News and Views 

Society and Politics

• Police double standards in reporting ethnicity of suspects. Merseyside Police’s eagerness to quickly release the ethnicity of the Liverpool car-crash driver (a married father of 3) is widely regarded as a clear attempt to damp down speculation on social media that he was a migrant, or part of an Islamist terrorist attack. It stands in stark contrast with the same Police force’s handling of the murder of three children at a dance class in Southport last July, which prompted days of rioting. As Fraser Myers of Spiked put it, “they withheld information after Southport because they don’t trust ordinary people. They gave us more information than usual after Liverpool because they still don’t trust ordinary people.” While Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has since suggested that police should routinely release information on the ethnicity of suspects even if it “emboldens” racists, others predict that the immediate signalling of the suspect as ‘white’ is only likely, in future incidents where the suspect’s racial identity is not stated, to make the public think that he or she is clearly of other racial ethnicity.
• What Farage faces as UK’s chief opposition leader. As top analysts take very seriously the possibility that Nigel Farage could become the next Prime Minister, some warn that although the Reform leader is used to being maligned, what he is about to face will be on a different scale. Writing in the Telegraph, Allister Heath says that the Establishment will seek to destroy Farage with unparalleled viciousness before he reaches Downing Street; economists will damn Reform with “bombshell” reports that will instantly disprove their policies; nurses will claim Farage wants to “privatise” the NHS and charge £100,000 per operation. Celebrities will promise to leave. Environmentalists will warn that ditching net zero will scorch the earth. The EU will “threaten a trade war, food shortages and queues at the borders.” The UN, IMF, WHO, World Bank, UNRWA “and every other useless acronym” will be activated. The Archbishop of Canterbury will condemn Farage as anti-Christian. The BBC will become “as obsessed with tarnishing Farage as it currently is at demonising Israel.” The aim will be to fuel hysteria, encouraging mass tactical voting to keep Reform out. The years ahead will be nasty, brutish and short, Heath predicts.

Israel

• Most Israelis 'unconcerned' by Gaza aid situation. A survey published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) reveals that a majority of Israel’s public (64.5%) are “not concerned” about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, compared to 32% who are – though there is some evidence that the mood is changing. The poll also found that the public was nearly evenly split on renewed operations in Gaza, with 47.5% opposing the renewed fighting, while 43.5% support it. 42% support a technocratic government like that proposed in the ‘Egyptian plan’, while 39.5% support full Israeli control over Gaza. Only a quarter (25.4%) support the return of Israeli settlements to the Strip. Read also here.
• The trials of getting aid into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is now in operation, to much criticism from the mainstream media and international relief agencies. Israel has consistently stated that during its war with Hamas, Gaza has never lacked essential food and supplies, noting that nearly 450,000 tons of aid entered the region during the two-month cease-fire earlier this year. Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of siphoning off aid as it enters the territory, though UN aid organisations say there is no evidence of any significant theft on the part of Hamas.
• Hamas’ control of humanitarian aid. But many Palestinians say it’s common knowledge in Gaza that Hamas is controlling the aid. One Muslim spoke of “the tents of Hamas members filled with food. Those people told him Hamas distributes the food at night, and much of it goes to its own members. He said Hamas also controls many of the merchants and charitable organizations.” Hamas “does not care about the general public,” he said. “Rather, it exploits them to gain the world’s sympathy.” Israel’s renewed bombing campaign adds another layer of suffering, and the same Palestinian noted Israel’s lack of care for Gazan civilians, believing, “it only cares about its own interests.” Read also here, here and here.

Church Issues

• Exploring the science of extraordinary near-death experiences. Jeffrey Long, a radiation oncologist and founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation, has spent a quarter of a century studying near-death experiences. He insists his research proves that there is life after death. When he began to study near-death experiences from a scientific standpoint, he realised there were a few common themes: “The person can see and hear what’s happening around them, which usually includes frantic attempts to revive them. After the out-of-body experience, people say they’re transported into another realm. Many pass through a tunnel and experience a bright light. Then, they’re greeted by deceased loved ones, who are in the prime of their lives. Most people report an overwhelming sense of love and peace. They feel like this other realm is their real home.” An astounding 5 to 10% of the general population is estimated to have memories of an NDE, including somewhere between 10 and 23% of cardiac arrest survivors. 

World Events

• Churches turned into mosques stateside. The purchase of derelict old church buildings and turning them into mosques is by no means a peculiarly British phenomenon. The same thing is occurring in Canada and in America. In Canada during the past 20 years, dozens of churches have reportedly been converted into mosques. Across the US border, Muhammad Musri, president of American Islam, recently sparked outrage by stating that Americans were “not impressed anymore by the dogma that someone 2,000 years ago was crucified for their sins”, insisting that “Christianity is dying out in America, preparing the way for Islam.” Perhaps the most notable recent example of a US church being turned into a mosque is the large, historic St Anne’s Catholic church in Buffalo, NY.

Persecution of Christians

• Violence against Christians in Indian state of Odisha. Three independent fact-finding missions conducted in Odisha state in India between March and April 2025 have pointed to an alarming rise in targeted attacks, violence, coercion and violations of constitutional rights against Christians — especially Dalit and Adivasi communities. The teams, comprising lawyers, activists and researchers, visited three districts and documented repeated instances of burial denials, forced conversions, police brutality and institutional failure. In each case, the reports found that Christians were being systematically intimidated, their religious freedoms curbed and their basic rights violated — often with no action from local authorities.
• The trauma faced by persecuted Adivasi Christians. The reports note that many Christian Adivasi families (those belonging to various ethnic groups considered to be the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent) have been practising their faith locally for generations, yet are now being treated as outsiders. Many Christian families reported living in fear — facing threats of social boycott, electricity cuts and verbal abuse. Some have left their villages or publicly disavowed their faith to avoid conflict. Others now live with the trauma of having been denied the chance to grieve with dignity. 

Covid and the Vaccines

• Questioning the ‘14 million lives saved’ by Covid vaccines. The mainstream media, the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, and regulatory bodies across the world continue to push the narrative of the staggering success of the Covid vaccines, with claims they saved an estimated 14-20 million lives worldwide in just 1 year. When first aired, such unsupported claims were almost immediately challenged by HART author Dr Clare Craig. Four years later, a new paper by Raphael Lataster, published in the Journal of Independent Medicine, has also found the claims seriously wanting, and highlights various methodological failures: