Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends
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Anniversary of Israel-Gaza war and UAE-Jordan trade deal
This is trending your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by The National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yesmi Naltaji, here are today's headlines. Today marks the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The Middle East is now feared to be on the brink of an all-out war. If protests are taking place around the world on the anniversary, the UK 40,000 demonstrators took to the streets in London while thousands more marched in New York, Paris and Rome. The national's correspondence across the Middle East continued to report on the impact of the war and what happens next. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged missile fire on Sunday night as explosions were reported in Haifa and Beirut. The attacks came hours after six were killed and an Israeli strike on the town of Gomatlyi in Mount Lebanon. And the UAE and Jordan witnessed the signing of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement on Sunday. It's the Emirates' first such accord with another Arab nation. It covers sectors including renewable energy, industrial projects and transport and is expected to increase bilateral trade to more than $8 billion by 2032. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the nationalnews.com/podcasts for more like this. It's me, Naltaji, The National. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)