Dangerous heat wave impacting large swathes of the U.S. this week, forecasters warn

June 28, 2026 / 2:24 PM EDT / CBS/AP

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it.

Several days of high temperatures will settle in across the lower Great Lakes, the mid-Atlantic and the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys, the weather service said.

A number of big cities could see their highest temperatures of the year so far as they host World Cup matches.

Feeling the heat will be the East Coast cities of New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore and Midwestern and Great Lakes cities including Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit. Southern cities including Dallas, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, will also see high temperatures.

High heat will last into next weekend across the Great Plains, southeast and mid-Atlantic, the weather service said.

It’s the first widespread heat wave of the summer, impacting more than half of the country, forecasters said. The heat wave is expanding across the central and eastern U.S., while the Four Corners remain under dangerous fire weather conditions. At the same time, severe thunderstorms continue across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with flooding concerns stretching from the Rockies into the Mid-Atlantic.

Temperatures will reach well into the 90s and low 100 degrees Fahrenheit (mid to high 30s Celsius), the weather service said. High humidity will lead to heat indices of 100 to 110 degrees F (40 C to 43 C), and as high as 115 F (46 C). Nightly lows in the 70s F (21 to 26 C) won’t provide much relief, the weather service said.

A National Weather Service heat index map released on June 28, 2026 shows dangerous heat will expand across the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. this week. National Weather Service

The heat index, which factors in humidity and is included on many weather forecasts, provides a sense of how hot it really feels — and what’s dangerous for prolonged exposure or strenuous activity.

Parts of the U.S., especially Phoenix, Las Vegas, central Texas, and much of the southwest, were already experiencing temperatures around 100 F.

During extreme temperatures, limit outdoor activity, stay hydrated and ensure access to air-conditioning and other cooling areas, the weather service said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heat can impact anyone. Signs of overheating include muscle cramping, dizziness, unusually heavy sweating, shortness of breath, headaches, weakness and nausea.

While large portions of the U.S. confront high temperatures, much of the West remains unusually cool, with high temperatures running 20-35 degrees below average across portions of the Northwest and northern Rockies, according to weather reports.

Europe has been sizzling for days, with the temperature hitting a record 106 degrees Fahrenheit in Germany on Saturday, the AFP reported. Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark and France have also been facing high temperatures. In France, dozens of drowning deaths were recorded this month as swimmers turned to the water for relief from the heat.

Transcript: Sen. Tim Kaine on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 28, 2026

2026-06-28T13:05:44-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 28, 2026.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who joins us from Brussels. Good morning to you, Senator.

SENATOR TIM KAINE: Great to be with you, Margaret. Thanks.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Because you are in Europe, I want to ask you about exactly what is going on with the U.S. Army Europe General Chris Donahue. We know he was ordered by Secretary Hegseth to turn in his retirement papers, he’s going to relinquish command July 2, relinquish NATO command July 9. Do you have any indication why this very well-respected general is getting pushed out the door?

SEN. KAINE: Margaret, I am in Europe with a bipartisan delegation of senators visiting NATO allies and our troops, talking primarily about NATO summit next week and support for Ukraine. I will say on General Donahue, a lot of questions and very few answers. He was very well regarded in the Armed Services Committee, where I sit, both sides of the aisle thought really highly of him, and so the news that he was being ushered out caught us all by surprise, and we don’t yet have good answers from the Pentagon.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, it’s part of a bigger question as to the changes Secretary Hegseth is making at the Pentagon. Retired Admiral Bill McRaven, people know him from commanding the raid to take out Osama bin Laden. He wrote a piece in The Atlantic, raising concerns about the exit and the firing of at least 12 other high-ranking military officials. He explained officers need to be “brutally candid” in order to give good advice. He said “these recent firings raise a real risk senior officers will be overly cautious about providing their best advice, and therefore the chance for military miscalculation will grow dramatically.” How concerned are you? Can Congress intervene and do anything here?

SEN. KAINE: Well, I don’t think that concern is misplaced. We’re worried about the same thing. Are you- are you pushing out the truth tellers to surround yourself by yes-men, and in particular, it looks like the secretary is coming down hardest- coming down hardest on the Army. He served in the Army, he felt like he wasn’t treated well by the Army, that’s a grudge he’s carried that he’s described publicly. And so, when you see Army officers forced out, you got to wonder, is this a personal thing, or is it really what’s best for the nation? So we are working on the defense bill right now. We’ve- we voted it out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. There’s nothing in the bill at this point that would address this situation, but when we bring it up on the floor, I think by then, we’ll have some of our questions answered, and if we need to go farther to put some guardrails in place, you’ll probably find bipartisan support to do that.

MARGARET BRENNAN: What are you hearing from your NATO partners there about the American plans to reduce the presence in Europe?

SEN. KAINE: So the- it would be difficult to reduce the presence in Europe, based upon some NDAA provisions that we have put in place that kind of set a floor in terms of U.S. troop strength. And here’s the good news, Margaret, both because of President Trump, but also, frankly, because the actions of Vladimir Putin, European nations are really stepping up their investment in their collective defense. They see the need to do it, and they understand that the United States is right there with them. There’s some political churn, no doubt about it. European nations are not only concerned about rhetoric coming out of the White House, they see a chaotic tariff policy as hurting their economies, but they also see the U.S. continuing to make sizable investments in European defense, troop presence. The Senate version of the Armed Services bill that we just passed has sizable investments for the defense of Ukraine, and I think you’re going to see some positives coming out of the NATO summit next week. That’s my expectation.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you just mentioned the defense bill that is so significant, and we looked, and you said that for the first time in your 13 years on the committee, you voted against it. I understand you have objections to the Iran war, but given the significant military community you have in Virginia, and the need the military says it has, how can you defend that?

SEN. KAINE: Margaret, it was one of the hardest votes I’ve cast in 13 years in the Senate, but here was the reason. President Trump is seeking at least a 40% increase in the defense budget in one year. He hasn’t really told us where that money is coming out of. Is it coming out of education? Is it coming out of health care? And to vote for that kind of an increase without knowing where we’re going to pull the money from, in the middle of a war that I think is illegal, unnecessary, and foolish, and also to support that kind of an increase without guardrails about how the money is spent, I just couldn’t do it. Part of protecting our Virginia troops and going to bat for them is making sure that they’re- that when we use troops, especially when we go to war, we do it the right way, not the wrong way. Our troops have deployed into the Middle East often over the last 25 years, and an illegal war for kind of a suspect rationale- that’s no way to treat our troops.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, I need to talk to you about more in regard to this, but I have to take a commercial break. So please stay with us, if you would. Senator Kaine, there in Brussels.

SEN. KAINE: Will do.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We’ll be right back.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We return to our conversation with Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine. Senator, I want to ask you a little bit about what’s happening here at home. There were three far-left candidates handpicked by New York City Mayor Mamdani, who won last week over more centrist candidates. Some are looking at that and saying the reach of the left wing of your party seems to be expanding, and here is what President Trump said. Take a listen.

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DONALD TRUMP: It’s becoming a communist party. These are not social democrats, these are hardcore godless communists. They’re godless communists. All communists are godless. They don’t believe in God. This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: What do you make of that attack here? And do you have concerns that the progressive platform of some members of the party will make it more difficult to win in other parts of the country headed into November?

SEN. KAINE: Margaret, what the president said is just goofy word salad. I’m not an expert on New York House races, I am an expert on Senate races, and we have got Senate candidates all over this country flip- working to flip red seats blue by focusing on the president’s mismanagement of the American economy, families are suffering cost increases because of chaotic tariffs, illegal war and focus on goofy things like ballrooms, arches, and the reflecting pool. And in Virginia, at the house races, I’ve got four Democratic challengers running to flip red seats blue, who are focused on that same kind of cost and affordability agenda that led us to have a landslide win in state races last fall. So, I can’t really explain, you know, what’s on the voters’ minds in New York City congressional races, but I know what’s on Virginians’ minds, and I think I know what’s on Americans’ minds. Let’s focus on the economy and bringing costs down, not foolish wars and chaos.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, as Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said, the party needs significant new leadership because the old models are not working, and she pointed a finger at leadership. Leader Jeffries, Leader Schumer, said they need to make room for others who can adapt if they cannot. Do you agree with her assessment?

