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It’s Tuesday, August 4, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson, Timothy Reed and Adam McManus
Amnesty Int’l apologized for smearing Christians and pro-lifers
Some good news on the Christian persecution front today. Amnesty International has officially apologized for publishing a report that accused 117 Christian and pro-life groups in the UK as “anti-rights.”
In the apology, Amnesty admitted the report “should never have been published” and fell “significantly short” of its standards for research.
The report had attacked the Evangelical Alliance, Christian Concern, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, The Christian Institute, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association UK as well as crisis pregnancy centers.
Oil is slowing through Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-al-Mandab strait Transporting oil and other goods out of the Middle East has become a real problem. Now the problem has reached its highest crisis point since the wars in the region fired up in the spring.
BBC reports the situation is far worse now, with Iranian pressure at the Strait of Hormuz, and Yemen Houthi pressure put on the Bab-al-Mandab Strait into the Red Sea.
Only 10-15 ships a day pass through the Strait of Hormuz. That’s about one-eighth the normal shipping flow. And the Bab-Al-Mandab Strait is only getting about 25-30 ships a day. That’s about half the normal flow.
Saudi Arabia and Iran’s economies both took a hit
Saudi Arabia’s economy took a 4.8% hit in the 2nd Quarter of this year. Iran is looking at a 5.4% decline for the year, according to International Monetary Fund numbers.
Iran is also dealing with 68% inflation this year.
Drought and fires impacting Europe
God's hand has fallen hard on Western Europe.
The United Kingdom experienced its driest July in nearly 200 years. Much of the nation is in drought. France recently battled its largest recorded wildfire, following months of drought and extreme heat.
Parts of the Danube River have dropped to the lowest levels in 30 years. Italy’s River Po