On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, UAE leaders are united by hope for a better 2021 and NMC Health's administrators sell the company's foreign fertility business.
In Lebanon, the murder of a photographer sparks outrage, the new Covid-19 strain has been found in five more countries and the US sails a nuclear-powered submarine through the Strait of Hormuz.
Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Apple's self-driving cars, UAE courts and US President-elect Joe Biden.
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