SEN. KAINE: Well, I don’t know exactly the context in which she was making it. Look, I do think some of these elections can show that there’s a, there’s a desire for new, and it’s a tough environment for incumbents. And that I think works to the Democrats’ advantage in November. Remember, primaries are interesting, but where you really make the difference is not trading out one Democrat for another or one Republican for another. Where you make the difference is flipping a seat from red to blue, and it is a challenging environment for incumbents, but that’s going to work to Democrats’ advantage in November.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you will continue to support Chuck Schumer as leader.

SEN. KAINE: Yes, he is. He was one of the best majority leaders we’ve had in a long time, and if he gets the chance, he’s going to be a good majority leader going forward.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, just to pick up on something Senator Cassidy said, he was talking about healthcare affordability. Is there any Democratic plan for health care or opportunity to work across the aisle?

SEN. KAINE: There is, and look, Bill has been a good chairman. I agree with him on a lot. We have some disagreements, but he said he’s been a good chairman of the HELP Committee, and we’re working on some affordability issues. For example, we have a bipartisan bill that we’ve enacted some pieces of, but we could do more to rein in pharmaceutical costs by more effective regulation of the PBMs, the pharmacy benefit managers. On the Democratic side, we want to reverse some of the harmful Medicaid cuts that the Republicans put in place a year ago, and we’ve had some interest by some Republicans in that, but reversing those Medicaid cuts and the cuts to SNAP benefits is something that we feel very, very strongly about as Democrats.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Kaine. Thank you for joining us this morning. We’ll have to leave it there.

Kaine says guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress

June 28, 2026 / 1:09 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Sunday that following a string of high-level officers exiting the military during the second Trump administration, guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress.

The departure of some senior military officers in recent months has sparked questions about changes at the Pentagon. Retired Admiral Bill McRaven, known for commanding the raid to take out Osama bin Laden, wrote in The Atlantic last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firings “raise a real risk that senior officers will be overly cautious about providing their best advice and, therefore, that the chance for military miscalculation will grow dramatically.”

“I don’t think that concern is misplaced. We’re worried about the same thing,” Kaine responded on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”

Kaine, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned whether Hegseth is “pushing out the truth tellers” to surround himself with “yes men.” He added that “it looks like the secretary is coming down hardest on the Army.”

“He served in the Army. He felt like he wasn’t treated well by the Army, that’s a grudge he’s carried that he’s described publicly,” Kaine said. “And so, when you see Army officers forced out, you got to wonder, is this a personal thing, or is it really what’s best for the nation?”

Among the latest high-level officers to exit the military is Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, who the Army said is set to “relinquish command” on July 2. CBS news reported last week that Donahue, who is also known for being the last American soldier on the ground in Afghanistan in 2021, had earned the ire of Hegseth and submitted his retirement papers.

Kaine said on Donahue, there are “a lot of questions and very few answers.”

“He was very well regarded in the Armed Services Committee, where I sit. Both sides of the aisle thought really highly of him,” Kaine said. “And so the news that he was being ushered out caught us all by surprise. And we don’t yet have good answers from the Pentagon.”

Kaine noted that Congress is working on the annual defense policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which advanced out of the Armed Services Committee earlier this month. In the lower chamber, the House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision for its version of the defense policy bill that would require Pentagon leaders to inform Congress why senior military officials were fired within five days. Kaine said in the Senate’s legislation, there’s “nothing in the bill at this point that would address this situation.”

“But when we bring it up on the floor, I think by then we’ll have some of our questions answered,” Kaine said. “And if we need to go farther to put some guardrails in place, you’ll probably find bipartisan support to do that.”

Donahue’s exit sparked some pushback from across the aisle, like from GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who called it “yet another unforced error from a Secretary leading the Pentagon with bro-culture bravado rather than restraint, humility and careful stewardship of the finest fighting force in the world.”

“His paranoid micromanagement of senior military leaders and promotion lists is pure insecurity dressed up as reform,” Tillis wrote on X. “He is more interested in purging people he perceives as insufficiently loyal than empowering proven patriots who can actually lead.”

