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EXCLUSIVE: State Department accuses politicians of endangering Afrikaner lives after gruesome farm attacks

A 50-year-old man was reportedly tortured and a 55-year-old woman allegedly beaten to death on farms near Johannesburg

October 31, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News / Paul Tilsley

FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has hit out strongly against South Africa and some of its politicians, accusing them of putting their people’s lives at risk following two attacks on White farmers believed to be Afrikaners — people of European descent — near Johannesburg.

A 50-year-old man was reportedly tortured, and a 55-year-old woman allegedly beaten to death.

In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, a State Department spokesperson said “the lives and property of Afrikaners have been endangered by politicians who incite race-based violence against them.”

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US President Donald Trump, right, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.(Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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This is the latest volley from the administration in an increasingly bitter row, which first burst out of the Oval Office last year in a heated exchange between President Donald Trump and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on a range of the country’s policies and issues — including safety concerns for the Afrikaner community.

“This month’s attacks were ‘appalling,’ said Ian Cameron, chair of South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Police and a member of Parliament with the main opposition Democratic Alliance.

He detailed the attacks, starting with one involving Donovan Marx, a 50-year-old who was on his farm about 80 miles from Johannesburg.

Cameron told Fox News Digital there were reports Marx was shot, stabbed and had his ears cut off, describing the attack as “extraordinary cruelty.”

He added that in a separate attack in the same North West Province earlier this month, a female farmer, Hannetjie van Zyl, 55, was beaten to death while opening a gate.

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President Donald Trump shows documents as he meets South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, May 21, in Washington.(AP/Evan Vucci)

Eyewitness reports claim she was approached from behind and hit repeatedly over the head with an iron bar.

In both attacks, the victims’ vehicles and belongings were reportedly stolen. But the alleged torture of Marx goes beyond straightforward crimes such as burglary, Corné Mulder, leader of the opposition party Freedom Front Plus, told Fox News Digital.

“Safety and farm attacks in South Africa remains a huge problem,” Mulder said. “Donovan Marx was attacked this week. He’s fighting for his life in hospital at the moment. The perpetrators not only attacked him, they tried to castrate him.”

While both victims were White, there have been no accusations from public figures that the attacks were racially motivated.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 12, 2026.(Rodger Bosch/Pool via Reuters)

Cameron claimed the attacks were not isolated, noting he had “personally attended farm-attack scenes where people were tortured with boiling water, burnt with clothing irons and subjected to other horrific abuse.”

“SAPS [South African Police Service] must put experienced investigators, forensic support and crime intelligence behind these cases,” Cameron said. “Nobody should have to accept this level of violence as a normal part of life.”

The reported torture of farmers is “unthinkable,” Mulder said, adding “not one word from the President of South Africa to sympathize, not even acknowledging that this has happened, which is absolutely unbelievable.”

“We have been pleading with [the] government to prioritize rural crime and farm attacks as a priority crime, they are not prepared to do so,” he continued.

Fox News Digital reached out to the South African government for comment, but was referred to police, who did not immediately respond.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.(Misper Apawu/ AP Phot/Pool)

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Mulder claims the recent farm attacks were fueled by the South African president’s refusal to heed Trump’s demand last year to stop performances of the song “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer.” The term “Boer” refers to a South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent, according to Merriam-Webster.

Ramaphosa said he could not stop the song being chanted in stadiums by crowds of up to 90,000 because the country’s highest court has said the lyrics are not hate speech.

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“As long as [President Ramaphosa] does not stop the incitement to attack farmers with the singing of the song “Kill the Boer,” the attacks will continue,” Mulder wrote in a statement. “We see the practical reality when these things play out as happened with the last two farm attacks that we’ve seen.”

Last month, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III told Fox News Digital that Ramaphosa could ban the song despite a court ruling that it did not constitute hate speech.

“So, to say, well, you can’t do it because the court said it’s not, you know, that’s poppycock,” Bozell said. “If President Ramaphosa, if he wants to, he can do it. It’s just as simple as that.”

The State Department doubled down on the administration’s demand that the singing of the song be banned, with a spokesperson telling Fox News Digital on Friday, “The United States asked senior government officials to condemn [incitement to race-based violence], particularly the singing of “Kill the Farmer! Kill the Boer!”

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U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III (L) poses for a photograph after presenting letters of credence to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria on April 8, 2026.(Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

The spokesperson added that Trump has demanded South Africa formally designate rural crime as a priority crime, and “expand alternatives to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ownership requirements, such as equity equivalent investment programs.”

