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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in showdown with Republican lawmakers on 29 JulyA US Senate committee has voted to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions during a hearing examining his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.The vote – which fell along party lines – clears the way for the committee to refer the case to the justice department for potential prosecution for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. It remains unclear whether the department will pursue the case.During his testimony last week, Fauci invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination more…
@Kivsa_shchora/MasaferingOdeh Hathaleen was shot in Umm Al-Khair village in the occupied West BankIsraeli prosecutors have charged a settler over the killing of a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank who helped film Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.Yinon Levy was charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen, according to Israel’s Southern District Prosecutor’s Office.Israeli rights group B’Tselem said it was the first time an Israeli had been indicted for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank for nearly three years.A lawyer for Hathaleen’s family said they hoped the charges marked a “turning point” in the…
Watch: Migrants started to return to Morocco after thousands entered Spain’s Ceuta on 30 JulyBetween 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the Spanish territory of Ceuta following the arrival of many times that number of people last week, the north African exclave’s leader has said.Juan Jesús Vivas told the European Parliament of his “profound sorrow” over the “irreparable tragedy” of 100 deaths that had occurred after roughly 78,000 migrants from neighbouring Morocco arrived by sea in a matter of hours.His comments come as new calls for mass crossings circulate on social media, according to Moroccan media.The crisis has created tensions…
ReutersThe Yingfeng 2 was intercepted on the Congo River before it could reach KinshasaCongolese authorities are carrying out Ebola and cholera screening for all 255 passengers aboard a boat intercepted on the Congo River.The Yingfeng 2 – operated by a Chinese company – was halted near Bende Bende port, some 65km (40 miles) upstream from the capital, Kinshasa.Health Minister Roger Kamba said screening was being carried out as a precautionary measure after a passenger with fever and diarrhoea, who had left the boat in Mongala Province, died in hospital. A further two adults, a three-year-old child and a newborn have also died.Teams…
Uefa says boycott may still go ahead as FA withdraws Infantino supportFifa’s backing of president Gianni Infantino at a meeting on Wednesday “changes nothing”, says European governing body Uefa.28 mins agoFootball
Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has denied reports that the US is suffering a munitions shortage and vowed in a social media post that his administration would seek “long term jail sentences” for those suspected of leaking information.”The U.S. has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types,” Trump posted on Thursday morning. “Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the US as needed.”Trump and the Pentagon are facing mounting questions about the state of the military’s arsenal as the war with Iran marks its sixth month.The US and Iran have continued to trade strikes, despite multiple pauses in…
Telegram/CrimeanwindHuge plumes of smoke seen rising in the skies from the site where the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in Russia is locatedUkraine said it has hit two oil refineries in multiple strikes deep inside Russia with patrol boats and other vessels in the Black Sea also hit.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Bashneft-Novoil and Slavneft-Yanos refineries were struck in the attacks aimed at limiting oil revenues Moscow “uses to finance” its war.Yaroslavl regional governor Mikhail Evraev said Slavneft-Yanos was on fire after what he called the “largest enemy drone attack”. He said four people were injured.Meanwhile, Ukraine said at least 11 people…
ReutersFarhad N was convicted of two counts of murder, 23 counts of attempted murder and a range of other chargesA man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of driving his car into a crowd of people in Munich last year, killing two people.The 25-year-old man, named only as Farhad N in line with German privacy laws, is an Afghan national, who prosecutors say deliberately drove his Mini into a trade union rally of around 1,400 people in the centre of the city on the morning of 13 February 2025.He hit a 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old…
Argentina mark World Cup win over England with National Football Teams DayThe Argentine Football Association announces 15 July as National Football Teams Day to mark Argentina’s 2026 World Cup semi-final victory over England. 3 hrs agoEngland Men
‘Meredith wouldn’t find any comedy value’, sister said during BBC Breakfast interviewThe sister of Meredith Kercher has criticised a solo comedy show by Amanda Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering the British student in Italy in 2007. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe website says Knox’s show, Cartwheel, is about motherhood and how she will explain what happened in Perugia to her daughter. Stephanie Kercher, addressing Knox directly on BBC Breakfast, said: “What I would say [to Knox] is to think about the family here, think about her friends and to turn the tables if it was your sister…