伊朗同阿曼与土耳其通话 阿曼反对征收海峡通行费

2026年7月9日 23:35 / 联合早报

6月18日，从阿曼穆桑达姆（Musandam）望见的霍尔木兹海峡船只。 （路透社）

伊朗外长阿拉格齐分别与阿曼和土耳其外长通话，讨论区域局势，特别是霍尔木兹海峡的最新局势发展。

路透社引述伊朗外交部星期四（7月9日）的声明说，各方强调需要利用外交渠道防止局势升级。

另据彭博社报道，阿曼对联合国航运机构国际海事组织说，不支持在霍尔木兹海峡征收通行费。这一立场可能使阿曼与伊朗出现分歧，后者正推动向过境货船收取费用。

阿曼在国际海事组织的一次会议上说：“阿曼重申，用于国际航行的海峡过境通行权受国际法保障。阿曼完全致力于这些法律原则，不支持对通过霍尔木兹海峡的船舶征收通行费。”

阿曼在国际海事组织上的表态，似乎更接近航运业、中东非伊朗能源生产大国，以及西方国家支持的立场。不过，阿曼同时指出，有理由探讨与航行支持服务相关的安排，这些安排可提升海上安全、安保和环境保护。

自2月底伊朗战争爆发以来，德黑兰一直主张对霍尔木兹海峡的控制权，并试图迫使船只走靠近伊朗海岸、位于航道北侧的路线。美国则支持一条靠近阿曼的替代航线。

阿曼说，任何收费安排都将参照其他地区做法，并遵循国际规范。

阿曼称：“这类安排可借鉴国际最佳实践，以及其他具有战略重要性的海上走廊的成功经验。”

Security concerns prompted Trump to depart Turkey on older plane while sending Qatari-donated jet ahead, officials say

2026-07-09T14:43:51.891Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/politics/plane-trump-air-force-one-security

President Donald Trump’s decision to depart Turkey on an older plane while sending his new, Qatari-gifted jet ahead to England was driven at least in part by security concerns around the escalating conflict in Iran, according to four US officials.

Two of the officials said security personnel felt more comfortable with the president aboard the older vessel — which was built from scratch with the commander-in-chief’s safety in mind — rather than the plane that had recently been retrofitted after it was donated by Qatar.

While sources said there was no specific, new threat to Trump’s life, the president had mentioned the possibility of an assassination attempt from Iran during the NATO summit, following fresh US strikes on the country that shares a border with Turkey.

“I’m number one on the list for killing,” he said.

The New York Times previously reported on the security concerns. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

https://www.cnn.com/

The specific reason why the older plane was considered a safer option than the newer one was not immediately clear. Two sources familiar with the matter said the newer plane did not possess the same capabilities to ensure its safety in international settings, though a third said it was equipped with many of the same features as the older plane.

“Threat assessments change all the time,” one source said.

Before Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey, officials sent the Qatari-gifted jet ahead to England’s Mildenhall Air Force Base. Trump said in a post on social media that the change in planes was simply to give US service members stationed at the base “a chance to tour the Aircraft.”

“Everybody is so excited, and we thought that they should be the first,” he wrote.

Trump then switched planes at a secure US airbase in the UK and offered mixed messages on the reason for the change of plans.

“There wasn’t a security concern, except we sent it a little early, same line going back. We sent it a little bit early, so that we could let them see,” he said.

But when asked why reporters aboard the plane were asked to lower their window shades on the ascent out of Ankara, Trump allowed that security concerns related to Iran could be a factor. He said Air Force One could be on a “dangerous plane because of the sleaze bags we have to deal with.”

“These are sick people, so I could see something like that,” he said, adding that he was unaware about the directive to press members to keep the shades down.

The new jet, a gift from Qatar estimated to be worth about $400 million, has long generated legal, ethical and national security questions, though the Air Force has said it “is safe, secure and equipped with the most advanced technologies necessary to meet the requirements of the presidential mission.”

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One official, who declined to comment on the specific highly classified systems typically onboard Air Force One, noted the 747 gifted by Qatar was largely seen by the military and Secret Service as having been “rushed” into service.

