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Giuffre family thanks police over former Prince Andrew’s arrest: “Our broken hearts have been lifted”

Updated on: February 19, 2026 / 9:11 AM EST / CBS News

The family of Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked to engage in sex with former Prince Andrew when she was a teenager, thanked British police on Thursday after his arrest for suspected misconduct in public office.

“At last, today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty,” Giuffre’s siblings said in a statement shared with CBS News.

“On behalf of our sister, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, we extend our gratitude to the U.K.’s Thames Valley Police for their investigation, and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,” Sky and Amanda Roberts and Danny and Lanette Wilson said. “He was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”

Giuffre, an American who was one of the most outspoken accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide last year at 41. She accused Mountbatten-Windsor — former Prince Andrew — of assaulting her on three separate occasions when she was 17, which he has denied.

Virginia Giuffre with a photo of herself as a teen Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Giuffre said in a lawsuit filed in New York in 2021 that the assault was made possible by Epstein, who she alleged trafficked her to Mountabatten-Windsor.

Mountabatten-Windsor denied her allegations but reached a settlement with her in 2022, paying her around $16 million, according to British media reports.

The Thames Valley Police force in the U.K. confirmed earlier this month it was assessing claims against Mountbatten-Windsor that emerged in the latest U.S. Justice Department release of Epstein files to determine whether a formal investigation was warranted. Police said Thursday they arrested “a man in his sixties from Norfolk” as part of the investigation and “on suspicion of misconduct in public office.” They said they were searching properties in Berkshire and Norfolk.

Andrew’s arrest came about two weeks after an anti-royal organization called for police to investigate documents indicating that he shared confidential government information with Epstein when the royal worked as a British trade envoy. King Charles III, who is Mountabatten-Windsor’s brother, had indicated that the British royal family would cooperate if police came asking questions about his younger brother.

“This is truly a monumental moment in the Epstein survivor’s relentless pursuit of justice,” Sigrid McCawley, an attorney who represented Giuffre, said in a statement Thursday.

“Virginia Guiffre worked for years to shine a light on the crimes being committed by Epstein and his co-conspirators and to send the message that no one should be above the law and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor today is a step toward that accountability,” McCawley said.

Giuffre shared her story in her posthumously published memoir, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice.”

Zoe Christen Jones and Emmet Lyons contributed to this report.

韩国前总统尹锡悦发动内乱案一审 判处无期徒刑 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年2月19日 23:13 | 来源：联合早报

韩国前总统尹锡悦涉嫌“内乱头目罪”一案，首尔中央地方法院星期四（2月19日）判处他无期徒刑。舆论指出，这是韩国首次就总统在任期间动用国家非常权力的行为作出内乱罪有罪裁决，为宪政史再添沉重一页。

裁判部在一审判决书中指出，内乱罪属于“危及国家存亡与宪法功能、否定法律秩序本身”的严重罪行，罪名成立与否，应以行为是否实质侵害宪法机关运作与国家基本秩序为核心判断标准。

法院认定，尹锡悦于2024年12月3日宣布紧急戒严，并调动军队进入国会周边区域，相关举措具有以武力压制立法机关的意图，已对宪政秩序构成重大侵害。

法院解释称，单纯宣布紧急戒严并不当然构成内乱罪，但如果目的在于使宪法机关功能陷入瘫痪状态，则可认定构成内乱罪。

法院在判决理由中多次强调，本案的重点在于“将军队投入国会”，通过武力威慑方式干预立法机关正常运作，已超出宪法允许的非常权力使用范围。

在量刑说明中，裁判部指出尹锡悦亲自主导相关行为并造成巨大社会成本，且未见实质歉意，又无正当理由拒绝出庭，都被视为不利因素。

不过，法院同时考虑他并未制定周密计划、武力使用相对克制、未发现严重暴力事例，以及大部分（戒严有关）部署未果、无前科、长期公职经历及65岁年龄等从轻情节，最终判处他无期徒刑，并没采纳检方死刑求刑。