Regarding farmers, the State Department spokesperson said South African politicians “threaten to confiscate their farms without compensation and support a corrupt, race-based scoring system that discriminates against Afrikaners and other minorities in employment.”

“The lack of a meaningful response to these requests made clear that the South African government does not want a constructive relationship with the United States and is willing to continue pursuing oppressive policies that disadvantage all South Africans,” the spokesperson continued.

Nearly 13,000 South African refugees, most of them Afrikaners, have been flown to the U.S. during fiscal year 2026. That number is expected to increase by another 17,500 refugees in fiscal year 2027.

“As directed by President Trump, we are prioritizing the resettlement of Afrikaners in South Africa escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination,” the State Department spokesperson said.

Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported from four continents for more than three decades. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, he can be followed on X @paultilsley.

CodePink leader adds muscle to well-funded fight to ban restaurant delicacy

The animal-advocacy groups’ plan to “storm the nation” calls for factory-farming bans if local campaigns succeed.

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Published October 31, 2026 9:53am EDT

Pro-Animal Future’s 10-year plan calls for statewide factory-farming bans, while Butterworth’s chef Bart Hutchins warns the campaign could eventually target other types of meat.

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A graphic from Pax Fauna’s 10-year plan to ‘storm the nation’ outlines a strategy that moves from research and pilot campaigns to city-level initiatives and statewide bans on factory farming. (Pax Fauna)(Obtained by Fox News Digital)

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Bart Hutchins, chef and co-owner of Butterworth’s, a Capitol Hill restaurant popular with Trump administration figures, opposes a ballot measure that would ban foie gras and possibly other products made from force-fed birds.(Brooke Curto/Fox News Digital)

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Washington, D.C. — CodePink D.C. Coordinator Olivia DiNucci last month posted a TikTok video of herself in a home supporting an issue far afield from her usual battles supporting the Communist Party of Cuba and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This time, she was backing a local ballot measure, “Initiative 86,” introduced in early February in the D.C. City Council to ban foie gras, a fine-dining delicacy made from duck liver, and other products made from birds. D.C. residents will vote on the measure on election day with early voting already started.

The campaign presents itself as a grassroots effort to advance animal welfare, but public financial filings reveal a far more heavily funded operation. A national animal-rights network has supplied hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial support, underwriting paid petition circulators, political consultants, staff salaries and advertising in a campaign that could reshape Washington’s restaurant industry. Far from a shoestring local initiative, the effort has reported nearly half a million dollars in contributions and expenditures, much of it backed by an organization that openly describes local ballot measures as stepping stones toward a broader “pro-animal future.”

A Fox News Digital investigation of campaign-finance records, nonprofit filings and the groups’ own organizing documents traces the people, money and long-term strategy behind Initiative 86 and raises questions about how a fight over one luxury menu item became part of a much larger political campaign over what Americans eat.

Pro-Animal Future, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit based in Portland, Ore., launched the campaign, nicknamed I-86, in D.C. and says its local ballot efforts are part of a broader push to change public attitudes toward common animal agricultural practices. Its IRS filing also lists its name as Pro-Animal DC.

In seven financial reports filed with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance, Pro-Animal DC provides a window into a local political campaign’s operational, financial and logistical infrastructure.

According to its latest filings, Pro-Animal DC collected a whopping $474,190.62 between Sept. 23, 2025, and Oct. 26, 2026, for the local campaign, with Pro-Animal Future as its major backer, providing it $386,435.77.

Its largest expense is stipends totaling $126,780.36, or about one-quarter of the campaign’s expenses, to a paid professional protest organizer: Cady Witt, whose LinkedIn profile lists her as “community impact coordinator” at “DC Voters for Animals.” Witt is also listed as the treasurer of Pro-Animal DC in its campaign reports.

Pro-Animal DC reported another $89,224.00, or about 20% of its expenses, for 293 payments to 64 people described as “consultant – circulator” from September 2025 through October 26, 2026. They got an average payment of $1,394.13 per person.

Also a professional organizer, CodePink’s DiNucci is typically a fixture at anti-Israel demonstrations and foreign affairs hearings. CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans is married to an American-born, China-based tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, whose funding of activist groups has drawn scrutiny from congressional lawmakers and is the subject of a federal investigation. Pro Animal Future said CodePink doesn’t have a role in its campaign beyond DiNucci’s appearance in her TikTok video.

