Is Rheinmetall coming to a city near you? This week, the German arms giant opened Europe’s largest ammunition plant in northern Germany and unveiled its vision for a “pan-European defense ecosystem.” Other reports reveal its plans to take over shipbuilder Naval Vessels Luerssen, a new missile partnership with Lockheed Martin, and a $1.2 billion investment in new Bulgarian factories. Our feature story this morning, by Josué Michels, explores “Rheinmetall’s Infiltration of Britain.”

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Europe vs. Iran escalates: Europe’s alarm over Iran’s nuclear program remains high, even after Israeli and American strikes earlier this summer. Yesterday France, Germany and the United Kingdom began the process of reimposing major UN sanctions against Iran—lifted in 2015 under President Obama’s deal—over its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Iran barked back at the confrontational move, calling it “illegal, baseless and politically motivated.” Iran’s deputy foreign minister threatened to suspend cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog and to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Iran’s parliament began drafting legislation to do just that.

The stakes are high. Clearly Iran remains committed to its nuclear ambitions and could be signaling its intent to rush to get a bomb.

When Obama struck the jcpoa in 2015, Trumpet publisher Gerald Flurry condemned it. Aside from putting Iran on a path to nuclear weapons, the deal also opened up foreign investment, and European businesses rushed in. Ever since, they have been de facto allies with Iran—with some bumps in the road.

Yesterday’s announcement by the E3 of European nations reflects a notable turn—from “ally” to antagonist. The sanctions will ban Iran’s enrichment and missile development programs, embargo its conventional weapons, freeze its assets, and impose travel bans.

However, Russia and China can ignore them. And Europe’s backbone will be tested in the face of Iran’s stubbornness.

The Bible prophesies of a spectacular clash between an Iran-led Islamist bloc and a German-led European empire. The Trumpet expects Iran’s nuclear program to be a major part of this clash. This suggests Europe’s sanctions won’t prevent Iran from nuclear breakout. But is Germany triggering snapback sanctions and Iran’s belligerent response the beginning of more direct confrontation?

Read Mr. Flurry’s The King of the South to see the larger prophetic picture.

The King, the pope and an astonishing prayer: A telling detail in a newly revised biography of King Charles iii shows just how much the royal family is leading Britain back to the Roman Catholic Church—a stunning turn in British history.

The most significant act in the King’s reign so far probably happened in April but has only just been revealed. Twelve days before Pope Francis died, he met privately with King Charles and his wife. Biographer Robert Hardman describes what happened in a new edition of his book Charles III:

For the first time, the supreme governor of the Church of England and the bishop of Rome prayed together. … [I]t was a post-Henry viii landmark (the late Queen met four popes but did not pray with them).

During the meeting, the pope gave the King and Queen a blessing for their 20th wedding anniversary. This has raised eyebrows among Catholics, as Camilla is divorced and her husband is still alive, meaning the marriage would not be recognized by the church. It was Henry viii’s desire for a divorce, and the pope’s refusal to grant one, that led to the Church of England breaking from Rome in 1534.

By praying together, the pope and King showed that this five-century rift is effectively over. Britain is joining the church of Rome rather than standing against it.

When Queen Elizabeth ii died, Mr. Flurry wrote:

Queen Elizabeth also swore to maintain Britain’s religion. This she did not do. That’s not to say that the Protestant Reformed religion is the one true religion. But to the extent that it followed the Bible, Britain was blessed for maintaining it. Today, however, Britain is a morass of secularism, dangerous multicultural religious confusion, and submission to the religion of Europe that it once strongly opposed. The Queen has made unprecedented moves to reconcile with the Vatican: visiting Pope John Paul ii in Rome, hosting his visit to Britain in 1982—the first pope to do so since the Reformation, allowing him to hold joint services with the archbishop of Canterbury, and appointing a Roman Catholic as her chaplain.


King Charles is even more committed to foreign religions than his mother.

The Catholic Church, though it has many sincere followers, does not teach what the Bible says, and it has been the primary tool for persecuting God’s saints through the centuries. King Charles is leading his people closer to the rising Holy Roman Empire. His family and his nation will suffer for it.

To understand more about this church and what it will soon lead Europe to do to Britain, read our free book The Holy Roman Empire in Prophecy.

IN OTHER NEWS

Germany and France—close partners: During their meeting in southern France yesterday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed eight strategy papers and 20 “lighthouse projects” in key sectors: industry, technology, research, quantum physics, artificial intelligence and defense. Half of Merz’s cabinet joined the meeting today to discuss the production of joint weapons systems. Though the details are in dispute, Merz and Macron are committed to creating a European superstate. Yet as Mr. Flurry explained in “France’s Deadly Ignorance About Germany,” France is oblivious to Germany’s ambitions for this empire.

Are military drones already defunct? As drones revolutionize warfare, nations are scrambling to produce potent anti-drone technology. Successes have some people claiming to have neutralized the threat of drones as a weapon. Philip Nice’s In Brief has more.