An Orlando veteran misplaced greater than half of his left leg in an explosion in Iraq.

However United States Military veteran William Castillo did not let that cease him from undertaking his objectives and sharing his story.

He’s now the USA Para Bobsled Nationwide and World champion.

On this Veterans Day, he was on the American Legion Publish 10 in Kissimmee, the place he acquired a particular honor from one among his Gold Star moms.

On April 27, 2007, Castillo’s life ceaselessly modified. He was the only survivor of an IED assault.

The blast killed his fellow troopers and mates, Military Pfc. David Kirkpatrick, 20, of Indiana, and Military Spc. Eddie Tamez, 21, of Texas.

Regardless of his critical accidents and the lack of his leg, he continues to honor David and Eddie and keep up a correspondence with their households.

“You aren’t purported to be the one survivor. Each of their household’s forgiveness, and love, has helped me heal,” Castillo mentioned.

The Allegiance Flag Provide in North Charleston was gifting away 100 flags this 12 months throughout the nation to veterans nominated by the neighborhood.

“I carried them all over the place I am going with me, and as I received into sports activities later in my life, I created a brand with them,” Castillo mentioned.

David Kirkpatrick’s mother, Rhonda, nominated Castillo. She determined to shock him and mailed the flag to Castillo’s spouse.

On Monday, throughout our interview with Castillo, his spouse shocked him with a video name from Mrs. Kirkpatrick.

Castillo was speechless and shocked to see her.

“I really like you a lot, thanks,” he mentioned.

“I simply need to thank Will for being sort to us, and for being David’s chief. It is an excellent consolation to us {that a} man like that was his chief,” Rhonda Kirkpatrick mentioned.

Castillo says there are days when he feels there’s a darkish cloud over him.

However he says it is surprises like this that hold him going.

He needs his story to encourage others and fellow veterans.

“There is a warrior spirit in all of us. It may be ignited at any second, simply keep within the combat,” Castillo mentioned.

The NHS will begin providing an “improved” quit smoking tablet to tens of hundreds of individuals in England who need to stop cigarettes.

Varenicline, a every day pill given over a couple of months, is as efficient as vapes and simpler than nicotine alternative gum or patches, NHS England says.

The drug, which fights cravings, was accessible a couple of years in the past on the NHS beneath the model title Champix however was withdrawn as a consequence of some impurities. The brand new model has been accredited as secure.

E-cigarettes, in the meantime, will “typically” be supplied, usually as a starter package of about two weeks’ value of vapes by native NHS quit smoking providers, officers mentioned.

Varenicline is a prescription solely drugs, which suggests individuals can’t purchase it over-the-counter at a pharmacy or grocery store and can as a substitute must see their GP or an NHS quit smoking service to get it.

It really works by lowering cravings for nicotine and blocking its impact on the mind, whereas additionally serving to with withdrawal signs, resembling feeling irritable or having issue sleeping.

When used alongside behavioural help, resembling counselling, it has been proven to assist round one in 4 individuals to quit smoking for at the least six months, mentioned NHS England.

That might assist greater than 85,000 individuals quit smoking annually, it mentioned, and would possibly stop round 9,500 smoking-related deaths over the subsequent 5 years, based on analysis by College Faculty London.

Round one in eight adults  – six million individuals within the UK – are people who smoke.

There have been greater than 400,000 hospital admissions in England linked to smoking final 12 months.

Every year the NHS spends round £2.5bn on treating well being points brought on by smoking – it’s the main reason behind preventable sickness and deaths.

Well being and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting mentioned: “The rollout of this tablet can save the NHS hundreds of thousands of kilos, save appointments to assist different sufferers be seen sooner and save lives.”

Saying the launch on the NHS Suppliers annual convention, NHS chief government Amanda Pritchard mentioned the drug may very well be a “game-changer” for individuals who need to stop smoking.

Since e-cigarettes usually are not licensed as medicines, GPs are unable to prescribe vapes to individuals making an attempt to stop smoking except there’s a domestically agreed NHS scheme to take action.

Some native authorities do supply vapes to people who smoke who wish to stop.

Pointers advocate individuals strive a licensed quit smoking drugs first, although vapes are a recognised smoking cessation support.

Vaping is nowhere close to as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.

Nevertheless, it isn’t totally threat free and well being consultants agree individuals mustn’t begin vaping aside from to surrender smoking.