By contrast, the official noted two new jets acquired as part of a deal Trump renegotiated during his first term have faced serious delays and aren’t expected to be ready until at least 2028. That’s partially due to the host of classified communication and defensive countermeasures that must be affixed, comprehensive design requirements by the military and the time required to train pilots on the unique aircraft.

“This was always considered a ‘bridge plane’ that the president would use until the other planes were fully loaded,” a different source said of the Qatari plane, comparing it to the pair of new Boeing jets that have been in the process of being modified for years. The Qatari jet, by comparison, took only roughly a year and a half to modify, which concerned some security officials at the time.

That source noted that in private conversations long before this trip, top White House officials had discussed using the older plane in potentially high-risk international travel, as opposed to the Qatari jet, if needed.

“The new plane is perfectly safe for the president to fly on,” the source said, but added that there are extra precautions needed when flying to high-risk areas internationally.

The older plane that took Trump out of Turkey, a heavily-modified Boeing 747-200, has highly specialized capabilities, including mid-air refueling.

CNN’s Josh Campbell contributed to this report.

伊朗同阿曼与土耳其通话 阿曼反对征收海峡通行费

2026年7月9日 23:35 / 联合早报

6月18日，从阿曼穆桑达姆（Musandam）望见的霍尔木兹海峡船只。 （路透社）

伊朗外长阿拉格齐分别与阿曼和土耳其外长通话，讨论区域局势，特别是霍尔木兹海峡的最新局势发展。

路透社引述伊朗外交部星期四（7月9日）的声明说，各方强调需要利用外交渠道防止局势升级。

另据彭博社报道，阿曼对联合国航运机构国际海事组织说，不支持在霍尔木兹海峡征收通行费。这一立场可能使阿曼与伊朗出现分歧，后者正推动向过境货船收取费用。

阿曼在国际海事组织的一次会议上说：“阿曼重申，用于国际航行的海峡过境通行权受国际法保障。阿曼完全致力于这些法律原则，不支持对通过霍尔木兹海峡的船舶征收通行费。”

阿曼在国际海事组织上的表态，似乎更接近航运业、中东非伊朗能源生产大国，以及西方国家支持的立场。不过，阿曼同时指出，有理由探讨与航行支持服务相关的安排，这些安排可提升海上安全、安保和环境保护。

自2月底伊朗战争爆发以来，德黑兰一直主张对霍尔木兹海峡的控制权，并试图迫使船只走靠近伊朗海岸、位于航道北侧的路线。美国则支持一条靠近阿曼的替代航线。

阿曼说，任何收费安排都将参照其他地区做法，并遵循国际规范。

阿曼称：“这类安排可借鉴国际最佳实践，以及其他具有战略重要性的海上走廊的成功经验。”

Olympian David Hearn pleads not guilty to charges of damaging Reflecting Pool

July 9, 2026 / 10:16 AM EDT / CBS News

By Sophia Vlahakis

U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to charges of damaging the Reflecting Pool at the base of the Washington Monument.

The 67-year-old, who competed in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, was indicted July 2, after he was accused of ripping out a portion of the sealant from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool on June 19. He faces up to 10 years in prison, if convicted.

Hearn said he stopped by the pool during a 64-mile bike ride and was arrested after reaching down into the pool. He has said he was just interested in the material and briefly touched it.

Hearn’s attorneys, Mary Dohrmann, senior counsel at Washington Litigation Group, and Norm Eisen, co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, requested a status hearing and trial date and advocated for “release with no restriction” in the meantime.

A status hearing has been set for Aug. 5.

The government asked for a “stay away, no contact order,” which Dohrmann opposed.

Hearn is “an upstanding citizen” and “does not need supervision of any kind,” Dohrmann argued. She added it would be “a waste of court resources to impose any restrictions.”

The judge agreed to release Hearn on his own recognizance.

The case “reflects the administration’s effort to shift blame for their own failures,” his lawyers said in a statement after Hearn’s indictment last week.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-olympian-indicted-allegedly-tearing-up-part-reflecting-pool/

Trump’s voter ID bill catches unlikely break as McConnell remains sidelined

Thune still rules out filibuster elimination as Senate Democrats block Trump’s SAVE America Act

July 9, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News

By Alex Miller

Modern-day filibuster has become a ‘tool of obstruction,’ Trump senior political advisor says

Trump senior political advisor James Blair discusses Republicans weighing changes to the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act on ‘Sunday Night in America.’

