The Torch tower in Dubai erupted in flames this week, the second time it has done so in little over a year. The National's Ramola Talwar tells Naser Al Wasmi <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/plan-to-introduce-fire-resistant-barriers-on-older-uae-buildings-being-studied-1.617684">how new UAE building standards</a> might help avoid fires like the one that happened in one of the world's largest residential buildings. On Qatar, Mishaal Al Gergawi, the founder of Delma Institute, <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/kuwait-envoys-deliver-letters-to-uae-saudi-arabia-oman-and-egypt-over-qatar-crisis-1.617913">talks about the irreparable damage the crisis</a> might be causing to the idea and the identity of an Arabian Gulf national. And finally, Jo Tan, an editor at The National, interviews a former Singaporean diplomat on how Golf and a tropical beach <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/50-years-of-asean-how-five-ministers-from-south-east-asia-forged-the-region-s-most-important-group-1.617467">shaped ASEAN.</a> Catch the previous episodes and subscribe to Beyond the headlines on iTunes <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/podcast/beyond-the-headlines/id1256040890?mt=2">here</a>