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毕丹星获近八成党干部支持 连任工人党秘书长

2026年6月29日 01:15 / 联合早报

工人党党干部大会星期天（6月28日）举行，顺利连任的党秘书长毕丹星（右）和党主席林瑞莲在离开大会现场时，向在场者竖起拇指。 （白艳琳摄）

毕丹星顺利通过撤职和连任两项考验，不仅在工人党特别党干部大会中获近八成支持票保住秘书长职务，也在普通党干部大会上再未遇挑战成功连任。他将继续领导这个国会唯一反对党，直至2028年下一次改选。

受访政治观察者认为，工人党前秘书长刘程强公开表态支持毕丹星，是罢免动议铩羽而归的重要因素；毕丹星领导下的工人党在2025年大选表现不俗，也是他成功让辣玉莎撒谎门事件在党内翻篇的政治筹码。

毕丹星的罢免动议未能通过的首个迹象，是星期天（6月28日）中午特别大会召开前几分钟，刘程强下车后回答《联合早报》记者询问，表明会继续支持毕丹星。

此前曾谣传刘程强不再支持毕丹星，甚至有党干部声称，刘程强在中委会表决如何处分毕丹星时，投下对毕丹星不利的一票。

新加坡管理大学杨邦孝法学院副教授陈庆文受访时指出，刘程强在会议开始前直接回应记者，让在场的党干部清楚知道他的立场，保证了罢免动议不会通过。“刘程强表态支持，意味着毕丹星可以轻松应对。”

他分析，刘程强最担心的是工人党分裂，以及不要让任何人凌驾于政党之上。因此，如果说刘程强曾私下训斥毕丹星，应该不会让人意外。

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陈庆文也说，毕丹星在大会上根据程序做出了适当回应，以及没有把提出异议的干部视为麻烦制造者，也显示他知道工人党得团结。

新加坡政策研究所高级研究员许林珠认为，辣玉莎案在党内已经翻篇，工人党也证明了自身的问责机制健全。她说：“随着蓝党成功在国会拿下12席，工人党是时候翻过这一篇章，并在这个民意基础上巩固本地的反对党力量。”

工人党干部大会在市区一处商业大楼召开。党干部是在党内拥有选举权和被选举权的工人党党员，目前约有110名。

大会分为两个部分。首先是应25名党干部要求召开的特别大会，他们因不满毕丹星作伪证被定罪后仍继续担任秘书长而提出召开会议，紧接着是普通党干部大会选举新一届中委会。

毕丹星在特别大会上就高等法院去年12月4日的裁决，即他在前议员辣玉莎撒谎事件中作伪证，向党干部说明情况，并接受到场者提问。

由于毕丹星未能说服所有党干部，也没有应要求辞去秘书长职务，大会进行了秘密投票表决他是否适合留任。

多次强调毕丹星获绝大多数票支持 寻求凸显党内团结

这个由一些党干部要求召开的特别大会，令外界关注党内是否出现分歧与裂痕。不过党领导人在接受媒体采访时，至少三次强调毕丹星在大会上取得“绝对多数票”的支持，以凸显党内的团结。

主持特别大会的阿裕尼集选区议员严燕松会后接受媒体访问时，在开场白中就主动说明毕丹星获得“绝对多数票”支持。

严燕松没有说明具体票数，据《联合早报》探知，出席会议的107名党干部中，82人支持毕丹星，要求他辞职的只有22人，废票则有两张。毕丹星自己未参与投票。

工人党同天傍晚发声明说，投票结果显示，党干部决定继续由毕丹星担任秘书长。“这项决定反映党干部深思熟虑后的判断，也体现了工人党对民主原则和正当程序的坚持。”

一名不愿意透露姓名的工人党干部私下受访时说：“要求毕丹星辞职的动议，以非常令人信服的方式被推翻。工人党展现出了高度的团结，以压倒性票数支持毕丹星留任秘书长。”

不过，党内仍有不满情绪。一名党干部步出会场时难掩失望之情，他毫不避讳地对在场外守候的记者直言：“没有人开除得了那个家伙。”