Pro-Animal Future alleges that birds are “force fed” to gain the weight needed to produce foie gras, and it says its campaigns seek to end “force-feeding” birds and shift public views on animal agriculture. According to its latest available IRS 990 tax filing, Pax Fauna, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Denver, says it’s related to Pro-Animal Future, which it described as doing “lobbying” work.

In 2024, Pax Fauna outlined a 10-year roadmap to build local ballot campaigns and eventually pursue statewide “[factory-farming” bans] and establish “animal freedom.”

The roadmap called such measures a way to “provoke a sort of identity crisis for the voting public” and “storm the nation”. The group sought to launch as many as 10 local chapters during the 2025-2026 election cycle.

An anonymous purchaser bought the web domain ProAnimalDC.org in April 2025, according to online records. Today, Pro-Animal Future lists its current campaigns as running in D.C. and Denver and says it worked with Portland’s City Council to ban foie gras sales this past June.

Pax Fauna’s founders said they have spent years organizing with Direct Action Everywhere, an animal-rights 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Berkeley, Ca.

Last year, according to its filings, Pro-Animal Future spent $7,703.70 for Airbnb accommodations. This year, on July 31, it spent $22,418.69 for Airbnb accommodations. Pro-Animal DC has stated that the lodging was for about 60 out-of-town “volunteers” who came to Washington, D.C., in July for a signature-gathering effort called “Goosapalooza.” On its website, it promoted the “free housing.”

The measure’s language has raised questions about how far the ban could reach. Its definition of a “fattened bird liver product” covers food or byproducts made from birds’ livers when the birds were fattened “through any method or practice,” and specifically lists pâtés, spreads and processed meat products as products to be banned. The initiative separately defines “force-feeding” as causing a bird to eat more than it would voluntarily consume.

Former D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine told City Cast DC, a local media outlet, that the text “includes le poulet,” which means chicken in French.

Jon Mandel, an attorney and former D.C. Council legislative staffer, told the same outlet, that the sales provision could reach poultry-liver products made without force-feeding.

Pro-Animal Future spokeswoman Natalie Fulton told City Cast DC the campaign isn’t trying to ban chicken and “is about foie gras.” She added that the D.C. Council could clarify the language if voters approve the measure.

However, restaurants in the district who serve the delicacy aren’t buying what activists are selling. Bart Hutchins, chef and co-owner of Butterworth’s, a Capitol Hill restaurant popular with Trump administration members, raised a similar concern in an interview with Fox News Digital. “Realistically that could ban at least 20 products that I can think of right off the top of my head that aren’t foie gras,” he said. Hutchins said his restaurant would consider legal challenges if the measure passes.

Hutchins sees the initiative as part of a broader effort to restrict what Americans can eat. “If they ban foie gras here, they’ll eventually ban meat here, and they’ll bring that to the rest of the country,” he said.

Pro-Animal Future’s 10-year roadmap calls for statewide factory-farming bans but doesn’t define “factory farming.” Hutchins said he worries the term could be interpreted broadly.

This week, the dispute followed Hutchins to the 17th Street NW “High Heel Race,” a Halloween drag event in the District. Witt, D.C. campaign director for Pro-Animal Future, appeared dressed as Hutchins, wearing a chef’s hat, glasses, a drawn-on mustache and a white corseted outfit.

Nearby, a person in a duck costume crouched with a feeding tube in its mouth. Washingtonian food editor Jessica Sidman shared photos on X, describing Witt simply as “Pro-Animal campaign coordinator.” By late Thursday, the photos had 42,200 views, amplifying the campaign even further. Hutchins didn’t appear phased by the mimicking, he took to X and said, “Bart derangement syndrome enters the lexicon.”

The measure has also drawn opposition from celebrity chef José Andrés, whose D.C. restaurant serves foie gras. He questioned the ban’s broader implications on X, asking, “If duck goes, all goes next?”

The D.C. chief financial officer, Glen Lee, estimates implementing the measure would cost $314,000 from fiscal 2026 through 2029, including $274,000 for an additional inspector and $40,000 for public education. The fiscal impact statement says the District’s Department of Energy and Environment doesn’t inspect restaurant kitchens or other back-of-house operations and isn’t likely to do so. It says the inspector would investigate complaints, inspect establishments and coordinate with other agencies, but doesn’t detail how regulators would verify a product’s origin during routine inspections.

Hutchins said he would continue serving foie gras until the city resolves how to enforce the measure. He disputes the animal-welfare case for a ban, saying he doesn’t believe the feeding process that farms use to create foie gras hurts ducks. Pro-Animal DC’s findings say the practice causes pain and illness. Hutchins also said losing D.C. as a major market could threaten the country’s two commercial foie gras producers, Hudson Valley Foie Gras and La Belle Farm in New York state’s Catskills region.

