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美军拟收缴中东驻军手机 防基地情报外泄

2026年7月29日 21:44 / 联合早报

手机使用限制在美军内部并非罕见。执行敏感任务的军人有时须把手机锁起，特种部队在部分行动中也禁止携带手机。 （路透社）

美军中东最高指挥官警告，军人拍摄并上传至网络的照片和视频，可能协助伊朗判断袭击效果，甚至锁定美军基地。知情人士透露，部分驻中东美军可能很快被要求交出手机。

路透社报道，美国中央司令部司令库珀海军上将星期二（7月28日）致函部队，要求军人进一步加强行动保密。他指出，伊朗可从新闻报道、社交媒体贴文，以及美军人员拍摄的影像中，近乎实时地了解导弹或无人机是否击中目标。

库珀说，这类公开资料可能让伊朗判断袭击是偏离目标、击中空地，还是命中人员密集的设施，等同于免费替伊朗进行战果评估，并为后续袭击提供依据。

两名知情人士说，部分驻约旦美军已接获通知，手机将在未来数天内被收走。另一名消息人士说，美军正基于行动安全考虑，在中东地区评估类似措施，但尚未作出最终决定。

中央司令部回应称，这封信只是提醒军人维护行动安全，并未说明是否会全面收缴手机。

手机使用限制在美军内部并非罕见。执行敏感任务的军人有时须把手机锁起，特种部队在部分行动中也禁止携带手机。不过，若长期收走驻外军人的手机，可能影响他们与家人联系。

美国官员多年来也警告，健身应用等手机程序所记录的定位数据，可能被敌对势力用于追踪和锁定军人。

英国拟改革社会护理体系 首相伯纳姆暗示或需加税

2026年7月29日 22:35 / 联合早报

英国首相伯纳姆星期三（7月29日）到访伦敦西北部社会护理机构Jewish Care，并与一名老人交流。 （法新社）

英国首相伯纳姆说，为推动社会护理体系改革，政府可能需要提高税收。他宣布启动为期九个月的全国公众咨询，寻求解决困扰英国历届政府30多年的社会护理难题。

彭博社报道，伯纳姆星期三（7月29日）在伦敦一家护理院发表讲话时说，历届政府始终未能为老年人、残障人士及其他弱势群体建立稳定、可持续的长期护理制度，这是“严重失职”。他把问题归咎于自己这一代政治人物，认为他们长期热衷于相互攻讦和争取政治得分，而不是寻找解决办法。

伯纳姆承诺，将与政治对手合作，争取形成跨党派共识，并计划在星期三晚些时候举行相关会谈。

在被问及是否排除加税的可能性时，伯纳姆说，依靠现有预算，“完全可以做得更多”。不过他随后补充，如果要全面落实政府希望推进的改革，就必须作出一些艰难的决定。

伯纳姆指出，过去27年间，英国围绕社会护理问题已进行了22次评估和审查，但始终没有建立一套切实可行的制度。他承诺，将投入“自己所拥有的一切政治资本”推动问题解决，并说：“这一次，我们一定要把它办成。”

伯纳姆同时宣布一系列立即启动的措施，包括展开跨党派会谈、把现有社会护理改革评估的完成时间从原定的2028年提前至明年，以及审查社会护理从业人员的工作条件和薪酬水平。

在伯纳姆讲话前，负责主持此次评估工作的英国上议院议员凯西说，她将围绕社会护理问题开展一场面向公众的“护理大讨论”。相关咨询工作将于2027年4月结束，并为改革方案提供参考。凯西还将制定多个改革资金筹措方案，并于明年夏季向首相提交报告。

Maps show where heavy rainfall poses flood risks across Northeast

July 29, 2026 9:16 AM EDT / CBS News

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More than 10 million people were under flood alerts across the northeastern United States on Wednesday, as a storm system that brought tornadoes to parts of the Midwest earlier in the week moves into New England.

The National Weather Service issued flood watches for large chunks of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont that were set to remain in effect until Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon. A handful of metropolitan areas could be impacted, including New York City; Boston; Hartford, Connecticut; and Portland, Maine, forecasters said.

New York’s capital city, Albany, was also at risk. Forecasters issued a flash flood warning for the capital and surrounding areas Wednesday morning, as radar showed 1 to 3 inches of rain had already fallen and flash flooding was “ongoing or expected to begin shortly.” Up to 2 more inches of rain were expected by the afternoon.

