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5月以来第五波 欧洲本周料再遭热浪袭击

2026年8月10日 20:10 / 联合早报

高温和干旱导致欧洲多条河流水位下降，影响供水与航运。在德国东部城市德累斯顿，易北河（Elbe）水位显著降低，大片河床裸露，不少游轮只能停靠岸边。 （法新社）

（巴黎／伦敦／柏林综合讯）欧洲大片地区本周预料将遭新一波热浪席卷。这将是欧洲自5月以来遭遇的第五波异常高温天气。

《纽约时报》星期天（8月9日）报道，“热穹顶”（heat dome）正在欧洲大陆上空逐渐增强，预计极端高温本周将侵袭欧洲，首先出现在法国、西班牙和意大利部分地区，随后向中欧移动。预料，本轮冲击的最高温会出现在德国、波兰和捷克。

“热穹顶”是指大范围高压系统长期稳定停滞在某一区域上空，像“锅盖”或“罩子”一样压制热空气并阻断热量向外扩散。

西欧、中欧和南欧多地星期天已发布高温预警。其中，意大利西部和南部，以及克罗地亚西部处于最高级别的红色预警状态。气象预报警告，气温急升叠加极端干燥天气持续，发生特大野火的风险加剧。

欧盟气候监测机构哥白尼气候变化服务中心星期一（10日）报告，西欧经历有记录以来最热的6月至7月，平均气温达到21.62摄氏度，比平均值高出2.79度，超过2022年创下的最高纪录。

高温导致法国和西班牙7月遭遇历来最严重的森林大火之一；欧洲的其他国家、美国西北部和加拿大也出现严重火情。

7月份，全球海洋表面平均温度达到20.96摄氏度，打破2023年创下的最高纪录，而且是连续第二个月刷新。这在一定程度上是受欧洲周边海域热浪和太平洋强劲厄尔尼诺现象所影响。

高温加上干旱，克罗地亚东北部巴蒂纳的多瑙河水位大降，露出大片沙洲。（法新社）

这股热浪导致欧洲多条河流的水量处于异常低位。塞纳、莱茵和多瑙这些主要河流的情况尤为严重，对多国的供水、灌溉以及能源生产造成影响。

由于水位过低，莱茵河关键河段的货运交通本周面临断航风险，如果无法全线通航，就必须分段运行。

英国水库的水位也持续下降。在英格兰，几乎所有水库的水位都低于常年均值，其中五座更是降至极低水平。

经济学家指出，6月与7月的夏季高温对欧盟造成的经济损失可能空前。目前，超过六座核电机组因冷却困难被迫停机或减产；玉米与向日葵等作物的收成在7月减少6%至7%。

德国保险公司安联（Allianz）估算，单在6月两周，热浪就使得欧洲部分地区的国内生产总值减少0.3个百分点；到2030年，气候变化可能使西班牙、法国和意大利等受影响较大的经济体增长缩减5%至7%。

5月以来第五波 欧洲本周料再遭热浪袭击

2026年8月10日 20:10 / 联合早报

高温和干旱导致欧洲多条河流水位下降，影响供水与航运。在德国东部城市德累斯顿，易北河（Elbe）水位显著降低，大片河床裸露，不少游轮只能停靠岸边。 （法新社）

（巴黎／伦敦／柏林综合讯）欧洲大片地区本周预料将遭新一波热浪席卷。这将是欧洲自5月以来遭遇的第五波异常高温天气。

《纽约时报》星期天（8月9日）报道，“热穹顶”（heat dome）正在欧洲大陆上空逐渐增强，预计极端高温本周将侵袭欧洲，首先出现在法国、西班牙和意大利部分地区，随后向中欧移动。预料，本轮冲击的最高温会出现在德国、波兰和捷克。

“热穹顶”是指大范围高压系统长期稳定停滞在某一区域上空，像“锅盖”或“罩子”一样压制热空气并阻断热量向外扩散。

西欧、中欧和南欧多地星期天已发布高温预警。其中，意大利西部和南部，以及克罗地亚西部处于最高级别的红色预警状态。气象预报警告，气温急升叠加极端干燥天气持续，发生特大野火的风险加剧。

