A | BRUSSELS -- The European Union began taking steps on Thursday to limit the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on the bloc, amid heightened security tensions after a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and killings in Belgium and France by suspected Islamist extremists.Spain, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, activated a crisis mechanism to speed up decision-making and coordination between the 27 member countries, the bloc's institutions and major partners like the United Nations or the United States.Officials from across the EU have expressed concerns about a rise in antisemitic attacks, radicalization online, the use of encrypted messaging services by extremists, and the need to speed up the deportation of people who might pose a public danger.But calls for an increase in security across the board are creating deep unease as the solutions being discussed could undermine free movement and the right to assemble in Europe.Italy is introducing border checks to counter a possible rise in tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. Denmark and Sweden are too, due to what they say is an “Islamist terrorist threat.” France intends to keep checks in place until at least May 2024, citing “new terrorist threats and external borders situation.”More police have been deployed in Belgium, France and Germany.EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell believes part of the solution to Europe's security woes must involve the bloc helping diplomatically and financially to bring an end to years of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.“We have learned from history that the most difficult decisions are always taken when we are on the edge of the abyss. I believe that is where we are now: on the edge of the abyss,” Borrell told EU lawmakers on Wednesday.“When I hear Muslim religious authorities speaking the language of inter-religious conflict and explicitly stating that Europe is a party to this conflict, I feel that the storm clouds are looming,” he said.Still, not all of Europe’s challenges are directly linked to the war.Earlier on Thursday, Sweden hosted a meeting of ministers from eight countries, among them Germany, Belgium and France, focused on how to handle incidents where people burn the Muslim holy book, the Quran.Prosecutors are trying to establish whether that was a key motive for a Tunisian man to shoot three Swedes in Brussels on Monday, killing two of them, ahead of a Belgium-Sweden soccer match in the capital.While the Quran burnings are not directly linked to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, they are a sign of rising tensions between religious and other communities in Europe.The war that began Oct. 7 has become the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. More than 5,000 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza. Nearly 12,500 Palestinians have been wounded, and over 200 people in Israel taken hostage.“We have to address multiple impacts from the continuing crisis in the Middle East" in the EU, European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas said.“This entails the protection of our Jewish communities, but also the protection against a generalized climate of Islamophobia that has no place in our society,” he told reporters in Luxembourg, where EU interior ministers were meeting.Pro-Palestinian rallies have been held in several European cities since the war. France has banned them. Germany has also promised to take tougher action against Hamas, which is already on the EU’s list of terrorist organizations.Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the German parliament that local authorities “must not allow gatherings … at which it must be feared that antisemitic slogans will be shouted, that people’s deaths will be glorified and everything we can’t accept here.”In France, the Palace of Versailles — a major tourist attraction — and three airports were evacuated for security reasons and temporarily closed Wednesday. The incidents were the latest in a spate of evacuations in the past five days, and the French government is threatening to fine or jail prank callers.They followed the killing of a teacher in northern France on Friday by a suspected Islamist extremist.French Interior Minister Gerland Darmanin noted that two foreigners were behind the recent attacks in Belgium and France, and he insisted that long-delayed reforms of EU asylum rules must be put in place.Europe must “manage our borders, register people and conduct the security interviews that are necessary before every asylum request,” he told reporters.The EU has agreements with Turkey and Tunisia to persuade them to prevent migrants reaching Europe — and take them back if they do get through — but they are not working well. Other deals, with Egypt notably, are planned. Only around one in four people refused entry ever return home. ___John Leicester in Paris and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.。 
昨天下午，西湖白堤，被风吹坏的雨伞装满一辆环卫车。
B | 台风登陆前后，杭州风雨交加。
C | 据杭州市气象台统计，8月8日8点至9日18 点全市面雨量78毫米，主城区面雨量101毫米，最大富阳126毫米，萧山120毫米、滨江113毫米、西湖110毫米、余杭106毫米、上城96毫米、临安96毫米、桐庐94毫米、钱塘88毫米、拱墅84毫米、临平71毫米、建德47毫米、淳安36毫米，1511个站点累计降水超过50毫米（占比73.3%）、731个站点累计降水超过100毫米（占比35.4%），2个站点累计降水超过250毫米，最大累计雨量临安天目山镇东关村321.8毫米，最大小时雨强萧山区进化镇祝家村54.1毫米。昨天下午，记者在西湖边看到，不少游客还在风雨中游玩。14点，断桥和白堤上，景区保安一边巡逻劝导，一边用扩音喇叭提醒游客，远离湖边、树下和堤岸周边，建议尽快返程。白堤上风大雨急，游客们只能顶风冒雨前行，一些人手中的雨伞被风吹得变形。
D | 记者看到，一辆环卫三轮车上，放着一堆从垃圾箱和路边清理收集来的雨伞，装满整整一车，几乎都是被风吹坏后丢弃的。
E | 环卫工人说，光白堤这段路，一天就能清理上百把。16点，西湖景区对白堤、苏堤区域实施临时管控。断桥入口设置了围栏，禁止游客进入，景区民警也劝离还在白堤上的游客。台风来势凶猛，西湖景区各部门闻风而动，随时出击，应对各种突发险情。昨天15点半，白堤一株柳树的一段枝干被风吹断，景区园林工人随即赶到，迅速处置完毕。16点多，记者途经西湖边北山街时，看到新新饭店公交站附近，一棵10多米高的悬铃木发生倒伏，拦在马路中间，对交通造成影响。交警部门随即对北山街实施临时交通管控，禁止车辆和行人通行。相关部门和园林工人迅速赶到现场，分段砍伐、逐节清理，并用吊车将粗壮树干移至路边，留出通道，北山街随后恢复畅通。西湖景区提醒游客，台风影响期间，避免前往山地易涝路段，勿在古树、广告牌、临水平台逗留，合理安排行程，尽量减少外出，注意自身安全防护。
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