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In New York City, a flash flood warning for Tuesday’s intense thunderstorms had expired by Wednesday morning. But city officials warned that even brief downpours on Wednesday could cause rushing water through streets and inundate basements or first-floor residences, CBS New York reported.

Flash flood risks were highest for Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts, where forecasters said there would be a moderate chance of excessive rainfall. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain could fall in different sections of New England, potentially imperiling a handful of places already drenched by previous storms in recent days.

“Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations,” the weather service’s office in Boston wrote in a flood alert covering much of Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It noted that creeks and streams “may rise out of their banks,” potentially triggering flooding in urban areas and others with poor drainage infrastructure.

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There were 84 flash flood reports across the eastern U.S. between Tuesday and Wednesday. Upstate New York saw the highest rainfall totals in that period, with Albany receiving more than 6 inches, which was the greatest amount.

Forecasters urged people in areas under flood watches to keep up with possible storm developments throughout the day, as some of those alerts may be upgraded from watches to warnings, reflecting a shift from possible to imminent flooding impacts.

“Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop,” the weather service said.

Nikki Nolan contributed to this report.

President Trump hits lowest approval rating since January 6 aftermath

Published 8:01 AM EDT, Wed July 29, 2026 / By Casey Chiang, CNN

President Trump hits lowest approval rating since January 6 aftermath

CNN News Central’s John Berman and CNN Washington Bureau Chief & Political Director David Chalian break down CNN’s new polling that reveals historically low ratings facing the president and his party ahead of the November midterm elections.

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英国拟改革社会护理体系 首相伯纳姆暗示或需加税

2026年7月29日 22:35 / 联合早报

英国首相伯纳姆星期三（7月29日）到访伦敦西北部社会护理机构Jewish Care，并与一名老人交流。 （法新社）

英国首相伯纳姆说，为推动社会护理体系改革，政府可能需要提高税收。他宣布启动为期九个月的全国公众咨询，寻求解决困扰英国历届政府30多年的社会护理难题。

彭博社报道，伯纳姆星期三（7月29日）在伦敦一家护理院发表讲话时说，历届政府始终未能为老年人、残障人士及其他弱势群体建立稳定、可持续的长期护理制度，这是“严重失职”。他把问题归咎于自己这一代政治人物，认为他们长期热衷于相互攻讦和争取政治得分，而不是寻找解决办法。

伯纳姆承诺，将与政治对手合作，争取形成跨党派共识，并计划在星期三晚些时候举行相关会谈。

在被问及是否排除加税的可能性时，伯纳姆说，依靠现有预算，“完全可以做得更多”。不过他随后补充，如果要全面落实政府希望推进的改革，就必须作出一些艰难的决定。

伯纳姆指出，过去27年间，英国围绕社会护理问题已进行了22次评估和审查，但始终没有建立一套切实可行的制度。他承诺，将投入“自己所拥有的一切政治资本”推动问题解决，并说：“这一次，我们一定要把它办成。”

伯纳姆同时宣布一系列立即启动的措施，包括展开跨党派会谈、把现有社会护理改革评估的完成时间从原定的2028年提前至明年，以及审查社会护理从业人员的工作条件和薪酬水平。

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WATCH: Battleground Democrat called Iowa a ‘backwater’ over transgender athletes ban

July 29, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News

Christina Bohannan lost to incumbent Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks by fewer than 800 votes in 2024 and is seeking a rematch

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Democrat House hopeful called Iowa a ‘backwater’ over trans sports bill

Christina Bohannan warned in 2021 that Iowa would become a “backwater” if lawmakers barred transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports. Iowa enacted the ban in 2022. (Credit: YouTube/City of Iowa City – April 2, 2021)

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A Democrat hoping to flip one of the country’s most competitive House seats called her state a “backwater” over Republican efforts to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, according to unearthed footage obtained by Fox News Digital.

House candidate Christina Bohannan made the comments during a 2021 legislative forum while opposing a GOP proposal barring biological males from competing on female sports teams.

Bohannan’s comments could provide fresh ammunition for Republicans as the repeat candidate seeks a third bid against Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in a swing district that President Donald Trump carried by more than eight points in 2024.

