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Dubai ruler joins COVID-19 vaccine trial
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The Gupta brothers are heavily implicated in state capture and are believed to be living in Dubai.
Hundreds of guests attended the event, which US President Donald Trump is hoping will boost his reelection chances in November, but there were no handshakes to cement the historic agreements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Many of the oil-rich Gulf states have been quietly cultivating ties with Israel for years, but the normalisation deal allows those relationships to burst into the open, offering rich opportunities as they try to repair economies savaged by the coronavirus crisis.
In the agreement, only the third such deal it has struck with an Arab country, Israel pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told reporters on a visit to Berlin that 'peace must be achieved with the Palestinians' on the basis of international agreements as a condition for any normalisation of relations with Israel.
In his first public remarks since the US-sponsored deal was announced last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Gulf Arab state of turning its back on Palestinians living under occupation in the West Bank and an Israeli-led blockade in Gaza.
In a surprise move, Juan Carlos announced on 3 August that he was leaving Spain to prevent his personal affairs from undermining his son King Felipe VI's reign, but did not say where he would be going.
The deal sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of Palestinian lands, a concession welcomed by European and some pro-Western Arab governments as a boost for hopes of peace.
The deal would make the United Arab Emirates only the third Arab country Israel has diplomatic relations with after its peace deals with Egypt and Jordan.
The dispute centres on a clause in export documents that requires foreign customers to pledge not to transfer weapons to third parties and to allow South African officials to inspect their facilities to verify compliance.
It is the third time the president has employed his veto power since taking office.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh wrote to his UAE counterpart, Suhail al-Mazrouei, urging him to remind OPEC members to adhere to June’s agreement.
Justice Minister Michael Masutha says discussions around speeding up the finalisation of a mutual legal assistance and extradition bilateral agreement between the UAE and South Africa are underway.
Seven in 10 people said the government should stop exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The 2.8 kilometer zipline, spanning the equivalent of 28 soccer fields, was certified this week by the Guinness World Records, the local tourism authority said.
Tunisia’s transport ministry said an agreement had been reached after “contacts with the Emirati side at various levels”.
Tunisia had demanded the UAE apologise for the travel ban and on Sunday it suspended the Dubai-based airline Emirates from operating at Tunis airport.
Emirates said on Twitter it would stop its Dubai-Tunis connection from Monday following instructions from Tunisia.