• Christian Legal Centre faces allegations over Alfie Evans case: The legal wing of Christian Concern could face investigation over advice given to the Evans family. Read more here and read CLC’s statement here.
  
• Universities minister wants to protect free speech: Sam Gmiyah has called on higher education institutions to stamp out “institutional hostility” to unfashionable views on UK campuses, saying that it is time for a “new chapter” of greater speech freedoms. Read more here.
  
• Norfolk head-teachers back multi-faith ‘tolerance’ education: A survey of county heads shows the majority back an evolved form of religious education covering more religions and focusing on tolerance and anti-extremism messages. Read more here.

World Scene

• Ex-gay pride march in Washington: The first of its kind, the ‘Freedom March’ this weekend (5 May) of ex-LGBT Christians will proclaim the freedom brought by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Read more here.
• Iceland drops anti-circumcision bill: After international outcry, Iceland has dismissed a bill proposing to illegalise circumcision. However, one rabbi has warned to expect similar proposals elsewhere in Europe in future. Read more here.
• Anti-conversion bill passed in India: Uttarakhand becomes the seventh state in India to bring such legislation into force, punishing ‘forced conversions’ with prison terms and making any conversion illegal without state permission. It is seen as a further attempt by the Hindu majority to persecute Christians. Read more here.
• Israeli flags torn down and spat on, Germany: As a press experiment, a number of Israeli flags were hung in public in different locations – they lasted for between 42 and 81 minutes before being taken down. Read more and watch the video here.

Israel & Middle East

• European delegations to examine Iran nuclear archive: Israeli PM Netanyahu has invited international representatives to examine the evidence obtained by Mossad of Iran’s underhand nuclear activity. Delegations from Britain, France and Germany will attend, some as soon as this weekend. Read more here and see here for a blow-by-blow account of the expose’s contents and possible significance.
• Abbas blasted for anti-Semitic remarks: Speaking in Ramallah on Monday, the PA President resorted to age-old anti-Semitic tropes of money-grabbing Jews in order to blame Jews for the Holocaust. He has received universal condemnation for the remarks. Read more here. At the time of writing, he has since apologised, though Israel has rejected the apology.
• Nationality law passes first Knesset reading: The bill would enshrine the Israeli state’s Jewishness into law, affirming its symbols, holidays, language and Jerusalem as its capital. Read more here.
• Guatemala opens Jerusalem embassy: The South American nation becomes the first to relocate its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, opening the doors of the new offices on Tuesday. Read more here.

Upcoming Events

• March for Life (London): Saturday 5 May, departing Connaught Rooms, London, 1:30pm. Join the annual pro-life march, the theme of which for 2018 is 'Every Life Deserves Love'. Find out more about the march and associated events through the day by clicking here.
• Israel 70: Celebration of Land and Life (London): Wednesday 9 May, Central Hall, Westminster, 7pm. Hosted by Tim Vince, friends including Gordon Pettie, Tunji Adebayo, Jacob Vince, Canon Andrew White. Tickets £12, click here to book.
• Celebrating Israel’s 70^th (London): Saturday 12 May, Emmanuel Centre. Praise and worship, prayer and teaching, hosted by Vision for Israel. Find out more and book tickets here.
• Moedim evening (London): Friday 18 May, All Soul's Clubhouse, 6:30-9:30pm. To introduce Christians to the Hebraic mindset. Steve Maltz, Richard Teideman and special guests. Free entry - bring a friend. Click here to find out more.

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)