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An unlikely reason has chipped away, for now, at Senate Republican resistance against President Donald Trump’s flagship election priority.

The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has hit brick wall after brick wall in the Senate, and has only twice mustered 50 votes. Still, Trump wants Republicans to pass it by any means necessary.

Republicans, however, aren’t unified behind it. One lawmaker, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has routinely voted against the bill in its variety of iterations, earning the personal ire of Trump.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, is pushed in a wheelchair in the Senate Subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Mitch McConnell,” Trump told reporters last month. “He’s very disloyal to John Thune. You know, John Thune was a very good person for him. I mean, he’s a very loyal person, and Mitch McConnell’s against him almost all the time because he’s angry, I guess. Probably at me.”

McConnell has been absent from the Senate, which is currently in recess, for almost three weeks due to health issues. When he will return still remains unclear.

But without his resistance, that’s one less “no” vote that Republicans have to contend with.

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Still, it doesn’t address the broader math problem in the Senate weighing down the chances of the SAVE America Act passing.

Senate Democrats are unified against it, meaning Trump and the SAVE America Act’s biggest proponents can’t break through the 60-vote filibuster, which has, in part, fueled the president’s demands to nuke the filibuster.

Senate Republicans don’t have the votes to do that, either.

“The only way you could get there is to undo or get rid of the legislative filibuster, and there aren’t even close to the votes here in the United States Senate in order to achieve that,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said last month.

There is the talking filibuster, which Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has pushed for months, which Republicans have yet to turn to, largely over concerns of floor time being eaten away and fractured unity leading to Democratic wins.

Then there is the budget reconciliation route, which Trump has pushed Congress to consider. While Senate Republicans aren’t leaping at the prospect, the House is moving full steam ahead.

GOP INFIGHTING OVER TRUMP’S VOTER ID BILL ERUPTS AS TOP SENATOR CALLS STRATEGY ‘FANTASY’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership after a policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2025.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News’ Shannon Bream that he would move ahead with the reconciliation plan.

“We passed it three times in the House. We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally, to the president’s desk.”

Notably, though, House Republicans have not passed the version of the SAVE America Act that Trump desires, which would include a strict crackdown on mail-in balloting, a ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports and a ban on transgender surgical procedures for minors.

But even the bill’s biggest backers see reconciliation as a far-fetched option.

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Lee last month told Fox News Digital that the SAVE America Act was “policy, it’s non-budgetary. Therefore, SAVE America itself is not eligible for consideration in a third reconciliation.”

There could be alterations, like giving states federal funding to start doling out enhanced REAL IDs with citizenship verification in a reconciliation package, while separately passing a voter ID bill.

However, Lee believed that there was “no evidence that there is a viable path to a third reconciliation bill.”

“I hope there is. I would love to be wrong on that. I want us to do that. I think we should do that. But the schedule that we’ve got, to my great disappointment, is not — it doesn’t accommodate any of it.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

船只在霍尔木兹海峡遇袭 卡塔尔暂停液化天然气增产计划

2026年7月9日 23:53 / 联合早报

6月21日的视频截图显示，世界上最大的液化天然气枢纽卡塔尔拉斯拉凡（Ras Laffan）工业区因为“技术事故”发生爆炸。 （法新社）

卡塔尔暂停迅速恢复全球最大液化天然气设施产能的计划，因为旗下一艘液化天然气运输船在霍尔木兹海峡遇袭，加剧对这条关键航道通行风险的担忧。

彭博社引述知情人士说，卡塔尔能源公司的高层在星期二（7月7日）袭击事件发生后召开一系列会议，首席执行官萨阿德·卡比（Saad Al-Kaabi）决定暂停提高拉斯拉凡（Ras Laffan）综合体产量的计划。

