Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 5, 2026

The Piaz — Daily Brief & Weekend Edition · Aug 5, 2026 · 4m

The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. The latest Ebola outbreak in Congo has claimed over one thousand seven hundred lives. The World Health Organization has issued warnings, yet little attention is paid to historical United States biological weapons research in the region. In this brief: 1. Ebola Spreads in Congo as WHO Issues Warnings, Past US Bioweapon Research Overlooked (The Independent) 2. US 'Nuclear Experts' Push Trump to Abandon Diplomacy with Iran (Fox News - World) 3. Targeted Aggression: Israel Strikes…