The measure would regulate sales in D.C. The D.C. chief financial officer’s fiscal impact statement says, “The Office of Revenue Analysis is not aware of any bird farms or bird feeding operations in the District.”

The Catskill Foie Gras Collective, a producer group, says its member farms raise ducks cage-free and use small, flexible plastic tubes to deliver feed to a pouch in their throats. It argues the process causes no pain, citing ducks’ anatomy, and says feeding is skipped if a bird hasn’t finished digesting its previous meal. The collective also says Catskills foie gras farms employ about 400 people.

Fox News Digital reached out to Pro-Animal DC, which disputed critics’ claim that Initiative 86’s wording could extend to poultry-liver products beyond foie gras. The campaign said the measure is intended only to prohibit force-feeding and foie gras sales. It said “fattened” refers to the extreme enlargement of birds’ livers associated with foie gras production, not ordinary poultry farming. The campaign pointed to the measure’s findings, which describe covered products as luxury foods made from diseased, enlarged livers, and said the broad definition of “bird” is meant to prevent producers from switching species.

Pro-Animal DC said D.C. agencies and courts look to a law’s stated purpose when its wording allows more than one interpretation, and said it would welcome Council clarification if voters approve the measure. Asked what language could clarify the measure, spokeswoman Natalie Fulton didn’t elaborate.

The dispute leaves D.C. voters weighing a ballot measure presented as a foie gras ban while others raise broader questions about its wording, enforcement and the campaign’s long-term goals. For Hutchins, the stakes extend beyond one item on a restaurant menu; for Pro-Animal Future, Initiative 86 is one step in a larger effort to change farming practices at a national scale.

Fox News Digital’s Asra Nomani and Ava Palschakov contributed to this report.

Brooke Curto is a breaking news editor at Fox News Digital in Washington, D.C.

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抵御美关税压力与经济胁迫 加拿大与欧盟结盟拟成为“联席成员”

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欧洲理事会主席科斯塔（左起）、加拿大总理卡尼和欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩星期五在加拿大—欧盟峰会参加协议签署仪式。加拿大与欧盟将深化双边关系，抵御来自大国的压力。 （路透社）

（蒙特利尔/渥太华综合电）欧盟与加拿大宣布建立全面战略联盟，在美国疏离传统盟友之际巩固大西洋两岸关系。

双方不仅敲定新的数码贸易协定并深化关键矿产融资合作，加拿大更承诺参与欧盟主导的900亿欧元（约1290亿新元）乌克兰援助贷款计划，初期注资5亿欧元。加拿大更放眼在明年6月前完成谈判，成为欧盟有史以来首个“联席成员”（associate member）。

为期两天的加拿大—欧盟峰会星期五（10月30日）在加拿大蒙特利尔闭幕。加拿大总理卡尼在记者会上说，世界正变得更加危险和分裂，民主规范正逐渐遭到侵蚀，贸易也被“武器化”，加拿大将同欧盟携手巩固根基，捍卫双方共同价值观。

卡尼说，他预计将在6月与欧盟完成谈判，使加拿大成为欧盟首个“联席成员”。他指出，这一联盟将帮助加拿大和欧洲抵御经济压力，自主作出决定，而不是受制于更强大的国家。

加拿大和欧盟都遭受美国的关税打击，并面临来自美国的领土威胁。

欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩在峰会前说，尽管受限于地理疆界，加拿大无法加入欧盟成为正式成员国，但欧盟希望尽可能拉近与加拿大的关系。

加拿大与欧盟已有一项取消大部分关税的自由贸易协定。双方周五就一项新的数码贸易协定完成谈判，让双方企业能更便利地在大西洋两岸开展销售业务。

加拿大也签署一项协议，允许欧洲投资银行为加拿大关键矿产项目提供融资。加拿大拥有丰富的稀土和关键矿产资源，但需巨额基础设施资金以加速规模化开采。

双方还完成一项竞争协定的谈判，旨在遏制反竞争行为，降低消费者支付的价格。双方将探索连接各自的即时支付系统，使跨境转账更快、成本更低。

美联邦法官禁止特朗普政府施压威胁州选举官员

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发布/2026年10月31日 22:33

• 美国联邦法官发布临时禁令，禁止特朗普政府施压州选举官员删除特定选民，或以刑事起诉威胁不遵从指示者。
• 多个工会和民权组织联合发起诉讼，指控司法部和国土安全部违反选举法，侵犯各州主管选举的宪法权利。
• 联邦上诉法院驳回司法部阻止加州计算两万多张疑似非公民邮寄选票的要求，指名单可能不可靠。
• 阿拉斯加检察官透露，政府正加紧调查民主党涉嫌招募同名候选人、图谋分薄共和党参议员选票的指控。

