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Thursday, 4 January 2024
DO NOT MISS "MAKING SENSE OF A WORLD IN TOTAL CHAOS - ONLY THE BIBLE HAS THE ANSWER" A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION BY RESPECTED AUTHOR AND SPEAKER PHIL DAVIES ON THE 17TH JANUARY AT TURF NEAR NEWPORT.
SOUTH WALES BIBLE STUDY EVENING AT TURF IN CROSS KEYS NEAR NEWPORT ON WEDNESDAY THE 17TH OF JANUARY.
IN THESE DARK AND DECEPTIVE TIMES BEFORE THE LORD JESUS RETURNS, WE HAVE THE SPLENDID LOCAL AUTHOR AND SPEAKER PHIL DAVIES (PICTURED ABOVE) SHARING WITH US ON "MAKING SENSE OF A WORLD IN CHAOS - THE BIBLE HAS THE ANSWER".
PHIL'S DYNAMIC PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM 7.30PM FOLLOWED BY A FULL Q&A SECTION. THE DATE IS WEDNESDAY THE 17TH OF JANUARY.
The venue is The Upper Room Fellowship (TURF),6A Risca Road, CrossKeys, NP11 7DG (six miles north of Newport)
His many books include "The Rapture of the Church" (above),
FORMER Treorchy rugby player Phil Davies – once known as “Ming The Merciless” – has now penned several novels. Years after becoming a Christian and a marketing guru, Ton Pentre- based Phil spent five years writing the legal thriller Blood on their Hands.
He is presently the chief executive of the charity Sporting Marvels which forges links with schools and churches within Rhondda. Happily married to Benita with five children, grandfather Phil, was part of the Treorchy RFC team in the 1980s.
Phil founded Sporting Marvels in 2002 after being called out of a lucrative off-field career in professional Rugby Union where he was the architect of the Treorchy “Dream” before going on to hold some of the biggest jobs in Welsh and British rugby. The vision to put a positive Christian role model in front of every school pupil in Rhondda was timely, with less than 0.9% of Rhondda’s population regularly attending church according to the 2001 census, and it still burns brightly in his heart today.
Refreshments and Nibbles Free of Charge
For further information please contact John on 01495 270686 or Neville on 07808 251502
Car Parking…
From TURF, heading north, turn left immediately at the traffic lights, into Gladstone Street. There is a car park 200 yards on the right.
HEZBOLLAH SAYS FOUR KILLED IN CROSS BORDER FIGHTING WITH ISRAEL
Hezbollah says four of its fighters were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday evening in cross-border fire with Israel. The Israeli military says it attacked "terrorist" infrastructure, and reported attacks from Lebanon into Israel
- Fears of a regional war grew after the killing of Hamas's deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, in Lebanon on Tuesday
- The funeral of Arouri - who was a key figure in Hamas's armed wing - is set to take place in Beirut today
- In Gaza, more bombing has been reported - with the Palestinian Red Crescent saying its building in Khan Younis was hit by Israeli strikes again
- At least 1,200 people were killed when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October and about 240 others were taken hostage
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 22,000 people have been killed in the territory since Israel started its retaliatory campaign.
Saleh al-Arouri's funeral is due to take place in Lebanon's capital Beirut today.
The deputy Hamas leader was assassinated in the city on Tuesday, ramping up fears about Israel's war with Hamas turning into a wider regional conflict.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the killing.
Little is known about the funeral at the moment - we'll share the first images of it when we've got them.
The assassination of Hamas's deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been seen as a pivotal moment precisely because he's the most senior member of the group to have been killed since Israel went to war with it after 7 October.
The 57-year-old was deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau and the founding commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the group's military wing.
Arouri joined Hamas in 1987, leading the Islamic student movement and helping establish the group's military presence in the West Bank.
He had been based in Lebanon prior to his death, acting as a connection between his group and Hezbollah. More here.
Following reports there's been more overnight strikes in Gaza, Israeli military has released a flurry of operational updates this morning - here's a quick look at what they say has been happening on the ground:
- The IDF "killed three terrorists" in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, who Israel claims had tried to plant a bomb among its forces
- In the same area, a weapons warehouse reportedly belonging to Hamas was destroyed
- Away from the south, the Israeli Air Force has been targeting more buildings belonging to Hamas in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip
- Also in the centre of the enclave, the IDF says it found long-range rocket launchers during an operational search of the Bureij refugee camp.
- THIS AND MANY MORE UPDATES AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67879726
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Houthis defiant after warning over Red Sea attacks
The US, UK and ten other states have warned rebels in Yemen they will face consequences if they continue to attack commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
In a joint statement, the group of mainly Western countries called for an immediate end to the attacks.
However the Houthis have responded with defiance, vowing to continue targeting vessels they consider linked to Israel.
The situation in the strategically vital southern Red Sea is now at a stand-off.
The Bab al-Mandab strait is a critical waterway through which almost 15% of global trade passes. If attacks continue, the fear is that fuel prices will rise and supply chains will be damaged.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have declared support for Hamas in the war it launched against Israel in October. Since November, the rebels have attacked commercial shipping in the Red Sea more than 20 times using missiles, drones, fast boats and helicopters. They have claimed - often falsely - the ships were linked to Israel.
US and British warships in the region have intercepted some missiles but they have resisted attacking targets in Yemen itself. That may be about to change.
In their statement, the group of 12 states - Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and the US - called the attacks on shipping "illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilising" and said there was "no lawful justification for intentionally targeting civilian shipping and naval vessels".
Any armed response is likely to mean armed action against Houthi bases, boats and weapons.
US, British and French warships in the Red Sea all have the capability to shoot down Houthi missiles and drones but it is getting expensive and they can't be sure to hit every single one, especially if the Houthis decide to launch a "swarm" attack - launching multiple drones and missiles at once, as Russia has been doing in Ukraine.
Yemen may be the poorest Arab nation but the Houthis have a large stockpile of missiles and drones.
The International Chamber of Shipping says 20% of the world's container ships are avoiding the Red Sea and steaming around southern Africa instead.
MORE DETAILS AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east