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Nepal on high alert for fresh flooding after river levels rise as death toll soars past 800

2026-08-30T10:17:00-0400 / CBS/AP

Residents in flood-affected districts in Nepal were warned to remain on high alert for possible fresh flooding as rescuers scrambled to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border.

The latest flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream, according to Dharam Raj Uprety, chief executive of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

Flash flood survivors walk through sludge past damaged houses searching for salvageable belongings at Trishuli Center in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Aug. 30, 2026. Arun SANKAR /AFP via Getty Images

Residents of the flood-hit villages said they were struggling to make sense of near-constant alarms they’ve received since the initial floods.

“Sometimes they say a flood is coming, then we have to run again to higher ground, even at night. There is also rain,” said Govind Shreshta, a resident. “It’s really difficult for me. I have a 72-year-old father and 70-year-old mom. I must carry them and I am exhausted. It’s going on like this for those who are still alive.”

In Dhading, one of the worst-hit regions in Nepal, some residents began returning to ruined homes to see what can be salvaged.

Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames. Others scanned the ground for items they could pick out of the mud and rinse off. One man had returned for his chickens, which he found alive. He tied them up and put them in the cabin of his truck.

“Everything is finished. Nothing is left. Not even our home,” Sharmila Tamang, a Dhading resident who was trying to salvage items from her home, told The Associated Press.

At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction. The plant serves over 20,000 people across four districts.

An aerial view shows the damaged Ghatbesi Bridge over the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal’s Dhading district on Aug. 30, 2026. Manan VATSYAYANA /AFP via Getty Images

Americans still unaccounted for

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on Sunday that there are currently 85 Americans unaccounted for in Nepal. Nine have been safely evacuated, he said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding that “we are currently unaware of any U.S. citizen deaths at this time.”

“Right now we’re in communication with them directly to assess those needs. We have a disaster area response advisor actually on the ground right now, in communication to see how best we can offer assistance,” Pigott said. “The situation on the ground, as you just saw, in terms of the mud and other things, means that we have to get the right assistance in there. Nepal government, we’re coordinating with them on what they need.”

The State Department on Saturday said it activated $3.6 million in emergency humanitarian assistance, including up to three months of food for up to 10,000 households.

The missing also include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.

Victims of climate change

Wednesday’s flash floods started after a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region. Scientists who studied satellite images said bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme that it registered as magnitude 5.2.

The rocks and melted water then swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing a torrent of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

Nepal’s foreign minister called for a global response to climate change, saying Nepal was bearing a disproportionate share of its impact.

“Despite having only 0.1% contribution to the global emissions, people of Nepal have become major victims of climate change,” Shisir Khanal said Saturday.

A resident looks at the swollen Trishuli River in Galchhi, Dhading District, Nepal, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

Scientists have said it is too early to draw a direct connection between global warming and Wednesday’s catastrophe. However, they said that as Earth’s temperature rises because of human activities such as burning oil, gas and coal, the chances of such disasters increase, especially in the Himalayan mountains, which are warming considerably faster than many other parts of the world.

Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday that his country will send a search-and-rescue team to Nepal to assist with relief efforts and help evacuate Malaysians affected by the disaster.

Malaysia has also pledged $1 million in financial aid to Nepal, he said in a statement.

and Ramy Inocencio contributed to this report.

Republicans tighten screws on Sherrill as noncitizen voter probe enters new phase

August 30, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News

The House Judiciary subcommittee chairman is scheduling hearings with expert witnesses on New Jersey’s registration failures

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A coalition of House Republicans is escalating its push for answers after lawmakers said New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill failed to address most of their questions about the state’s noncitizen voter-registration scandal and instead directed criticism at President Donald Trump.

Republican Study Committee member Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., told Fox News Digital there will be consequences after Sherrill sent a response that he characterized as “snarky” and politicized and said largely sidestepped the lawmakers’ questions.

“The response that we got from the governor was almost like she took a political mailer and embossed it upon her official letterhead,” Van Drew said. “As governor of the state of New Jersey, it was beneath her, it was beneath me, and it was unfortunate.”

SHERRILL ESCALATES TRUMP FIGHT OVER VOTER FIASCO DAY AFTER MULLIN PRAISES NJ COOPERATION

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill delivers remarks at her election night watch party at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel on Nov. 4, 2025, in East Brunswick, New Jersey.(Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

“I state the obvious,” Van Drew said. “If you are an American, you should be voting in an American election. If you’re not an American, you shouldn’t be voting in an American election.”