“They’re introducing these bills and making these comments to try to make a point,” Bohannan, who previously served in the Iowa state legislature, said, referring to her GOP colleagues. “And I think even that is really damaging to people and sends a very bad message about our state that’s going to make the state look like a backwater.”

Christina Bohannan, candidate for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, holds a press conference after a visit to the Washington County Hospitals & Clinics on July 30, 2025, in Washington, Iowa.(Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen)

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Iowa, under Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, enacted a transgender athletes ban in 2022. Bohannan voted against the measure.

The comments are the latest instance of Bohannan torching Iowa for rejecting left-wing policies.

Bohannan also said in 2021 the Hawkeye State would be seen as “backwards” if lawmakers approved a bill prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training at public schools and universities. Reynolds signed the legislation later that year.

“I think that it’s going to send a very bad message about Iowa and that it is going to seem like…this backwards state that doesn’t understand there are things like systemic racism,” the Democrat hopeful said on the “Under the Dome” podcast in 2021.

Bohannan notably served as chairwoman of the University of Iowa College of Law’s DEI committee, where she urged students to support the Black Lives Matter movement, Fox News Digital previously reported. In that role, she sent students a letter encouraging them to financially contribute to several activist funds, some of which supported defunding police.

Bohannan lost to Miller-Meeks by fewer than 800 votes in 2024, making it the closest House race in the nation. She also launched a failed run for the seat in 2022.

Protesters against transgender athletes competing in women’s sports gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2026, as two cases about transgender girls joining girls’ and women’s sports teams were heard inside the court.(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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The nonpartisan Cook Political Report says the rematch contest is a “toss-up.”

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which is aggressively working to re-elect Miller-Meeks to a third House term, sharply criticized Bohannan’s remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Liberal Christina Bohannan didn’t just vote against protecting girls’ sports, she mocked Iowans for standing up for women and girls,” NRCC spokeswoman Emily Tuttle said.

“Bohannan has made it clear she’s for they/them, not Iowa families,” Tuttle continued, invoking Trump’s signature attack line against former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Fox News Digital reached out to Bohannan for comment.

Bohannan’s remarks come as transgender issues continue to split Democrats, while public polling has shown broad support for limiting girls’ and women’s sports to biological females.

A New York Times/Ipsos poll released in 2025 found that nearly eight in 10 Americans opposed biological males participating in women’s sports. Roughly 70% of Democrats or Democrat-leaning respondents held the same position, according to the survey.

Miller-Meeks cheered the Supreme Court in June upholding state-level bans on biological males participating on female sports teams.

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Dec. 16, 2025.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

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“Today’s Supreme Court decision is a win for girls’ sports,” the Iowa lawmaker said in a statement following the ruling. “I have and will continue to fight to ensure every female athlete has a fair chance.”

Bohannan, by contrast, did not appear to publicly comment on the ruling.

Fox News Digital’s Elaine Mallon contributed to this report.

伊朗突袭约旦美军基地 沙特加入美军打击伊拉克民兵行动

2026年7月29日 22:48 / 联合早报

美国和沙特阿拉伯于美东时间周二袭击获得伊朗支持的伊拉克武装组织目标，在伊拉克北部尼尼微省一处遇袭地点，有多座建筑物被破坏。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美伊战事消停没几日，局势再度急转直下。美军周二在驻中东部队遭受伊朗突袭后，与沙特阿拉伯联手打击伊朗支持的伊拉克武装组织，这可能导致冲突进一步扩大。

美军中央司令部说，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队于美东时间周二（7月28日）下午5时45分（新加坡时间周三清晨5时45分）发射多枚弹道导弹，企图突袭驻中东美军，但所有来袭导弹都遭美军拦截。

美军过后宣布，连同沙特武装部队打击伊拉克东部多处“属于恐怖分子的后勤与武器设施”。这些武装分子被指受伊朗指示，在过去72小时对驻中东美军与沙特能源设施发动30多次无人机袭击，但都未能得逞。

这是美军自上周五暂停对伊朗的连日轰炸后，再度在中东地区实施大规模空袭，也是自2月底美伊战争爆发以来，沙特首次公开加入美军行动。外界担心，这可能开辟一条新战线，把逊尼派的沙特拖入与伊朗什叶派代理组织的战斗之中。