Hazel Cheeseman, chief government of Motion on Smoking and Well being, mentioned entry to providers was variable.

She mentioned: “Wherever a smoker lives, they need to have the ability to entry the simplest types of therapy to assist them cease.

“Bettering entry to varenicline shall be a optimistic step ahead to assist stop the tens of hundreds of deaths brought on by smoking. Nevertheless, a drug alone won’t rework smoking charges. Providers are wanted to help people who smoke and prescribe these merchandise.

“The NHS has executed job in establishing in-hospital help to assist individuals stop smoking, which enhances the providers supplied in the neighborhood.

“However gaps stay across the nation, with providers usually in peril as native NHS organisations attempt to steadiness the books.”

Prof Nick Hopkinson, professor of respiratory drugs at Imperial Faculty London, mentioned varenicline was the “simplest smoking cessation medicine”.

The actual fact it has not been accessible for the previous few years has been a “actual downside”, he mentioned, including: “We all know that quitting smoking is the most effective factor anybody who smokes can do to enhance their well being and the well being of individuals round them, particularly youngsters and younger individuals.

“Persons are almost definitely to stop efficiently if they’ve a mixture of counselling help and drugs to alleviate cravings and assist break their tobacco dependence.”

He mentioned individuals might entry assist on-line at NHS Smokefree and will ask their healthcare supplier about varenicline, “particularly in the event that they haven’t managed to stop efficiently utilizing different medicines like nicotine patches or gum up to now”.

Nadhmi al-Nasr, the longtime chief govt of the $500bn Saudi improvement venture Neom launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has departed, in response to a Neom assertion issued on Tuesday that didn’t give a cause for the departure.

Prince Mohammed has poured tons of of billions of {dollars} into improvement initiatives by the dominion’s PIF sovereign wealth fund.

The Crimson Sea mega-project, an city and industrial improvement almost the dimensions of Belgium as a result of home almost 9 million individuals, is central to the prince’s Imaginative and prescient 2030 plan, which goals to diversify the economic system away from oil.

However among the schemes have needed to be scaled again as a result of rising prices, together with the Line, a futuristic metropolis between mirrored partitions extending 170km (106 miles) into the desert inside Neom.

Reuters reported in Might that the $925bn PIF was weighing a reorganisation, aiming to sharpen its deal with investments which have a better likelihood of success. Saudi Arabia, the world’s prime oil exporter, continues to be closely reliant on hydrocarbon revenues, and low oil costs and manufacturing have dented state coffers.

Aiman al-Mudaifer was named as performing CEO of Neom. He has been the pinnacle of the Native Actual Property Division at PIF since 2018 and has a deep understanding of Neom and its initiatives, Neom’s assertion mentioned.

“As Neom enters a brand new section of supply, this new management will guarantee operational continuity, agility and effectivity to match the general imaginative and prescient and aims of the venture,” the press launch reads.

In his function at PIF, Mudaifer oversees all native actual property investments and infrastructure initiatives, and he’s a board member of a number of distinguished corporations within the kingdom.

A Spirit Airways flight from Florida was hit by gunfire whereas attempting to land in Haiti‘s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday and diverted to the neighboring nation of the Dominican Republic, the Federal Aviation Administration stated. A flight attendant sustained minor accidents through the incident.

Two different flights certain for Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture Worldwide Airport had been diverted as a precaution, the FAA stated in a press release. The airport closed following the taking pictures, in accordance with the company.

A video posted to social media appeared to point out a bullet gap contained in the Spirit aircraft close to an exit at the back of the cabin. The video additionally exhibits injury to an overhead compartment above a row of seats. Pictures shared by the airport the place the aircraft landed within the Dominican Republic present what seem like bullet holes on the outside of the aircraft.

Spirit Airways Flight 951 took off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport, simply north of Miami, on Monday morning, certain for Port-au-Prince.

In line with the flight-tracking web site Flightradar24, the flight flew over elements of Haiti and circled round Port-au-Prince. The Airbus A320 was over a neighborhood about 550 ft off the bottom when it started to rapidly climb and diverted to Cibao Worldwide Airport in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

“The choice to get out of there, I believe that was a really stable resolution,” stated Robert Sumwalt, a former chairman of the Nationwide Transportation Security Board and a CBS Information transportation security skilled and analyst.

