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P16 newsofbahrain.com Gwyneth Paltrow: I’m semi-retired 14 CELEBS WORLD 5 Trump says Zuckerberg told him he’s FB’s ‘number one’ AUB launches Saudi arrests ‘most Expo sector boom new WhatsApp Business dangerous terrorist’ Update Riyadh TDT | Manama olice in Saudi Arabia ar- rested a man in the east- Mr Al Ammar is hli United Bank (AUB) ern city of Qatif after suspected of being Ahas launched a ground- Phe opened fire on a security involved in the kidnap breaking WhatsApp trans- patrol, state-run Al Ekhbariya and murder of a judge actional Business service TV said on Tuesday, adding and participating in a update as part of growing that he was wanted for rob- fierce gun battle with AUB’s WhatsApp based ser- beries on vehicles transport- police. vice range. ing cash. The first-of-its-kind in The man, Mohammed Hus- SOURCES Bahrain, the update in - sein Ali Al Ammar, was de - cludes three distinct fea- scribed the “most dangerous Judge Shaikh Mohammed tures allowing customers wanted terrorist”, Al Ekbariya Jirani was kidnapped in 2016 to inquire about their ac- said. after being taken in front of count summaries and the He is suspected of being his home in the eastern prov- last five transactions made involved in the kidnap and ince of Awamiya. with their accounts. murder of a judge and partic- Sheikh Jirani’s remains ipating in a fierce gun battle were found on a farm in the with police that killed one of- area in 2017. ficer and wounded another, The judge was the target of sources said. a number of attempts on his No further details of the life before his abduction. His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy shootout were provided. He Sheikh Jirani was critical of Prime Minister, yesterday attended the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Bahrain International Exhibition also opened fire on a separate fellow Shiites in the kingdom and Convention Centre in Sakhir, which took place under the patronage of His Royal Highness. HRH the Crown Prince police patrol near a mosque and had accused some clerics highlighted that the Kingdom’s rapid development and modernisation across a wide range of fields confirms Bahrain is in Qatif. of being too close to Iran. progressing towards achieving its development goals. See Page 3 Mr Abutaleb Group Head Digital Trans- formation, Samih Abutaleb, Deadly stampede said, “This launch is a fur- ther update on our existing More than 50 killed in stampede at Qassem Soleimani Iran funeral AI-supported WhatsApp Business service. With this we step into the next phase Anxious Iranians of offering innovative and in- • teractive digital experience gathered outside a city I could hardly breathe. to our customers, setting a hospital to check the I had a seizure, and my base for us to build on for lists of victims or show foot was crushed pretty additional services in the doctors pictures of bad under the weight of future.” all that crowd. See Page 10 their missing relatives. VICTIM Pompeo held Soleimani• responsible Inside, patient Ali Salaji, 28, re- for a Dec 27 rocket counted the crush as his mother tended to him. attack in Iraq in “I could hardly breathe. I had a DON’T MISS IT which a US civilian seizure, and my foot was crushed contractor was killed. pretty bad under the weight of all that crowd,” he told AFP. Kerman The streets of Kerman over- flowed with mourners, while Bahrain-UK others took refuge on hillsides strategic ore than 50 people were around the city, where the gener- 02 relations ‘on killed in a stampede al was to be buried at the martyrs’ Myesterday during a mas- Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin Qassem Suleimani during the final stage of funeral cemetery. track’ sive funeral procession in Iran for processions, in his hometown Kerman. After the stampede, Iranian a top general assassinated in a US media stopped broadcasting live Kingdom set drone strike, Iranian media said. er Qassem Soleimani, a hugely in the stampede in Kerman, Anxious Iranians gathered out- from the cemetery, with some to affirm its The tragedy came as grieving popular figure in Iran. semi-official news agency ISNA side a city hospital to check the outlets suggesting the buri - position crowds packed the hometown of More than 50 people were said, citing officials in the south- lists of victims or show doctors al might not take place before 03 Revolutionary Guards command- killed and 212 people injured eastern city. pictures of their missing relatives. morning. ‘as regional hub of expos, events’ RARE TRIP Parliament’s green light to Putin meets Assad in Syria 04 Reserve Force Damascus decree-law the war-torn country, where his strike in neighbouring