伊拉克民兵组织指责袭击行动令局势更危险

伊拉克民兵“人民动员组织”说，在伊拉克多地的基地周二遭美国和沙特袭击，造成至少20人死亡、32人受伤。

人民动员组织说，这次袭击导致局势变得极其危险，并严重侵犯伊拉克主权。伊拉克总统府也谴责此次袭击，但没有提到美国或沙特。

美国总统特朗普周三（29日）接受福克斯新闻访问时则称，美国就这次袭击与伊拉克政府协调。他誓言将狠狠反击伊朗。

伊朗上述的突袭将加大特朗普重启全面战争的压力。保卫民主基金会的塔勒布鲁告诉《华尔街日报》：“特朗普政府不能对这次突袭置之不理。对美国而言，这类袭击并非战争的代价，而是未了之事的代价。”

以色列国家安全研究所的西特里诺维奇则指出，伊朗此举旨在表明它可以掌握主动权。他在社交媒体上写道：“伊朗领导人日益把华盛顿的谨慎解读为犹豫不决，以及缺乏维持长期对抗的政治意愿。”

伊朗革命卫队周三证实，对位于约旦的美国空军基地和指挥中心发动导弹袭击，以回应美军的侵略行径。约旦军方称，击落了五枚伊朗导弹。

伊朗拒与阿曼平分海峡控制权提议

革命卫队同日称，又在霍尔木兹海峡打击并拦截三艘违规油轮，与此同时，伊朗已拒绝与阿曼平分海峡控制权的提议，这使拯救美伊谅解备忘录变得更加困难。

伊朗副外长加里巴巴迪周二说，阿曼这一方案无法消除伊朗的安全疑虑，伊朗已提出自己的方案。他说：“整个进港航道必须完全由伊朗控制，部分出港航道仍可由阿曼控制。如果他们接受这项提议，我们就能进入下一阶段磋商。”

也门新闻部长埃尔亚尼周三告诉法新社，有确凿情报显示，也门胡塞武装也计划向途经红海和曼德海峡的船只收费，伊朗正协助制定相关机制。他警告，此举将使局势出现危险升级。

伊朗据报购买中制导弹 中方斥无稽

随着战事持续，伊朗正在重建防御能力。路透社引述消息报道，伊朗预计将在几周内收到首批中国制造的肩扛式防空导弹发射器。

据报道，伊朗同总部位于香港的中青宝上国际投资有限公司，签署了采购300至400套便携式防空系统（MANPADS）的合同，包括中国制造的QW-12和FN-16导弹。这笔交易总值6000万美元至7000万美元（约7750万至9058万新元）。

中国外交部驳斥这一报道毫无根据，并强调中方始终致力于促进和平与结束冲突。

伊朗突袭约旦美军基地 沙特加入美军打击伊拉克民兵行动

2026年7月29日 22:48 / 联合早报

美国和沙特阿拉伯于美东时间周二袭击获得伊朗支持的伊拉克武装组织目标，在伊拉克北部尼尼微省一处遇袭地点，有多座建筑物被破坏。 （法新社）

（华盛顿/德黑兰综合电）美伊战事消停没几日，局势再度急转直下。美军周二在驻中东部队遭受伊朗突袭后，与沙特阿拉伯联手打击伊朗支持的伊拉克武装组织，这可能导致冲突进一步扩大。

美军中央司令部说，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队于美东时间周二（7月28日）下午5时45分（新加坡时间周三清晨5时45分）发射多枚弹道导弹，企图突袭驻中东美军，但所有来袭导弹都遭美军拦截。

美军过后宣布，连同沙特武装部队打击伊拉克东部多处“属于恐怖分子的后勤与武器设施”。这些武装分子被指受伊朗指示，在过去72小时对驻中东美军与沙特能源设施发动30多次无人机袭击，但都未能得逞。

这是美军自上周五暂停对伊朗的连日轰炸后，再度在中东地区实施大规模空袭，也是自2月底美伊战争爆发以来，沙特首次公开加入美军行动。外界担心，这可能开辟一条新战线，把逊尼派的沙特拖入与伊朗什叶派代理组织的战斗之中。

