James Macintyre

• Bishops condemn Israel 'unequivocally' over 'horrifying' use of live bullets in Gaza

  The bishop of Southwark Christopher Chessun, who regularly travels to Gaza, has said he is 'horrified' at the use of fire by Israeli forces which led to 60 deaths on the Strip yesterday and condemned Israel's actions 'unequivocally'.

• The growing Christian divide: Gaza, Israel and why US evangelicals are increasingly isolated

  Each year without fanfare, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales lead a delegation to Gaza as well as elsewhere in the Middle East, underlining that Church's special commitment to the region including the Strip.

• Gaza: Funerals for 58 killed by Israeli forces as world condemns bloodiest day since 2014

  Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, says he is 'grieving the tragic loss of life' as funerals for the 58 people who were killed yesterday in Gaza by Israeli forces will take place today, amid further protests on what is the 70th anniversary of the 'Nakba'.

• Victory for evangelicals as US embassy moves to Jerusalem – but at what price?

  As dozens are wounded along the Gaza border amid violent protests there and across the West Bank, shortly after 4pm local time today Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, will calmly pray for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at the highly controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem.

• Mitt Romney blasts 'bigot' Robert Jeffress over prayer at US embassy in Jerusalem, John Hagee in spotlight too

  Prominent pastors were last night drawn into the fierce controversy over today's US embassy move to Jerusalem, as Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah said that Baptist minister Robert Jeffress should not be giving the opening prayer because he's a 'religious bigot'.

• Top Christian lawyer blasts Fleet Street's 'scant regard for the truth' after Telegraph pays damages to mosque chairman

  The eminent media lawyer behind the Sunday Telegraph being forced to pay 'substantial damages' to the chairman of Finsbury Park Mosque is a devout Christian who has issued a scathing attack on Fleet Street's 'scant regard for the truth'.

• Released: Three American Christians held in North Korea return to US

  Three American Christians held in North Korea in recent years have been released and are currently flying back to the US with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump has announced.

• As Trump quits Iran deal, Israel should be careful what it wishes for

  Be careful what you wish for was the message coming out of some elements of the mainstream Israeli media last night as Donald Trump dramatically pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.

• Young newlywed becomes 8th Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to go missing since April

  A young Coptic Christian woman who had been married for two weeks has been missing since disappearing from her school on May 2, sparking fears that she may have been kidnapped.

• Hungary's Viktor Orban reiterates pledge to keep country 'Christian'

  Hungary's right-wing, nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban said yesterday that the main task of his new government will be to preserve the country's security and Christian culture, keeping out migrants and fending off what he calls foreign meddling.

• Secret witness testifies against US pastor Andrew Brunson

  A witness testifying anonymously against Andrew Brunson, the US pastor accused of spying and terror-related charges in Turkey, claimed yesterday that Brunson helped Kurdish militants and aimed to create a Christian Kurdish state, the country's state-run news agency reported.

• Former bishop of Exeter in controversial Syria visit questions evidence for Assad chemical attack

  A former bishop who held high-level talks with the Syrian regime hours after last month's western air-strikes has said he was 'appalled' by the intervention and questioned whether president Bashar al-Assad was behind the chemical attack on Douma.