Lawmakers focused their original inquiry on how the registration failure occurred, its potential consequences and how New Jersey would prevent another breakdown.

President Donald Trump meets with Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Washington.

The July 24 letter from dozens of RSC members, led by Van Drew and Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, posed 12 specific questions about the registration failure and its potential impact.

Sherrill replied that affected residents have been mailed notifications, but Van Drew said the overall response failed to address Congress’ concerns.

“We’re not done with this,” Van Drew pledged.

Van Drew said he is planning a hearing as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, with expert witnesses expected to testify.

Van Drew said he is working with the full committee under Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to get the requested information from Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, the state’s elections chief.

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“If there’s a complete lack of cooperation after we build up a case, there is a possibility, it’s not definite,” Van Drew said. “But if they’re not, we do, in my opinion, have to look at subpoenas as well.”

Sherrill defended her administration while criticizing Congress, Trump and the Republican-backed SAVE America Act.

SHERRILL DROPS HEAD-TURNING VOTER ID DECLARATION IN WAKE OF REGISTRATION FIASCO: ‘SIGNIFICANT SHIFT’

“Washington Republicans … seem much more concerned with using the issue for political gain than they are with protecting our elections,” Sherrill wrote, accusing several signatories of supporting Trump’s efforts to “undermine our election system” and noting that seven had challenged electoral votes after the 2020 election.

Sherrill also disputed Republicans’ contention that the SAVE America Act would have prevented the error, writing, “I encourage you to become more familiar with the legislation you have cosponsored.” She also raised privacy and abuse-of-power concerns about proposals to expand the federal government’s role in voter registration, including through a centralized voter registry.

Van Drew told Fox that “when you have a motor-voter law, [via which] people basically are automatically registered to vote – First of all, New Jersey is a sanctuary state… Illegal criminals shouldn’t be even in the state. But now we find out that illegals were also obviously having the ability to register to vote and were being registered and some of them actually were voting.”

The White House also rebuked Sherrill’s response, calling it “laughable” that she would criticize the Trump administration on election integrity.

“[This] after she and her fellow Democrats have denied for years that non-citizens are registering and voting in our elections,” said White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis.

Sherrill spokesperson Sean Higgins hit back at the criticisms, telling Fox News Digital the governor’s reply detailed how Trenton “moved with transparency and accountability to remediate this error from 2023.”

“But Republicans are more interested in playing political games. Considering that Jeff Van Drew’s campaign employed an operative convicted of voter fraud, bribery and blackmail, he might not be the best voice on what is too ‘political’ on this topic,” Higgins said, pointing to a 2020 Politico report about ex-Atlantic City council president Craig Callaway.

Pfluger told Fox News Digital that Sherrill spent “three pages on political theater and barely a sentence answering our questions,” adding that she “dodged” whether any elections were decided by fewer votes than the number of illegal ballots cast.

“We are not letting this story get buried. It is high time we pass the SAVE America Act to make sure our elections are secure, transparent, and worthy of the public’s trust,” he said.

Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., the state delegation’s most senior member and an RSC colleague, said Trenton must give Congress “complete transparency” and a corrective path forward.

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The inquiry will continue on several tracks. Van Drew’s subcommittee is preparing a hearing, the Judiciary Committee is seeking additional state records and lawmakers are weighing further compulsory action as separate executive branch scrutiny continues.

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有史以来最强厄尔尼诺现象将严重冲击全球经济

2026年8月30日 20:10 / 联合早报

厄尔尼诺现象带来的干旱，导致中美洲国家萨尔瓦多的玉米减产，农民收入受到影响。图为8月25日，当地农民收割受灾的玉米。 （法新社）

（纽约综合讯）或是有记载以来最强的厄尔尼诺现象仍在继续发酵，海洋升温带来的极端气候已开始冲击全球经济。从航运到铜业再到农业和渔产，厄尔尼诺对经济的影响方方面面，而亚洲新兴经济体和数以百万计的农民将首当其冲。

根据卫星和海洋浮标监测数据，科学家们在6月宣布厄尔尼诺现象已经开始。随着全球海洋温度在8月记录到历史新高，这轮厄尔尼诺可能成为有记载以来最强的一次。

厄尔尼诺是赤道太平洋大片海域的海水持续异常变暖的现象。今年席卷欧洲和印度的超级热浪、影响美国南部和南美洲西岸的暴雨，以及东南亚和澳洲的干旱天气，都是厄尔尼诺带来的影响。