欧盟气候监测机构哥白尼气候变化服务中心星期一（10日）报告，西欧经历有记录以来最热的6月至7月，平均气温达到21.62摄氏度，比平均值高出2.79度，超过2022年创下的最高纪录。

高温导致法国和西班牙7月遭遇历来最严重的森林大火之一；欧洲的其他国家、美国西北部和加拿大也出现严重火情。

7月份，全球海洋表面平均温度达到20.96摄氏度，打破2023年创下的最高纪录，而且是连续第二个月刷新。这在一定程度上是受欧洲周边海域热浪和太平洋强劲厄尔尼诺现象所影响。

高温加上干旱，克罗地亚东北部巴蒂纳的多瑙河水位大降，露出大片沙洲。（法新社）

这股热浪导致欧洲多条河流的水量处于异常低位。塞纳、莱茵和多瑙这些主要河流的情况尤为严重，对多国的供水、灌溉以及能源生产造成影响。

由于水位过低，莱茵河关键河段的货运交通本周面临断航风险，如果无法全线通航，就必须分段运行。

英国水库的水位也持续下降。在英格兰，几乎所有水库的水位都低于常年均值，其中五座更是降至极低水平。

经济学家指出，6月与7月的夏季高温对欧盟造成的经济损失可能空前。目前，超过六座核电机组因冷却困难被迫停机或减产；玉米与向日葵等作物的收成在7月减少6%至7%。

德国保险公司安联（Allianz）估算，单在6月两周，热浪就使得欧洲部分地区的国内生产总值减少0.3个百分点；到2030年，气候变化可能使西班牙、法国和意大利等受影响较大的经济体增长缩减5%至7%。

沙特工厂火灾致16名孟加拉籍劳工死亡

2026-08-10 20:18 / 联合早报

孟加拉国外交部说，沙特阿拉伯一家沙发工厂日前发生火灾，导致16名孟加拉公民丧生。

法新社报道，孟加拉国外交部星期一（8月10日）发声明说，沙特利雅得一家沙发工厂前一天发生火灾，16名孟加拉籍劳工不幸遇难，达卡方面对此深感震惊。

孟加拉国侨民福利部长说，孟加拉国驻沙特大使馆与当地政府保持持续沟通。

沙特是孟加拉国劳工的最大派遣目的地。路透社报道称，共有约有350万孟加拉公民居住在沙特，去年向家乡汇款超过27亿美元（约35亿新元）。

沙特工厂火灾致16名孟加拉籍劳工死亡

2026-08-10 20:18 / 联合早报

孟加拉国外交部说，沙特阿拉伯一家沙发工厂日前发生火灾，导致16名孟加拉公民丧生。

法新社报道，孟加拉国外交部星期一（8月10日）发声明说，沙特利雅得一家沙发工厂前一天发生火灾，16名孟加拉籍劳工不幸遇难，达卡方面对此深感震惊。

孟加拉国侨民福利部长说，孟加拉国驻沙特大使馆与当地政府保持持续沟通。

沙特是孟加拉国劳工的最大派遣目的地。路透社报道称，共有约有350万孟加拉公民居住在沙特，去年向家乡汇款超过27亿美元（约35亿新元）。

Socialist leader squirms during TV interview when forced to address push to abolish prisons, police

2026-08-10 11:33 EDT / Fox News

DSA’s Frances Gill said she wanted to avoid hypotheticals when pressed on what would happen to a rapist

By Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News

Published August 10, 2026 11:33am EDT

DSA leader squirms during interview as anchor presses her on abolishing prisons, police

A Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) leader squirmed during a tense Sunday interview on CBS Los Angeles after a television anchor pressed her on the real-life ramifications of the radical party’s calls to abolish police and prisons.

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A socialist leader squirmed during a tense Sunday interview after a local California television anchor pressed her on the real-life ramifications of the radical party’s calls to abolish police and prisons.

In an interview with NBC 4 Los Angeles, anchor Conan Nolan posed pointed questions to Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) National Political Committee Member Frances Gill on the topics of law enforcement, immigration and the movement’s other far-left proposals.

