Today’s overview of news reports with links
The Good Friday Agreement holds strong – Simon Coveney
The principles at the core of the 20-year-old deal will guide us through the current impasse
https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_hFIU8_2018-02-22/data/452839/index.html?
The Irish border issue cannot be used to hollow out Brexit – Jacob Ress – Mogg
https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_hFIU8_2018-02-22/data/453073/index.html?
Rees – Mogg calls May’s transition plan on Brexit a perversion of democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/feb/22/brexit-rees-mogg-calls-mays-transition-plan-perversion-of-democracy-politics-live?CMP=twt_gu
BBC News Daily: Trump on arming teachers, and May’s Brexit summit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43144952
Reports that US pastor and evangelist Dr Billy Graham, one of the most influential preachers of the 20th century, has died aged 99 years old. Reports carry tribute from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and broadcast interview tribute from the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09rblz2/bbc-news-at-six-21022018 (report starts at around 17:10)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/presidents-and-archbishops-mourn-preacher-billy-graham-qj33m6g2d
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/21/the-royal-preacher-when-billy-graham-met-the-queen
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5418039/Evangelist-Billy-Graham-equals–Archbishop-Canterbury.html
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/23-february/news/world/billy-graham-dies-at-99
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8596/us-evangelist-billy-graham-dies-aged-99-
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/21/billy-graham-relationship-queen-elizabeth-ii/358260002/
News feature on Billy Graham and his life, including his visits to the UK. The article quotes the Archbishop of York who was present among crowds when Billy Graham visited in 1984. The Archbishop of Canterbury is also quoted.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5638421/how-evangelist-billy-graham-shaped-lives-of-the-uss-most-powerful/
Report on speech in House of Lords given by the Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell, on nuclear disarmament.
https://www.christiantoday.com/uk/bishop-of-chelmsford-do-we-really-want-trumps-finger-on-nuclear-button/126139.htm
Obits – Billy Graham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13374487
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/21/billy-graham-obituary
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/02/21/billy-graham-evangelist-obituary/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/billy-graham-obituary-27gncw6k9
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