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BBC/EBC Newscast, London. Tuesday 20th December, 2033. 09:00hrs (local time).

“Good morning, here is the nine o'clock news from London. Top story this morning is that there exists a state of war between Israel and Iran. The Israeli Ministry of Information released the news at six o'clock CET this morning. All border crossing points have been closed and a state of martial law has been declared across the nation. So far Tehran has failed to make any official statement concerning the declaration of war. However a spokesperson in the Iraqi government said that it was typical sword waving behaviour from Israel and the Iraq government is not expecting the situation to deteriorate into armed conflict.”

“The European Security Council is meeting later today in Brussels to discuss the situation. President of the Russian Union, Boris Luzhkov has expressed his disappointment over Russia being refused membership of the European Union yesterday. Mister Luzhkov stated that the New Russia had much to offer and sooner or later the EU would rue the day they refused to accept Russia as a full partner.”

“With the Christmas, or Mid-winter Holiday just four days away Christian churches around the world are preparing for record numbers of attendees this year following the revelation of the God Tapes and the subsequent discoveries in Crete. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Reverend Jonathan Benn, told Newsnight that the 'Revelation' is only a part of the picture, the current state of the world, the volcanic eruptions, the restoration of the Ark of the Covenant, the rebuilding of the third Jewish temple and the situation in the Middle-east, have all contributed to people turning back to the church and Jesus Christ.”

“Home Secretary Henry Harden has appealed to the Christian community to restrict their outpourings of faith to appropriate places, within buildings dedicated for that purpose. He added that anyone expressing Christian or other faith views in public will be arrested. The Home Secretary added that he wished everyone a Merry Christmas.”