Iraq. Peskov said Putin visited the Rus- Putin said that “a huge distance troops have been fighting along- Revolutionary Guard Gen sian command post in Damascus has been covered in terms of ussian President Vladimir side Syrian government forces Qassem Soleimani’s death has and met President Bashar Assad restoring Syria’s statehood and 210 fils (includes VAT) Putin visited Syria on since 2015. sparked calls across Iran for re- there. territorial integrity,” Peskov said. RTuesday and met with of- The visit comes amid height- venge against America. The two leaders were present- State news agency SANA gave ficials including President Bashar ened tensions between Iran — a US troops are based in eastern ed with military reports on the no further details about Putin’s Assad, Syrian state media and a key Syrian ally — and the United Syria, making the country a po- situation in different regions of visit only saying that he met with Kremlin spokesman reported. States, following the killing of a tential site of conflict with Iran. Syria. Assad in a Russian military base Putin’s visit is the second to top Iranian general in a US air- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry In his conversation with Assad, in the capital. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 02 Study on nosocomial infection at SMC Bahrain-UK strategic shows positive results Manama n evaluation study of the hospital-acquired infec- Ation (HAI) at Salmaniya relations ‘on track’ Medical Complex (SMC) has shown positive results with a drop in some types of infec- Bahrain stresses the need to deescalate while confronting terrorism in all forms tions compared to internation- ally-accepted rates. The Commons statement re- President of the Supreme Procedures are The Undersecretary vealed that UK forces in the re- Council of Health (SCH) Lieu- being taken to • gion, including helicopters and tenant General Shaikh Moham- called for concerted ships, were ready to assist in the med bin Abdullah Al Khalifa deal with the international efforts to crisis if needed. Non-essential has affirmed that procedures nosocomial ease regional tensions. personnel had been relocated are being taken to deal with the infection at SMC from Baghdad to Camp Taji, the nosocomial infection at SMC in in light of the Secretary Morison military base 17 miles north of the light of the recommendations recommendations • Iraqi capital that is the current of the evaluation study which of the evaluation hailed the efforts of the base for around 400 members of His Royal Highness the Crown Kingdom to protect the Irish Guards. Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- study. the security and “As part of prudent planning, mander and First Deputy Pre- LT-GENERAL SHAIKH MOHAMMED stability of the region. Dr Shaikh Abdullah Mr Morrison a small team has been sent to mier directed to carry out while the region to provide additional chairing the coordination com- Dr Shaikh Abdullah stated with allied and friendly countries situational awareness and con- mittee meeting today. cordance with international- Manama that the Kingdom of Bahrain is to reduce escalation in the Mid- tingency planning assistance,” The SCH President pointed ly-approved standards. following the developments in dle East. Mr Wallace told MPs. out that the council, in co-op- Lieutenant General Shaikh oreign Ministry Under- the region, stressing the need In a related development, UK The Defence Secretary urged eration with the Health Min- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al secretary for Internation- to deescalate and confront ter- Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Tehran not to retaliate for the istry, will immediately start Khalifa added that the direc- Fal Affairs Dr Shaikh Ab- rorism in all forms and manifes- yesterday announced that UK strike on General Soleimani, say- implementing the directives tives of HRH Prince Salman dullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, tations. forces are “on standby” to assist ing Iran’s pattern of “aggressive of HRH the Crown Prince by bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown received a phone call from the The Undersecretary of the in the Middle East following the behaviour” including targeting stepping up measures to fight Prince, Deputy Supreme Com- Secretary of State for Middle Ministry of Foreign Affairs for escalation of tensions with Iran. dissidents in Europe and hijack- the infection. mander and First Deputy Pre- East Affairs at the British For- International Affairs called for Mr Wallace said the Govern- ing civilian ships “was never go- He noted that in line with the mier, reflects his continuous eign Office, Andrew Morrison.