伊拉克民兵组织指责袭击行动令局势更危险

伊拉克民兵“人民动员组织”说，在伊拉克多地的基地周二遭美国和沙特袭击，造成至少20人死亡、32人受伤。

人民动员组织说，这次袭击导致局势变得极其危险，并严重侵犯伊拉克主权。伊拉克总统府也谴责此次袭击，但没有提到美国或沙特。

美国总统特朗普周三（29日）接受福克斯新闻访问时则称，美国就这次袭击与伊拉克政府协调。他誓言将狠狠反击伊朗。

伊朗上述的突袭将加大特朗普重启全面战争的压力。保卫民主基金会的塔勒布鲁告诉《华尔街日报》：“特朗普政府不能对这次突袭置之不理。对美国而言，这类袭击并非战争的代价，而是未了之事的代价。”

以色列国家安全研究所的西特里诺维奇则指出，伊朗此举旨在表明它可以掌握主动权。他在社交媒体上写道：“伊朗领导人日益把华盛顿的谨慎解读为犹豫不决，以及缺乏维持长期对抗的政治意愿。”

伊朗革命卫队周三证实，对位于约旦的美国空军基地和指挥中心发动导弹袭击，以回应美军的侵略行径。约旦军方称，击落了五枚伊朗导弹。

伊朗拒与阿曼平分海峡控制权提议

革命卫队同日称，又在霍尔木兹海峡打击并拦截三艘违规油轮，与此同时，伊朗已拒绝与阿曼平分海峡控制权的提议，这使拯救美伊谅解备忘录变得更加困难。

伊朗副外长加里巴巴迪周二说，阿曼这一方案无法消除伊朗的安全疑虑，伊朗已提出自己的方案。他说：“整个进港航道必须完全由伊朗控制，部分出港航道仍可由阿曼控制。如果他们接受这项提议，我们就能进入下一阶段磋商。”

也门新闻部长埃尔亚尼周三告诉法新社，有确凿情报显示，也门胡塞武装也计划向途经红海和曼德海峡的船只收费，伊朗正协助制定相关机制。他警告，此举将使局势出现危险升级。

伊朗据报购买中制导弹 中方斥无稽

随着战事持续，伊朗正在重建防御能力。路透社引述消息报道，伊朗预计将在几周内收到首批中国制造的肩扛式防空导弹发射器。

据报道，伊朗同总部位于香港的中青宝上国际投资有限公司，签署了采购300至400套便携式防空系统（MANPADS）的合同，包括中国制造的QW-12和FN-16导弹。这笔交易总值6000万美元至7000万美元（约7750万至9058万新元）。

中国外交部驳斥这一报道毫无根据，并强调中方始终致力于促进和平与结束冲突。

Schools are testing pepper-spraying, strobe-flashing drones to stop shooters

July 29, 2026 / 10:06 AM EDT / CBS News

Several schools in three states will launch the new academic year with a new security measure: drones equipped with pepper spray, strobe lights and other features that their manufacturer says can be used against an active shooter within seconds.

The schools, located in Colorado, Florida and Georgia, will be the first to add drones from Mithril Defense, which has been developing and testing whether the devices can work alongside law enforcement to more effectively stop school shooters than a police response alone.

The drones zoom through school hallways at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, guided by pilots at Mithril’s Austin, Texas, headquarters, with the goal of locating an active shooter within 15 seconds, Mithril CEO Justin Marston told CBS News. The drones are designed to use a combination of sirens, strobe lights and pepper gel to overwhelm the assailant. As a last resort, the drones can ram the shooter at 60 miles per hour, Marston added.

Remote operators pilot Mithril Defense’s Campus Guardian Angel drones, which the company says can deter active shooters. Mithril Defense

The drones are part of the growing business of providing security services to the nation’s thousands of K-12 schools amid the scourge of school shootings. American schools now spend about $4 billion annually on physically hardening their facilities by adding technology such as metal detectors and surveillance cameras, according to the Learning Policy Institute, an education research group.

“These are the first schools we’re deploying into now,” Marston said of the schools in the three states adopting the company’s drones. “We think every school should have some kind of active-shooter suppression system, and five years from now, you wouldn’t send your kids to a school that doesn’t have one.”

School shootings reached a peak of 352 incidents in 2023 before easing during the past two years, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. In the 1970s and 1980s, there were typically fewer than 30 school shootings per year, the group’s data shows.

