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All right. were looking at live pictures here. white house senior adviser jared kushner in the middle east for an historic flight from israel to abu dhabi. he is aiming to push arab leaders to attend a signing ceremony for the normalization deal between israel and the united arab emirates. sources say its an effort to boost his father-in-laws re-election efforts. oren liebermann has the details. >> reporter: theres a lot going into this flight, and its not just the pop on it, but the build-up ar...

Briefed on national security issues. that information cannot be bottled up in the white house with the president that is using people for his own purposes just like he used the white house lawn. >> senator amy klobuchar, senator, thank you for coming back on the show. hope to have you back again soon. appreciate your time. up next, a fact check, the fda saying it is willing to rush approval for a covid vaccine, even before they have full results of the extensive human testing. is that going to...

First, saudi and other country that does not recognise israel all have formal diplomatic relations and has not allowed israeli airliners into its airspace ever. a significant moment that tells you about the warming of ties between the gulf arab warming of ties between the gulf ara b states warming of ties between the gulf arab states and israel, encapsulated now in this normalisation agreement thatis now in this normalisation agreement that is due to be signed in the coming weeks between the emi...

Of tuesday and into wednesday, this next frontal system will have a bit more life about it. so that will bring some slightly heavier and persistent rain and the rain will get further south—eastwards this time. although i think east anglia and the south—east of england will probably stay dry for a good part of the day. turning quite windy as well. those are the average wind speeds, we could have gusts got lunch of 50mph or more for the northern and western isles of scotland. thursday likely t...

Weeks ago. trey yingst from tel aviv, trey what was the importance of this inaugural flight? >> john, good afternoon. the importance of this flight has to do with the peace deal announced earlier this month between the united arab emirates and on the side of the boeing 737 was the word "peace" in arabic and hebrew. it was equipped with a missile defense system due to the high profile guests onboard. senior advisor jared kushner was joined by the national security advisor robert obrien to lead th...

Countries, heres out middle east correspondent, yolande knell. flying into the history books. ll—971 arriving in abu dhabi directly from tel aviv. top us aidesjoin israeli officials for their talks with the uae on opening up embassies, travel and trade. but im trying out a 30—second israeli test for covid—19 which is already set to be used at abu dhabi airport. this start—up has done a deal with a firm in the uae. that is where we translate the smell of the molecules into a digital signa...

The line. what is the latest on this, its significance, and of course jared kushners role in all of this. >> reporter: im actually at the presidential flight reception area waiting for the historic flight carrying our aircraft that is not only flying to about da -- abu dhabi. flying over saudi airspace. that was in some doubt until the very last minute. we understand from our team on the aircraft that they have confirmed they are flying through saudi airspace, which shortens the journey consider...

Its a first — a commercialflight has made history flying from israel to the united arab emirates, after the two countries agreed to normalise relations. it touched down in abu dhabi a short while ago. the word "peace" has been freshly painted on the side of the plane 7 in arabic, english and hebrew. an israeli delegation is onboard, as well as us aides who helped broker the agreement. president trumps son—in—law and middle east adviser, jared kushner was on board the flight. he spoke to jo...

This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. the headlines: travel company tui launches an investigation into claims that some passengers were ignoring coronavirus guidance on a flight from a greek island linked to 16 covid—19 cases. it was quite scary, to be honest. as soon as we boarded, we realised that many of the passengers hadnt really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. calls for next summers gcse and a level exams to be put back — to make up for teaching time lost during the lockdown....

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