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• 美国总统称，欧洲国家拒绝支持在霍尔木兹海峡的行动“极其恶劣” • 欧洲直播 – 最新动态 • 唐纳德·特朗普在表示正考虑减少驻德美军人数的一天后，又威胁要从意大利和西班牙撤出美军。

US 总统表示，在公众对 US-Israeli 对 Iran 的战争提出批评后，他将对 Europe 的 US 军事存在进行审查。Italy 和 Spain 已加入 US 总统 Donald Trump 威胁撤出 US 军队的国家名单，这是对 US 在 Europe 军事存在进行更广泛审查的一部分。在回答记者提问时，Trump 表示他“可能”考虑采取此类行动，并将其与这两个国家对 US 在 Iran 的行动的批评联系起来。“听着，我为什么不该这么做？Italy 一点忙也没帮上，而 Spain 的表现一直很差劲，简直糟糕透顶。”继续阅读...

• Oracle 于 2026 年 4 月 30 日发布了新的客户安全建议，旨在抢先预防针对 AI 模型的威胁。 • 该建议强调了网络安全先兆，敦促针对 AI 部署更新安全态势。 • 它标志着针对生成式 AI 系统新型漏洞所采取的主动应对措施。

Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre 的评估意味着恐怖袭击 “highly likely” 在 Golders Green 持刀伤人事件后，Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre 已将英国恐怖主义威胁等级上调至 “severe”，这意味着恐怖袭击被认为 “highly likely”。 内政大臣 Shabana Mahmood 将周三的袭击描述为一场卑劣的恐怖主义行为。她表示：“今天，国家威胁等级已上调至 ‘severe’，这意味着恐怖袭击被认为极有可能发生。” Continue reading...

• 前 FBI 局长 James Comey 于 2026 年 4 月 29 日向当局自首并出庭，因涉嫌通过社交媒体上的贝壳照片威胁 President Trump 的生命而面临 DOJ 指控。 • 检察官声称该帖子象征着某种威胁，在政治局势高度紧张的情况下，这促使联邦政府迅速采取了行动。 • 此案突显了 Trump 盟友与前任官员之间不断升级的言辞对抗，可能影响 2026 年中期选举的态势。

US 总统的声明是在 German chancellor 发表评论称 US 在冲突中正受到“羞辱”之后发表的。US 总统 Donald Trump 昨晚威胁要减少在 Germany 部署的军队人数，此前 chancellor Friedrich Merz 本周表示 US 正被 Iran “羞辱”。Trump 表示，US 正在“研究和评估可能减少驻 Germany 军队的情况，并将在短期内做出决定”。“Germany 的 Chancellor，Friedrich Merz，认为 Iran 拥有 Nuclear Weapon 是可以接受的。他不知道自己在说什么！如果 Iran 拥有 Nuclear Weapon，整个世界都将沦为人质。我现在正针对 Iran 采取一些其他国家或总统早就该采取的行动。难怪 Germany 在经济以及其他方面表现得如此糟糕！总统 DONALD J. TRUMP” 继续阅读...

US 总统发出的这项威胁是在 Germany 的 Friedrich Merz 暗示 Trump 团队在与 Iran 的谈判中落于下风之后提出的。 Donald Trump 宣布，US 可能会减少在 Germany 部署的驻军人数，就在该国总理称 America 正因 Iran 而遭受“羞辱”的几天后。 在其 Truth Social 平台上的一篇帖文中，US 总统表示，其政府正在“研究并审查可能减少在 Germany 驻军的情况，并将在接下来的短时间内做出决定”。 继续阅读...

• 88 岁的华盛顿特区国会代表 Eleanor Holmes Norton 对特朗普发出的 30 年来最严重的联邦政府威胁做出了坚决回应。 • 在 Muriel Bowser 盟友的支持下，Norton 将特朗普的行为视为地方掌控权的政治胜利。 • 此次僵局凸显了联邦政府与华盛顿特区治理之间持续的权力斗争。

• 弗吉尼亚州选民以微弱优势批准了一项由民主党支持的国会选区重划计划，该计划使多名共和党现任议员处于不利地位。 • 该措施通过重新划分关键选区的界线以利于民主党，从而改变了2026年中期选举的平衡。 • 此次沿海地区的选区重划之争凸显了全美范围内关于公平地图与党派优势的紧张局势。

• Ed Davey 对 Reform UK 发起攻击，称其为“Maga 特许经营店”，并指责 Elon Musk 通过 X 将极右翼思想引入英国。 • 英国政治直播 – 最新动态：作为拟议的更广泛打击行动的一部分，自由民主党正推动禁止国会议员接受来自 X 的付款。Ed Davey 将此举称为来自 Donald Trump 及其在美国和其他国家影响的对英国民主的“严重威胁”。 • 在周二宣布该计划时，这位自民党党魁再次攻击 Reform UK（其部分议员已从 X 获得资金），称该党是“Maga 政治的特许经营店”，而非一个英国政治实体。

• 前FBI局长James Comey于2026年4月28日（周二）被第二次起诉，原因是其发布的一条Instagram帖子被司法部（DOJ）解读为对总统Donald Trump的威胁。 • 在对该贴文（被描述为提及总统的加密信息）进行重新审查后，司法部扩大了调查范围。 • Comey坚称自己无罪，并表示这些指控源于在持续的政治紧张局势下对其社交媒体活动的误读。

• GetReal Security appointed cybersecurity veteran Varun Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer to address surging enterprise needs. • The hire responds to rising deepfake and AI-powered identity attacks in the cybersecurity landscape. • Kohli's expertise will drive expansion of real-time protection solutions for businesses facing AI threats.