After a brief back-and-forth over what defunding the police means and how that would be applied in practice, Gill resorted to deflecting by refusing to engage in ‘hypotheticals.’

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“What we really want to see is a horizon where folks are not reliant on armed enforcement to meet our public safety needs,” Gill conceded.

“Right, but it says ‘defund police’ on your website — that’s your goal — and also to get rid of prisons and jails, correct?” he pressed, to which Gill answered affirmatively.

“So if my daughter is assaulted and raped, is there any agency that would seek to find her assailant and bring him to justice?” asked Nolan.

“Of course, yeah of course—” said Gill before the host jumped back in with a follow-up question.

“What would it be if not police and where would he be if not a jail?” asked Nolan.

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump-owned building on May Day, May 1, 2019, in New York City.(Getty Images)

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“So I guess I really want to avoid getting caught into these hypotheticals and talk about the reality that we’re actually facing right now,” Gill dodged.

That reality, she said, is the city spending “outrageous amounts on police and policing,” instead of addressing real issues plaguing Los Angeles. She suggested that the lack of street lights, substance abuse treatment and mental healthcare are all contributing to a lack of public safety and rise in crime.

The pair then clashed over voter demographics in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, won by DSA-adjacent candidate Abdul El-Sayed — closely associated with extremist streamer Hasan Piker, who once said America deserved 9/11. The two palled around on the campaign trail.

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Nolan noted that El-Sayed’s support came overwhelmingly from college-educated voters like Gill, and that El-Sayed lost the state’s 15 counties where the majority of voters did not have a college degree, characterizing the latter as the “working class” that DSA claims to support. Noting that she has $500,000 in student debt, Gill said college-educated voters like herself believed their degrees would lead to prosperity, but ultimately they found themselves downwardly mobile because society’s “scales are tipped in one direction to benefit the rich.”

On the issue if border security, Gill became defensive and questioned whether Nolan was acting in “good faith” when he quizzed her about whether there would be any border security if, like the DSA promotes, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was abolished.

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“I guess I don’t understand why we kind of constantly get pinned on these particular questions when the immediate reality of the situation is that immigration enforcement is absolutely out of control, needs to be addressed immediately and we know that in Los Angeles, like, more than almost any other city in the country,” she said.

Democratic Socialists of America protest in solidarity with the Palestinians in New York City October 8, 2023. Per NYPD some 1000 protesters attended rally.(Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)

She also denied that former President Joe Biden opened the borders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data show that the agency encountered at least 11 million people during Biden’s presidency.

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Under President Donald Trump, that number has waned to fewer than 10,000 per month, and the administration touts that zero illegal aliens have been released into the country since retaking office.

Fox News Digital reached out to DSA for comment on Gill’s interview.

Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.

President Trump: We are only ‘semi-negotiating’ with Iran

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特朗普据悉倾向经济施压 伊朗自认占上风

2026年8月10日 20:36 / 联合早报

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普已多次威胁要猛烈轰炸伊朗，但最终都未付诸行动，伊朗很可能也注意到这点。 （路透社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普暗示，他倾向于通过加大经济施压，而不是发动新一轮大规模攻势，来迫使伊朗同意美方要求。分析认为，如今德黑兰自认在这场冲突中占据上风，这降低了美伊在短期内达成协议的可能性。

特朗普星期天（8月9日）接受美国新闻网站Axios电话采访时说，美国正低调处理与伊朗的冲突。他称：“我们在观望伊朗，他们面临着严重的通货膨胀，以及没钱的事实。”

他说，美国的海上封锁加剧伊朗的经济危机，而随着油价回落，战事给美国消费者带来的痛苦已经减轻。

针对与伊朗的反复博弈，特朗普坚称：“事情会解决的。它总能解决。这就像下棋一样。”

伊朗外交部发言人巴加埃星期一（10日）对此回应称，伊朗人已证明他们是“专业棋手”。

特朗普一周前才恫言要狠狠打击伊朗，但美国官员透露，他如今已改变主意。其中一名官员告诉Axios，与美方的战斗让德黑兰得以逃避处理战争的后果，包括受损的基础设施与严重的经济危机，而当战斗暂停，德黑兰将被迫面对让它束手无策的严峻现实。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普已多次威胁要猛烈轰炸伊朗，但最终都未付诸行动，德黑兰很可能也注意到这点。

