Sudan in crisis; California GOP: Abandon pre-born babies and Biblical marriage; South Korea, China, and Italy have lowest birth rates worldwide

It’s Tuesday, August 22nd, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at [a]www.TheWorldview.com.[/a]  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson Sudan in crisis The situation in Sudan is "spiraling out of control,” according to a United Nations report. More than 4.3 million people have been displaced and 20 million face "acute hunger.” Rival military groups are fighting over control of the country in and around Khartoum, the nation’s capital. The Persecution Project is ministering to 250,000 refugees crowded into the Nuba communities in the south. They are distributing shelter tarps, refugee aid kits, and Bibles to the strangers moving in. You can make a donation through a special link in our transcript today at [a]www.TheWorldview.com.[/a] China’s slipping economy China is facing increasing economic pressures—now with a 21% youth unemployment rate.   Also, China’s industrial capacity utilization rate has dropped off to 74%. That’s down from 78% two years ago. Exports are running at $280 billion per month, down from $310 billion per month just a year ago. But still, China’s Gross Domestic Product growth, at 5% this year, is still twice the U.S. growth rate.  Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Consumer Price Index has soared to 7.44%. That’s a 40-year high. Core CPI is upwards of 6.9%. British nurse found guilty of murdering 7 newborns After what some have called the longest murder trial in UK history, a nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for killing seven newborn babies, reports CBS News. The judge noted that the 33-year-old, Lucy Letby, was guilty of a "campaign of child murder” driven by "a deep malevolence bordering on sadism." Currently, the rate of child-killing is