同案被告中，前国防部长金龙显被判处30年有期徒刑，前情报司令官卢相元被判囚18年。法院认定，两人明知戒严旨在压制宪法机关运作，仍在行动部署中发挥关键作用，依法从重处罚。

尹锡悦律师团商议是否上诉 检方遗憾判刑偏轻暗示抗诉

庭审过程中，尹锡悦身着蓝色正装出庭，宣判时神情紧绷，未作出明显反应。庭审结束后，他与律师进行简短交流后离场。旁听席意见明显分化，部分支持者高呼口号抗议，也有旁听人员要求尹锡悦向国民公开道歉。

宣判后，尹锡悦律师团成员尹甲根对判决“深表遗憾”，质疑内乱罪构成要件未获充分证明，批评判决无视证据与法理，并称将研议是否上诉及后续法律应对。检方则对量刑结果表示遗憾，认为判罚偏轻，暗示将提起抗诉。

目前，尹锡悦身陷八起刑事诉讼。在1月16日他涉嫌内乱首个案件的一审判决中，尹锡悦因妨碍执行特殊公务、滥用职权妨碍他人行使权利、指示伪造虚假戒严宣布文件等罪名一审被判有期徒刑五年。

舆论忧审判令社会撕裂 社会共识待重建

星期四一审宣判后，首尔法院外反应分化：有人欢呼，也有人嘘声与落泪。部分市民认为量刑偏轻，另有人呼吁理性看待审理过程，并对社会撕裂表达忧虑。经历戒严风波后，不少民众期待，这次判决能成为推动社会修复与制度反思的契机。

舆论认为，尽管尹锡悦避免了内乱首领罪死刑的法定最高刑罚，仍在本案被告中被判处最重刑罚。这也是继前总统全斗焕之后，韩国第二次就涉嫌破坏宪政秩序的最高权力者裁定内乱罪成立。戒严事件被指动摇韩国民主制度基础，并一度冲击韩国在国际社会的形象。

TV朝鲜指出，持续443天的政治对立与社会纷争，随着一审判决暂告一段落。“紧急戒严”也被认为使韩国民主主义受到考验，从“完全民主”降至“有缺陷民主”，暴露出制度韧性的不足。在这背景下，如何在权力制衡与制度改革之间取得平衡，重建社会共识，仍有待韩国社会在后续进程中作出回应。

US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected amid labor market stability

February 19, 2026 1:45 PM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, consistent with a stabilizing labor market.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,0000 for the week ended February 14, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 225,000 claims for the latest week. Last week’s drop marked a signficant decline in claims since they jumped to 232,000 at the end of January.

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Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s January 27-28 policy meeting published on Wednesday showed the “vast majority of participants judged that labor market conditions had been showing some signs of stabilization.” Still, concerns over downside risks to the labor market remained.

The minutes also noted some policymakers “pointed to the possibility that a further fall in labor demand could push the unemployment rate sharply higher in a low-hiring environment or that the concentration of job gains in a few less cyclically sensitive sectors was potentially signaling heightened vulnerability in the overall labor market.”

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The claims data covered the week during which the government surveyed employers for the nonfarm payrolls portion of February’s employment report. Job growth accelerated in January, though nearly all the employment gains came from the healthcare and social assistance sector.

Policymakers and economists say immigration policies were constraining job growth. Lingering uncertainty from import tariffs remained a drag on hiring while artificial intelligence was also adding another layer of caution, economists said.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, increased 17,000 to a seasonally 1.869 million during the week ended February 7, the claims report showed.

The so-called continuing claims suggested that laid-off workers were experiencing difficulties finding new positions.

The median duration of unemployment is near four-year highs. The lack of hiring has significantly impacted recent college graduates, who because of no or limited work history, cannot file for unemployment benefits and are not captured in the claims data.

Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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HHS wipes out 36,000 pages of ‘regulatory dark matter’ in sweeping child welfare office purge

Administration for Children and Families found 74% of its regulatory documents were obsolete, some dating back to 1976

By Emma Colton
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Published February 19, 2026 10:08am EST

EXCLUSIVE: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) overseeing the well-being of children, eliminated thousands of pages of regulatory guidance that had been languishing on the books as far back as 1976, Fox News Digital learned.

The Administration for Children and Families is a Health and Human Services agency charged with promoting the economic and social well-being of kids and their families via overseeing programs such as the Head Start school readiness program, child support enforcement, foster care and adoption services, and managing unaccompanied minors.

The office rescinded 35,781 pages of guidance documents after an agencywide review found 74% of its “sub-regulatory footprint” was obsolete. The documents included technical bulletins, program instructions, action transmittals and dear colleague letters — letters from federal agencies or members of Congress that typically inform colleagues on new guidance or legislation — that had accumulated across the past 50 years.

The Administration for Children and Families emphasized that the rescinded documents were not erased, but instead archived online along with a detailed list of current guidance documented on the Department of Health and Human Services’ website.

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families rescinded 35,781 pages of guidance documents after an agencywide review found 74% of its “sub-regulatory footprint” was obsolete.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Administration for Children and Families officially was established in 1991, but its origins and work stretch back decades, inheriting programs and guidance from earlier Health and Human Services offices — including major initiatives that date to the mid-1970s.

“President Trump’s regulatory reform agenda is unparalleled in U.S. history,”the Administration for Children and Families Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“ACF is proud to do our part to advance the President’s agenda by taking the first of many planned actions, namely removing 36,000 pages of obsolete sub-regulatory guidance that had quietly accumulated over decades and shining a brighter spotlight on what remains,” he added. “In essence, ACF has brought our regulatory dark matter to light.”

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The rescinded guidance included program-specific documents such as a memo on filing the June 1999 Child and Family Services Plan and Final Report, 2005 avian flu guidance and a 2010 staffing-change notice for the now-defunct Division of Energy Assistance.

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The Administration for Children and Families directed its Office of Legislation and Budget to compile a comprehensive list of guidance documents considered active — a process that took three weeks just to catalog the files, the agency said. The inventory produced more than 4,000 documents totaling about 55,776 pages, dating back to 1976.

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Each program office was required to justify whether the individual documents were still needed, and ordered to provide written rationale if guidance was deemed obsolete or necessary. Obsolete documents were considered ones that related to old funding cycles, guidance superseded by newer rules, duplicate statutes or documents related to programs that no longer list, Fox News Digital learned.

US President Donald Trump, right, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.(Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Administration for Children and Families said the goal of cleaning up the office with outdated guidance is to reduce confusion and allow grant recipients to focus resources on “delivering outcomes for American children and families,” rather than navigating tens of thousands of pages of outdated documentation.

The move aligns with the Trump administration’s broader push to pare back regulations and cut what it calls bureaucratic red tape.

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The Federal Communications Commission, for example, took a hatchet to outdated policies in a sweeping deregulation effort in 2025, including doing away with outdated guidance on the use of telegraphs, rabbit-ear TV receivers and phone booth rules in July 2025.

美国伊朗数十年仇怨错综复杂

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月19日 23:32 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普威胁对伊朗动武，加剧了两国的紧张关系。美伊仇怨错综复杂，可以追溯到数十年前。

♦1953年

美国与伊朗之间的仇怨始于美方支持1953年的政变。这场政变推翻了伊朗民族主义首相摩萨台，并拥立亲西方的沙阿巴列维（Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi）复辟。

此前，伊朗议会1951年投票决定将石油工业国有化，重新掌控国家石油财富。1953年8月，英美情报机构联手展开秘密行动，推翻摩萨台政府，以在伊朗获得廉价的石油，并遏制共产主义势力的扩张。