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美国中期选举倒数五天，特朗普总统周五到佛罗里达州为共和党候选人站台。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/安克拉治综合电）美国中期选举在即，一名联邦地区法官禁止特朗普政府向选举官员施压阻止疑似非公民者投票，同时禁止联邦政府以刑事起诉相威胁，迫使选举官员遵从指示。

加利福尼亚北区联邦地区法院法官汤普森（Trina Thompson）星期五（10月30日）发布一项范围广泛的临时禁令，不许司法部和国土安全部要求各州和地方选举官将联邦政府质疑不符合投票资格的特定选民从选民名册删除。

这两个部门也不可要求选举官员拒绝向这些选民发放选票、拒绝计入他们的选票，或分开存放这些选票。

这起诉讼由多个工会和民权组织联合发起，它们起诉司法部和国土安全部违反选举法，侵犯各州在美国宪法下主管选举的权利。

国土安全部试图将各州选民名册与联邦记录校对，但选举官员质疑当局制定的非公民嫌疑名单不可靠。

汤普森在临时禁令中说：“虽然答辩人（指司法部和国土安全部）称行动旨在阻止非公民非法投票，但这些行动很可能会干扰选举行政工作，并剥夺合法选民的投票权。”

临时禁令也下令司法部官员“不得以刑事起诉威胁没有遵从的州及地方选举官员和工作人员”。汤普森说，这些威胁既违法，也“武断专横”。

司法部阻加州计算两万多邮寄选票被驳回

司法部欲阻止加州选举官员计算两万多张疑似非公民邮寄选票，这个要求也于周五被美国联邦第九巡回上诉法院驳回。

法官在判决书中说，联邦政府的名单可能不完全可靠，准许这项要求“存在合格选民投票权被剥夺的实质风险”。

美国中期选举将于下周二（11月3日）投票，两大政党如今都在加紧催票。

FBI加紧调查民主党涉嫌招募同名候选人“混淆选民”

阿拉斯加州联邦检察官海曼星期五透露，特朗普政府已加大力度调查民主党涉嫌招募同名候选人，图谋分薄阿拉斯加州现任共和党参议员沙利文（Dan S. Sullivan）选票的指控。

除了民主党的佩尔托拉 （Mary Peltola），挑战沙利文的还有一名与他同名同姓的无党籍候选人沙利文（Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.）。据《纽约时报》报道，是佩尔托拉和民主党参议院竞选分支的员工协助招募这名退休教师参选。

在美国，两党扶持知名度较低的第三方参选，分薄对手选票的情况并不罕见。

阿拉斯加州被视为决定参议院控制权的关键州之一。司法部已起诉阿拉斯加州，一旦共和党的沙利文败选，将阻止阿拉斯加州确认选举成绩。司法部也已要求阿拉斯加保存“可能被选民混淆所影响”的选票。

特朗普“徇众要求”恢复两场实体竞选集会

中期选举进入最后冲刺期，特朗普星期四（29日）却宣布取消堪萨斯州和艾奥瓦州的两场周末竞选集会，引发外界对他健康状况的揣测。不过，他隔天就改变主意，恢复这两场活动。

特朗普星期五在白宫告诉记者，是两州的共和党人致电要求他亲自出席造势活动，认为效果比线上集会更好。

他也为选举结果打预防针，称不论是共和党或民主党总统、表现是好是坏，通常都会输掉中期选举，但他仍相信共和党有机会取得好成绩。

鲁比奥主持G20外长会议 呼吁各国共同应对地缘政治与经济危机

2026年10月31日 22:40 联合早报

G20外长会议周五在亚特兰大召开，美国国务卿鲁比奥呼吁各国携手应对地缘政治与经济危机，维护全球经济秩序。
两名西方官员透露，G20成员普遍认为中东战事带来严峻经济挑战，许多与会官员担心美国若再攻打伊朗或致油价飙升。
鲁比奥邀请俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫出席引发多国外长不满，英欧代表在会上批评俄方，约三分之一成员拒绝与拉夫罗夫合影。
外交界消息称，各方在俄乌、中东战事及美国关税等议题分歧严重，会议预计无法发表联合公报，将改发主席声明。

