US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land

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Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’

The US’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has contended to the podcaster Tucker Carlson that Israel has a biblical right to take over the entire Middle East – or at least the lion’s share of it.

“It would be fine if they took it all,” Huckabee said to Carlson during an interview posted on Friday. The Trump administration appointee and former Arkansas governor discussed with Carlson interpretations of Old Testament scripture within the US Christian nationalist movement.

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Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years

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Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants

Giant tortoises, the life-giving engineers of remote small island ecosystems, are plodding over the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years.

The Floreana giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger), a subspecies of the giant tortoise once found across the Galápagos, was driven to extinction in the 1840s by whalers who removed thousands from the volcanic island to provide a living larder during their hunting voyages.

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Give Punch a break! Zoo responds to heartbreaking video of baby monkey – USA Today

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  1. Give Punch a break! Zoo responds to heartbreaking video of baby monkey  USA Today
  2. A Lonely Baby Monkey Wins Hearts, and Even a Few Friends  The New York Times
  3. IKEA donates plush orangutans to Punch the monkey. Get one for $20.  USA Today
  4. Abandoned monkey at zoo near Tokyo finds comfort in stuffed animal, creates buzz  毎日新聞
  5. Baby macaque Punch finds comfort in stuffed orangutan after being rejected by mother — and becomes a viral symbol of hope  Yahoo
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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

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Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimes

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian health ministry and a witness have said.

Raed Abu Ali, a resident of Mukhmas, said a group of settlers came to the village on Wednesday afternoon where they attacked a farmer, prompting clashes after residents intervened.

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Former Prince Andrew’s Arrest Upends Royal Family’s Effort to Move Past His Scandal – The New York Times

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  1. Former Prince Andrew’s Arrest Upends Royal Family’s Effort to Move Past His Scandal  The New York Times
  2. Andrew and King Charles, a personal battle of royal brothers  BBC
  3. News Wrap: Ex-prince's former home searched a day after his arrest  PBS
  4. ‘The photo gods were on my side.’ How that astonishing image of Andrew was captured  CNN
  5. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's ex-wife 'Fergie' also undone by Epstein ties  Reuters
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Trump pledges $10 billion for Board of Peace in inaugural meeting on Gaza – Axios

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  1. Trump pledges $10 billion for Board of Peace in inaugural meeting on Gaza  Axios
  2. 5 takeaways from Trump’s Board of Peace launch event  The Hill
  3. France says surprised by European Commission presence at Board of Peace  Reuters
  4. With a Golden Gavel and a Threat to Iran, Trump Launches His Board of Peace  The New York Times
  5. Trump gets his Board of Peace, even as bigger countries steer clear  Politico
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