00:0010 sailors are missing and 5 were injured after a US warship collided with an oil tanker
00:14east of Singapore, the US Navy said.
00:17It's the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more
00:21than two months.
00:23The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnick MC
00:29before dawn while heading to Singapore for a routine port call.
00:33Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft, the Navy said.
00:40Saudi Arabian Airlines Director General Saleh Al-Jaser said that his airline has not been
00:45granted permission to land in Qatar, despite submitting the application several days ago.
00:51Last week, Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered the land border crossing with Qatar be reopened
00:56to help facilitate the Hajj pilgrimage for Qatari pilgrims.
01:00He also offered to fly in Qatari pilgrims on Saudi Airlines at his own expense as a
01:04brotherly gesture to Qatari citizens despite tension with their rulers.
01:10Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative
01:15partnership with Dean Martin, has died.
01:18He was 91.
01:19Lewis died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas with his family by his side, publicist
01:25Kandy Kazao said.
01:26In Las Vegas, a message honouring the comedian is being featured on a marquee at Caesars
01:31Palace where Lewis was once a headliner and had also hosted telethons.
01:38And finally, the weather.
01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
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