《华尔街日报》星期六（8月29日）引述美国印第安纳大学气候科学家卡拉汉（Christopher Callahan）分析，超强的厄尔尼诺可能带来同样严重的经济影响，在全球造成数万亿美元的损失，特别是对热带和亚洲新兴经济体的冲击更大，造成经济增长放缓、通货膨胀加剧。

彭博经济近期的一项研究发现，自厄尔尼诺现象引发干旱以来，印度尼西亚和菲律宾的消费价格已经上涨了近两个百分点。其中，受冲击最严重的是数百万农民，他们的处境已经因为美伊冲突导致的化肥和柴油成本上涨而异常艰难。

干旱也导致巴拿马运河水位下降，管理当局被迫削减每日通航船只数量，推高通行成本，让原就可能因霍尔木兹海峡关闭而改道的航运进一步受到影响。

就在几天前，有韩国船东不惜在官方拍卖中以创纪录的530万美元（约673万新元）天价，抢下9月1日的优先通行权。

全球电气化进程与数据中心建设已导致铜供不应求，而厄尔尼诺带来的强降雨进一步阻碍了铜矿供应。

智利生产商安托法加斯塔集团的洛斯佩兰布雷斯（Los Pelambres）铜矿场，因7月出现异常暴风雪停产，集团已经下调年产预测。

由于担忧厄尔尼诺影响鱼群生存，秘鲁已提前叫停鱼粉主要原料鳀鱼的捕捞活动，使全球水产养殖业也面临挑战。不过，这也使一些替代品产业，如使用黑水虻幼虫制造饲料的企业，获得商机。

挪威咨询公司睿咨得能源（Rystad Energy）分析师也指出，厄尔尼诺带来的温和冬季，可能使欧洲对进口液化天然气的需求减少，有助度过因战争造成的能源危机。

有史以来最强厄尔尼诺现象将严重冲击全球经济

2026年8月30日 20:10 / 联合早报

厄尔尼诺现象带来的干旱，导致中美洲国家萨尔瓦多的玉米减产，农民收入受到影响。图为8月25日，当地农民收割受灾的玉米。 （法新社）

（纽约综合讯）或是有记载以来最强的厄尔尼诺现象仍在继续发酵，海洋升温带来的极端气候已开始冲击全球经济。从航运到铜业再到农业和渔产，厄尔尼诺对经济的影响方方面面，而亚洲新兴经济体和数以百万计的农民将首当其冲。

根据卫星和海洋浮标监测数据，科学家们在6月宣布厄尔尼诺现象已经开始。随着全球海洋温度在8月记录到历史新高，这轮厄尔尼诺可能成为有记载以来最强的一次。

厄尔尼诺是赤道太平洋大片海域的海水持续异常变暖的现象。今年席卷欧洲和印度的超级热浪、影响美国南部和南美洲西岸的暴雨，以及东南亚和澳洲的干旱天气，都是厄尔尼诺带来的影响。

《华尔街日报》星期六（8月29日）引述美国印第安纳大学气候科学家卡拉翰（Christopher Callahan）分析，超强的厄尔尼诺可能带来同样严重的经济影响，在全球造成数万亿美元的损失，特别是对热带和亚洲新兴经济体的冲击更大，造成经济增长放缓、通货膨胀加剧。

彭博经济近期的一项研究发现，自厄尔尼诺现象引发干旱以来，印度尼西亚和菲律宾的消费价格已经上涨了近两个百分点。其中，受冲击最严重的是数百万农民，他们的处境已经因为美伊冲突导致的化肥和柴油成本上涨而异常艰难。

干旱也导致巴拿马运河水位下降，管理当局被迫削减每日通航船只数量，推高通行成本，让原就可能因霍尔木兹海峡关闭而改道的航运进一步受到影响。

就在几天前，有韩国船东不惜在官方拍卖中以创纪录的530万美元（约673万新元）天价，抢下9月1日的优先通行权。

全球电气化进程与数据中心建设已导致铜供不应求，而厄尔尼诺带来的强降雨进一步阻碍了铜矿供应。

智利生产商安托法加斯塔集团的洛斯佩兰布雷斯（Los Pelambres）铜矿场，因7月出现异常暴风雪停产，集团已经下调年产预测。

由于担忧厄尔尼诺影响鱼群生存，秘鲁已提前叫停鱼粉主要原料鳀鱼的捕捞活动，使全球水产养殖业也面临挑战。不过，这也使一些替代品产业，如使用黑水虻幼虫制造饲料的企业，获得商机。