工人党的党干部也在同天举行的选举中，选出毕丹星、林瑞莲（党主席），以及另12人组成新一届中委会。其中唯一的新面孔是2025年大选榜鹅集选区的工人党参选人贺沛星。

近日有消息称，中委选举可能有人问鼎秘书长职务。一些坊间流传的名字包括严燕松、陈立峰，以及盛港集选区议员。但毕丹星受询时阐明，没有人挑战秘书长职务。

贺沛星晚间在脸书发文说，让毕丹星继续出任秘书长的决定虽然不会让每个人都满意，但他认为那是正确的。

他强调，党干部给予毕丹星的强有力支持，并非盲目的忠诚，而是人们与毕丹星密切共事，见证他过去15年为新加坡人民展现出的品格与奉献精神之后，所作出的决定。

国会特权委员会早前也认定林瑞莲和费沙曾向委员会撒谎，并参与引导辣玉莎隐瞒真相，因此决定等待毕丹星案件的司法裁决后，再处理相关事项。有关林瑞莲的追责尚未提出，但国会领袖英兰妮今年1月曾说，她无意让这事拖延多年，相关处理也不会花太长时间。

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Rep. Bacon: Hegseth has undermined and hurt the military

12:30 PM EDT, Sun June 28, 2026 / CNN Politics

By Jake Tapper, CNN

Rep. Bacon: Hegseth has undermined and hurt the military

Governor Moore, Rep. Bacon, and Rye Barcott discuss the dismissal of generals at the Pentagon, efforts to foster bipartisanship, and how military veterans bring courage into elected office.

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Young Americans break sharply from older Americans on China threat, new poll finds

June 28, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News

Only 62% of adults ages 18 to 29 expressed concern about Chinese espionage compared with 93% of those 65 and older

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FIRST ON FOX:Young Americans are far less likely than older generations to see China as a major threat to the United States, according to a new poll, revealing one of the sharpest generational divides in U.S. foreign policy.

Some 93% of Americans age 65 and older said they are concerned about China’s ability to spy on the United States, compared with just 62% of those ages 18 to 29, according to the Ronald Reagan Institute Summer Survey.

Younger Americans also were consistently less likely than seniors to express concern about China’s potential use of force against Taiwan (56% versus 86%), technology theft (61% versus 91%), purchases of U.S. land (68% versus 93%) and China’s role in the flow of fentanyl into the United States (68% versus 92%).

Despite the generational divide, concern about China remained high nationally. More than 80% of Americans said they were concerned about China’s role in the flow of fentanyl into the United States, its ability to spy on Americans and its purchases of U.S. land. Sixty-six percent also said Taiwan’s security matters to the United States.

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The findings come as Washington and Beijing are trying to stabilize one of the world’s most consequential relationships after years of escalating economic and military tensions.

After imposing triple-digit tariffs on China at the start of his administration, President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in May and announced a series of trade and investment agreements and pledged to continue dialogue.

While concern about China remains widespread across the country, the survey suggests younger Americans view the U.S.’s chief geopolitical rival through a markedly different lens than older generations, raising questions about how public attitudes could evolve as younger voters make up a larger share of the electorate.

The findings stand out because they diverge from the prevailing view among many national security experts, who continue to characterize China as America’s principal long-term neer-pear competitor and adversary, even as Washington and Beijing seek to stabilize their relationship through diplomacy.

“There is rightful alarm regarding China’s historic military buildup and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in May.

But, he added, U.S.–China relations are “better than they’ve been in many years.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump visited the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026, in Beijing, China, during a high-level summit between the two leaders.(Brendan Smialowski – Pool/Getty Images)

After the May summit between Trump and Xi, the U.S. president told reporters: “We settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve.”

He called Xi a “great leader” and China a “great country.”

Other recent research points to broader differences in how Gen Z views U.S. foreign policy.

A 2025 Carnegie Endowment survey found younger Americans were less likely than older generations to prioritize maintaining U.S. technological dominance over China and generally favored a less expansive American leadership role abroad.

The Reagan Institute Summer Survey is the organization’s annual public opinion poll on foreign policy and national security, designed to gauge Americans’ views on issues ranging from global engagement and military strength to China, NATO, the Middle East and democratic values.