The flight landed safely, in accordance with Spirit. The airport stated 48 passengers had been on the flight. In Santiago, the plane was inspected, and injury per gunfire was discovered, the airline stated.

A flight attendants union, the Affiliation of Flight Attendants, confirmed to CBS Information {that a} flight attendant on the aircraft sustained minor accidents from particles through the incident. No passenger accidents had been reported, in accordance with Spirit.

The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince stated in a safety alert Monday it was conscious of “gang-led efforts” to dam journey to and from the capital that will embody “armed violence, and disruptions to roads, ports, and airports.”

“The safety scenario in Haiti is unpredictable and harmful,” the embassy stated. “Journey inside Haiti is performed at your personal threat. The U.S. authorities can not assure your security touring to airports, borders, or throughout any onward journey. It’s best to think about your private safety scenario earlier than touring wherever in Haiti.”

Sumwalt stated it is necessary for carriers to know incidents like Monday’s can occur at a few of their locations.

“Airways really want to ensure that they perceive that these types of issues can occur in a few of these international locations the place now we have political unrest, the place now we have violence,” Sumwalt stated.

Spirit stated the aircraft concerned in Monday’s incident was taken out of service. The airline was making preparations for a special aircraft to take the passengers and crew again to Fort Lauderdale on Monday.

Following the incident, Spirit and different airways suspended service to Haiti.

Spirit stated its service at Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien in northern Haiti was suspended “pending additional analysis.”

JetBlue stated Monday night time it found one in every of its planes had additionally been hit by gunfire. 

“JetBlue flight 634 from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, landed safely at New York’s JFK Airport. Whereas no points had been initially reported by the working crew, a post-flight inspection later recognized that the plane’s exterior had been struck by a bullet.”

JetBlue canceled its flights to and from Haiti via Dec. 2. “We’ll proceed to observe the scenario carefully and replace our plans as mandatory,” the provider stated in a press release.  

American Airways stated it was suspending flights between Miami and Port-au-Prince via Thursday. “We’ll proceed to observe the scenario with security and safety high of thoughts and can modify our operation as wanted,” the airline stated in a press release.

Kathryn Krupnik and

Kris Van Cleave

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The chief government of Neom, Saudi Arabia’s $500bn futuristic improvement within the desert, has been abruptly changed after six years answerable for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s flagship undertaking.

The corporate stated on Tuesday that Nadhmi al-Nasr, a veteran former official of state-controlled oil large Saudi Aramco, had left his function.

It gave no purpose for his departure, which comes because the Public Funding Fund, which controls Neom, comes below stress to ship on a sequence of mega-projects throughout the dominion.

Nasr’s tenure was usually marked by controversy as he oversaw the extremely formidable improvement that has drawn scepticism inside and outdoors the dominion.

Aiman Al-Mudaifer, head of the native actual property division on the PIF, the dominion’s sovereign wealth fund, will step in as appearing chief government, Neom stated. The corporate is a PIF subsidiary.

“As Neom enters a brand new part of supply, this new management will guarantee operational continuity, agility and effectivity to match the general imaginative and prescient and aims of the undertaking,” the corporate stated.

Neom is the centrepiece of an unlimited financial transformation programme that Prince Mohammed launched in 2016 to assist diversify the economic system and wean the dominion off its dependence on oil revenues. It’s positioned within the desert close to the Purple Beach and near Jordan and Egypt.

Prince Mohammed first unveiled the thought for Neom in 2017 with the promise of a brand new idea of city dwelling primarily based absolutely on renewable vitality and the place robots would outnumber people.

Completely different parts of the tasks had been introduced within the intervening years, together with a linear metropolis known as The Line, an industrial port and a ski resort known as Trojena that’s set to host the Asian Winter Video games in 2029.

Neom is one in every of a number of big tasks developed as a part of the dominion’s financial diversification plan. Vacationer resorts within the Purple Sea and Neom’s Sindalah island have lately opened, whereas different schemes stay below building.

Usually described because the phrase’s largest building undertaking, Neom has struggled to satisfy formidable expectations and seen a number of management modifications in recent times.

Klaus Kleinfeld, former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa, was the primary head of Neom however was quickly changed by Nasr, who had a popularity for fast supply of main infrastructure tasks whereas at vitality group Saudi Aramco, however confronted criticism for his hard-charging managerial type.

The corporate has seen the departure of a number of western executives. Wayne Borg, head of Neom’s media unit, was changed in September.

