3rd July 2026

Yesterday Moscow unleashed its largest number of weapons on Kyiv and hit locations over a wide area killing 30 people and injuring 91. More than 130 buildings were destroyed. Several neighbourhoods were evacuated as strikes hit the city hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia was preparing an attack.“  Russia launched more than 70 missiles of various types overnight, nearly half of them ballistic missiles, along with almost 500 attack drones.  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia would "continue to increase pressure on the Kyiv regime in order to achieve our set goals". Moscow said its forces hit what it called military plants in retaliation against attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure. However, one resident impacted by the attacks said, "This is not retaliation by Russia for Ukrainian strikes," he said, dismissing Moscow's explanation for its latest attack. "They started this war. This is a residential area. And they targeted it." 

Loving God, please bring your comfort, care and protection to our neighbours in Kyiv. Be alongside all who mourn the deaths of those they knew and loved. Place your healing hand upon all who were injured in these attacks and bring peace to all whose homes and work places have been destroyed. Forgive our inhumanity towards one another, and that death and destruction is considred acceptable in pursuing goals to control land and people. We pray for an end to this conflict and so ask for your guidance of all who seek to bring the two sides together in order to agree a ceasefire and permanent peace. In  the name of Jesus we pray,  Amen.  

Many countries in south east Asia have seen malaria infections faling over the past 15 years or so. Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos DPR, have seen malaria transmission fall by 67%. Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) attribute this decline to increased surveillance for earlier detection, expanded access to diagnosis and treatment, and years of cooperation between neighbouring countries—the borders between which the mosquito does not respect. “I am proud to reaffirm Lao PDR’s commitment to achieving our national malaria elimination goal by 2030,” Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone told delegates at the 10th Asia Leaders Pacific Leaders' Summit on Malaria Elimination last month. To be confirmed malaria free, the transmission-incubation cycle has to be broken for 3 straight years, as has already occurred in Egypt. National leaders were urged to maintain government funding for malaria elimination, as the final part of the process is the most complicated and expensive. 

Eternal God,

I bow in worship before you

and glorify you with words of praise.

You created the universe

and all that is within it,

all that can be seen and that which cannot.

Thank you for your mighty acts in creation

and that you have filled the earth with life.

I give you thanks for your son Jesus Christ.

I thank you his ministry of teaching and healing.

and for his death and resurrection.

I thank you for your promise of eternal life

through faith in him.

O God, you are so gracious.

I thank you, loving God, for providing all I need.

I rejoice in the abundance of your bounty,

I thank you for your constant presence with me.

I thank you for the guidance of your Holy Spirit.

You are the light to my path and my strong tower.

Thank you O God for loving me.

All glory, honour and praise be to you

enteral, loving and merciful God.

Amen.