♦1957年

在美国总统艾森豪威尔推行“原子用于和平”（Atoms for Peace）的政策下，美国支持伊朗把核能用于民用用途。10年后，美国为伊朗建造一座5兆瓦的核研究反应堆，以及提供燃料所需的浓缩铀。此外，伊朗和美国率先在1968年签署《不扩散核武器条约》（NPT）。1972年，美国总统尼克逊访问德黑兰，承诺向巴列维出售除核武器以外的任何伊朗想要的美国武器，以换取伊朗协助保护美国在中东的利益。

♦1979年

巴列维的专制统治、腐败和民生困顿，最终被宗教领袖何梅尼领导的回教革命推翻。巴列维1月逃离伊朗，巴列维王朝覆灭。曾流亡法国14年的何梅尼成为实际的国家元首，他在4月宣布成立回教共和国，把伊朗从亲西方的君主制国家，转变为反西方的神权国家。

美国因为允许巴列维到美国接受癌症治疗，激怒了一批伊朗大学生。11月，他们冲进美国驻德黑兰大使馆，劫持52名美国人质，要求将巴列维遣返回伊朗受审。

●1980年

4月，美国试图解救大使馆人质，但行动失败。美国总统卡特同月与伊朗断绝外交关系，11月卡特还下令暂停从伊朗进口石油。

同年，邻国伊拉克入侵伊朗。伊拉克领导人萨达姆企图趁着伊朗革命后的动荡局势，控制具有重要战略意义的阿拉伯河和石油资源丰富的胡齐斯坦省（Khuzestan）。伊拉克的袭击引发一场持续八年的两伊战争，最终在联合国的斡旋下结束战争。美国在这场战争中为伊拉克提供资金、训练和技术。

♦1981年

被扣押444天后，美国大使馆人质在1月19日获释。作为释放人质的交换条件，美国同意解冻伊朗的资产，并且不干涉伊朗的政治或军事事务。

♦1984年

美国将伊朗列入支持恐怖主义国家名单，对伊朗实施制裁，包括武器禁运。

♦1988年

7月3日，美国军舰在霍尔木兹海峡上空击落一架伊朗客机，机上290人全部罹难。美方称，他们误把客机当成战斗机，对此事故表示遗憾。

♦1995年

美国克林顿政府对伊朗实施更广泛的制裁，包括石油禁运，随后又禁止美国与伊朗进行贸易和投资。隔年，他签署法案，惩罚那些投资伊朗石油和天然气行业的非美国公司。

♦2002年

美国总统小布什在1月的国情咨文演讲中，把伊朗与朝鲜和伊拉克并列为“邪恶轴心”。他还指伊朗发展大规模杀伤性武器并输出恐怖主义。

♦2003年

伊朗通知国际原子能机构（IAEA），将暂停所有铀浓缩活动，并同意接受对核设施进行更严格的检查。

♦2009年

美国、法国和英国的领导人公开披露伊朗的福尔道（Fordow）深山处存在铀浓缩设施。

♦2013年

9月，美国总统奥巴马与伊朗总统鲁哈尼通电话。这是两国30多年来的首次高层接触。11月，伊朗、德国和联合国安全理事会五个常任理事国中国、法国、俄罗斯、英国和美国签署了初步核协议。

♦2015年

2013年达成的核协议，在这一年扩展为具有里程碑意义的“联合全面行动计划”（JCPOA，简称伊朗核协议）。伊朗承诺在15年内不会让铀浓缩丰度超过3.7％，并且承诺将浓缩铀库存限制在300公斤以内。

♦2018年

美国总统特朗普宣布单方面退出伊朗核协议，恢复对伊朗的制裁。协议的其他签署国继续遵守协议，并未恢复制裁。国际原子能机构表示，在美方退出后，伊朗开始加速生产高浓缩铀，产量超过了伊朗核协议的限制。

