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UAE briefly closes airspace after reporting new wave of attacks as Iran war rolls into its 18th day

Early attacks were traded as the US and Israeli war on Iran pushed through into day 18. The UAE reported that its air defences were working to intercept Iranian fire as Israel announced new strikes on Tehran and expanded operations targeting Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy, Hezbollah.

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00:00Here in Dubai, we had public warning alerts go off in the early hours of the morning.
00:05It's the first time we have heard them since Friday, and we're told it was a similar situation in Doha
00:11overnight.
00:13Now, what followed here was possibly the loudest boom that we have heard since the war with Iran began.
00:19Now, the air defence systems here are doing an incredible job,
00:22and the authorities have expressed their deep gratitude to the European countries who are aiding that defence,
00:28in particular France, Italy, Germany and the UK.
00:33Now, Iran are putting economic pressure across the region, across the Gulf,
00:38and, of course, this will have a ripple effect to the wider global economy.
00:44Now, Iran are also maintaining that stranglehold on the Strait of Ormuz.
00:49In addition, they've now started a social media scare campaign, sending out warnings,
00:55I guess trying to put some kind of psychological pressure on people as they ramp up their game play.
01:04Of course, this comes as the Iranian, the new Iranian supreme leader, remains unseen since his election.
01:11Leaked audio this morning has revealed that he actually cheated death by just seconds
01:17when he stepped out into his garden as a missile hit his home, killing his father.
01:23Also today, Kuwait's Ministry of Interior have announced that they arrested a Hezbollah-affiliated terrorist cell.
01:32Now, that's the third country in the region to arrest cells who have been linked to destabilisation,
01:39sabotage and espionage.
01:41Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
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