Today, we're sharing updates from Ukraine and Russia, news of global flooding, a delay

of the Artemis I launch and other top news for Wednesday, August 31st.

Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pourover.

Here's the quote of the day.

If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross.

If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.

D-A Carson.

EU foreign ministers are meeting to discuss a topic dividing the block, whether to ban

Russian tourism in Europe.

Advocates, largely countries that border Russia have already stopped issuing visas to

Russians, calling it one of many restrictive measures which are aiming to end the war.

But other countries say they're unwilling to punish everyday Russians for Putin's war.

Uncle Sam agrees saying pathways for dissidents to leave Mother Russia should remain open.

In other war correspondence, Ukraine is trying to reclaim Kursan, the only major city

it lost to Russia.

This is Ukraine's first major counteroffensive.

Russia's military is recruiting heavily and struggling at it.

International inspectors have arrived at Zaparitia, Ukraine, in an urgent mission to inspect

Europe's largest nuclear power plant after it was damaged by shelling.

It's easy to feel helpless when it comes to this war, but the Bible promises that prayer

is powerful and effective.

It causes things to happen that would not have happened otherwise.

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