♦2019年

美国把伊朗回教革命卫队列为恐怖组织。

♦2020年

美国发动无人机袭击，击杀伊朗革命卫队下属负责境外任务的圣城旅（Quds Force）的指挥官苏莱曼尼（Qassem Soleimani）。伊朗随即向驻伊拉克美军基地发射导弹进行报复。

♦2021年

美国拜登政府在维也纳与伊朗展开间接会谈，希望恢复伊朗核协议。然而，经过几轮磋商，双方未能达成协议。

♦2025年

3月，特朗普致信伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊，要求伊朗在两个月内达成新的协议。4月，双方重启新一轮会谈，美伊原定在6月中举行第六轮会谈，但以色列对伊朗核设施发动空袭，随后美国加入，袭击了伊朗三处重要的核设施，包括福尔道和纳坦兹（Natanz）的核设施，并首次动用威力最强大的掩体炸弹。伊朗随即轰炸卡塔尔乌代德（Al Udeid）空军基地的美军设施。

♦2026年

2025年12月底起在德黑兰爆发的反政府示威活动，迅速扩散至全国。抗议者呼吁结束哈梅内伊的统治，但被严厉镇压。对此，特朗普威胁要采取军事行动。1月下旬，特朗普下令向中东部署以林肯号航空母舰打击群为首的规模庞大的海军舰队。特朗普随后也警告伊朗必须在短时间内接受新的核协议。

美国伊朗数十年仇怨错综复杂 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月19日 23:32

美国伊朗数十年仇怨错综复杂

美国总统特朗普一再威胁要对伊朗动武，中东局势如今越趋紧张。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普威胁对伊朗动武，加剧了两国的紧张关系。美伊仇怨错综复杂，可以追溯到数十年前。

♦1953年

美国与伊朗之间的仇怨始于美方支持1953年的政变。这场政变推翻了伊朗民族主义首相摩萨台，并拥立亲西方的沙阿巴列维（Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi）复辟。

此前，伊朗议会1951年投票决定将石油工业国有化，重新掌控国家石油财富。1953年8月，英美情报机构联手展开秘密行动，推翻摩萨台政府，以在伊朗获得廉价的石油，并遏制共产主义势力的扩张。

♦1957年

在美国总统艾森豪威尔推行“原子用于和平”（Atoms for Peace）的政策下，美国支持伊朗把核能用于民用用途。10年后，美国为伊朗建造一座5兆瓦的核研究反应堆，以及提供燃料所需的浓缩铀。此外，伊朗和美国率先在1968年签署《不扩散核武器条约》（NPT）。1972年，美国总统尼克逊访问德黑兰，承诺向巴列维出售除核武器以外的任何伊朗想要的美国武器，以换取伊朗协助保护美国在中东的利益。

♦1979年

巴列维的专制统治、腐败和民生困顿，最终被宗教领袖何梅尼领导的回教革命推翻。巴列维1月逃离伊朗，巴列维王朝覆灭。曾流亡法国14年的何梅尼成为实际的国家元首，他在4月宣布成立回教共和国，把伊朗从亲西方的君主制国家，转变为反西方的神权国家。

美国因为允许巴列维到美国接受癌症治疗，激怒了一批伊朗大学生。11月，他们冲进美国驻德黑兰大使馆，劫持52名美国人质，要求将巴列维遣返回伊朗受审。

●1980年

4月，美国试图解救大使馆人质，但行动失败。美国总统卡特同月与伊朗断绝外交关系，11月卡特还下令暂停从伊朗进口石油。

同年，邻国伊拉克入侵伊朗。伊拉克领导人萨达姆企图趁着伊朗革命后的动荡局势，控制具有重要战略意义的阿拉伯河和石油资源丰富的胡齐斯坦省（Khuzestan）。伊拉克的袭击引发一场持续八年的两伊战争，最终在联合国的斡旋下结束战争。美国在这场战争中为伊拉克提供资金、训练和技术。

