Charles King walks through Monday's biggest stories with a biblical lens — from a chilling surge of political executions inside Iran to a drone strike on a Gulf nuclear facility. Informed prayer, not alarmed doomscrolling.

Stories Covered
• Iran executions surge during wartime — UN verifies 32 political prisoners killed
• Supreme Court voting rights ruling reshapes local and state map-drawing
• Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant, raising fears of normalized infrastructure warfare
• WHO declares DR Congo Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency
• Georgia primary: bitter GOP contests and record Democratic turnout
• Two US Navy fighter jets collide mid-air at air show — all crew safe
• America's surprising bean renaissance

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1
• Proverbs 31:9
• Matthew 24:6
• James 1:27
• 1 Timothy 2:1-2
• Psalm 146:3-4

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Charles King walks through the weekend's biggest headlines — from an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa to a Louisiana primary upset to escalating drone warfare between Russia and Ukraine. Plus quick briefs on Eurovision, a stranded whale, and the aurora borealis.

Stories Covered
• WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a public health emergency after 80 suspected deaths
• Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana primary to Trump-backed Julia Letlow after voting to convict in 2021
• Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region; Russian strikes injure eight in Ukraine
• Trump threatens to pull endorsement of Rep. Lauren Boebert over her support for Rep. Thomas Massie
• Bulgaria wins its first Eurovision title with the song "Bangaranga"
• Timmy the humpback whale found dead off the Danish coast after a controversial rescue
• Aurora borealis expected to be visible across much of North America tonight

Scripture References
• James 1:27
• Proverbs 29:25
• Isaiah 59:8
• Proverbs 27:6
• Genesis (creation groaning)
• Psalm 19:1
• Psalm 46:1-2

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President Trump warns Taiwan from the Oval Office, the Supreme Court keeps a chemical abortion pill available nationwide, and Switzerland opens its sealed files on one of history's most notorious war criminals.

Stories Covered
• Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after Xi summit
• Supreme Court keeps mifepristone available nationwide, reversing Fifth Circuit win
• Switzerland to open secret files on Nazi doctor Josef Mengele
• ISIS second-in-command killed in joint US-Nigerian operation
• Sen. Bill Cassidy faces Trump-backed primary challenge in Louisiana
• Trump administration plans prayer event on the National Mall
• Hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers begin 42-day quarantine in Nebraska

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1 — The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord
• Psalm 139 — You knitted me together in my mother's womb
• Galatians 6:9 — Let us not grow weary of doing good
• Revelation 6:10 — How long, O Lord, holy and true
• Hebrews 9:27 — It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment
• Proverbs 29:25 — The fear of man lays a snare
• Psalm 27:14 — Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage
• Psalm 75:7 — It is God who executes judgment (verse of the day)

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A Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building kills 24, including three children. Pope Leo XIV warns of a 'spiral of annihilation' as militaries race toward AI-directed warfare. And Pew Research finds 'Christian nationalism' is now a household phrase — even as Americans can't agree on what it means.

Stories Covered
• Kyiv apartment strike death toll rises to 24, including three children
• Pope Leo XIV decries AI-directed warfare and autonomous weapons
• Pew Research: 'Christian Nationalism' becomes a household term
• Supreme Court maintains access to mifepristone
• CIA Director Ratcliffe meets with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana
• Gen Z homeowners outpacing millennials at the same age
• Tensions flare near the Strait of Hormuz — one ship seized, another sunk

Scripture References
• Proverbs 24:11 — Rescue those being taken away to death
• Genesis 1:27 — Made in the image of God
• Philippians 3:20 — Our citizenship is in heaven
• 1 Peter 2:11 — Sojourners and exiles
• Psalm 139 — Knit together in the womb
• Proverbs 25:2 — The glory of kings to search out a matter
• Psalm 46:9 — He makes wars cease (verse of the day)

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Trump lands in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping while Russia launches a massive drone and missile barrage on Kyiv. Plus a quiet lesson from teaching the same book of the Bible twice, twenty years apart.

Stories Covered
• Trump arrives in Beijing for closed-door summit with Xi Jinping
• Asia watches anxiously as trade, Taiwan, and Ukraine hang in the balance
• Russia strikes Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles — 1 dead, 31 injured
• Russell Moore reflects on teaching Hebrews 20 years apart
• Former DOJ official Jonathan Gross blasts his former bosses
• Remains of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington recovered in Morocco
• U.S. waives $15,000 entry bond for World Cup fans
• Shakira, Madonna, and BTS to headline first World Cup Final halftime show

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1
• Romans 12:15
• Hebrews 4:12
• Proverbs 21:15
• Hebrews 13:8

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A basketball pioneer dies young, two presidents meet in Beijing, and a small business owner stares at a spreadsheet wondering if she can afford Christmas. None of it is outside the hand of God.