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美国国务卿鲁比奥周五（10月30日）主持二十国集团（G20）外长会议。由于各国在众多议题存在严重分歧，外长会议预计无法发表联合公报，改而发表主席声明。 （法新社）

（亚特兰大综合电）二十国集团（G20）外长会议周五（10月30日）在美国亚特兰大市召开，美国国务卿鲁比奥呼吁各国携手应对地缘政治与经济危机。他警告，全球能源和粮食供应、贸易及航行自由受到干扰，一系列危机正严重威胁全球经济秩序。

鲁比奥在会上说：“我们正处在关键时刻。我们面临一系列相互关联的经济与地缘政治危机”。他呼吁各国协调应对新危机，维护共同利益，并且为加强地缘政治稳定，以及推动领导人讨论更广泛的经济繁荣议程创造有利条件。

鲁比奥希望各国能够在部长级会议上，就应对这些危机达成共识。G20定于12月14日至16日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行峰会。

两名西方官员透露，G20成员普遍认为，中东战事给几乎所有国家带来非常严峻的经济挑战。许多与会官员担心，如果美国再次攻打伊朗，可能会导致油价飙升，从而加剧各国的经济困境。

G20外长会议在佐治亚州首府亚特兰大市举行两天，预计讨论供应链、关键矿产、地区冲突与战争，以及霍尔木兹海峡通航等一系列影响世界各国的切身问题。

美邀俄外长出席会议 引发多国外长不满拒绝合照

不过，这次会议引起议论的，倒是鲁比奥邀请俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫（Sergei Lavrov）出席会议，这样的安排引来多国外长的强烈不满。

英国外长米利班德在会上抨击拉夫罗夫，指俄罗斯在战争中杀害许多无辜平民；欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯指拉夫罗夫在会上提出大量谎言和作出虚假叙事。

拉夫罗夫表明，俄罗斯对乌克兰问题的立场不变，不会容忍乌克兰对俄构成的军事威胁。他批评乌克兰寻求更多远程武器，不利于筹备谈判。

由于欧洲官员拒绝与拉夫罗夫合影，美国取消传统的大合照。德国外长瓦德富尔对记者说，因为与俄罗斯已不存在正常状态，因此不适合与拉夫罗夫合影。

一名西方外交官透露，有三分一成员包括澳大利亚和加拿大，拒绝与拉夫罗夫合照。有与会者透露，连拉夫罗夫本人也承认，拍大合照会带来困扰。

会议分歧大难达致共识 预料只发主席声明

另外，过去曾受邀参与G20会议的乌克兰，这次没受邀。美方官员声称只邀请G20成员国与会。

不过，作为G20正式成员的南非，这次却没有受邀。南非与特朗普政府存在不少争端，去年南非担任G20轮值主席国时，美国总统特朗普和鲁比奥等领导人都没有出席会议。

来自外交界的消息说，各国在俄乌和中东战事、美国关税等多项议题存在严重分歧，外长会议预计无法发表联合公报，改而发表主席声明。各方要在12月峰会上敲定一份联合宣言，供G20领导人签署。

孟加拉骨痛热症疫情延续 10月死亡人数创新高

发布/2026年10月31日 22:57

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10月7日，感染骨痛热症的孩童在孟加拉首都达卡的穆格达（Mugda）医学院附属医院接受治疗。 （路透社档案照片）

孟加拉今年10月的骨痛热症单月死亡人数创下2026年新高，专家警告，这波疫情在12月之前恐难显著缓解。

路透社引述孟加拉卫生部数据报道，截至10月30日，今年的骨痛热症疫情已夺走418条人命，并导致超过13万3000人入院治疗。

其中，单在10月份就有173人病逝，超越9月份的148人，成为今年迄今死亡人数最多的月份。

骨痛热症病例激增之际，孟加拉也正对抗全球最严重的麻疹疫情。麻疹至今已造成超过1200人死亡，令原本就已捉襟见肘的医疗体系承受更大的压力。

当地医生指出，许多骨痛热症病患往往等到出现严重并发症后，才前往医院求医。

位于首都达卡的公立沙希德·苏拉瓦底（Shaheed Suhrawardy）医学院附属医院院长萨尔瓦尔（Mirza Golam Sarwar）透露，医院一度单日新增67名住院病患，目前共有279名骨痛热症病患正在留医。

他说：“我们收治了许多出现休克症状的病患。他们的血压有时低到无法测量，血氧水平也在不断下降。”