挪威咨询公司睿咨得能源（Rystad Energy）分析师也指出，厄尔尼诺带来的温和冬季，可能使欧洲对进口液化天然气的需求减少，有助度过因战争造成的能源危机。

18岁阿富汗女子遭家暴求离婚 塔利班官员反问：谁还会娶你

2026-08-30 20:23 / 联合早报 新明日报

身穿罩袍的阿富汗女性2023年8月12日在马扎里沙里夫示威，争取受教育权。塔利班重掌政权后，女孩被禁止接受中学和大学教育。 （法新社）

“如果还有可能一起生活，我就不会来这里。”

18岁的阿富汗女子图芭（化名）与朱兹詹省（Jawzjan）官员谈话，坚持要求与丈夫离婚。她指控丈夫数月来持续虐待和殴打她，但地方官员却劝她维持婚姻，并反问离婚后还有谁愿意娶她。

英国广播公司（BBC）报道，这一幕发生在塔利班重新掌权五年后，也折射出阿富汗女性在婚姻、教育、就业和出行等方面仍面对的重重限制。

图芭告诉官员，她的“尊严和名誉早已被毁”。根据当地伊斯兰教法实践，女性若要求丈夫同意离婚，可能须退还婚后获得的部分或全部款项；而在塔利班司法体系下，如果丈夫不同意，女性要取得离婚尤其困难。

一名全身包裹的阿富汗女子8月19日坐在摩托车后座。塔利班掌权后持续限制女性出行，并停止在部分地区向女性发放驾照，使女性独立驾车和出行受到重重限制。（法新社）

图芭的丈夫还要求她的家人支付原有款项四倍的金额，家属拒绝接受。她的父亲后来称，仍会继续通过法院争取离婚。

婚姻自主只是阿富汗女性面对的限制之一。塔利班2021年重新掌权后，女孩被禁止接受中学和大学教育，女性被排除在多数工作岗位之外，也不能独自远行，或进入公园和休闲场所。多名女性告诉BBC，教育和事业梦想被迫中断，有参与抗议的女性甚至遭到监禁。

社会内部对这些政策也出现反对声音。

在一次部族集会上，一名慈善机构负责人当着塔利班官员面前呼吁重开女校，称伊斯兰教同样要求男女求学，但他的麦克风很快被拿走。他事后说，原本还有更多话想说，却没有机会继续。

塔利班则坚持，女性权利必须按照伊斯兰教法理解。政府发言人穆贾希德说，塔利班仍致力保障女性权利和言论自由，但“一切都应从伊斯兰教法的角度来看”。他还称，允许女性在政府办公室工作可能带来“不道德”问题，并表示女性教育问题仍在讨论，须找到符合教法的解决方案。

五年过去，部分地区的限制仍在收紧。塔利班重镇坎大哈如今禁止电台播放女性声音，媒体拍摄也受到更严格限制。

一名曾在塔利班重新掌权初期上街抗议的阿富汗女性说，女性不会永远接受这样的处境。她认为，塔利班之所以限制女性，是因为害怕受过教育的女性拥有更多自主和影响力。

一名身穿罩袍的阿富汗女子在马扎里沙里夫出售塔利班旗帜。（法新社）

18岁阿富汗女子遭家暴求离婚 塔利班官员反问：谁还会娶你

2026年8月30日 20:23 / 联合早报

身穿罩袍的阿富汗女性2023年8月12日在马扎里沙里夫示威，争取受教育权。塔利班重掌政权后，女孩被禁止接受中学和大学教育。 （法新社）

“如果还有可能一起生活，我就不会来这里。”

18岁的阿富汗女子图芭（化名）与朱兹詹省（Jawzjan）官员谈话，坚持要求与丈夫离婚。她指控丈夫数月来持续虐待和殴打她，但地方官员却劝她维持婚姻，并反问离婚后还有谁愿意娶她。

英国广播公司（BBC）报道，这一幕发生在塔利班重新掌权五年后，也折射出阿富汗女性在婚姻、教育、就业和出行等方面仍面对的重重限制。

图芭告诉官员，她的“尊严和名誉早已被毁”。根据当地伊斯兰教法实践，女性若要求丈夫同意离婚，可能须退还婚后获得的部分或全部款项；而在塔利班司法体系下，如果丈夫不同意，女性要取得离婚尤其困难。