High fuel prices and passenger delays caused by EU’s EES entry-exit system causing problems, says trade bodyBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s smaller airports may not survive if jet fuel shortages triggered by the Middle East crisis lead to widespread route cancellations, the industry’s trade body has warned.Although airlines insist that there are currently no supply issues within the normal four- to six-week horizon, the US-Israel war on Iran and the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz have doubled the price of jet fuel, prompting some carriers to cancel flights. Continue reading...

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligationThe UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish values”, while insisting that criticism of the country’s government is “a Jewish obligation” rather than an act of disloyalty.Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism – the newly formed movement representing around a third of synagogues in the UK – said Israel’s trajectory could pose an “existential threat” not just to the country itself but to Judaism. Continue reading...

• Months after restoring federal family planning funding, Missouri's only Title X grantee program now confronts fresh challenges from U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. • The program provides essential reproductive health services amid ongoing political debates over federal support for family planning initiatives. • This development underscores persistent tensions in U.S. public health policy regarding access to contraception and reproductive care funding.

• Myanmar's military junta has blocked UN humanitarian corridors to conflict-affected regions, preventing food and medical aid from reaching approximately 2 million people at imminent risk of famine. • UN humanitarian agencies report that supplies have been halted for two weeks; the blockade coincides with intensified fighting between military forces and opposition groups in central Myanmar. • The US has condemned the blockade as a war crime and called for emergency UN Security Council action, though Russia and China have signaled opposition to any intervention.

• American Medical Association warns that $100,000 H-1B visa application fees jeopardize physician recruitment for rural and underserved U.S. areas. • Costs deter international doctors, who fill 25% of rural positions, exacerbating provider shortages affecting 60 million Americans. • AMA urges policy reform to maintain care access amid growing demand.

Overnight incident in Romania did not lead to hostilities as potential target stayed within Ukrainian airspaceTwo RAF Typhoons have been scrambled from a Romanian air base to engage Russian drones close to Nato air space although did not fire or shoot any down.British defence sources said the fighter jets did not enter Ukrainian airspace, contradicting reports that Russian drones had been shot down by the RAF there, an event which would have represented a major escalation in hostilities between the western alliance and Moscow. Continue reading...

Carriers will retain airport slots if they cancel services as passengers are urged to continue with travel plansPenalties on airlines that cancel UK flights because of jet fuel shortages have been eased, it has emerged, as the government issued fresh advice to reassure the public they can still fly and should stick to travel plans.Airlines who cancel flights will not lose their rights to valuable takeoff and landing slots at busy airports, which can be forfeited when flights fail to operate over a period. Continue reading...

• OpenAI and Microsoft expanded their cybersecurity partnership to jointly combat emerging cyber threats through deployment of advanced artificial intelligence tools and enhanced security protocols. • Microsoft will leverage its cybersecurity expertise to strengthen protections for OpenAI's systems and customer environments, while OpenAI's powerful AI models will be made accessible to Microsoft's security operations. • The collaboration aims to address rising AI-driven cyber risks and establish industry standards for AI security defense.

• OpenAI and Microsoft announced an expanded cybersecurity partnership aimed at combating emerging cyber threats in the AI era. • The two companies plan to deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools to enhance security capabilities across their platforms. • This collaboration reflects the growing recognition that AI-powered security solutions are essential to address increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Media rights groups condemn killing of Amal Khalil, who said in 2024 she had been threatened by ‘an Israeli enemy’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe Lebanese journalist killed in an Israeli attack on Wednesday had previously complained of receiving a threat via an unidentified Israeli phone number that she would be killed if she did not leave southern Lebanon, where she had long been based and worked.Amal Khalil, 43, who worked for al-Akhbar newspaper and had described herself as supporting the resistance against Israel “whether communist or Islamist”, was killed in a sustained attack by Israeli forces in which a colleague was also wounded. Continue reading...

Government aims to move TV and radio funding under state control, which critics say undermines independenceJournalists at the Czech Republic’s public broadcasters have said they are prepared to go on strike unless the government of the billionaire prime minister, Andrej ​Babiš, backs down on its plan to scrap licence fees and move funding under state control.In what the journalists see as a threat to their independence, the government wants to replace the current system, in which households pay fees directly to public service media, with direct funding from the state budget. “Licence fees are cancelled,” the culture minister, Oto Klempíř, declared last week. Continue reading...

Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.At least 94 elections and referendums across 52 countries have been disrupted by climate-related impacts over the last two decades, researchers found. Continue reading...

• 88-year-old congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is leading a back-seat response to the most serious federal threat to D.C.’s government in 30 years. • The challenge targets local autonomy, echoing Muriel Bowser's conflicts with Trump policies. • Victory for D.C. allies could preserve home rule amid national partisan divides.

Actor says his opposition to South Island development near his farm has led to personal abuseThe actor Sam Neill says he has received threats of violence from supporters of a controversial goldmine that could be opened several kilometres away from his farm in New Zealand’s Central Otago district, after he publicly objected to the New Zealand government’s plans to fast-track the mine.The Australian mining company Santana Minerals is pushing to expedite a 85-hectare (210-acre) open-cast goldmine, called Bendigo-Ophir in the Dunstan mountains, an area dubbed “outstanding natural landscape” by the Central Otago district council. Continue reading...

Despite surprise fall in unemployment, weak wage growth and inflation pressures put the squeeze on workersUK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9%Business live – latest updatesDespite a surprise fall in the unemployment rate, the latest jobs data show the labour market in a fragile state, even before the Iran war threatened to derail the UK’s nascent economic recovery.At 4.9% in the three months to February, the unemployment rate was down from 5.2% in the previous three months, according to the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading...

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.