Senate Panel Votes to Hold Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress

This is the evening edition of the One News Page Global Briefing, for Thursday, the sixth of August, twenty twenty-six. Here is what matters now.

The Republican-controlled Senate Homeland Security Committee has voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The former top U S infectious-disease official refused to answer questions at a hearing last week about his handling of the Covid-nineteen pandemic. Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during the session. Republicans argued he was not entitled to that protection because he had received a presidential pardon. The committee will now refer the matter for potential prosecution.

Meanwhile, in the United States, federal authorities have filed additional charges against Jeanine John Taele, the thirty-eight-year-old California man arrested at Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course ahead of a presidential visit. Agents first observed Taele near the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes and said he appeared to be monitoring security-planning activities, taking photos and video, and carrying a sixteen-round magazine with ammunition. He was later charged with possession of an unregistered short-barrelled rifle, among other counts, and his motives remain under investigation.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, Iran and Oman agreed on coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalized, provided no third parties interfere, said Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. The arrangement would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over inbound traffic. The announcement came as President Donald Trump rejected reports that the U S is low on key munitions in its war with Iran, threatening long prison sentences for officials who leak weapons stock information. He insisted the U S has “massive amounts” of munitions, especially certain types. The Washington Post reported Trump demanded answers from Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth about alleged shortages during a cabinet meeting at Camp David last Friday.

In Europe, German police deployed a bomb-disposal robot after an airport employee found a drone carrying an explosive device near the south runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport, forcing several flights to divert. A D H L cargo plane that had aborted its landing subsequently collided in mid-air with an unknown object, possibly a second drone, and was slightly damaged. A counterterrorism investigation is under way.

In London, Stella Gollovena, forty-seven, of no fixed address, appeared in court accused of stabbing four men in the back with a pair of scissors in Covent Garden on Wednesday lunchtime. She is charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. The alleged victims are Patrick De Barr, Thomas Harding, Adrian Lovett and Mantas Jankus.

In health news, the U S Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna's mFlusiva, the first flu vaccine made with mRNA technology, for adults aged fifty and older, the company said. The shot is expected to be available for the upcoming flu season. The agency had initially declined to review the application but reversed course following public pressure.

In sport, Kimberley Le Court of Mauritius won stage six of the Tour de France Femmes in a sprint finish at Tournon-sur-Rhône on Thursday, recovering from an earlier mechanical problem to claim the second Tour stage victory of her career. Switzerland's Marlen Reusser retained the overall leader's yellow jersey ahead of Demi Vollering.

In Britain, Alex Hughes, the son of former Manchester United and Wales footballer Mark Hughes, died from sudden adult death syndrome, an inquest has concluded. He was found collapsed at his home in Macclesfield, Cheshire, on nineteen June by his two sons.

Also in social media news, Sydney Towle, a TikTok creator who chronicled her battle with stage four cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, with more than a million followers, has died at the age of twenty-six, her family announced on Thursday.

In cybersecurity, cyberattacks targeting U S water systems have been reported in at least a dozen states, and officials are investigating whether Iran-backed hackers are responsible. Dozens of systems were targeted in the past week, and President Trump has publicly cast blame elsewhere, according to reports.

In the U K courts, disgraced reality television star Stephen Bear has been sentenced to more than a year in prison after admitting a harassment charge for breaching a restraining order linked to his conviction for filming a sex tape without consent and posting it online. The order concerned his former partner Georgia Harrison. He has returned to prison.

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