♦1981年

被扣押444天后，美国大使馆人质在1月19日获释。作为释放人质的交换条件，美国同意解冻伊朗的资产，并且不干涉伊朗的政治或军事事务。

♦1984年

美国将伊朗列入支持恐怖主义国家名单，对伊朗实施制裁，包括武器禁运。

♦1988年

7月3日，美国军舰在霍尔木兹海峡上空击落一架伊朗客机，机上290人全部罹难。美方称，他们误把客机当成战斗机，对此事故表示遗憾。

♦1995年

美国克林顿政府对伊朗实施更广泛的制裁，包括石油禁运，随后又禁止美国与伊朗进行贸易和投资。隔年，他签署法案，惩罚那些投资伊朗石油和天然气行业的非美国公司。

♦2002年

美国总统小布什在1月的国情咨文演讲中，把伊朗与朝鲜和伊拉克并列为“邪恶轴心”。他还指伊朗发展大规模杀伤性武器并输出恐怖主义。

♦2003年

伊朗通知国际原子能机构（IAEA），将暂停所有铀浓缩活动，并同意接受对核设施进行更严格的检查。

♦2009年

美国、法国和英国的领导人公开披露伊朗的福尔道（Fordow）深山处存在铀浓缩设施。

♦2013年

9月，美国总统奥巴马与伊朗总统鲁哈尼通电话。这是两国30多年来的首次高层接触。11月，伊朗、德国和联合国安全理事会五个常任理事国中国、法国、俄罗斯、英国和美国签署了初步核协议。

♦2015年

2013年达成的核协议，在这一年扩展为具有里程碑意义的“联合全面行动计划”（JCPOA，简称伊朗核协议）。伊朗承诺在15年内不会让铀浓缩丰度超过3.7％，并且承诺将浓缩铀库存限制在300公斤以内。

♦2018年

美国总统特朗普宣布单方面退出伊朗核协议，恢复对伊朗的制裁。协议的其他签署国继续遵守协议，并未恢复制裁。国际原子能机构表示，在美方退出后，伊朗开始加速生产高浓缩铀，产量超过了伊朗核协议的限制。

♦2019年

美国把伊朗回教革命卫队列为恐怖组织。

♦2020年

美国发动无人机袭击，击杀伊朗革命卫队下属负责境外任务的圣城旅（Quds Force）的指挥官苏莱曼尼（Qassem Soleimani）。伊朗随即向驻伊拉克美军基地发射导弹进行报复。

♦2021年

美国拜登政府在维也纳与伊朗展开间接会谈，希望恢复伊朗核协议。然而，经过几轮磋商，双方未能达成协议。

♦2025年

3月，特朗普致信伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊，要求伊朗在两个月内达成新的协议。4月，双方重启新一轮会谈，美伊原定在6月中举行第六轮会谈，但以色列对伊朗核设施发动空袭，随后美国加入，袭击了伊朗三处重要的核设施，包括福尔道和纳坦兹（Natanz）的核设施，并首次动用威力最强大的掩体炸弹。伊朗随即轰炸卡塔尔乌代德（Al Udeid）空军基地的美军设施。

♦2026年

2025年12月底起在德黑兰爆发的反政府示威活动，迅速扩散至全国。抗议者呼吁结束哈梅内伊的统治，但被严厉镇压。对此，特朗普威胁要采取军事行动。1月下旬，特朗普下令向中东部署以林肯号航空母舰打击群为首的规模庞大的海军舰队。特朗普随后也警告伊朗必须在短时间内接受新的核协议。