伊朗星期六就重开霍尔木兹海峡提出多项强硬要求，包括美国解除海上封锁与制裁、从伊朗周边地区撤军等，凸显它自认目前占据了上风。

曾任北约欧洲盟军最高统帅的美国退役军官斯塔夫里迪斯说，这些新要求缩小了特朗普政府的选择空间。“伊朗高估了自己的筹码，强硬派似乎已掌控局面。短期内达成协议的可能性正在降低。”

伊朗任命强硬掌管国家安全

伊朗总统府星期天宣布，任命伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队前总司令雷扎伊（Mohsen Rezaei，71岁）为最高国家安全委员会秘书。原秘书佐勒加德尔将改任伊朗最高领袖穆杰塔巴的政治顾问。

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队前总司令雷扎伊星期天（8月9日）获任命为伊朗最高国家安全委员会秘书。（路透社）

雷扎伊于1981年至1997年担任革命卫队总司令，之后曾任伊朗确定国家利益委员会秘书长、副总统等高级职务，并于今年早些时候成为穆杰塔巴的军事顾问。

伊朗安全问题专家阿齐兹（Hamidreza Azizi）说，雷扎伊执掌国家最高安全机构意义重大，这可能表明伊朗“老派”安全建制派正进一步巩固权力，而不是在为把权力移交给年轻一代政治精英铺路。

阿齐兹告诉《纽约时报》，此举也可能旨在制衡主导与美国谈判的伊朗议长卡利巴夫，防止他的影响力过大。

田纳西大学查塔努加分校教授戈尔卡尔（Saeid Golkar）则认为，雷扎伊获擢升虽表明革命卫队掌握着关键决策权，但并不意味着伊朗的决策会变得更强硬或务实。

戈尔卡尔预计，由于雷扎伊和卡利巴夫都拥有很大的政治雄心，两人最终可能会发生冲突。“这种人事格局是行不通的。所有人都想称王。”

Crypto bill faces long odds after Senate punts vote to September

2026-08-10T14:55:48.236Z / Reuters

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September 15 cloture vote will gauge whether backers can reach the 60-vote threshold
Critics seek stronger anti-money laundering rules and broader state enforcement powers
Time running out for lawmakers to resolve differences in election year

Aug 10 (Reuters) – The chances that the U.S. crypto industry will win once-in-a-generation digital asset legislation are dimming, despite Senate Republicans promising to advance the bill when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next month.

In a blow for ​the crypto industry, the Senate left Washington on Saturday for the five-week August recess without a much-anticipated vote on the Clarity Act, which would create a regulatory framework for digital ​assets.

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The deep-pocketed industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars campaigning to advance the bill which they say will put crypto companies on a solid legal footing, although Democrats, some Republicans and other critics say it lacks tough money laundering and ethics safeguards.

With the bill facing continued opposition from key Democrats needed to clinch 60 votes, and the Senate logjammed with other business, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, on Saturday pushed a procedural vote that could kickstart the process of advancing the bill to the Senate floor to September.

But many analysts ​and lobbyists are skeptical that it has a future. That’s because the November elections, in which the House of Representatives and roughly a third of the Senate are up for reelection, will ​dominate lawmakers’ attention and truncate Senate sessions during another busy stretch, leaving little time for lawmakers to resolve ongoing differences.

“I think it’s a long shot,” said ⁠Brian Gardner, chief Washington policy strategist at Stifel, adding lawmakers do not appear to be close to an agreement, particularly on contentious ethics provisions.

‘AS FATAL AS A BULLET’

The Senate returns on September 14 and is scheduled ​to be in session for just 14 days before the October election recess, and a further 22 days before year end.

Thune on Saturday filed for “cloture,” setting up a September 15 vote on whether to limit debate ​on the bill and advance it to a full floor vote. That requires 60 votes, and will be a key test of whether the bill has a future. A failed cloture vote could effectively kill the bill, lobbyists said.

