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• Great Expectations: How do we handle it when everything goes wrong?

  Dave Luck | Tue 27 Nov 2018 10:59 GMT

  I don't beat myself up about the past but these days I don't expect tidy solutions to life's challenges. My theology has changed.

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  Ukraine introduces martial law citing threat of Russian invasion

  Reuters | Tue 27 Nov 2018 9:56 GMT

  Poroshenko said martial law was necessary to bolster Ukraine's defences after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships and took their crew prisoner at the weekend.

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  Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

  Reuters | Tue 27 Nov 2018 9:42 GMT

  Google's technology will not suggest gender-based pronouns because the risk is too high that its Smart Compose technology might predict someone's sex or gender identity incorrectly.

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  Theresa May accused of blocking Asia Bibi asylum offer

  Staff writer | Tue 27 Nov 2018 1:36 GMT

  British newspapers are reporting that the UK did not offer asylum to Asia Bibi after Theresa May refused the appeals of Cabinet ministers.

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  £1m mission project to create small worshipping communities across Manchester

  Staff writer | Mon 26 Nov 2018 22:33 GMT

  The Church of England is investing £1m into the pioneering of small worshipping communities across Manchester.

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  Pray for us, say Ukraine's Christians as country weighs martial law

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 26 Nov 2018 13:57 GMT

  Russia has been accused of trying to limit Ukraine's access to strategically important ports.

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  Another missionary dies in Cameroon shooting

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 26 Nov 2018 12:27 GMT

  Father Cosmas Omboto Ondari, 33, a Kenyan missionary with the Mill Hill religious order, died when men in combat fatigues opened fire on his church.

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  Violence against women is a global pandemic. Churches need to be part of the solution

  Andrew Caplen | Mon 26 Nov 2018 11:35 GMT

  Violence against women is a worldwide pandemic. It covers sexual assault, rape in the context of war, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and domestic violence.

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  The idea of a male God is deep-rooted – but wrong

  Mark Vernon | Mon 26 Nov 2018 10:44 GMT

  When an archbishop says, 'God is not a father' it's as if the faithful reply: 'Of course, father. You're absolutely right, father.'

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  The UK's Climate Change Act turns 10 today – but will the teenage years be troubled?

  Ben Niblett | Mon 26 Nov 2018 10:11 GMT

  10 years on, what difference has the Act made?

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  British academic Matthew Hedges pardoned by UAE

  Reuters | Mon 26 Nov 2018 9:44 GMT

  The UAE president issued the pardon as part of a mass clemency of more than 700 prisoners to mark the country's National Day

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  God is not male or female, says Archbishop of Canterbury

  Staff writer | Sun 25 Nov 2018 17:14 GMT

  The Most Reverend Justin Welby said descriptions of God were 'to some degree metaphorical' and that His characterisation as 'Father' could not be understood in exactly the same way as an earthly father.