Further reporting by Andrew England in London

Obtain Pageant, the best rock and steel competition of all time, returns for its twenty second version, reborn and recharged in 2025 as DLXXII.

Introduced immediately are three first-time headliners—Inexperienced Day, Sleep Token and Korn—alongside over 90 extra colossal names spanning the total spectrum of rock, steel, punk, emo, hardcore, different and traditional rock.

This yr’s competition will happen on 13-15 June 2025 on the religious dwelling of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Common tickets are onsale at 9pm on Thursday 14 November at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

For the primary time in Obtain Pageant’s historical past, subsequent yr’s version will showcase a trio of headliners who’re completely new to topping the principle stage. This thrilling milestone underscores Obtain’s unwavering dedication to delivering a contemporary, groundbreaking lineup yr after yr, giving followers much more causes to be a part of this unmissable expertise.
 
Additionally introduced immediately are UK and worldwide heavyweights Weezer, Intercourse Pistols that includes Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Inside Temptation, Eagles Of Demise Metallic, The Darkness, Poppy, Detest, Spiritbox, Meshuggah, Metal Panther, Lorna Shore, Airbourne, Jerry Cantrell, Cradle Of Filth, Alien Ant Farm, CKY, McFly, Don Broco, Mallory Knox, The Ghost Inside, Turbonegro, Sylosis, Whitechapel, Match For An Post-mortem, Lorna Shore, Kittie, Jinjer and so many extra.
 
Punk-rock royalty Inexperienced Day are set to make their long-awaited debut at Obtain Pageant, headlining for the primary time of their 37-year profession. Recognized for his or her high-energy performances and a profession that’s formed the panorama of rock, Inexperienced Day has constructed a legacy of unforgettable reside reveals that may electrify the group on Friday night time. The band are contemporary off celebrating two main milestones—the thirtieth anniversary of their trailblazing album Dookie and the twentieth anniversary of the culture-shaping American Fool—Inexperienced Day continues to show why they’re one of the iconic and influential bands on this planet.
 
The mysterious Sleep Token have skyrocketed since their inception in 2016, and the nameless masked collective have gone from power to power, headlining arenas this month and now about to embark on their very first Obtain headline set. Clocking up thousands and thousands of month-to-month listeners, the choice rock outfit are set to play the efficiency of their life on the hallowed grounds of Donington on Saturday.
 
The competition’s grand finale will come by the hands of nu-metal legends Korn, who can even be headlining Obtain for the very first time. The Californian five-piece shaped in 1993 however have by no means been extra related, and their latest reveals have prompted an enormous buzz within the rock group. Having impressed the likes of Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head and Sepultura throughout their 31 years of being a band, Korn are nicely and actually able to lastly headline Obtain.
 
Obtain Pageant’s Andy Copping says: “Following on from final yr’s bought out 21^st version, Obtain’s legacy not solely contains the unbelievable artists who’ve carried out on the hallowed grounds through the years, but additionally our unrivalled group, protected and heat environment, and implausible afterhours leisure at District X, with one thing for actually everybody.”
 
The DLXXII line up was introduced at a really particular Metallic Gala launch occasion at One Marylebone this night, the place the rock and steel elite gathered underneath one roof. The one and solely Paddy Considine (Home Of The Dragon, Peaky Blinders), who can be taking part in at this yr’s Obtain together with his band Driving The Low, stars on this yr’s announcement video, alongside different People Of Obtain. Like he says within the quick movie titled ‘Est Momentum’, Obtain is “a spot the place legends are born. That is the place you belong.

That is solely the start for DLXXII, with many extra acts and surprises but to be introduced. E book your tickets now: www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Gunfire hit a Spirit Airways flight to Haiti on Monday, injuring a crew member, and should have struck a separate flight from the nation because the State Division warned of “gang-led efforts” to cease journey to the Caribbean nation.

Spirit confirmed in a press release that one in all its flights from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic on Monday. It mentioned an inspection of the plane confirmed harm according to gunfire.

“One Flight Attendant on board reported minor accidents and is being evaluated by medical personnel,” the assertion mentioned. “No Visitor accidents have been reported.”

Spirit mentioned that it’s suspending its companies to Haiti pending “analysis” of the incident and that the airplane was being taken out of service in the interim. A return flight to Florida is being organized for members of the crew and the passengers who have been diverted to the Dominican Republic.

The U.S. State Division subsequently issued an alert warning of “gang-led efforts” to cease journey to Haiti and cautioning Individuals to not go there.

Additionally on Monday, a post-flight inspection of the outside of a JetBlue plane used for a visit from Port-au-Prince to New York Metropolis’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport turned up proof that it had been struck by a spherical, the airline mentioned in a press release.

“No points have been initially reported by the working crew,” JetBlue mentioned.

The airline launched an investigation and mentioned its flights to and from Haiti will probably be suspended via at the very least Dec. 2. It blamed “ongoing civil unrest” for the pause in journey.

American Airways mentioned a press release that it was additionally suspending its companies from Miami to Port-au-Prince.

“We are going to proceed to observe the scenario with security and safety high of thoughts and can modify our operation as wanted,” it mentioned.

The State Division mentioned in an alert from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince on Monday that it was conscious of a pause in operations on the metropolis’s airport.

“The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince is conscious of gang-led efforts to dam journey to and from Port-au-Prince which can embrace armed violence, and disruptions to roads, ports, and airports,” the alert mentioned.

The State Division advises towards journey to Haiti, which remains to be within the midst of violent political turmoil. Even journey throughout the Caribbean nation isn’t suggested.

“It’s best to contemplate your private safety scenario earlier than touring wherever in Haiti,” the embassy mentioned. “Solely try to depart Haiti or journey inside Haiti in case you consider it’s protected for you to take action.”

Haiti has been overcome by armed teams vying for management after an influence vacuum was left by the assassination of democratically elected President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Ariel Henry, the deeply unpopular prime minister on the time, assumed the position of president and failed to carry elections.

And when he as soon as once more delayed elections this 12 months, violence ensued as armed militias plunged the nation into civil unrest and put the lives of civilians in peril.

Henry mentioned in April that he would resign as soon as different Caribbean nations and events dealer a transitional authorities.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump’s decide to be ambassador to Israel, has lengthy rejected a Palestinian state in territory beforehand seized by Israel and has repeatedly signaled his staunch help for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Huckabee, a former TV host and Baptist preacher, incessantly visits Israel and as soon as stated he wished to purchase a vacation dwelling there. He has maintained all through the years that the West Financial institution belongs to Israel, and lately stated “the title deed was given by God to Abraham and to his heirs.”

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His argument for a so-called “one-state answer” contradicts longstanding official U.S. help for the eventual institution of a Palestinian state.

He has described the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas as “horrific” and ” past something I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime” and argued that the U.S. wants to face firmly behind Israel.

Listed here are some issues Huckabee has stated through the years concerning the Israeli-Palestinian battle.

He’s decisively in opposition to a two-state answer

Huckabee has by no means supported a two-state compromise even when Netanyahu endorsed the concept in 2009.

Israel captured the West Financial institution, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem within the 1967 Mideast warfare. Palestinians need these territories for a future state and think about them as components of a single nation now beneath navy occupation.

The U.S., together with a lot of the worldwide group, has supported the institution of a Palestinian state based mostly on the 1967 strains because the cornerstone of a peace settlement. Even Israel’s hardline prime minister as soon as endorsed a two-state answer whereas rejecting a return to Israel’s pre-1967 strains. Netanyahu now rejects the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Huckabee has by no means supported any answer that may require Israeli settlers to be uprooted.

In an interview with The Related Press in 2015, Huckabee, then working for the GOP presidential nomination, stated recognizing the West Financial institution as Israeli can be the “formal place” of his administration. He criticized Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza and described settlers evacuated by Israeli forces as having been “marched at gunpoint.”

“I really feel that we’ve got a accountability to respect that that is land that has traditionally belonged to the Jews,” he stated.

He as soon as in contrast the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust

In 2015, Huckabee likened the Iran nuclear deal to marching Israelis “to the door of the oven,” a reference to the crematorium in a Nazi focus camp through the Holocaust.

Huckabee was criticizing then-President Barack Obama for his position within the settlement the U.S. and different world powers reached with Tehran. Republicans again then have been united of their opposition to the deal, arguing it didn’t tackle Iran’s help for terrorism. Trump throughout his first administration withdrew from the deal, wherein Iran agreed to restrict its nuclear program in trade for sanctions aid.

The remark was denounced by Democrats, however Huckabee stood by it.

