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News in Brief, 16 March 2018

16 Mar 2018 General
News in Brief, 16 March 2018

Our pick of the week's news.

Society & Politics
  • CofE schools to promote biblical marriage: In light of the Government’s recent consultation on Relationships and Sex Education, the Chief Education Officer of the CofE has responded that CofE schools will promote biblical marriage in a positive light in RSE. Read more here.
  • BBC promises to ‘celebrate Easter’: After a recent promise to not let its Christian programming suffer, the BBC is pledging a ‘variety’ of Easter content to ‘celebrate’ the ‘most important date in the Christian calendar’. Read more here.

World Scene

  • Europe pledges nearly $600 million to build up Lebanon’s forces: The forces will be deployed on Israel’s northern border. The Lebanese Prime Minister re-iterated that they see Israel as their primary threat. Read more here.
  • Latvia holds annual march honouring Nazi soldiers: Today’s march honours the Latvian Legion which served under the banner of the SS during World War II. It’s the only event in Europe which honours the SS – and is attracting protests. Read more here.
  • Saudi Arabia threatens regional nuclear arms race: Prince Mohammed bin Salman has threatened a regional nuclear arms race if Iranian aggression is not stopped. Earlier this week Netanyahu said that such a race is likely if the Iran nuclear deal is not fixed or scrapped. Read more here.
  • No Russian collusion in the Presidential election: The House Intelligence Committee has concluded this week that though Russian hackers did use social media to sow discord during the 2016 US election, they did not collude to support a Trump win. Read more here. Meanwhile, Putin has been criticised for suggesting that any meddling may have been down to ‘Jews’. See here.

Israel & Middle East

  • First civilian exodus from Eastern Ghouta: On Thursday of this week some 12,500 people were able to flee the besieged enclave of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, while some sick and wounded were able to be evacuated further north. Read more here.
  • Failed assassination attempt on PA Prime Minister: On Tuesday an explosion in the Gaza Strip targeting the convoy of Palestinian Authority PM Rami Hamdallah, believed to have been orchestrated by Hamas, made reconciliation between the rival Palestinian factions even less likely. Read more here.
  • Guatemala announces embassy move to Jerusalem: Sunday’s announcement has been followed by the expression of similar intentions by the Czech Republic, Honduras and Paraguay. Read more here. Guatemala’s move will, like the USA’s, happen in May.
  • Yad Vashem launches online course on anti-Semitism: The six-week, free course has been put together in conjunction with FutureLearn and traces over 2,000 years of history, featuring video clips from 50 academics and historians. Find out more here and register for the course here.

Upcoming Events

  • Foundations 9 (Cumbria): 19-23 March, Grange-Over-Sands. Theme: 'Into the lion's den: reaching a world gone mad'. Steve Maltz's annual week-long Hebraic conference. £260 per person. Click here for more information and to book.
  • Celebrating Israel’s 70th (Central London): Saturday 12 May, Emmanuel Centre. Praise and worship, prayer and teaching, hosted by Vision for Israel. Find out more and book tickets here.

 

Recommended Sources

At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!

Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. Click here to browse our News archive.

We also recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective: