# VOA Focus: Starbucks Opens in Xinjiang as US Lawmakers Condemn It as ‘Moral Bankruptcy’

https://mins.news/en/video/82529

- VOA Chinese, 2026-10-01 20:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUBYYtK5dMo

> The October 2 VOA Focus program covers Donald Trump’s warning that the US might bomb Iran after the midterm elections, a US investigation into whether a bloody Dubai aviation incident was linked to Iran, and Trump’s confirmation that he discussed the Jimmy Lai case with Xi Jinping. It also features congressional criticism of Starbucks’ Xinjiang opening, the “superintelligence” agreement, a new autonomous warfare command and a SpaceX launch carrying four astronauts.

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