He doesn’t settle for Palestinians as a time period and criticizes ‘radical Muslims’

In a latest interview with a podcaster, Huckabee stated he didn’t imagine in referring to the Arab descendants of people that lived in British-controlled Palestine as “Palestinians.”

“There actually isn’t such a factor,” he stated earlier this yr on “Assume Twice” with Jonathan Tobin. “It’s a time period that was co-opted by Yasser Arafat in 1962,” referring to one of many early leaders of the Palestine Liberation Group.

Throughout the identical podcast, Huckabee described himself as an “unapologetic, unreformed Zionist.”

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In defending Israel, Huckabee stated he wished folks understood that “that is a rare oasis in a land of totalitarianism surrounded by tyranny.”

The previous governor additionally stated many “radical Muslims wish to take us again to the seventh century.”

“I don’t wish to return there,” he stated. “I like modernity.”

He expresses outrage over Oct. 7 assault by Hamas

Huckabee has described the assault on Oct. 7, 2023, as “horrific” and “past something I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime.” He was outraged by how Hamas unfold photos of the killings on social media.

“As horrible because the Nazis have been, they weren’t posting their atrocities on social media and attempting to trumpet what they have been doing to the world,” he stated in an look with the Worldwide Fellowship of Christians and Jews. “Which is what makes this horrendous factor Hamas has finished a lot, to me, worse, as a result of they need everybody to see what they’ve finished.”

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 folks, largely civilians, and took about 250 folks hostage. Israel responded with one of many deadliest and most harmful navy campaigns in latest historical past, killing greater than 43,000 folks, Palestinian well being officers say.

US President-elect Donald Trump has introduced the appointment of pro-settlement former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee because the US ambassador to Israel.

The controversial political determine and TV character who claims to have visited Israel greater than 100 occasions will substitute Jack Lew, who has held the place for a yr.

Who’s Mike Huckabee, and what was he doing earlier than this appointment?

The religious 69-year-old evangelical Christian was born within the southern US state of Arkansas.

He served as governor of his house state between 1996 and 2007 earlier than launching unsuccessful bids to be the Republican presidential candidate through the 2008 and 2016 major seasons.

Between these two bids, he had his personal speak present, Huckabee, which ran on the Fox Information Community between 2008 and 2015.

In 2017, the present was revived and broadcast on TBN, a Christian-based broadcast tv community.

Since ending his marketing campaign for presidential candidacy in 2016, Huckabee has persistently supported Trump.

What’s Huckabee’s place on Israel and Palestine?

Huckabee is a staunch supporter of Israel.

After his appointment, Trump launched a press release during which he stated Huckabee “loves Israel, and the individuals of Israel, and likewise, the individuals of Israel love him. Mike will work tirelessly to result in Peace within the Center East!”

His appointment demonstrates a “very hawkish, very pro-right-wing Israel” method by the Trump administration, Yossi Mekelberg, an professional on Israel on the Chatham Home suppose tank, informed Al Jazeera.

He stated Huckabee’s appointment is just like that of David Friedman, who served as US Ambassador to Israel between 2017 and 2021 and helps Jewish settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.

Huckabee views Israel as an “overwhelming ally of the US”, Paul Musgrave, an affiliate professor of presidency at Georgetown College in Qatar, informed Al Jazeera.

“He will definitely be a powerful voice for a pro-Israel faction within the administration and the nation,” he stated.

Huckabee has tied his evangelical religion to assist for Israeli management of the West Financial institution and his assist for Israeli settlements, that are unlawful underneath worldwide regulation.

In an interview in 2017 with the CNN information community, he stated: “There isn’t any such factor as a West Financial institution. It’s Judea and Samaria (the territory’s biblical title). There’s no such factor as a settlement. They’re communities, they’re neighbourhoods, they’re cities. There’s no such factor as an occupation.”

Huckabee has gone so far as to query Palestinian identification.

Throughout his Republican presidential marketing campaign, he stated: “I must be cautious about saying this, as a result of individuals will actually get upset – there’s actually no such factor as a Palestinian.”

Huckabee is in opposition to a two-state answer.

As a substitute, in varied TV interviews, he has propagated the concept “there’s loads of land” for Palestinians in nations similar to Jordan, Egypt and Syria.

He has additionally criticised US President Joe Biden for requesting that Israel mood a few of its actions within the battle on Gaza and the administration’s requires a ceasefire.

