EU leaders have agreed to re-evaluate the bloc's agenda after voters ‘sent a strong message’, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said. Mr Van Rompuy said leaders of the 28 member states had asked him to launch consultations on future policies. He was speaking after a meeting in Brussels to discuss big election gains by populist and far-right parties. The results of the European Parliament election led to calls for an EU rethink by those leaders who suffered defeats. But despite gains by anti-EU groups, pro-European parties still won most votes overall. Tuesday's summit was the first opportunity for leaders of all member states to discuss the way forward after last week's polls. Mr Van Rompuy said the meeting in Brussels had been a ‘useful first discussion’ and that EU leaders had agreed on putting the economy at the heart of the group's agenda.

Alejandro was a terrorist with a militant Islamic organisation in Mindanao. He’d bombed civilians, government soldiers, US Marines and the homes of Christians. ‘I was not afraid to kill anyone for the glory of Allah,’ he said. Alejandro was the only son in a strict Muslim family. He'd brought honour to his father by joining the Islamist rebels and was considered a worthy heir. His work required that he travel around the island of Mindanao, and in 2009 he met a Christian who invited him to church. At first Alejandro turned down the invitation; he wasn't interested in Christianity. But the Christian persisted, finally he agreed to visit the man's church. Alejandro suddenly found himself crying and walking to the front of the church. ‘I was a tough military guy, an Islamic killer,’ he said. ‘I never cried, never. That day, I decided to leave Islam and follow Jesus.'

Ali, a Kurd, suffered from alcohol addiction when friends persuaded him to make the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Islam's holy city, Mecca. It was in Saudi Arabia, where liquor is banned, and the religious ritual might cure him, they suggested. When he got there, he cried out to God for help (if indeed He was there) and fell asleep. Jesus then appeared to him in a dream and touched him, saying: ‘You believe in me now; leave this place.’ After taking a shower next morning, he discovered what he thought was dust on the part of his chest Jesus had touched, but in fact the hair on his chest had turned white in the shape
of a hand! At the traditional celebration marking his return from Hajj, he announced to his incredulous family that he had seen Jesus in Mecca and had come back a Christian.

Alejandro was a terrorist with a militant Islamic organisation in Mindanao. He’d bombed civilians, government soldiers, US Marines and the homes of Christians. ‘I was not afraid to kill anyone for the glory of Allah,’ he said. Alejandro was the only son in a strict Muslim family. He'd brought honour to his father by joining the Islamist rebels and was considered a worthy heir. His work required that he travel around the island of Mindanao, and in 2009 he met a Christian who invited him to church. At first Alejandro turned down the invitation; he wasn't interested in Christianity. But the Christian persisted, finally he agreed to visit the man's church. Alejandro suddenly found himself crying and walking to the front of the church. ‘I was a tough military guy, an Islamic killer,’ he said. ‘I never cried, never. That day, I decided to leave Islam and follow Jesus.'