The poll also found broad shifts by party on what America’s role in the world should look like: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to say the United States should be more engaged and take the lead in world affairs.

Seventy-one percent of Republicans said the U.S. should take a leading role internationally, compared with 55% of Democrats. Overall, 61% of Americans said the U.S. should be more engaged in global affairs, while 27% preferred a less engaged approach.

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Young Americans are far less likely than older generations to see China as a major threat to the United States, according to a new poll, revealing one of the sharpest generational divides in U.S. foreign policy.(Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The findings represent a notable shift from recent years.

Democratic support for greater U.S. engagement fell from 65% to 55% over the past year, while Republican support increased from 69% to 71%, widening the partisan gap from four percentage points to 16. The survey also found 43% of Democrats now say U.S. involvement in the world is harmful, up from 22% a year ago.

The survey was conducted May 26 through June 3 among 1,555 U.S. adults and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. Researchers used a mixed-mode methodology that included live telephone interviews, an online panel and text-to-web responses.

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To better reflect the U.S. population, the results were weighted using demographic benchmarks from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey, including age, gender, race, region and education. The survey also included an oversample of 338 self-identified MAGA Republicans under age 30, which carries a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

The findings also come after a year in which the Trump administration has taken a more assertive posture overseas than some expected.

In addition to ordering strikes on Iran, the administration has expanded military operations against cartel-linked targets in the Western Hemisphere and intervened to capture former President Nicolas Maduro Venezuela, moves that have put questions of American power and global leadership back at the center of public debate.

男子网购手机退款遭拒不妥协 三个月找消协上庭终获赔

2026年6月28日 23:17 / 新明日报

李先生称，Lazada的客服由海外团队负责，每次回复的客服人员不同，沟通记录似乎也没有被妥善保存，导致他每次都得重新解释情况。 （海峡时报）

男子在网购平台Lazada购买苹果手机，原本打算退货换成较小机型，不料手机退回货仓后，却因被指“产品编号不符”遭到拒收。他据理力争，经过三个月的多次交涉，先后向消费者协会和小额索偿庭申诉后，终于获得全额退款和赔偿。

事主李先生（35岁）6月16日在网络论坛Reddit发文分享经历，希望为日后遇到类似情况的消费者提供参考，也鼓励公众在遇到不合理情况时不要轻易放弃维权。

根据李先生的贴文内容，他于今年3月6日在Lazada买了一台价值2129元的iPhone 17 Pro Max，打算作为生日礼物送给妻子。

妻子收到后希望换成较小的型号，他于是在3月8日申请退货，快递员也在两天后取走手机。大约一周后，李先生因为没有收到退货进展而向Lazada客服查询进度，却被告知寄回的手机因“产品编号错误”遭拒收，手机也被寄回给他。

他电邮Lazada解释，问题很可能出在货仓扫描时出错，而非他寄错商品。“我不是骗子，不可能寄回一个与订单不符的冒牌货。”

他过后收到两封内容相似的公式化回复，客服之后更以“已结案”为由，声称不会再回应他。

李先生称，Lazada的客服由海外团队负责，每次回复的客服人员不同，沟通记录似乎也没有被妥善保存，导致他每次都得重新解释情况。

交涉期间，Lazada客服要求他提供开箱录像作为证据。“无论是Lazada条款或是消费者保护法，都没有规定消费者必须录下开箱过程。这更像是平台转移注意力的做法，徒增消费者举证的负担。”

消协两度联系平台无果 事主入禀小额索偿庭

与平台交涉多次无果，李先生于是向新加坡消费者协会（CASE）求助，支付了约30元费用。虽然CASE过后两度联系Lazada，但均未获回应。

无奈之下，他只好入禀小额索偿庭（Small Claims Tribunal）索偿。

根据李先生的说法，审裁官在首次聆讯上要求Lazada提供所谓“产品编号不符”的证据，对方的代表这才当庭承认，手机被拒收是货仓扫描失误所致，情况与李先生第一封邮件提出的情况完全一致。“如果有人认真阅读电邮并展开调查，问题早就解决了。”