“If an individual is pro-Israel, how are you going to be pro-Biden as a result of the Biden administration has made it very clear they may make concessions to Hamas,” Huckabee stated in an interview in March on Information Nation.

In a current interview with a podcaster, he labelled himself an “unapologetic, unreformed Zionist”.

He additionally stated “radical Muslims need to take us again to the seventh century” including “I don’t need to return there”. He stated: “I like modernity.”

What has the response been like in Israel to his appointment?

The Israeli authorities, in its present kind, might be more than happy with the appointment of an envoy who helps settlements and annexation, Mekelberg stated.

Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right, pro-settler safety minister, took to X to have a good time Huckabee’s appointment, merely posting emojis of the US flag, the Israeli flag and a coronary heart alongside the previous Arkansas governor’s title.

Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, took to X to supply congratulations to Huckabee, who he described as “my expensive buddy”.

“I look ahead to persevering with to work with you and to strengthening the everlasting bond our two nations share!” Danon wrote.

Mekelberg stated regardless that it is going to increase issues about any potential peace settlement, the Israeli public, normally, might be supportive as, given the present local weather, “anybody who expresses full assist of Israel might be welcome.”

What might be anticipated from his time period?

It’s too early to inform how his appointment will have an effect on Israel’s technique for Gaza, the occupied West Financial institution and Lebanon, Musgrave stated.

Nonetheless, he famous it possible signifies that there might be little “pushback” from a Trump administration in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s battle plans.

It’s a sentiment shared by Mekelberg, who stated any fears within the Israeli administration that an incoming ambassador may have positioned restraints on how Israel might conduct itself may have “eased significantly” after Huckabee’s appointment.

Boxing legend Mike Tyson is about to return to the ring for the primary time in practically 20 years this week for a showdown with Jake Paul, a YouTube-star-turned-boxer in extremely anticipated match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The Tyson-Paul bout, initially introduced in March, was initially scheduled for July 20 however postponed months earlier than after Tyson, 57, fell sick on a flight. Tyson’s camp attributed the episode to an ulcer downside.

The match would be the first skilled battle for Tyson — the primary undisputed heavyweight champion within the three-belt period — since June 2005.

“My physique is in higher general form than it has been because the Nineties, and I might be again to my full coaching schedule quickly,” Tyson mentioned in a press release when the match was first postponed. “Jake Paul, this may increasingly have purchased you a while, however ultimately you’ll nonetheless be knocked out and out of boxing for good. I respect everybody’s persistence and may’t wait to ship an unforgettable efficiency later this 12 months.”

27-year-old Paul is a YouTube star who has solid a profitable prizefighting profession largely by taking over blended martial artists and journeymen boxers.

“I totally assist suspending the occasion so Mike Tyson has no excuses come battle night time,” Paul mentioned in a press release earlier this 12 months. “My followers know I don’t need to face Iron Mike at something however his finest, however let there be no mistake: When he steps into the ring with me, I might be prepared to assert my W with a sensational end.”

Because the rescheduled date approaches, this is what to know concerning the match and learn how to watch it.

When is Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson?

The Paul-Tyson bout is slated for Friday, Nov. 15.

The place is the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson battle?

The match takes place at AT&T Stadium, dwelling of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas.

What time is Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson battle?

The battle slated to start at 7 p.m. CT.

watch the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson battle

The Tyson-Paul bout will air on Netflix.

How lengthy will the battle be, and what number of rounds?

Whereas Tyson vs. Paul has been sanctioned as knowledgeable match, it is scheduled for eight rounds lasting two minutes every somewhat than the standard three minutes every.

The heavyweight battle will characteristic 14-ounce gloves, that are unusually heavy.

When was Mike Tyson’s final battle?

Tyson’s final aggressive battle was in June 2005. However he most lately confronted Roy Jones Jr. in a November 2020 exhibition match that led to a draw.

What’s Mike Tyson’s boxing file?

Tyson boasts a profession file of 50-6 with 44 victories through knockout.

When was Jake Paul’s final battle?

Paul is only a few months faraway from his most up-to-date battle, defeating former UFC and bare-knuckle fighter Mike Perry through a sixth-round TKO in July.

What’s Jake Paul’s boxing file?

Paul sports activities a profession file of 10-1 with seven knockouts. He has received 4 straight fights since struggling his first-career loss in February 2023 — a split-decision defeat by the hands of Tommy Fury.