部分知情人士称，出于安全考虑，该设施将维持最低限度运营，未来几天计划靠泊工厂的船舶数量也将减少。

这是本周局势升级带来的最受关注的影响之一。霍尔木兹海峡附近多艘船舶接连遭袭，美国又连续两天对伊朗发动空袭。

美国总统特朗普星期三（8日）甚至提及再次爆发全面战争的可能性，这对于正逐步从冲突影响中恢复的中东能源生产商而言将是最坏的情形。

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Army review of Iran conflict’s deadliest attack on U.S. soldiers to be shared with families

2026-07-09 11:07:00 EDT / CBS News

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The Army has completed its investigation into the deadly Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait earlier this year, sources told CBS News, and Gold Star families are expected to be briefed Thursday on its findings.

Six Americans were killed in the March 1 strike on a tactical operations center at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait, one of several U.S.-allied countries in the Persian Gulf region that faced intense Iranian missile and drone attacks after the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, starting the war with Iran. The strike was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in the Iran War to-date.

U.S. Army Central and Third Army ordered the Pentagon probe “to determine the facts and circumstances” of the Iranian attack. But even before the review was underway, a CBS News investigation began shedding light on what several survivors of the attack described as “strategic failures” ahead of, during and after the strike.

One day after the deadly strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a “squirter” — suggesting that the drone managed to slip past the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait.

In April, one of the injured soldiers told CBS News that “painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’ is a falsehood. The soldier said the unit was “unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”

More witnesses to the attack claimed in interviews that there were multiple warnings related to force protection ahead of the unit’s February move to the Port of Shuaiba position. Soldiers later told CBS News that military leaders had seen intelligence showing Iran was targeting their position in Kuwait. Those reports sparked an investigation from Senate Democrats.

“We moved closer to Iran, to a deeply unsafe area that was a known target,” one senior official told CBS News on condition of anonymity.

Asked to describe the degree of fortification of the unit, this official responded: “I mean, I would put it in the none category. From a drone defense capability … none.”

Other survivors recounted the chaotic moments in the moments after the drone slammed into their workspaces.

“This was a failure,” Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom said in an interview with CBS News. He said he believed Master Sgt. Nicole Amor could have survived her wounds had there been a doctor, a fixed aid station or more than one ambulance at the post.

The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back on claims that the Army tried to downplay the incident.

In a post on X addressing prior CBS News reporting on the strike, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said “every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level” and that “[t]he secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls.”

Soldiers lodge complaints against unit commanders

CBS News has interviewed more than a dozen soldiers who were on the ground at Shuaiba, as well as to the families and the loved ones of those who were killed.

The Pentagon declined to answer CBS News’ questions about the scope of the inquiry, including if any individual leaders were a main focus.

Several soldiers told CBS News they hoped the investigation would include a performance review of the commanders of the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command, whom they blamed for ordering the troops to Shuaiba weeks before Operation Epic Fury, despite what the soldiers believed were known concerns.

“I feel incredibly let down by the leadership of this unit,” one soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military, told CBS News.

“We knew what things were predetermined targets — not just which bases but specifically which locations on certain bases,” another soldier recounted. Asked if Shuaiba was on that list, the soldier said: “Yes, definitely.”

A complaint one unit member sent to the Army Inspector General, shared with CBS News, said the leadership “disregarded” the intelligence briefings and “yelled” at those who questioned the deployment to Shuaiba.

CBS News has reached out to the Pentagon and to the 103rd Sustainment Command for comment.

James LaPorta contributed to this report.

船只在霍尔木兹海峡遇袭 卡塔尔暂停液化天然气增产计划

2026年7月9日 23:53 / 联合早报

6月21日的视频截图显示，世界上最大的液化天然气枢纽卡塔尔拉斯拉凡（Ras Laffan）工业区因为“技术事故”发生爆炸。 （法新社）

卡塔尔暂停迅速恢复全球最大液化天然气设施产能的计划，因为旗下一艘液化天然气运输船在霍尔木兹海峡遇袭，加剧对这条关键航道通行风险的担忧。

彭博社引述知情人士说，卡塔尔能源公司的高层在星期二（7月7日）袭击事件发生后召开一系列会议，首席执行官萨阿德·卡比（Saad Al-Kaabi）决定暂停提高拉斯拉凡（Ras Laffan）综合体产量的计划。

