Words fail me as I write this. We, Bishops, Priests and lay people are deeply pained and distressed at the Jaranwala incident in the Faisalabad District in Pakistan. A church building is being burnt as I type this message. Bibles have been desecrated and Christians have been tortured and harrased having been falsely accused of violating the Holy Quran. We cry out for justice and action from law enforcement and those who dispense justice and the safety of all citizens to intervene immediately and assure us that our lives are valuable in our own homeland that has just celebrated independence and freedom. #CryWithUs #PrayWithUs
George was a trailblazer as well as outstanding journalist and human being. I remember seeing him on screen as Africa Correspondent in the 90s, the first Asian foreign correspondent I had seen on British television. He inspired so many of us https://t.co/8gcpSk4mhj
"It's either you reach Europe or you die at sea."
That's what one teenager told me as I joined one of the first Mediterranean migrant rescue patrols since the Greek shipwreck, watching as 86 boys and young men were pulled from a rubber raft.
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As President Biden spends the night in central London - his decision to supply Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions may be a source of friction when he meets with Rishi Sunak on Monday #clusterbombs#sunak#biden#nato#ukraine
"Unless we fix the climate crisis, all our other struggles will “amount to nothing", says legendary artist and peace icon Joan Baez at UN Geneva. 🎧Listen to her full @UN_News_Centre interview: https://t.co/Q6iUR49OEX… #ActNow#ClimateAction