PODCAST: UAE in a minute for August 16, 2017

Making today's headlines: the Falcon 9 rocket docking, UAE's aid plans for Yemen and massage cards

Massage cards on the window of a car parked in Al Barsha in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Alia Al Mansoori's winning Genes in Space experiment is expected to dock at the International Space Station today at 4.30pm UAE time.

> Watch: Rocket carrying Emirati teen's experiment arrives at International Space Station

Dubai Municipality is holding talks with other authorities about a move to impose fines of up to Dh10,000 and immediate deportation for distributors of so-called massage cards and illegal adverts on doors of residential homes.

> Dubai's sleazy massage card distributors to face deportation under new rules

Emirates Red Crescent is to set out its plan for humanitarian aid in Yemen today, as the country faces one of the worst cholera outbreaks on record.

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