内科专家阿卜杜拉（ABM Abdullah）说，重复感染以及延误确诊和治疗，是导致重症和死亡病例增加的主因。他也敦促民众清除蚊虫滋生处，并在出现症状时立即就医。

33岁的达卡居民费尔道斯（Faisal Ferdous）曾在2017年和2024年确诊骨痛热症，并在今年10月早些时候再次染病。目前已返家休养的他透露，这一次他和妻子都须要住院治疗。

费尔道斯透露，他们五岁的儿子此前因其他疾病住院，夫妻俩在医院陪护几天后不久便双双病倒。“每一次发病都很难熬，而且在反复感染后，你会越来越担心演变成重症的风险。”

卫生专家警告，目前全部四种骨痛热症病毒血清型都在当地传播，这增加了引发重症的风险。

民众在感染其中一种病毒株后，日后仍可能感染另一种病毒株，从而提高出现并发症的几率。尽管孟加拉当局正考虑将引入骨痛热症疫苗作为长期防疫措施，但目前尚未推出相关疫苗。

贾汉吉尔纳加尔大学（Jahangirnagar University）昆虫学家巴沙尔（Kabirul Bashar）指出，死亡人数不太可能继续以10月份的速度攀升，但病毒传播很可能会持续整个11月，在12月之前不太可能出现显著改善。

巴沙尔解释说，即使天气变得较为干燥，早前降雨所形成的积水处仍会继续滋生蚊虫，从而使病毒传播持续下去。

Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom aiming for historic upset in Mississippi

By Victor Blackwell, Hyan de Freitas and Sidney Wright IV, CNN

Published 8:58 AM EDT, Sat October 31, 2026

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Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom aiming for historic upset in Mississippi

Scott Colom discusses how he is threading the needle between exciting Black voters in Mississippi while still appealing to conservative white voters in order to win the majority.

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少子化冲击传统庆典 日本民众为毛孩穿和服祈福

发布/2026年10月31日 23:50

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在东京的市谷龟冈八幡宫，祈福者抱着身穿精美和服的猫咪。 （法新社）

东京一座神社的神职人员口中念诵祝词、手中挥舞木制神杖，为一只猫咪、一只柴犬和几只约克夏梗犬祈福。不过，这项传统仪式原本是专为孩童所设。

每年的11月15日是日本一年一度的“七五三节”，传统上是让家庭庆祝家中孩童成长至三岁、五岁和七岁的节日。然而，随着日本人口不断萎缩，如今有越来越多参拜者转而带着心爱的“毛孩子”来参加这项活动。

法新社报道，医生松湖儿玉（Shoko Kodama，46岁）星期六（10月31日）来到东京的市谷龟冈八幡宫神社，祈求她的宠物健康成长、平安顺遂。

她透露，自己花了两个月的时间，亲手为五岁的英国短毛猫“琥珀”（Amber）量身缝制了一件鲜红色的和服。“这个小家伙就像我的孩子一样。只要有它在身边，生活中所有不愉快的事都会烟消云散。”

在神社外，其他饲主也为毛茸茸的爱宠换上色彩缤纷的和服，并让它们摆好姿势拍照留念，以纪念这个特别的日子。

随后，饲主们带着宠物进入内殿，由神职人员梶谦治（Kenji Kaji）挥舞绑着白色纸垂的祓串（净化神杖），为宠物进行驱邪祈福仪式。

梶谦治指出，日本正面临人口老龄化和低生育率的双重挑战，随着家庭结构发生变化，宠物在人们生活中的角色也已出现转变。“我认为，那些没有孩子或已经把孩子抚养成人，转而将猫狗视为家庭一分子的人正不断增加。”

应广大饲主的需求，自2000年代初以来，梶谦治所在的神社在每年的庆典期间，都会接待约400个携宠物前来的家庭。

今年6月公布的数据显示，日本去年的生育率再次跌至历史新低，凸显了人口危机正在侵蚀这个全球第四大经济体。而根据世界银行的数据，日本人口的年龄中位数高达49.9岁，是全球老龄化程度第二高的国家，仅次于微型城邦摩纳哥。

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在神社外，饲主也为毛孩子换上色彩缤纷的和服，并让它们摆好姿势拍照留念。（法新社）

饲养两只约克夏梗犬的23岁饲主城美优（Miyu Shiro）说，带着爱犬共度这个节日“感觉非常自然”。

她一边为毛发梳理整齐、戴着花朵造型发夹的幼犬拍照，一边说道：“它们是我们家庭的一部分。”

