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For King & Country announces Movie project of their family's musical journey

The Grammy Award winning group, For King & Country, who is led by the brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone, have a couple of movies coming out soon about their family and their musical travels.

It's the group's first movie and it is a documentary called "Return to Sydney,"

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shows their travels; it focuses on Joel, Luke and their sister, Rebecca St. James' careers.

Their brother, Ben Smallbone, of Radiate Films is directing the documentary which is in production now.

The second movie, called "Unsung Hero," is a family dramedy (which means the production is a drama/ comedy), that shows the Smallbone family as they are travelling to America. This movie also shows their mother, Helen Smallbone and how she depended on her faith as she raised nine children in their new house.

Both of these movies will be released under their family production team name. Joel and Luke Smallbone said, "With the great partnership of Monarch Media and Radiate Films, we're inviting you to join our family's radical journey. With thousands of hours of home camera footage, captivating interviews from key partners and friends, and a defining show at Sydney's Opera House, we're pulling back the curtain on our lives like never before."

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was named Artist of the Year and Group of the Year at the K-Love Fan Awards on June 4.

Lauren Daigle's amazing performance inspires on The Voice finale

Christian singer Lauren Daigle was surrounded by a Gospel choir as she performed her song "Hold on to Me," at the finale of The Voice.

Lauren, who had the hit song "You Say," took to twitter and said she is "still on cloud 9 after an incredible time on The Voice."

She also said, "There are so many moving pieces on days like this, and it all happens so fast, but every moment is just so much fun; very grateful."

Lauren continued to say her performance, "was one of my absolute

In March, Faithwire had reported that Lauren is using her music video "Hold on to Me" to raise money for a variety of charities. Lauren said that she did write the song while she was on tour back in 2019 for "the person who feels lonely, the person who feels defeated."

Lauren said that it is a song "to remind people that hope is around."

So far, the music video "Hold on to Me" has collected more than 4 million views.

Israel Jets Hit Hamas

Israel Jet Fighters hit Hamas Terror Targets after Hamas uses Arson Balloon Fires!

Israel Defense Forces jet fighters have struck Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip in response to the incendiary balloons that were sent over into Southern Israel; they have caused many fires in that region.

The IDF have said the buildings that they targeted were being used in terror activities and Israel are holding Hamas responsible for what is happening in Gaza Strip. There have been no reports of casualties at the moment.

The IDF have said during a statement, "The IDF is prepared for any scenario, including a resumption of hostilities, in the face of continuing terror activities from the Gaza Strip."

The IDF also said that it had stopped two separate incidents of ramming and stabbing attacks in the West Bank, which is quite a few miles from Jerusalem's Old City.

Hamas had recently called for a "Day of Rage" and then they threatened to restart the recent conflict they had against Israel if they went ahead with the Flag Parade, which goes through the Old City of Jerusalem.

Every year, Israel has Flag Parade; it takes place in Jerusalem. It retraces the footsteps of the paratroopers from the Six Day War in 1967. Flag Day is usually on May 10th, but it was suspended this year, when Hamas had fired rockets at Jerusalem. Those rocket attacks started an eleven day war between Israel and Hamas.

The parade route was changed to begin at the Damascus Gate, but it will begin on the outside and will come in through the Jaffa Gate to the Western Wall.

The peaceful march included a lot of shots of "the People of Israel live." But unfortunately, there were a few that ruined the day with shouts of "Death to Arabs." Israeli new Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, quickly condemned those remarks. He said the people who had shouted the sayings are "a disgrace to the Israeli people."

The IDF has been on high alert by deploying the Iron Dome anti missile systems. The police have 2,000 officers on high alert patrolling on the streets of Jerusalem, as they watch for any signs of trouble during the march.

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International Airport had to reroute flights towards the north in an effort to keep aircrafts out of the path of potential

Hamas rocket attacks.

Last month, Hamas fired more than 4,000 rockets deep into Israel.

Hamas also bragged that their rocket attacks was a victory.

Hamas didn't fire any rockets this time, but they did change their tactics by using incendiary balloons to start more than 25 fires in Israel's fields around the Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians began to clash with Israeli troops at the border.

There have been at least 25 people injured in eastern Jerusalem with 17 arrests so far. There were some reports of clashes in the West Bank, but they didn't last very long and are mostly over now.

Making Water out of Air

Israeli Company making Water out of Air & Friends out of Enemies in the Middle East

An Israeli company is making water out of air; the company named Watergen has become the world leader in this ground breaking technology. Their goal is to provide everyone with clean, safe drinking water, and that goal is to help strengthen a bond between Israel and the Arab world.

