In today's update, we have the latest coronavirus figures, a UK exam board confirms the cancellation of summer iGCSEs and A-Levels in the UAE, and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, approves the Dubai Strategic Plan 2030.
The Mother of the Nation, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, launches the UAE's National Action Plan to advance women's role in peace and security, Dubai Police find a boy, four, who went missing in the Umm Suqeim area and a new supersonic jet will transport passengers from London to New York in less than an hour.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Dr Anthony Fauci, Volkswagen, and SpaceX.
Hili 2: Unesco World Heritage site
The site is part of the Hili archaeological park in Al Ain. Excavations there have proved the existence of the earliest known agricultural communities in modern-day UAE. Some date to the Bronze Age but Hili 2 is an Iron Age site. The Iron Age witnessed the development of the falaj, a network of channels that funnelled water from natural springs in the area. Wells allowed settlements to be established, but falaj meant they could grow and thrive. Unesco, the UN's cultural body, awarded Al Ain's sites - including Hili 2 - world heritage status in 2011. Now the most recent dig at the site has revealed even more about the skilled people that lived and worked there.
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