与妻子及友人一同前来参加庆典的57岁民众大原浩一（Koichi Ohara）说，他养的三只吉娃娃犬给予了他“无条件的爱”。

育有三名子女的他笑着说：“它们比人类的孩子更懂得撒娇，而且也很听我们的话。就像我们人类一样，我希望它们也能健康长寿、平平安安。”

As Democrats predict a Hispanic wave in Texas, Hinojosa is taking her pitch ringside to Latino men

Updated on: October 31, 2026 / 10:39 AM EDT / CBS News

Days before Election Day, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa is stepping into the ring for a critical voting bloc in the Lone Star State: Hispanic men.

Hinojosa’s campaign plans to air a 30-second advertisement Saturday during Mexican boxing superstar Canelo Álvarez’s fight against Christian Mbilli, an effort to reach Hispanic voters, especially Latino men, who played a significant role in President Trump’s 2024 victory.

The advertisement is titled “No Te Dejes,” a Spanish expression meaning “Don’t let yourself be pushed around,” and repeats Hinojosa’s central campaign message: “Fight back.”

According to her campaign, the spot contrasts Hinojosa’s proposals to protect public schools, restrict data center expansion and lower taxes with what she argues is three-term Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s prioritization of wealthy donors and large corporations.

The advertisement will run on DAZN, the sports streaming platform carrying Saturday’s fight.

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The ad reflects a broader strategy by Democrats to engage Hispanic men through sports and culturally relevant programming rather than relying exclusively on traditional political advertising.

It’s an approach that has already been tested in another Southwestern battleground.

During his successful 2024 Senate campaign in Arizona, Democrat Ruben Gallego made a concerted effort to reach Latino men through boxing watch parties, rodeos, cookouts and other community events.

Gallego went on to defeat Republican Kari Lake, becoming Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, even as Mr. Trump carried the state by nearly six percentage points in the same year.

In an interview with CBS News following his victory, Gallego said his strategy with Hispanic voters was to “talk to them as often as possible.”

Abbott has also pitched himself to Latino voters in Texas. His campaign launched a Spanish-language ad that cast Hinojosa as too socially liberal for the state, with press secretary Eduardo Leal arguing in a statement last week that her policies don’t match “the values of the Hispanic community.” Abbott has also highlighted his wife Cecilia’s status as the state’s first Hispanic first lady.

Hispanics make up around 40% of Texas’ population, and they could play a central role in Hinojosa’s push to become Texas’ first Democratic governor in over three decades. A CBS News poll earlier this month showed Abbott leading Hinojosa by four points outright, with a 3.4-point margin of error, but Hinojosa led by 23 points among likely Hispanic voters.

But Latino voters in Texas are increasingly emerging as a swing electorate.

Some 55% of Latino Texans voted for Mr. Trump in 2024, according to CBS News’ exit poll data. Latino men favored the president by a nearly two-to-one margin. That shift was an earthquake in Texas politics, turning once-reliably Democratic counties in the Rio Grande Valley into GOP-leaning territory and scrambling Democrats’ hopes that Texas could be turning their way.

In comments to CBS News, Hinojosa offered her own explanation for Mr. Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024, arguing that his message resonated with Texans who felt the political establishment had failed them.

“The reason why Trump won, and why he was able to capture the Latino vote in the Valley and in Texas, is because he said the system is rigged — and he’s right. Democrats had been defending a system that is indefensible, that is actually working against us,” Hinojosa said.

Democrats are hopeful that the shift will be temporary. Nationwide polling shows that many Latino voters have turned away from Mr. Trump since 2024, and Democratic strategists in Texas have taken solace in high turnout in heavily Latino areas during this year’s Democratic primary.

Gallego’s former campaign adviser, Democratic strategist and CBS News political contributor Chuck Rocha, is now advising both Hinojosa and Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

Rocha told CBS News many Hispanic voters are disillusioned with high gas prices and other cost-of-living worries, though Mr. Trump’s immigration policies have also caused frustration.

“Right now, they’re more monolithic than I have ever seen in my life, and they’re monolithically mad,” he said.

But Daniel Garza, president of the conservative Latino advocacy group LIBRE Initiative, said “there is no pro-Democrat enthusiasm” in his home region of South Texas.

“I think most voters couldn’t tell you what the Democrat plan is for bringing down prices,” he said.

For now, Hinojosa is betting that one of Mexico’s biggest sports stars can help her land a punch with the voters both parties are fighting to win.