由于未能对赔偿金额达成共识，案件进入第二次聆讯，Lazada最终全额退还购买手机的2129元，同时赔偿28.15元CASE调解费、10元诉讼费、5.50元公司资料查询费，以及100元补偿金，总计2272.65元。

他透露，Lazada最初仅提出赔偿30元，与他三个月来花费大量时间准备资料、请假出庭，以及处理相关程序的努力不成正比，他坚持要求合理赔偿，最终获赔100元。

他也建议，若消费者遇到类似情况，可先向CASE求助，搜集和归档完整证据链，再不行就上小额索偿庭。“整个过程冗长繁琐，目的就是希望消费者嫌麻烦而放弃，但如果有理据，你就应该坚持索赔。”

Lazada受询时称，平台高度重视消费者反馈，致力于通过合理渠道妥善回应消费者关切。“这起事件的细节我们不便公开置评，对于消费者的不佳体验，我们深表遗憾。相关事宜目前已妥善解决，我们也已完成案例复盘，以持续优化服务流程并提升服务能力。

“我们致力于为用户提供值得信赖的购物体验，并将持续精进我们的服务。”

委内瑞拉强震：黄金72小时已过搜救希望渐渺 官方反应迟缓引民怨

2026年6月28日 23:03 / 联合早报

6月27日，在委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉州城镇卡拉瓦莱达，厄瓜多尔和萨尔瓦多救援人员携手将受困瓦砾逾60小时的80岁老妇马琳救出。 （法新社）

（拉瓜伊拉综合电）委内瑞拉地震死亡人数升至1430人，搜救人员星期天继续在废墟中搜寻幸存者，但距离地震发生时间已过72小时，找到生还者的希望越发渺茫。

委内瑞拉北部星期三（6月24日）傍晚先后发生7.2级和7.5级强震，截至星期六（27日）已有1430人遇难，另有3238人受伤，超过5万人下落不明。

其中，遇难的外国人包括28名葡萄牙人、九名西班牙人、七名中国人、两名巴西人、一名智利人及一名乌拉圭人。

委内瑞拉代总统罗德里格斯说，目前已有24个国家提供援助，派出86支配备了搜救犬的队伍、逾2700名搜救人员以及521吨救灾物资。

国际移民组织估计，受灾人数可能高达676万人，并指这些人将急需临时住所、安全饮水、医疗服务及基本救灾物资等。

联合国开发计划署则说，两次地震造成的损失估计达67亿美元（约86亿7000万新元），相当于委内瑞拉国内生产总值的6%。这项初步评估涵盖住房在内的资产损失，但不包括基础设施受损、更广泛的经济扰动以及长期的重建成本。

所幸搜救行动仍传出零星好消息，继星期五（26日）有一名婴儿获救后，一名11岁男孩星期六在小镇卡拉瓦莱达（Caraballeda）的废墟中获救。

在委内瑞拉拉瓜伊拉州，一名11岁男孩星期六（6月27日）在废墟中获救，搜救队伍在救援过程中为他提供饮水和手电筒。（取自哥伦比亚国家灾害风险管理部门脸书）

罗德里格斯星期六在X平台发文说：“每一条获救的生命，都是委内瑞拉的希望。”

不过，委内瑞拉民众对地震后官方反应迟缓感到愤怒，罗德里格斯星期五造访加拉加斯灾区时，遭民众喝倒彩，叫她“滚出去”。

在加拉加斯及受灾严重的拉瓜伊拉（La Guaira），由于缺乏官方援助，人们不得不徒手在废墟中挖掘，搜寻幸存者和遇难者。

一名43岁的母亲门多萨告诉法新社，20来岁的女儿和女婿在拉瓜伊拉不幸遇难后，是“我们把他们从废墟中拉出来”，却始终等不到官方救援，只能自行将遗体送往加拉加斯的太平间。

