5.7.26 Georgia wildfires, forced marriages in Pakistan, the National Day of Prayer, and Messianic Jews in Israel
The World and Everything In It
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4.8 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The southern Georgia wildfires, forced marriages in Pakistan, the National Day of Prayer, and social isolation of Messianic Jews, Plus, Cal Thomas on the deeper fiscal trouble ahead, “Brother Snail” wins a race in Taiwan, and the Thursday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Wildfires sweep through parts of the South. |
| 0:09.0 | These trees have already been so stressed from drought that they might not survive still. |
| 0:15.0 | We'll have a report. Also, a rise in forced marriages involving children in Pakistan and what it's like for Jewish |
| 0:23.6 | believers to practice their faith in Jerusalem. |
| 0:26.6 | It's easier for them to accept Christians, but if you're a messianic Jew, then you're |
| 0:31.6 | a traitor. |
| 0:32.6 | And world commentator, Carol Thomas, on hard choices that come with overspending. |
| 0:46.5 | It's Thursday, May 7th. This is The World and Everything in it from listener's |
| 0:51.2 | supported World Radio. I'm Mary Reichard. And I'm |
| 0:54.3 | Merna Brown. Good morning. Time now for the news with Kent Covington. President Trump says a deal |
| 1:02.3 | to end the war in Iran could come within a week. The White House sent a new peace proposal to Iran |
| 1:08.3 | this week, and Trump told White House reporters on Wednesday. |
| 1:11.3 | They want to make a deal. We've had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it's very |
| 1:17.1 | possible that we'll make a deal. The proposal requires Iran to give up its nuclear weapons |
| 1:21.7 | program, which Iranian leaders previously refused to do, but the president now says, |
| 1:27.1 | Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won't. |
| 1:30.2 | And they've agreed to that, among other things. |
| 1:33.3 | Tehran says it is still reviewing the U.S. proposal. |
| 1:36.6 | If a deal does come together, Trump's U.N. ambassador, Mike Walts, |
| 1:39.9 | says the U.S. will not merely be taking Iran's word for anything. |
| 1:43.6 | It's going to be inspect and verify. There will be no trust involved.S. will not merely be taking Iran's word for anything. It's going to be inspect and verify. |
| 1:46.0 | There will be no trust involved there in making sure another U.N. agency, the IAEA, |
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