If it succeeds, Senate rules could then require days of procedural steps before a final vote, including debate and consideration of further amendments. Finding that time will be challenging, as the chamber usually has to consider other essential defense and funding bills later in the year.

If ​the bill drags into 2027, the election outcome is expected to become a major obstacle, analysts said.

While the Senate is up for grabs, polls favor Democrats regaining the majority in the House, which still has ​to bless the Senate version of the Clarity Act. House Democrats are expected next year to focus on oversight investigations of President Donald Trump’s administration rather than prioritize crypto legislation, said analysts.

In a social media post following news that the vote had ​been delayed, Wyoming ⁠Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, who has played a central role drafting and negotiating the bill, appeared to acknowledge that these challenges have complicated the bill’s path.

“Death by 1,000 cuts is just as fatal as a bullet,” she wrote.

Many in the crypto industry, though, are clinging to hope. Cody Carbone, chief executive of crypto industry trade group the Digital Chamber, said the delay was disappointing, but that he believed there was still room for the Senate to advance the bill in the week of September 14, adding: “The fight is far from over.”

Spokespeople for Thune did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

CRYPTO ETHICS FIGHT

The bill defines the legal status ​of tokens, specifies which regulators oversee them and imposes ​other obligations on crypto companies. It would also ⁠ban government officials from operating their own crypto businesses, including Trump, who reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year.

That has been a sticking point for Democrats, who want much tougher language that would allow state attorneys general to act as a second line of defense in enforcing that ban, ​empowering them to sue the Justice Department if they believe the agency is not being tough enough.

It is unclear whether the White House will agree ​to that, and a spokesperson ⁠did not respond to a request for comment. Democrats and some Republicans have also been pushing for tougher anti-money laundering controls.

“I don’t think that all hope should be given up if you’re a proponent of the bill, but it doesn’t look great,” said Ian Katz, managing director of Capital Alpha Partners.

Another contentious aspect of the bill deals with the extent to which crypto exchanges and other players are allowed to pay rewards on customer holdings of ⁠dollar-backed tokens called ​stablecoins.

The banking industry has fought this provision, arguing that it would create competition for deposits that fund lending. Crypto companies say that ​prohibiting rewards would be anti-competitive.

Some Republican senators have said they will not back the Clarity Act without stronger protections for community bank deposits.

Rebeca Romero Rainey, chief executive of the Independent Community Bankers of America, said lenders will continue to fight for those changes.

“We are leaving no ​stone unturned so that lawmakers recognize the danger of deposit flight as the bill is written,” she said.

Reporting by Hannah Lang in New York; additional reporting by David Morgan; editing by Michelle Price and Nick Zieminski

特朗普据悉倾向经济施压 伊朗自认占上风

2026年8月10日 20:36 / 联合早报

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普已多次威胁要猛烈轰炸伊朗，但最终都未付诸行动，伊朗很可能也注意到这点。 （路透社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美国总统特朗普暗示，他倾向于通过加大经济施压，而不是发动新一轮大规模攻势，来迫使伊朗同意美方要求。分析认为，如今德黑兰自认在这场冲突中占据上风，这降低了美伊在短期内达成协议的可能性。

特朗普星期天（8月9日）接受美国新闻网站Axios电话采访时说，美国正低调处理与伊朗的冲突。他称：“我们在观望伊朗，他们面临着严重的通货膨胀，以及没钱的事实。”

他说，美国的海上封锁加剧伊朗的经济危机，而随着油价回落，战事给美国消费者带来的痛苦已经减轻。

针对与伊朗的反复博弈，特朗普坚称：“事情会解决的。它总能解决。这就像下棋一样。”

伊朗外交部发言人巴加埃星期一（10日）对此回应称，伊朗人已证明他们是“专业棋手”。

特朗普一周前才恫言要狠狠打击伊朗，但美国官员透露，他如今已改变主意。其中一名官员告诉Axios，与美方的战斗让德黑兰得以逃避处理战争的后果，包括受损的基础设施与严重的经济危机，而当战斗暂停，德黑兰将被迫面对让它束手无策的严峻现实。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）分析指出，特朗普已多次威胁要猛烈轰炸伊朗，但最终都未付诸行动，德黑兰很可能也注意到这点。

