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Adha, comes hot on the heels their arms in celebration. akah in February, after regula- Barakah nuclear plant of the UAE’s launch of the Arab The UAE premier and ruler of tors gave the green light for the officials attributed to safety and would be synchronised with the world’s first probe to Mars. Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin first of the plant’s four reactors, regulatory requirements. power grid and the first electric- “UAE first nuclear reactor at Rashid Al-Maktoum, tweeted opening the way for commercial The Nawah Energy Company ity produced. Barakah, which the Barakah Nuclear Energy that work at Barakah had “suc- operations. said at the time that Unit 1 would means “blessing” in Arabic, is Plant has achieved first criti- ceeded in loading nuclear fuel The plant on the Gulf coast begin commercial operations a regional first -- Saudi Arabia cality and successfully started packages, carrying out compre- west of Abu Dhabi had been after a “series of tests” leading has said it plans to build up to 16 up,” tweeted Hamad Alkaabi, hensive tests and successfully due to go online in late 2017 but to the start-up process. nuclear reactors, but the project the country’s representative to completing the operation”. faced a number of delays that During the process, the unit has yet to materialise. Anwar Gargash Reuters | Dubai he United Arab Emir- Coronavirus pandemic Tates minister of state for will be with us for a foreign affairs said on Sat- urday that Turkey should Targeted US, ended long time, WHO warns stop interfering in Arab af- Reuters | Dubai fairs, criticising comments on Libya made by Turkey’s he World Health Or- defence minister. Tganisation yesterday Turkish media had re - warned the coronavirus ported the Turkish minister up hitting themselves pandemic was likely to be making remarks critical of “lengthy” after its emergen- the UAE’s actions over Libya. cy committee met. “Relations are not man- Experts believe Iran’s capsized vessel could pose a navigation hazard The committee “high- aged by threats and there lighted the anticipated is no place for colonialist Imagery courtesy of @ lengthy duration of this delusions in this day and IRGCN wanted planetlabs from today COVID-19 pandemic”, the age,” Anwar Gargash wrote • shows the #IRGC’s WHO said in a statement, on Twitter. to reuse the mockup and warned of the risk of in future fake #US Navy “response fatigue” given the Nimitz-class carrier socio-economic pressures TDT | agencies capsized just south on countries. BAHRAIN of Bandar Abbas “WHO continues to assess Port, #Iran after the the global risk level of COV- ell, Well, Well! It Great Prophet XIV ID-19 to be very high,” said looks like Iranians its latest statement. TOTAL CASES Satellite image of the capsized mockup of a US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft war games. I assume Whave created a nice we will see more 41,190 little hazard for themselves Images posted by open- XIV war games. I assume we right outside Bandar Abbas. source intelligence researchers will see more propaganda soon,” propaganda soon ACTIVE CASES The new satellite images Aurora Intel and Chris Biggers tweeted Aurora Intel. AURORA INTEL. Kuwait bans flights to shared on social media appears shows the vessel leaning over Forbes says the mock-up was 31 ‘high risk’ countries 2,832 to tell that. steeply to one side, with half of constructed back in the 2014- DEATHS The giant mockup of a US its flight deck submerged. 2015 period claiming it as a to be reused in future. Dubai Navy Nimitz-class aircraft belt- “Imagery courtesy of @plan- movie prop. However, in Feb- However, that ambition seems 147 ed and dragged out to open sea etlabs from today shows the ruary 2015, Iranian Revolution- to have received a big blow with uwait has banned until DISCHARGED for target practice in naval war- #IRGC’s fake #US Navy Nimi- ary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) the inadvertent capsizing of the Kfurther notice commer- games seems to have capsized tz-class carrier capsized just dragged it out for target practise mockup. cial flights to 31 countries it 38,211 just outside the port of Bandar south of Bandar Abbas Port, and damaging it to a great deal. The incident, experts say, said that it regarded as high NEW CASES Abbas. #Iran after the Great Prophet Later in 2019, the mockup was may have been due to damages risk due to the spread of the against seen repairing in sat- sustained during the exercise coronavirus. The countries 208 ellite imagery, only to be used or mishap in towing the bulgy include India, Pakistan, CRITICAL at the Straits of Hormuz for an vessel, or a combination of both. Egypt, the Philippines, Leb- assault practice. The war games The exercise using mockup anon and Sri Lanka, which 43 which saw anti-ship missiles, has served a propaganda pur- all have large numbers of rockets and JetRanger helicop- pose both for Tehran and IRGCN, expatriates in Kuwait. The ters in action, culminated with whose forces received a rare list also includes China, commandos rappelling onto the chance to practise their strategy Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Italy 210 fils (includes VAT) carrier’s deck by helicopter. in motion. and Iraq. Experts concluded after the Experts believe the capsized The authorities have said exercise, and analysing the min- vessel could pose a navigation Kuwait International Air- imal damages suffered, that IRG- hazard considering its position port would run at about CN wanted to keep the mockup close to the entrance of Bandar 30pc capacity from Satur- carrier in better condition for it Abbas. day. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2020 02 A digital boost to Causeway opens for truck movement COVID-19 fight Municipal payments gone cashless Bahraini trucks given green light to cross King Fahd causeway cautionary measures to curb the The roadway linking spread of the deadly pandemic. • Following which, on July Bahrain and Saudi Arabia 23, Saudi announced opening was shut on March 7 the sea-link for Saudi citizens wishing to return without prior TDT | Manama permission. The 25-kilometre long cause- way, a series of bridges and ahrain has shown the causeways, connects al-Khour green light for goods of Khobar in Saudi Arabia to Al Payment service page of mun. Bmovements through King Jasra in Bahrain. gov.bh Fahd Causeway as both Saudi One of the embankments and Bahrain continue to ease knows as the ‘middle island’ TDT | Manama COVID-19 restrictions. houses the customs and im - As per the new order, starting migration facilities, besides a unicipal payments today, trucks from the Bahraini mosque, gardens and restau- Min the Kingdom had side will be allowed to resume rants. Last year Bahrain received gone completely cash - their trips to Saudi Arabia via a total of 11.1 million visitors, less, since April, in a move the King Fahd Causeway. Representative picture (Courtesy of AlAyam) with 88 per cent are coming strengthening Bahrain bat- “The reopening of the cause- through the King Fahd cause- tle against COVID-19 out- way was coordinated with the said Mohammed Hassan Al-Isa, the Customs Affairs. and Saudi Arabia was shut on way, accounting for 9.7 million break. Saudi Customs Authorities”, the Exits Customs director at The roadway linking Bahrain March 7 this year as part of pre- visitors. The system, in place since last April, effective- ly reduced the need for a personal presence in com- Zero deaths in pleting municipal services, Capital governorate holds sterilisation drive Esam Khalaf, the Minister of Works, Municipalities Af- TDT | Manama Bahrain fairs and Urban Planning, TDT | Manama said. he Capital Governorate yes- The digital move also Tterday conducted a cam- ero deaths were report- fell in conformity with the paign to sterilise the streets and Zed in Bahrain yesterday, measures implemented by alleyways in Juffair as part of a as the number of people re- the Government of Bah - drive to prevent the spread of covered from the infection rain to reduce the spread of the novel Coronavirus ( COV- went up by 371. COVID-19, including social ID-19) outbreak in the Kingdom. With this, the number of distancing.