The most modern city in the Middle East is Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It's located on the Persian Gulf. Most people may think Abu Dhabi would have plenty of water, but not so fast...there is a problem.

Michael Rutman, CEO of Watergen said, "I'm not talking just about the ocean that you see outside. I'm talking about the ground water. It's all very, very salty, and undrinkable."

It was last year that the UAE was the first Arab state in over 25 years to make peace with Israel, when the UAE signed the Abraham Accords. It opened the door for Watergen.

The new technology is helping them make friends from former enemies. Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, owner and president of Watergen said, "The second I heard and saw the Abraham Accords were signed, I dropped everything I was dealing with and went directly to the UAE in order to strengthen the Abraham Accords."

Michael Rutman said, "The United Arab Emirates is very, very similar to Israel because it's a relatively young country that is located in the middle of the desert."

The United Arab Emirates is 50 years old and the temperature is more than 100 degrees on most days.

Watergen and Emirati company, Al-Aahra Group, signed this milestone agreement for the water research program.

Dr. Mirilashvili said, "We opened a water research institute in the UAE, which is a sub institute from Tel Aviv University in Israel named after my father, Moshe Mirilashvili. It helps us at Watergen to produce a formula for the best premium water in the world which will be the tastiest, the cleanest and the healthiest in the world."

More big news is the laying of the cornerstone for a Watergen production facility in the UAE. This will provide results in the UAE, and more Gulf states and Africa.

As 70% of the earth is covered by water, the problem is, only 1% happens to be fresh water. The worst thing is that more than two billion people have no access to safe drinking water. But now, Watergen can change all of that. This is where Watergen steps in.

Michael Rutman tells us how the Watergen works. He said, "Now for the last, I believe, 100 years, people were using a very, very simple mechanism called the heat exchanger in order to cool air. When the air reaching the dew point temperature, humidity separated and you get water."

Watergen scientists kept working to make a new heat exchanger, one that will make some 1,300 to almost 1,600 gallons of water per day, extracting up to five times more water per one kilowatt of energy.

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Ex NFL Player rescues man

Brandon Bair, rescues driver from burning Semi

Brandon Bair, who is a former NFL player, happened to be in the right place at the right time. Brandon saved the life of a truck driver, after his semi truck that he was driving was hit by a train, which started a fire in his truck.

Brandon, a former defensive end in the NFL, rescued Steven Jenson, a 25 year old, from his burning truck.

The accident happened in St. Anthony, Idaho. Brandon saw the accident happen and said, "I was on Highway 20 driving to my business when I saw the train hit the truck. There was an explosion right away, and the train was pushing the truck down the tracks, I got on the phone with 911 and started driving down the median to get to the front of the train when it stopped."

Brandon then stopped to see if he could help in any way. He then began to run to the truck after he heard a voice coming from the burning truck. Brandon, without hesitation, decided to go inside the truck to get

the driver out to safety. Brandon then crawled through a small rear window on the truck to get inside. He said, "I ran up to the window and saw dripping hot flames all over inside of the truck. I could see a guy in a seatbelt and was able to reach in and get it off him. He was talking, and I told him we had to get out of here now."

Brandon knew Steven was pinned inside the cab. He worked to free Steven and Brandon was able to pull Steven out of the truck to safety through the window. Brandon said, "We walked away, and within seconds, the fire

on the roof fell down inside, and the whole seat and the cab went up in flames. A few minutes later, there were a couple big booms and explosions."

Steven Jensen was listed in stable condition at the local hospital, the Idaho State Police are doing an investigation into the accident.

Brandon, during his ride home, called his wife. "I was able to hold it together and be tough, but then I got a little shaky when I heard her voice. Being able to go home and put my arms around my kids, it hit me. You never know what's going to happen in life, and this shows you should hug your family every chance you get." Brandon told the newspaper that he doesn't think that he is a hero, but he doesn't think it was luck that he happened to be passing by at that exact moment. "All I can say is this guy was supposed to live. I'm a man of faith, and I've learned to listen to your gut and the promptings you get. The Lord wanted him alive. Things could have gone different, in a million different directions, but things worked out on his behalf. That's my conclusion. Whether it was me or someone else, he was supposed to live."

Brandon's home is in St. Anthony with his wife Jordan and his four daughters and is the general manager of Henry's Fork Homes. He also hosts football camp for teenagers.