一名全身包裹的阿富汗女子8月19日坐在摩托车后座。塔利班掌权后持续限制女性出行，并停止在部分地区向女性发放驾照，使女性独立驾车和出行受到重重限制。（法新社）

图芭的丈夫还要求她的家人支付原有款项四倍的金额，家属拒绝接受。她的父亲后来称，仍会继续通过法院争取离婚。

婚姻自主只是阿富汗女性面对的限制之一。塔利班2021年重新掌权后，女孩被禁止接受中学和大学教育，女性被排除在多数工作岗位之外，也不能独自远行，或进入公园和休闲场所。多名女性告诉BBC，教育和事业梦想被迫中断，有参与抗议的女性甚至遭到监禁。

社会内部对这些政策也出现反对声音。

在一次部族集会上，一名慈善机构负责人当着塔利班官员面前呼吁重开女校，称伊斯兰教同样要求男女求学，但他的麦克风很快被拿走。他事后说，原本还有更多话想说，却没有机会继续。

塔利班则坚持，女性权利必须按照伊斯兰教法理解。政府发言人穆贾希德说，塔利班仍致力保障女性权利和言论自由，但“一切都应从伊斯兰教法的角度来看”。他还称，允许女性在政府办公室工作可能带来“不道德”问题，并表示女性教育问题仍在讨论，须找到符合教法的解决方案。

五年过去，部分地区的限制仍在收紧。塔利班重镇坎大哈如今禁止电台播放女性声音，媒体拍摄也受到更严格限制。

一名曾在塔利班重新掌权初期上街抗议的阿富汗女性说，女性不会永远接受这样的处境。她认为，塔利班之所以限制女性，是因为害怕受过教育的女性拥有更多自主和影响力。

一名身穿罩袍的阿富汗女子在马扎里沙里夫出售塔利班旗帜。（法新社）

ICE deports Afghans and others to Africa, expanding “third country” deportations

2026-08-30T09:46:27-0400 / CBS News

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Over a 10-day period, the Trump administration sent more than 100 deportees from Afghanistan, Cuba, Nicaragua and other nations to eight countries across Africa, expanding its “third country” deportation campaign, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by CBS News.

Three Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights, the government documents show, dropped off dozens of men and women expelled from the U.S. in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

None of the deportees were from the countries where they were deported, according to the documents. In addition to Afghans, Cubans and Nicaraguans, the ICE flights over the past week and a half included deportees from Iran, Nepal, Turkey and Venezuela, as well as African detainees who are not from the nations where they were sent.

The federal documents, which have not been previously reported on, offer a window into the Trump administration’s intensifying campaign to use “third country” deportation agreements to banish groups of deportees to far-flung countries where they have no ties.

More than 30 countries across the globe have agreed to receive such deportations from the U.S., including some in Latin America like Costa Rica, Panama and Paraguay. But a growing number of African countries have brokered third-country deportation deals with the Trump administration, including nations like the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, plagued by armed conflict, political tumult and human rights abuses.

The international agreements have largely been shrouded in secrecy, but it appears some countries, like Ghana and Sierra Leone, have only agreed to accept deportees from other places in Africa. Countries like Eswatini, the Central African Republic and Liberia have received detainees from Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Some of those deported to Africa by the Trump administration have criminal records in addition to immigration violations, including the detainees sent to Eswatini and South Sudan, where officials have imprisoned deportees convicted of violent and serious crimes in the U.S. But many of the deportees sent to other countries lack any criminal histories, beyond entering the U.S. illegally or not having the proper documents to stay in the country.

The latest of three ICE flights to Africa dropped off detainees in Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic, where longstanding armed conflict and Russian mercenaries have made the landlocked country one of the most dangerous in the world. A “Level 4” U.S. State Department advisory warns Americans to avoid traveling there for any reason, given widespread violence and insecurity.

CBS News reached out to the Departments of Homeland Security and State seeking comment on the deportations to Africa.

“If an illegal alien chooses to file a claim in court refusing to go to their home country, we are required by law to find a safe and secure nation for them to go to. If an illegal alien chooses to go home, we will give them a free flight home and a $3,000 check,” DHS said in a statement to CBS News on Sunday. “The choice is theirs.”

Among those deported to the Central African Republic on the most recent flight was an Afghan man whose family helped American forces fight the Taliban and who won legal protection in a U.S. immigration court, according to his lawyer and brother.

Khalil, the 24-year-old Afghan deportee, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in 2024, after traveling across Latin America, according to his immigration lawyer. He was held by ICE in custody during his entire time in the U.S. His immigration lawyer said Khalil came to join his brothers, one of whom was brought to the U.S. in 2014 because of his work alongside American military forces while in the Afghan Army. Legal documents indicate another of Khalil’s brothers fought the Taliban as a pilot and was killed during the war.