The drones, which are housed in secure boxes inside the schools, can be deployed within seconds — a potentially critical feature given that most school shootings are over within two to three minutes, Marston said. The drones can also enter rooms ahead of police officers, which he said could save lives, given that data shows officers are shot in about half of mass shootings.

“An officer should never have to risk their life doing something that a drone can do, because we don’t care if the drone gets shot. It’s a lump of plastic,” Marston said. “We just jump in with the next one. But an officer’s life is irreplaceable.”

Addressing root causes

Some experts say that dealing with the root causes of violence is a more effective response than using tech that may backfire by making students feel less safe or fueling their anxiety.

“Overwhelmingly, research indicates that the best way to keep students safe in schools is not just to attend to students’ physical safety, but to ensure their psychological sense of safety as well,” Jennifer DePaoli, senior researcher at the Learning Policy Institute, wrote in an April blog post.

These approaches include mental health support, building trusting relationships between teachers and students, and creating positive school environments, she added.

Marston favors addressing the factors behind school shootings. But he said that developing effective approaches to such incidents is also essential, comparing the issue to dealing with school fires.

“We should teach kids that they shouldn’t start fires … but I wouldn’t send my kids to a school that didn’t have a sprinkler system,” Marston told CBS News. “They aren’t mutually exclusive.”

What it costs

The five school districts in Georgia and three in Florida that are adding Mithril’s drones, called the Campus Guardian Angel, are being funded by the states, Marston said. The cost is about $20,000 a year for an 80,000-square-foot school, or less than hiring a security officer, he said.

The Colorado school testing Mithril’s drone, a public charter school called the John Adams Academy, is tapping private funding after the county backed away from providing $200,000 for the program. Some parents in Colorado objected to the system, raising questions about whether children could ultimately get hurt.

“What about a drone spewing these pellets and hurting a kid?” parent Jennifer Iversen told CBS Colorado earlier this month, referring to the pepper spray. “It brings in so many ethical and legal issues that I just think it’s a really bad idea.”

At least one other state is examining the use of drones in schools, with Louisiana recently passing a law that would fund a drone pilot program in four schools.

“The primary selling point for these drones is their ability to offer live footage to law enforcement from areas where it previously would not have been available and to deploy deterrents, like strobe lights and pepper spray,” said the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, a think tank focused on Louisiana.

Marston said demonstrations of the drones’ capabilities typically sell people on the product. “Everybody sort of says, ‘Show me,’ and then when we show it, it’s kind of like we invented electricity.”

马斯克称Grok将拍《奥德赛》 主打忠于历史

2026年7月29日 23:00 / 联合早报

马斯克称，Grok Imagine将在今年底前制作一部忠于荷马原著和古希腊历史的AI版《奥德赛》长片。 （路透社）

美国企业家马斯克称，旗下人工智能（AI）平台Grok Imagine将在今年底前制作一部长篇电影版《奥德赛》，并声称作品将忠于荷马原著及古希腊历史。

《奥德赛》是相传由古希腊诗人荷马创作的史诗，讲述英雄奥德修斯在特洛伊战争后历经艰险、最终返乡的故事。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，马斯克7月22日在社交平台X发文说，Grok Imagine将在未来数月内完成这部电影。他也附上一段约三分钟的示范片段，内容描绘英雄奥德修斯与女神卡吕普索之间的场景。

马斯克是在英国导演诺兰执导的《奥德赛》上映数天后，作出上述宣布。诺兰版本上映首个周末的全球票房超过2亿6400万美元（约3亿4000万新元）。

此前，有网民建议马斯克出资1亿美元，邀请导演梅尔·吉布森拍摄另一版本，并在船只、盔甲、武器、选角和对白等方面尽量贴近古希腊历史及荷马原诗。马斯克对此表示愿意支持。

马斯克近期多次批评英国著名导演诺兰（Christopher Nolan）版《奥德赛》（The Odyssey）的选角，认为作品偏离原著和历史背景。他尤其不满黑人演员露皮塔·尼永奥饰演特洛伊的海伦，并以尖锐措辞攻击诺兰。

不过，诺兰版本的市场表现强劲。这部众星云集的史诗电影上映首个周末，全球票房达到约2亿6406万美元。