Fear at current situation: listener question

I’m really struggling with what is going on in the world “out there” and how this equates to what we are learning about. Would a universal source allow this to happen? I recognise in my own mind body system a physical (sick) feeling caused by genuine fear and anxiety. Whilst I have done my best to avoid the news, it is everywhere.  I can switch off when I’m working with the children in my class as I enter their world of joy. But I’m finding everything else completely overwhelming.I suppose my understanding of the universal source or however it is labelled is that it is in charge … it has the control as we as humans have none? It gave me comfort to use this as a point of reference - the universe has your back etc.