受灾民众呼吁当局尽快调派重型机械、发电机和破拆设备，协助清除混凝土等作业。

政府目前已限制进入重灾区拉瓜伊拉州，并要求志愿者须持安全通行证才能进入，引发不少等待参与救援的民众不满。

美国和欧洲则表明将加大援助力度。罗德里格斯说，她已与美国总统特朗普和国务卿鲁比奥通话，两人“重申了支持救援工作的承诺”。

美国早前说，将派遣逾250人的搜救团队，包括三支携带搜救犬的特别搜救分队。一名美国高级官员星期六称，美国预计将在一两天内宣布一项价值数亿美元的追加援助方案。

欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯星期天在社媒发文说，欧盟已为委内瑞拉调动500万欧元（约737万新元）的紧急援助，以及启动有关民防机制，“多个成员国正迅速派遣搜救队、消防员和医护人员”。

她也说，欧盟的“哥白尼”卫星系统也在协助了解灾情，以将援助送往最需要帮助的地区。

河南省提级调查冷冻货车集体跨省偏航查扣案 分析：比“远洋捕捞”更恶劣

2026年6月28日 23:17 / 联合早报

中国河南省发生多起冷冻货车集体跨省偏航被查扣案件，被指是首创“虹吸式执法”，“河南多地虹吸式执法必须提级调查”冲上微博热搜。河南星期六（6月27日）公布，已成立省级工作专班，将对相关问题进行调查 。

分析指出，偏航查扣是“远洋捕捞”的变体，但更有意识性和目的性，影响更恶劣，可能架空统一市场商品自由流通规则，并严重打击本就不够景气的经济环境和企业信心。

“远洋捕捞”是中国近年经济下行、地方财政趋紧的背景下，对一些地方执法机关为完成指标，跨省异地执法的比喻。“虹吸式执法”则被认为是在前者基础上，主动将外地车辆或货物“吸引”入辖区后再进行执法。

《河南日报》星期六发布消息，河南省政府已成立由市场监管、公安、纪检监察等部门组成的省级工作专班，调查上述问题。

中国媒体此前报道，去年7月至今年1月间，来自全国十多个省份的21辆冷冻肉品货车，通过“运满满”等平台接单，计划前往广东等南方地区，却全部偏航至北方河南泌阳高速出口，并被当地市监局以“未经检验检疫”为由精准查扣。

下午察：河南首创“虹吸执法”合法抢劫？

报道介绍，涉事车辆的运费要价均低于市场价约30%。查扣货品包括冷冻猪牛鸡副产品以及整箱冷冻牛肉等，总货值达数百万元（人民币，下同，100万人民币约19万新元）。

河南驻马店泌阳县6月15日发布通报，对县市场监督管理局局长王磊、中队长张兴采取留置措施，并表态“深挖彻查”。不少网民随后集中反映，同样位于河南的南阳市也发生多起类似案件。

据网民爆料，2023年7月至8月，南阳市监局47天内查扣24辆冷链货车，共计213吨冻货。该局公告显示，这批冻货已以“无主货物”名义拍卖，所得350万元上缴国库。

南阳市监局星期五（26日）发布通报，称执法支队2023年7至8月对涉无检验检疫合格证明的冷冻食品进行查处。由于无法确定涉案物品权利人，最终对无主冷冻肉进行拍卖等处置，期间未收到认领申请或行政复议、行政诉讼等。

河南多地批量出现偏航查扣，被舆论质疑是地方部门系统性、链条式的牟利套路。《南方日报》星期五发文指，比冻货“偏航”更可怕的，是公权力的“越界”。

北京市京都律师事务所律师林斐然告诉《联合早报》，上述案件是“远洋捕捞”的变体，两者都有趋利性，但后者是被动寻案，前者则是主动地制造、人为创造管辖权。

北京师范大学政府管理研究院教授唐任伍受访时说，偏航查扣是继“钓鱼执法”、“远洋捕捞”后又一执法怪象，但性质更恶劣，“这是有意识、有预谋的诈骗、犯罪”。

他说，这不仅会打击企业信心，也会重创相关地区的营商环境和形象。

林斐然也说，部分县域会成为“雷池”，影响地方营商口碑。他还说，部分地区财政收支缺口大，“一旦财政保障不足，基层就容易动起‘以罚补经费’的念头。”

他指出，要从根源上消除“执法养人”的财政动机，就需要在执行上刚性落实罚缴分离，避免把行政监管变成非税收入来源。