James Macintyre
May wins first round of voting in contest to replace Cameron as PM
Home Secretary is the front-runner among MPs, but the key question now is who will come second and face the members alongside her

300 denominations meet for ecumenical gathering in Munich
Some 1,700 Christians from around 300 denominations have met in Munich for a 'Together in Europe' gathering of the Ecumenical Congress promoting unity between Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals.

Facebook responds to Israeli minister's attack after killing by alleged social media user
Facebook has called on users to report content that promotes violence after the website was attacked by an Israeli minister at the weekend over material posted by the alleged killer of a 13-year-old girl in a West Bank settlement.

Kidnapped Iraqi priest: 'During the day I was a spiritual father, at night they tortured me'
An Iraqi Catholic priest has described being kidnapped and tortured and having his church blown up in war-torn Iraq after the invasion in 2003.

Did Blair's faith lead to his decision to invade Iraq? God alone knows
A new essay links the former prime minister's Christian religion to the war. But although Blair's faith is strong, those who know him best are doubtful of the connection

Tory MPs begin voting on next PM with Theresa May in the lead - but will she win?
The first round of voting among Conservative MPs begins to determine who succeeds David Cameron as the next prime minister following the Brexit referendum on 23 June.
US grants asylum to Baptist minister deported from Kazakhstan
After nearly three years of legal wrangling, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service has agreed to give asylum to Viktor Lim, who was born in Uzbekistan and is of Korean ancestry.

London church saves public over £300k per year through homeless work
A new report says that a church in north London is saving the public purse money by offering a home to 50 destitute men addicted to drugs or alcohol or suffering mental health problems

Escaped prisoner who became Christian minister faces return to jail after 37 years
67-year-old Bill Burchfield from Georgia twice escaped prison after pleading guilty to the voluntary manslaughter of his wife.

The Chilcot report: what is it, what will we learn and why does it matter?
The long-awaited Iraq Inquiry is expected to examine the timing of Tony Blair's decision to side with the US in the 2003 invasion

Children at illegal ultra-Orthodox school almost drowned on hiking trip
An illegal faith school for ultra-Orthodox Jewish students ran a hiking expedition to Dover in which a group of 34 children and two adults nearly drowned and had to be rescued by emergency services.

Alastair Campbell: I may do God
Tony Blair thinks he might come to faith one day. Alastair Campbell isn't ruling anything out.

Party tribalist Alastair Campbell threatens to quit Labour if Corbyn stays on as leader
Alastair Campbell has said he would "have to really consider about whether I can stay in the Labour party" if Jeremy Corbyn stays on as party leader.

Cameron, Brown, Blair and Major 'to share platform' in last-ditch bid to keep Britain in EU
David Cameron is seeking to bring together his three predecessors as prime minister in a last-ditch effort to persuade voters to keep Britain in the EU, multiple sources have told Christian Today.