污水泄漏 美国首都进入紧急状态

2026年2月19日 23:45 / 联合早报

2月18日，未经处理的污水从马里兰州卡宾约翰附近的排水管流入切萨皮克和俄亥俄运河。 （法新社）

美国首都华盛顿市长宣布全市进入公共紧急状态，以应对一起重大污水泄漏事件。此前，特朗普政府批评了当地领导人的应对措施，市长随后向白宫寻求援助。

法新社报道，1月19日，毗邻华盛顿的马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州部分地区一段大型污水管道破裂，导致数亿升未经处理的污水泄入波托马克河（Potomac River）。

这场生态灾难不仅威胁到河流的生态健康，也危及了以河水为饮用水源的居民的健康，同时还加剧了特朗普总统与民主党新星、马里兰州州长韦斯摩尔（Wes Moore）之间的政治斗争。

华盛顿市长穆里尔鲍泽（Muriel Bowser）办公室星期三（2月19日）发表声明称，鲍泽市长已请求总统宣布华盛顿进灾难状态和“地方公共紧急状态”，以便由联邦政府全额支付华盛顿处理污水泄漏问题产生的相关费用。

声明还要求美国联邦应急管理局牵头建立跨部门协调机制，并请求美国陆军工程兵团参与评估水务和污水系统、小企业管理局将视情况提供经济支持。

科学家在受泄漏影响的水域中检测到了浓度极高的粪便细菌，包括大肠杆菌。由于马里兰州泄漏点位于华盛顿上游，大部分泄漏物最终流入了环绕美国首都的水域。

新华社引述声明说，截至目前，当地环保评估数据显示，华盛顿水域大肠杆菌水平依然低于美国环境保护署规定的可进行全身接触（水上娱乐活动）的安全阈值。不过，声明仍建议公众暂时避免直接接触波托马克河水。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特星期三指责摩尔“弃置并忽视”了这条已有60年历史的管道，还说只要有人提出请求，联邦政府随时准备介入并提供帮助。

美国总统特朗普星期二在他的“真相社交”（Truth Social）平台上告诉马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿的当局：“如果他们做不好，就必须打电话给我，礼貌地请求我来解决这个问题。”

前一天，他猛烈抨击了民主党，特别是被视为未来总统候选人的摩尔失职。

摩尔在社交平台X上发帖称，总统在对公众撒谎，污水管道位于联邦土地上。

摩尔还说，美国环境保护署曾受邀参加一次关于基础设施维修的会议，但遭到拒绝。这项紧急维修工作预计需要四到六周时间，之后将进行全面翻修。

流经华盛顿的波托马克河是华盛顿重要的饮用水来源之一。马里兰大学指出，此次事故被认为是美国历史上规模最大的污水泄漏事件之一。

污水泄漏 美国首都进入紧急状态

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月19日 23:45 / 联合早报

美国首都华盛顿市长宣布全市进入公共紧急状态，以应对一起重大污水泄漏事件。此前，特朗普政府批评了当地领导人的应对措施，市长随后向白宫寻求援助。

法新社报道，1月19日，毗邻华盛顿的马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州部分地区一段大型污水管道破裂，导致数亿升未经处理的污水泄入波托马克河（Potomac River）。

这场生态灾难不仅威胁到河流的生态健康，也危及了以河水为饮用水源的居民的健康，同时还加剧了特朗普总统与民主党新星、马里兰州州长韦斯摩尔（Wes Moore）之间的政治斗争。

华盛顿市长穆里尔鲍泽（Muriel Bowser）办公室星期三（2月19日）发表声明称，鲍泽市长已请求总统宣布华盛顿进灾难状态和“地方公共紧急状态”，以便由联邦政府全额支付华盛顿处理污水泄漏问题产生的相关费用。

