The EBU farce

Eurovision Song Contest hit by mass protest against Israel’s Gaza genocide Eden Golan was set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in May. The day after Putin invaded Ukraine, Russia was banned from Eurovision “in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine”. Banning Russia while allowing Israel to participate in Eurovision is a

Ukraine in April 2024

Most observers think the war in Ukraine is unlikely to finish soon and will go on into next year. Russia is expected to mount a summer offensive and is thought to be in the process of mobilising an extra 100,000 to fight. Cameron warns US politicians against ‘appeasement’ of Putin’s Russia Lord Cameron has warned

Ukraine in March 2024

Without help in the nick of time, Kyiv would probably have lost an entire oblast by now David Axe 13 March 2024 • 1:02pm Russia went to war in Ukraine two years ago with twice as many artillery pieces as Ukraine had. But it isn’t the advantage in howitzers that really matters – it’s the

What will Putin do next as president of Russia?

The Times, March 17, 2024 Event The dictator has secured a new six-year term in the Russian election. How will it affect the war in Ukraine, China and relations with the US? Armed with the world’s biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons and surrounded by sycophantic officials who portray him as the living embodiment of Russian

The first part of March 2024 in the spotlight

Friday, March 1 2024 Russians chant ‘no to war’ near Navalny’s grave Crowds in Moscow chanted anti-Ukraine war slogans as they lined the streets to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people, including senior diplomats, headed out to mourn the Russian opposition leader, who died in prison last month and was buried on

Ukraine news for the forth week of February

Monday February 19 2024 – Tuesday February 20 2024 Biden could send new longer-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine Powerful new long-range ballistic missiles, complete with cluster bombs, will reportedly form part of the aid package if passed. Read more Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Russia is losing the economic war: the West must not lose its nerve

Vladimir Putin raising fears of war with Nato

Vladimir Putin grew up as a young hoodlum on the streets of Soviet Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. At 71, he’s still spoiling for a fight. He would love to see the USSR back on track. Before Putin‘s forces invaded Ukraine he always had said he had no intention at all to attack Ukraine, like, according

Some events to look at from a Christian point of view for January 2024

We would like to remind our readers that our brother Andy Walton’s views on the facts unfolding in Gaza are different from ours. We are looking at what the current government of the non-believing Netanyahu has been doing for several years in Israel to exclude Palestinians, such as by building the wall, but also how,

Interposition efforts and peace brigades

Could there be a role for unarmed, non-governmental peace brigades to monitor frontiers and lessen tensions?

News from the Ukraine-Russia war front 2024 January 19

January 14: Huge fire destroys ‘Russia’s Amazon’ warehouse in St Petersburg Russia launches barrage of drones and missiles after Sunak visit 15 January: Ukraine shoots down £274m Russian spy plane Ukraine said it downed a £274 million Russian spy plane in a “perfectly planned and executed operation” over the Sea of Azov. See more January