It’s Tuesday, August 11th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed
Canada euthanized Christian grandmother against her will
The nation of Canada continues down the dark path of euthanasia.
This time, comes this shocking story, where the state euthanized Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old Christian grandmother, against her will and the will of her family.
On the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition blog, her granddaughter said, “One of our greatest ethical concerns is that GG had explicitly declined [Medical Assistance in Dying], stating it violated her Christian faith. Once a vulnerable patient explicitly declines this path, the facility should never have targeted her for re-evaluation behind closed doors while her primary advocate was away.”
More than 5% of all deaths in Canada are attributed to Medical Assistance in Dying. It is the fifth leading cause of death there.
Psalm 94:4 and 6 cries out: “How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? … They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”
Severe drought in Europe and blazing hot July in America
God has brought a severe drought on Europe.
Since 1836, the month of July was the driest for England and Wales in recorded history, reports Reuters.
Similarly, the United States experienced the hottest July since 1895. Also, March 2026 was the hottest March ever — 9.4° above the 20th-century average.
Ukraine drone attack killed 13 Russians, injured 75
Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia’s oil hub killed 13 citizens and wounded another 75 over the weekend, reports PBS.
Russia says they shut down 450 drones.
In addition, Russia killed 21 people in Kyiv in this ongoing drone-based tit-for-tat warfare.
The changing military alliances overseas
Internationally, nations are lining up in allied positions.
Just last week, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia signed a pact, in which all three nations agreed that an attack on any of the three nations would be taken as an attack on all.
Pakistan’s relationship with China has also warmed up considerably. China supplies Pakistan’s military weaponry and Pakistan strongly supports Beijing on Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea.
If we include China’s growing relationship with Russia, this axis of powers now holds 6,100 nuclear warheads in total, almost exactly the same number held by the allied powers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, India, and Israel.
Keep in mind: God is over all the armies of the Earth. Isaiah 13:4–5 states that “The LORD of hosts musters the army for battle. They come from a far country, from the end of Heaven, the LORD and His weapons of indignation, to destroy the whole land.”
Columbia hit by major earthquake
Another devastating earthquake hit Colombia yesterday morning, killing 111 people, reports the Associated Press. It was 7.4 on the Richter scale.
This follows another 7.5 earthquake in Venezuela a few weeks ago, that killed 5,000 people.
Colombia produces 80% of the world’s cocaine. However, Friday marked the first day in office for Colombia’s new president — Abelardo de la Espriella. He is an admirer of President Donald Trump and had promised an “all-out war” on the drug cartels.
South America has swung to the right over the last few years. Now eight countries are led by presidents who would align more with President Donald Trump. Only three South American nations are led by presidents that bend towards the left including Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela.
Two-thirds of Americans support the death penalty
Pew Research has found that Americans favor the use of the death penalty for murder convictions, in line with Genesis 9:6.
A full two-thirds of Americans say they favor the death penalty, and only 32% oppose it. The numbers have remained about the same for the last seven years. Yet, in the first half of 2026, capital juries chose not to execute the murderer at least 19 times, more often than to execute.
Murders in America average 15,000 per year, yet on average, only 23 murderers are put to death. That’s one-tenth of one percent! And this year, only 19 murderers have received the death penalty.
Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.”
Network for Hope shut down for its immoral organ donor system
The Department of Health and Human Services has decertified Network for Hope, an organ transplant organization that was exposed for unsafe and immoral practices.
Heidi Klessig of Life Site News explained, “Removing Network for Hope’s certification was absolutely necessary, but will not address the most pressing problem underlying our current organ donation system: organ donors must be biologically alive in order to donate viable organs.”
Attorney General Todd Blanche eager to end mail-order abortions
And finally, newly appointed Attorney General Todd Blanche has pledged to work towards solidifying pro-life gains across the country, as well as to end mail-order abortions. Not surprisingly, all Democrats voted against Blanche’s nomination.
According to Americans United for Life, “Through his statements and actions as Acting Attorney General, Mr. Blanche has shown himself to be a sincere advocate for human life and a faithful servant of President Trump’s pro-life agenda.”
And Blanche himself has stated, “If states have said, ‘We are going to protect the unborn and we’re going to protect every life from the moment of conception,’ we’re putting practices and policies in place so that other states and other organizations can’t attack that. They can’t do things like they’re doing with mailing in mail-order drugs.”
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United States exits United Nations Livestock group
The United States government is pulling out of the United Nations’ Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Livestock Transformation, The New American reported.
The decision, announced by the Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Paul Welcher, comes because the declaration promotes climate change, so-called equality, and other radical policies.
Per Politico, “The plan, which is completely voluntary, was finally adopted by delegates on Friday [July 17]. It advises countries to address issues such as biodiversity, animal welfare, emissions and how to prevent the spread of disease.”