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Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, a UAE department store is closed as a flash sale draws in crowds of shoppers and a US court jails an American for smuggling Glock pistols and parts into the UAE.
Pope Francis is set to visit Erbil and Mosul and the UK plans major aid cuts to the world’s most vulnerable people.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Myanmar protests, stimulus cheques and Eminem.
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, a new UAE-Philippines labour agreement to protect domestic workers and a DP World-backed Freeport is 'open for business' after winning UK government support.
Dubai Police add a new supercar to their dazzling fleet, a US civilian contractor is killed in a rocket attack on Al Asad airbase in Iraq and half of Covid-19 ICU patients in Germany are Muslim.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Pope Francis, Dr Anthony Fauci and George Floyd.
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, an Emirates airline official says vaccinated passengers could soon avoid quarantine and PCR tests, and Dubai expands its vaccine distribution.
Travellers from South Africa and Nigeria are restricted from entering Dubai as new strains emerge and Egypt and Sudan sign a defence pact and blame Ethiopia for stalled dam talks.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Dolly Parton, US vaccinations and Morocco-Germany ties.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, the World Health Organisation says global Covid-19 infections are up for first time in seven weeks and UAE petrol prices change for first time in 11 months. Emirates airline is to trial a new solution that keeps surfaces Covid-free for a year, Oman brings in a two-week coronavirus curfew and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to jail for corruption. Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Myanmar, Winston Churchill and Covid-19.
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, a new board of directors is appointed at Adnoc, and a Dubai temple is to close before a major Hindu festival.
A top UAE official says Covid-19 saliva tests will help schools return to normal, and in Myanmar one person was killed and several wounded during a police crackdown on protests.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Golden Globes.
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, the UAE administers six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, and three laundrettes in Dubai are closed because of hygiene breaches by staff.
US President Joe Biden warns Iran after US air strikes against militias in Syria, and an iceberg the size of London breaks away from the Antarctic ice shelf.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Kris Fade, Pompeii and UK classrooms.
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, an office is launched to spearhead UAE anti-money laundering efforts and children must be 3 years old to start school across the UAE.
A family offers $100,000 reward for information on whereabouts of a Dubai resident who went missing in the Maldives and the UN says Houthis are ‘shifting goalposts’ on tanker salvage mission.
Cody Combs joins us for what's trending including Kuwait National Day, Donald Trump Junior and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
On today's update, we have the latest coronavirus figures, the UAE Armed Forces sign $1.5bn in military deals on day three of Idex 2021 and the UAE government seeks 'new, dynamic' governance model over next 50 years.
Saudi Arabia has been removed from Abu Dhabi's green travel list and South Korea is to release $7bn of Iran's frozen funds.
Cody Combs joins us for what's trending, including Tiger Woods, lockdown and Spider-Man.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
On today's update, we have the latest coronavirus figures, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visits King Hamad of Bahrain in his Abu Dhabi home again, and Expo 2020 unveils the service station of the future.
Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial is to resume after election and Donald Trump is to turn over tax returns after Supreme Court rejection.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending - including Gaza, Dr Anthony Fauci and Tiffany & Co.
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
On today's update, we have the latest coronavirus figures, the UAE Armed Forces sign military deals worth $1.37bn on day one of Idex and a Covid-19 test that gives results in 5-8 minutes.
The UAE has now administered 5.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as a Pfizer-BioNTech shipment arrived in Dubai and the UN says malnutrition has reached 'very critical’ levels in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending including Jennifer Hudson, President Biden and a violin-playing doctor in Tunisia.