Stories Covered
• Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay active player, dies at 47 of a brain tumor
• President Trump arrives in Beijing for high-stakes talks with Xi Jinping on trade, Taiwan, and Jimmy Lai
• Christianity Today profiles small business owners squeezed by a year of tariffs
• $4.8M tentative settlement in the Ronald Greene Louisiana traffic stop death
• CBO estimates Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defense at $1.2 trillion
• U.S. student test scores: decline predates COVID, but some states are gaining ground

Scripture References
• Ecclesiastes 7:2
• Proverbs 21:1
• Philippians 4:11
• Proverbs 21:15
• Psalm 20:7
• Jeremiah 6:16

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Two of the most powerful men on the planet sit down in Beijing while a Middle East war still smolders — but Scripture reminds us whose hand really directs the kings. Today we look at superpower politics, surprising alliances, justice and mercy, and a 90-year-old still bearing fruit at the piano.

Stories Covered
• Trump-Xi summit in Beijing and what Americans think about China, tariffs, and Iran
• Israel sent Iron Dome batteries and personnel to defend the UAE during the Iran war
• Knesset votes 93-0 to establish a special tribunal — with death penalty option — for October 7 attackers
• WHO: no sign of a wider hantavirus outbreak
• Inflation cools slightly but groceries and rent stay high
• Proposed cuts to rural flight subsidies could leave small towns stranded
• A 90-year-old grandmother leads worship at her Iowa retirement home

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1 — verse of the day
• Isaiah 9:6 — the Prince of Peace
• Romans 13 — the governing authority bears the sword
• Genesis 9 — the sanctity of human life
• 1 Timothy 6 — godliness with contentment
• Psalm 92 — the righteous still bear fruit in old age

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Trump rejects Iran's terms for ending the war as the diplomatic chessboard expands to Beijing. A US soldier is lost during a joint exercise in Morocco, and a sobering report reveals how hospital charity care frequently fails the very people it claims to serve.

Stories Covered
• Trump calls Iran's response to US peace proposal 'totally unacceptable'
• Remains of US soldier recovered off Morocco; second soldier still missing
• NPR investigation: charity care often inaccessible as uninsured ranks grow
• Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to Tehran hospital
• US and French cruise passengers test positive for hantavirus
• Budget grocery stores boom as shoppers stretch dollars
• Dominion lawsuits against Giuliani and Powell still pending

Scripture References
• Proverbs 21:1 — The king's heart in the hand of the Lord
• Psalm 34:18 — The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
• James 2:15-16 — Faith without works toward the needy
• Hebrews 13:3 — Remember those in prison
• Proverbs 22:3 — The prudent sees danger and takes shelter
• Exodus 20:16 — Do not bear false witness
• Psalm 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God

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A Persian Gulf ceasefire wobbles as a cargo ship is hit off Qatar, a hantavirus outbreak forces evacuations from a cruise ship in Tenerife, and Ohio voters say affordability — not tribalism — is driving their decisions. Charles King walks through the headlines with Scripture as the anchor.

Stories Covered
• Cargo ship hit off Qatar tests fragile Iran ceasefire as negotiations crawl forward
• Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at Tenerife; evacuations begin, three dead
• CDC: threat of widespread hantavirus outbreak in U.S. remains low
• Ohio primary voters cite gas, groceries, and rent as their top concerns
• Hall of Fame Braves manager Bobby Cox dies at 84
• Frontier Airlines plane strikes and kills pedestrian on Denver tarmac
• New U.S. Wildland Fire Service braces for extreme fire season — "we're dry"
• North Korea reportedly updates constitution to mandate nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated

Scripture References
• Jeremiah 6:14
• Ephesians 2 (Christ is our peace)
• James 4:14
• Proverbs 30:8-9
• Genesis 2 (work and keep the garden)
• Psalm 146 (put not your trust in princes)
• John 14:27 — Verse of the Day

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Putin parades through Red Square as a fragile three-day ceasefire holds in Ukraine. ABC accuses the Trump administration of chilling free speech. And Christianity Today asks why some Black Americans have walked away from the church.

Stories Covered

• Putin denounces NATO at a scaled-back Victory Day parade as a Trump-brokered three-day ceasefire takes effect
• ABC News argues the Trump administration is trying to chill constitutionally protected speech in a fight over 'The View'
• Christianity Today examines the lies and truths that keep some Black Americans out of church
• The Defense Department releases decades of UFO files
• Canvas comes back online after a ransomware breach disrupts final exams
• A small Georgia town reinstates its entire police force days after the mayor fired the department
• National political mood sours for Republicans, but redistricting could soften midterm losses

Scripture References

• Proverbs 21:1
• Proverbs 18:17
• Acts 8 (Ethiopian official)
• Revelation 7:9
• Psalm 24:1
• Romans 13
• Psalm 46:10-11

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