声明还要求美国联邦应急管理局牵头建立跨部门协调机制，并请求美国陆军工程兵团参与评估水务和污水系统、小企业管理局将视情况提供经济支持。

科学家在受泄漏影响的水域中检测到了浓度极高的粪便细菌，包括大肠杆菌。由于马里兰州泄漏点位于华盛顿上游，大部分泄漏物最终流入了环绕美国首都的水域。

新华社引述声明说，截至目前，当地环保评估数据显示，华盛顿水域大肠杆菌水平依然低于美国环境保护署规定的可进行全身接触（水上娱乐活动）的安全阈值。不过，声明仍建议公众暂时避免直接接触波托马克河水。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特星期三指责摩尔“弃置并忽视”了这条已有60年历史的管道，还说只要有人提出请求，联邦政府随时准备介入并提供帮助。

美国总统特朗普星期二在他的“真相社交”（Truth Social）平台上告诉马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿的当局：“如果他们做不好，就必须打电话给我，礼貌地请求我来解决这个问题。”

前一天，他猛烈抨击了民主党，特别是被视为未来总统候选人的摩尔失职。

摩尔在社交平台X上发帖称，总统在对公众撒谎，污水管道位于联邦土地上。

摩尔还说，美国环境保护署曾受邀参加一次关于基础设施维修的会议，但遭到拒绝。这项紧急维修工作预计需要四到六周时间，之后将进行全面翻修。

流经华盛顿的波托马克河是华盛顿重要的饮用水来源之一。马里兰大学指出，此次事故被认为是美国历史上规模最大的污水泄漏事件之一。

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February 19, 2026 / 10:30 AM EST / CBS News

Kovay Gardens sells itself as a secluded retreat on Mexico’s Pacific coast: a private beach along the Bahía de Banderas, four pools spilling toward the ocean and beds dressed in Egyptian cotton. Guests are promised room service, buffet breakfasts and airport shuttles to the boutique resort outside Puerto Vallarta.

But U.S. officials say that behind the 22-room beachfront timeshare is a cartel-run fraud engine that has drained millions from American visitors.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Kovay Gardens, accusing the resort in Nayarit of operating under the direction of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG. The move also targeted an entire network of people and companies the federal government says worked with the cartel to defraud U.S. citizens, including many older American victims who lost life savings to the schemes.

For more than a decade, CJNG consolidated control over timeshare scams in Puerto Vallarta and the surrounding Bahía de Banderas, according to the U.S. Treasury, expanding influence in a region spanning Jalisco and Nayarit and drawing tens of thousands of U.S. tourists annually.

Officials say that at Kovay Gardens, prospective buyers were lured into sales pitches that promised luxury and vowing unused weeks could generate even more in rental income. Once owners signed contracts, the resort allegedly overcharged credit cards, feeding customer data directly into CJNG-run call centers that launched waves of additional investment scams, allowing the cartel to profit repeatedly from the same victims. After initial losses, Americans were contacted again by callers posing as lawyers or officials who then claimed they could help recover the money for yet another fee, while others were threatened with fines or legal trouble unless they paid, officials say.

Treasury officials described the operation, which sat inside CJNG’s territorial base, as a vertically integrated fraud factory: a cartel-controlled resort that generated victims for a database supplying targets to boiler-room call centers that extracted payments via international wire transfers.

According to the U.S. government, timeshare fraud networks in Nayarit were overseen by cartel commander Audias Flores Silva, with lieutenants collecting payments from call centers linked to Kovay Gardens.

Officials say a U.S. alert on Mexico-based timeshare fraud issued in March 2023 has generated more than 850 suspicious activity reports flagging about $330 million in potentially fraudulent transactions, largely involving Americans wiring money to scammers in Mexico. Within the U.S. Treasury, FinCEN says it now receives roughly 40 such reports a month, while the FBI says about 6,000 U.S. victims reported nearly $300 million in losses from 2019–2023, with another $50 million reported in 2024. Still, officials believe the statistics are undercounts because many victims never come forward due to fear or embarrassment.

This week’s sanctions mark the latest U.S. action against CJNG’s diversification beyond narcotics. In addition to tourism, the cartel has also expanded into fuel theft, extortion and financial fraud, often masking those operations behind legitimate-looking businesses.