部分知情人士称，出于安全考虑，该设施将维持最低限度运营，未来几天计划靠泊工厂的船舶数量也将减少。

这是本周局势升级带来的最受关注的影响之一。霍尔木兹海峡附近多艘船舶接连遭袭，美国又连续两天对伊朗发动空袭。

美国总统特朗普星期三（8日）甚至提及再次爆发全面战争的可能性，这对于正逐步从冲突影响中恢复的中东能源生产商而言将是最坏的情形。

卡塔尔能源公司未立即作出回应。

What’s next after Platner drops out of Maine senate race

Published 9:37 AM EDT, Thu July 9, 2026 / CNN

What’s next after Platner drops out of Maine senate race

CNN News Central’s John Berman talks with Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-founder on what’s next in Maine’s hotly contested senate race.

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前中国外交官上月据报访美厘清华盛顿对贸易休战立场

2026年7月9日 19:30 / 联合早报

两名前中国外交官上个月据报访问美国，旨在更好地厘清特朗普政府对当前脆弱的贸易休战协议的立场。 （路透社档案照片）

知情人士透露，随着中国正尝试评估即将到来的美国大选将如何影响两国关系，两名前中国外交官上个月访问了美国，旨在更好地了解特朗普政府对当前脆弱的贸易休战协议的立场。

彭博社星期四（7月9日）引述知情人士报道，近几个月来，包括前中国驻美大使崔天凯和前常驻联合国副代表耿爽在内的现任与前任官员，纷纷密集接触美国政界与智库专家（含特朗普政府前官员），以摸清白宫对华的真实意图。

知情人士透露，崔天凯和耿爽两人上月访美期间与美国跨党派政策专家会面。这一试探性访问，被视为在为9月24日左右于美国举行的下一次中美元首会晤铺路。两人目前虽不再担任政府职务，但被认为充当着与中国最高领导层沟通的重要渠道。

几乎在同一时间，来自美国的中国问题专家也访问了北京，与中国多个政府部委及官方背景智库的官员会面。一名不具名的与会者透露，美方人员被问及关于今年11月美国中期选举以及2028年总统大选的情况。

上述参与北京会谈的人士透露，各方达成了一个共识，即贸易休战至少将延续到特朗普本届任期结束，两国关系甚至可能在2029年前迎来一段“黄金期”。

在回应彭博社的提问时，中国外交部发言人表示，中美两国增加交流符合两国元首达成的共识。“我们希望美方与中方相向而行，共同推动两国各领域交流合作，丰富具有战略稳定性的建设性中美关系内涵。”

清华大学战略与安全研究中心主任达巍在北京的一场论坛上指出：“中国官员对休战能够维持感到自信，但这并不等同于确定无疑。”刚结束纽约之行的达巍表示，美国学者们的情绪比中国国内“更为悲观”。

他说：“很多人都在问，这种稳定或休战能持续多久。我的问题是：这种休战是建立在两国领导人的善意之上，还是有结构性因素在塑造这种稳定？”

彭博社指出，中国外长王毅或其他高级别官员可能也在计划访问华盛顿。

这些交流凸显出中美去年底达成的贸易休战协议仍面临巨大的不确定性，同时也反映了北京的担忧：美国总统特朗普可能会反悔，或拒绝履行协议中的部分关键条款。

双方近期出台的经济安全措施，令外界对贸易休战的持久性产生质疑。中国此前对两家美国稀土生产商实施出口管制；同时，美国五角大楼则指控阿里巴巴、百度和比亚迪等中国企业支持中国军方，并列为国家安全威胁。此外，中国近期在太平洋试射导弹一事，也招致美国及澳大利亚等地区国家的反弹。

亚洲集团合伙人、前美国亚太事务助理国务卿康达（Dan Kritenbrink）警告：“我不确定近期甚至有史以来，是否见过中方如此自信。如果过度自信的中国在如何妥善应对特朗普的问题上出现误判，那么他们做得太过火并引发特朗普不满的真实风险，同样存在。”