伊朗星期六就重开霍尔木兹海峡提出多项强硬要求，包括美国解除海上封锁与制裁、从伊朗周边地区撤军等，凸显它自认目前占据了上风。

曾任北约欧洲盟军最高统帅的美国退役军官斯塔夫里迪斯说，这些新要求缩小了特朗普政府的选择空间。“伊朗高估了自己的筹码，强硬派似乎已掌控局面。短期内达成协议的可能性正在降低。”

伊朗任命强硬掌管国家安全

伊朗总统府星期天宣布，任命伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队前总司令雷扎伊（Mohsen Rezaei，71岁）为最高国家安全委员会秘书。原秘书佐勒加德尔将改任伊朗最高领袖穆杰塔巴的政治顾问。

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队前总司令雷扎伊星期天（8月9日）获任命为伊朗最高国家安全委员会秘书。（路透社）

雷扎伊于1981年至1997年担任革命卫队总司令，之后曾任伊朗确定国家利益委员会秘书长、副总统等高级职务，并于今年早些时候成为穆杰塔巴的军事顾问。

伊朗安全问题专家阿齐兹（Hamidreza Azizi）说，雷扎伊执掌国家最高安全机构意义重大，这可能表明伊朗“老派”安全建制派正进一步巩固权力，而不是在为把权力移交给年轻一代政治精英铺路。

阿齐兹告诉《纽约时报》，此举也可能旨在制衡主导与美国谈判的伊朗议长卡利巴夫，防止他的影响力过大。

田纳西大学查塔努加分校教授戈尔卡尔（Saeid Golkar）则认为，雷扎伊获擢升虽表明革命卫队掌握着关键决策权，但并不意味着伊朗的决策会变得更强硬或务实。

戈尔卡尔预计，由于雷扎伊和卡利巴夫都拥有很大的政治雄心，两人最终可能会发生冲突。“这种人事格局是行不通的。所有人都想称王。”

Harry Potter fans divert undersea power cable to avoid Dobby’s memorial in Wales

August 10, 2026 8:44 AM EDT / CBS News

The construction of a multimillion-dollar electricity connection project between Ireland and the U.K. was slightly diverted after “Harry Potter” fans complained the infrastructure would disturb a memorial for Dobby, the fictional elf in the popular book series.

The CEO of Etchea Energy, Simon Ludlam, told the Energy Revolution podcast his company had initially planned to build part of the connection through Freshwater West, a beach on the coast of Wales, and had received permission from the relevant authorities.

Ludlam said that he was unaware of the meaning of the memorial when he gave an interview to BBC Wales and explained that the high-voltage subsea and underground power cable system would make landfall, underground below the beach, through dunes and into the electrical grid.

Painted stones left at a memorial in tribute to Dobby, a fictional elf from the “Harry Potter” series, at Freshwater West beach in Wales Matthew Horwood / Getty Images

After the segment aired on TV, the CEO said the company received “hundreds of calls” from “Harry Potter” fans, prompting his colleagues to urge him to respond to the backlash.

“Apparently we’re going to go straight through Dobby’s grave,” Ludlam recalls being told. “I said, ‘Dobby? Who’s Dobby?’” he told the podcast host.

“I said, ‘He’s a fictitious character in a fictitious book, the whole thing is fictitious, what are you talking about?’”

After being told the complaints were “very, very serious,” Ludlam said the firm went back to the planners and discussed how to divert the cable in order to avoid Dobby’s memorial, and instead ended up going “quite close” to Bronze Age remains.

“We avoided Dobby’s grave; a lot of people were very happy about that, the project’s now going, and Dobby’s happy,” Ludlam remarked.

Discussing the need to be flexible when planning major infrastructure projects, the CEO added that “sometimes, a 10-year-old girl is right.”

In 2022, environmental officials from the National Trust Cymru, the agency which manages the beach, asked fans to stop bringing socks and other items because they said it would be harmful to local wildlife.