Some stories from the week to aid your prayers.

Society & Politics

• New website campaigns against Satanist ritual abuse: The Coalition Against Satanist Ritual Abuse (CASRA) has launched a new site providing information about the realities of Satanist Ritual Abuse and support for victims. Click here to visit it.
  
• Pro-life campaigners win in court: A 40 Days for Life vigil in Nottingham has won its case to peacefully campaign and assist women outside abortion clinics, having been taken to court by the city council. Read more here.
  
• Stay-at-home mum interrogated for anti-trans tweets: The mum-of-four was questioned by West Yorkshire police after being reported by the CEO of a pro-trans group. The Crown Prosecution Service has yet to decide whether to bring charges. Read more here.

Church Issues

• Archbishop of York investigated over failure to report abuse: Archbishop Sentamu and four other bishops are facing a police investigation over historical failures to report child sexual abuse in the Church. Read more here.

World Scene

• Christian family shot dead in Pakistan: ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed three Christian relations travelling in a rickshaw, along with the driver, and wounded another family member and a child. The attack happened in Quetta, near the border with Afghanistan. Read more here.
  
• Fulani herdsman claim 225 Christian lives last month: A spike in attacks in Nigeria in March has displaced thousands. A new report suggests that the Fulani have overtaken Boko Haram as the biggest threat in the country’s Middle Region.
  
• Rome on high alert after terror plot foiled: Several ISIS militants have been arrested in a security sweep but Italy remains braced for attacks, as the terror threat remains at an all-time high. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• **Please continue to pray over the clashes at the Gaza border.**
• US looks to withdraw troops from Middle East: President Trump has expressed the desire to withdraw from Syria despite Netanyahu’s requests to the contrary. Meanwhile, Russia, Iran and Turkey have met this week without the US, to plan Syria’s future.
  
• Saudi Crown Prince says Israel has right to exist: Saudi Arabia and Israel have a common enemy in Iran, and it is showing increasingly in Saudi rhetoric. Read more here.

Upcoming Events

• Celebrating Israel’s 70^th (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:

• Christian Concern (UK)
• Christian Institute (UK)
• JNN News (Barry and Batya Segal, Israel)
• Worthy News (Israel)
• Family Watch International
• Barnabas Fund
• Kehila News (Israel)