In August 2025, while detained, Khalil was granted a legal protection, known as “withholding of removal,” by a U.S. immigration judge who found he could face persecution in Afghanistan, legal documents show. He did not get asylum, a more permanent legal protection, because of a Biden-era policy that disqualified asylum-seekers who failed to seek protection in other countries before reaching American soil, according to the documents.

While that protection barred ICE from returning Khalil to Afghanistan, it did not legally prevent his deportation to a third country. And the Trump administration has increasingly sought to deport those who’ve won limited protections in immigration court, like withholding of removal, to third countries.

“The goal is to obliterate the global refugee protection system, and his case should serve as a warning of the unconscionable consequences,” said Alma David, Khalil’s immigration lawyer. CBS News is not disclosing Khalil’s surname due to concerns from his family that he or relatives could be targeted by the Taliban.

Zachary Schmidt, an active-duty Marine colonel who supervised Khalil’s brother during his deployment to Afghanistan, said he’s concerned about Khalil’s safety in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic and the prospect that he could be returned to his homeland. He said he’s seen threats made by Taliban militants against Khalil’s family.

“It is my belief that if Khalil gets sent back to Afghanistan, that he will be killed,” Schmidt told CBS News, speaking in his personal capacity.

Schmidt, who testified in Khalil’s immigration court case, noted the U.S. made a “deal” with Afghans who agreed to aid the American war effort in Afghanistan.

“The deal is that if you help us, and help rebuild your country, we will look out for you. We’ll help you and your family,” Schmidt said. “We have to keep that promise.”

韩国大规模改组内阁 房地产政策“双头”换人

2026年8月30日 20:29 / 联合早报

• 韩国总统李在明宣布上任以来最大规模内阁改组，更换财政经济、国土交通等六个部会首长，以重振施政动力。 – 财长与国土部长同时换人并由内部官员升任，显示政府在调整房地产政策的同时，也强调政策的连续性。 – 法务国防等四部获新人选，跨党派任用少数党议员及革新党人士任要职，青瓦台称用人唯一标准是实力。 – 朝鲜军方高层亦现人事调整，防长努光铁被免职由金成基接任，朴正天时隔半年重新出任军委副委员长。

分析认为，韩国总统李在明这次大规模改组内阁，意在以政策纠偏和人事革新展现求变姿态，为执政第二年重新积蓄动力。 （路透社档案照）

韩国总统李在明宣布上任以来最大规模内阁改组，一口气更换财政经济、法务、国防、国土交通、中小风险企业及性别平等家族部等六个部会首长。其中，被视为房地产政策“双头马车”的财政经济部和国土交通部部长同时换人。此次改组被视为李在明扭转民意颓势、重振施政动力的关键布局。

韩国总统府青瓦台总统秘书室长姜勋植星期天（8月30日）公布改组名单。副总理兼财政经济部长候选人由现任第一次长李亨日出任，国土交通部长候选人则由现任第二次长洪智善升任。两名内部官员获提拔，显示政府在寻求政策调整的同时，也强调政策连续性。

房地产政策近期成为拖累李在明支持率的重要因素，同时撤换财政和国土部门负责人，被解读为要求新团队尽快在稳定房价、扩大住房供应等方面拿出成果。

法务部长候选人由执政党再选议员、法官出身的金胜源出任；国防部长则提名前韩美联合军司令部副司令姜信哲，取代安圭白。姜信哲今年1月刚出任驻沙特阿拉伯大使，半年多后即被召回，预计负责推动国防自主和军队改革。

中小风险企业部长候选人为共同民主党议员李素永；性别平等家族部长则破格提名少数党基本所得党议员龙慧仁。

祖国革新党议员李海敏同时获任青瓦台人工智能（AI）未来企划首席秘书，显示李在明进一步扩大泛执政阵营的用人范围。姜勋植强调，此次人事调整的唯一标准是“实力”，将不拘党派起用专业人才。

此次改组背后，是青瓦台对民意持续低迷的危机感。自6月3日地方选举后，李在明支持率持续下滑，最新民调跌至42%的上任新低，负面评价升至50%。

分析认为，李在明提前启动第二期内阁，同时撤换房地产政策“双头”并扩大跨党派用人，意在以政策纠偏和人事革新展现求变姿态，为执政第二年重新积蓄动力。

朝鲜撤换防长

另外，朝鲜军方高层也出现大规模人事调整。曾在今年2月卸下党政军核心职务的朴正天，相隔半年重新出任党中央军事委员会副委员长，重返权力核心；防长努光铁则被免职，转任负责军需工业的党内职务。

