放、汽车尾气、沙尘暴、焚烧作物等导致这些国家空气质量恶劣。

野火也是空气质量下降的因素之一，去年欧洲和加拿大的野火都产生了破纪录的碳排放量。

巴基斯坦PM2.5年均浓度为每立方米67.3微克，是报告涵盖的143个国家和地区中最高的。其次为孟加拉国、塔吉克斯坦、乍得和刚果民主共和国。

IQAir全球首席执行官哈姆指出，空气质量关系着“未来一整代人的生产力”。他说：“我们知道空气污染会降低智商与体力劳动能力，最终还会给卫生系统带来负担，因为人们必须就医并被迫退出劳动力市场。”

在全球空气污染恶化之际，也有一些地方的空气质量取得改善。去年，有75个国家的PM2.5水平较前一年降低，54个浓度上升，两个维持不变，12个国家新纳入统计。

空气质量达标的国家和地区有13个，包括法属波利尼西亚、波多黎各、美属维尔京群岛、巴巴多斯、新喀里多尼亚、冰岛、百慕大、留尼汪岛、安道尔、澳大利亚、格林纳达、巴拿马与爱沙尼亚。

南非的尼湖德维（Nieuwoudtville）是全球空气最洁净的城市，PM2.5年均浓度仅为每立方米1微克。