Speaking during a special session at the United Nations Security Council on Monday, he outlined four reasons Jews’ connection to the Holy Land should be respected: “The Bible, history, international law, and the pursuit of international peace and security.”

Danon opened the Bible and read aloud God’s covenant with Abraham from Genesis 17, which states: “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout the generations for an everlasting covenant.

“And I will give to you and your descendants after you all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession and I will be their God.”

Danon then raised up the Bible and told attendees: “This is the deed to our land.”

“From the book of Genesis to the Jews’ exodus from Egypt, to receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai, and to the realisation of God’s covenant in the holy land of Israel, the Bible paints a consistent picture.

“The entire history of our people and our connection to Eretz Israel begins right here.”

‘The #Koran itself accepts the divine deed of the #Jewish people to the land of #Israel,’ says Israeli Ambassador @dannydanon in his address to the UN Security Council: pic.twitter.com/a5hbT5rWk0

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) April 29, 2019

Danon highlighted the fact that all of the Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam reflect Jewish people’s connection to…

Gavin Williamson has sworn “on his children’s lives” it wasn’t him but Theresa May has said there’s “compelling evidence” suggesting he disclosed plans to allow Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G network.

Mr Swayne (pictured below) told Premier that Mrs May should present the evidence to police.

“It is entirely a matter for the police as to whether a prosecution take place,” he said.

“But that’s their decision. And they would only make that decision if the evidence is presented to them.

“The Cabinet Office has said that the matter’s closed, so the police aren’t going to even consider it, because they haven’t been given the evidence.

“My view is that, at least in some forum, natural justice demands that, that evidence be produced, so that Gavin has at least the opportunity to clear his name because at the moment his reputation is completely skushed.”

Meanwhile, Britain’s most senior police officer has said police are unlikely to open a criminal investigation into the leak of secret information from the National Security Council (NSC) unless the case is referred to them by the Government.

Mr Williamson himself has said he would welcome a police probe, which he believes would “absolutely exonerate” him of leaking details of the NSC discussion.

Mr Swayne said he disagreed with Mrs May considering the matter closed.

He added: “I mean, who’s going to…

Paul Cook, Head of Advocacy at Tearfund, told Premier: “We’re really delighted that the climate change committee has come out and recommended this move to zero emissions by 2050.

“And actually, we think they can go even further. We think it ought to be 2045, at the very latest, and that we can actually get there even quicker than that.”

The CCC claims that the level of CO2 released into the atmosphere can be reduced by embracing low-carbon technologies, changes to industry and public behaviour.

Research has shown that Scotland could be carbon free as early as 2045 due to the high number of trees being planted there to absorb carbon dioxide, whilst Wales’ farming industry makes a just 95% cut to its emissions more likely.

The CCC’s report claims there’s a 50% chance of staying below the recommended 1.5C temperature rise by 2100, if other countries follow suit.

A 1.5C rise is considered the threshold for dangerous climate change.

Mr Cook told Premier that the poor are already seeing the impact of climate change and it is important that the government fully embrace CCC’s recommendations.

He said: “In thousands of communities around the world they’re seeing more extreme storms, the seasons changing, more intense rainfall crops being destroyed.

“It’s really having a huge impact on the world’s poorest people. And that’s why, for us as Christians, we should be taking this…

Daigle was up for three awards – Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album and Top Christian Song – all of which she won.

Standing on a square stage in-the-round, she sang her hit song ‘You Say’ with minimal piano and three backing singers.

She had a captive audience for the stripped-back song which reached number 29 in the Billboard Hot 100 and has topped the Christian chart for 40 weeks.

Her album ‘Look Up Child’, from which the song came, has been top of the Christian album chart for 31 weeks.

Speaking before the performance, she said it was going to be “intimate and low-key”.

When asked why she thinks the song is still in the charts after 40 weeks, Daigle said: “I think honestly, people just want that message of hope.

“They just want something truthful to hold on to and to believe about themselves and there’s so many different ways that the world can cut you down and hurt you and I think that ‘You Say’ is just a song to kind of build people back up”.

Watch @Lauren_Daigle tease her “intimate” performance planned for the #BBMAs and discuss the continuing success of her song “You Say” pic.twitter.com/VAT478zCPG

— billboard (@billboard) April 30, 2019

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Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), a religious freedom charity which focuses its work in Pakistan, has thanked the Senate after it passed a bill to set the minimum marriage age at 18.

The amendment to the Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 1929 now means that underage marriage can lead to a sentence of up to three years in prison, a fine of at least Rs100,000 (equivalent of £1,100), or both.

CLAAS said this is a big win for religious minorities who have concerns that their underage girls are kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and then marry their kidnappers.

Nasir Saeed, Director CLAAS-UK, said: “I would like to congratulate all the political parties and their representatives who supported this bill.

“The passing of this bill is a great thing, but the implementation will be equally important and if the government fails to implement this law like it has with serval other laws, then people won’t benefit from it.”

According to CLAAS, Senator Sherry Rehman, who presented the bill, was met with resistance from members of Islamist parties.

Some argued that fixing the age as 18 was inconsistent with Sharia law. She argued that since the age of voting is 18, the age of puberty should also be fixed accordingly.

The Senate passed the bill with the opposition of five votes.

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