朝中社30日报道，朝鲜劳动党第九届中央军事委员会第二次会议29日举行，最高领导人金正恩主持会议。经党中央委员会政治局批准，努光铁被免去防长职务，由人民军总政治局局长金成基接任。

会议同时决定，由朴正天重新出任党中央军事委员会副委员长，并补选为党中央委员会委员和政治局委员。

今年2月，朴正天在劳动党第九次代表大会后卸任政治局委员、党中央书记和中央军委副委员长等职，一度被认为退居二线，如今仅半年便迅速复出。

庆南大学远东问题研究所教授林乙出指出，朴正天在核武器、导弹和炮兵领域拥有“难以替代的专业性”，也是武器系统现代化的核心人物。朝鲜重新起用朴正天，可能是看重他在落实国防力量强化五年计划、推动先进武器实战部署及运用等方面的经验。

分析认为，此次换将既着眼于整顿军纪，也意在加快武器现代化和军队改革，进一步强化金正恩对军队的掌控。

韩国大规模改组内阁 房地产政策“双头”换人

2026年8月30日 20:29 / 联合早报 姜贵瑛

• 韩国总统李在明宣布上任以来最大规模内阁改组，更换财政经济、国土交通等六个部会首长，以重振施政动力。 – 财长与国土部长同时换人并由内部官员升任，显示政府在调整房地产政策的同时，也强调政策的连续性。 – 法务国防等四部获新人选，跨党派任用少数党议员及革新党人士任要职，青瓦台称用人唯一标准是实力。 – 朝鲜军方高层亦现人事调整，防长努光铁被免职由金成基接任，朴正天时隔半年重新出任军委副委员长。

分析认为，韩国总统李在明这次大规模改组内阁，意在以政策纠偏和人事革新展现求变姿态，为执政第二年重新积蓄动力。 （路透社档案照）

韩国总统李在明宣布上任以来最大规模内阁改组，一口气更换财政经济、法务、国防、国土交通、中小风险企业及性别平等家族部等六个部会首长。其中，被视为房地产政策“双头马车”的财政经济部和国土交通部部长同时换人。此次改组被视为李在明扭转民意颓势、重振施政动力的关键布局。

韩国总统府青瓦台总统秘书室长姜勋植星期天（8月30日）公布改组名单。副总理兼财政经济部长候选人由现任第一次长李亨日出任，国土交通部长候选人则由现任第二次长洪智善升任。两名内部官员获提拔，显示政府在寻求政策调整的同时，也强调政策连续性。

房地产政策近期成为拖累李在明支持率的重要因素，同时撤换财政和国土部门负责人，被解读为要求新团队尽快在稳定房价、扩大住房供应等方面拿出成果。

法务部长候选人由执政党再选议员、法官出身的金胜源出任；国防部长则提名前韩美联合军司令部副司令姜信哲，取代安圭白。姜信哲今年1月刚出任驻沙特阿拉伯大使，半年多后即被召回，预计负责推动国防自主和军队改革。

中小风险企业部长候选人为共同民主党议员李素永；性别平等家族部长则破格提名少数党基本所得党议员龙慧仁。

祖国革新党议员李海敏同时获任青瓦台人工智能（AI）未来企划首席秘书，显示李在明进一步扩大泛执政阵营的用人范围。姜勋植强调，此次人事调整的唯一标准是“实力”，将不拘党派起用专业人才。

此次改组背后，是青瓦台对民意持续低迷的危机感。自6月3日地方选举后，李在明支持率持续下滑，最新民调跌至42%的上任新低，负面评价升至50%。

分析认为，李在明提前启动第二期内阁，同时撤换房地产政策“双头”并扩大跨党派用人，意在以政策纠偏和人事革新展现求变姿态，为执政第二年重新积蓄动力。

朝鲜撤换防长

另外，朝鲜军方高层也出现大规模人事调整。曾在今年2月卸下党政军核心职务的朴正天，相隔半年重新出任党中央军事委员会副委员长，重返权力核心；防长努光铁则被免职，转任负责军需工业的党内职务。

朝中社30日报道，朝鲜劳动党第九届中央军事委员会第二次会议29日举行，最高领导人金正恩主持会议。经党中央委员会政治局批准，努光铁被免去防长职务，由人民军总政治局局长金成基接任。

会议同时决定，由朴正天重新出任党中央军事委员会副委员长，并补选为党中央委员会委员和政治局委员。

今年2月，朴正天在劳动党第九次代表大会后卸任政治局委员、党中央书记和中央军委副委员长等职，一度被认为退居二线，如今仅半年便迅速复出。

庆南大学远东问题研究所教授林乙出指出，朴正天在核武器、导弹和炮兵领域拥有“难以替代的专业性”，也是武器系统现代化的核心人物。朝鲜重新起用朴正天，可能是看重他在落实国防力量强化五年计划、推动先进武器实战部署及运用等方面的经验。

分析认为，此次换将既着眼于整顿军纪，也意在加快武器现代化和军队改革，进一步强化金正恩对军队的掌控。

Silicon Valley exec ignites firestorm after accusing JD Vance of bringing DEI back

August 30, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News

A tech exec’s response to Vance’s America-first hiring call reignited a fierce fight over H-1B visas and whose interests US companies should serve

By Alec Schemmel Fox News

Ankit Gupta, a general partner at Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, is facing backlash after describing Vice President JD Vance’s call for American companies to “hire and train Americans” as a return of “DEI.”

“In a win for the woke left DEI is back,” Gupta wrote on X.

“No, Ankit. It’s called putting your own citizens first,” Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito wrote, arguing that American companies should prioritize American jobs and workers. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon, and Nalin Haley, the son of former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, also publicly pushed back on Gupta’s framing.

Gupta’s X post came in response to Vance’s call for American corporations to hire and train American workers when they need employees.

TRUMP ADMIN’S PUSH TO SCRAP DEI IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES LANDMARK STEP WITH NEW HIRING RULE

Vice President JD Vance listens as a reporter asks a question in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

“Y Combinator is a supposed champion of ‘Little Tech’ but perhaps they’re nothing more than a front for the far left,” Ferguson wrote in response to Gupta’s post, which has since become private after the CEO changed his social media settings, according to X. “I’m deeply uncomfortable with wealthy investors attacking American workers like this. I’m afraid it’s increasingly obvious to many people that individuals such as this guy do not have the best interests of America and her citizens in mind. The purpose of the American economy is to promote the general welfare of American workers, not provide jobs for the rest of the world.”

Ferguson subsequently posted a screenshot of his X account, showing Gupta had blocked him amid the criticism.

OBAMA-APPOINTED JUDGE TORPEDOES TRUMP’S BID TO PROTECT US JOBS BY REFORMING CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION POLICY

“It’s now DEI to train and hire Americans? Plenty of data to show that Americans are more than qualified, but corporate greed refuses to pay them respectable wages,” Haley added on X following Gupta’s post. “You can have a meritocracy in AMERICA but it has to apply to AMERICANS. Otherwise we’re just a globalist entity and not even a country anymore. Ban the H-1B Visa now!”

Fox News Digital reached out repeatedly to Y Combinator and Gupta for comment on his characterization but did not receive a response.

CEO UNDER FIRE FOR MASS LAYOFFS AMID FOREIGN WORKER HIRING SPREE NOW APPOINTED TO FED’S TASK FORCE ON JOBS

Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025.(Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Dhillon, meanwhile, accused some technology companies and other employers of exploiting visa programs and hiring practices to obtain cheaper foreign labor for jobs she said Americans could perform, including by failing to advertise openings through regular channels and relying on staffing pipelines.

“These are not good business practices; they are not patriotic economic practices; and they are illegal labor practices,” Dhillon wrote, adding that the Trump administration “will not allow American employers to discriminate against American workers.”

FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN TRUMP’S $100K H-1B VISA FEE, RULING IT AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAX

Dhillon added that the Justice Department, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Labor Department were working together to “level the playing field for U.S. workers.”

Harmeet Dhillon speaks at the National Conservative Convention in Washington D.C., Sept. 2, 2025.(Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

The clash comes as the Trump administration pursues an overhaul of the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. employers to hire temporary foreign workers in specialty occupations. The Trump administration’s 2025 effort to impose a $100,000 payment on new H-1B petitions through a presidential proclamation was blocked by a federal judge. The administration is now trying a different route, with the Department of Homeland Security proposing a formal rule that would establish a $103,265 fee for cap-subject petitions.

Construction workers juxtaposed beyond an image of an American flag.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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The Labor Department has separately proposed changing how wages are calculated in H-1B and related visa programs. The department said the proposal is intended to curb incentives to hire foreign workers at below-market pay and to protect the wages and job opportunities of American workers.

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.

Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.

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