i morning briefing: What caused the extreme Dubai downpour?

Dubai has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 19 dead in Oman The time lapse footage shows heavy dark clouds gathering and rolling over the sky-scraper studded desert city, before thick, relentless drops of rain obscure the entire view. Cars are seen floating down highways, planes surrounded by rising waters, bringing chaos to the world’s second-busiest airport.

The Government is facing increasing cross-party demands to shut down the UK operations of two Iranian state-owned banks accused of funneling cash to Tehran’s proxy militias and helping to fund the regime’s foreign policy.that the two financial institutions – Melli Bank and Bank Saderat – continue to run subsidiaries in London, despite their history of being named in Western sanctions regimes.

Smoking rates among middle and upper-class women under the age of 45 are rising, according to a study which suggests the high cost of cigarettesFossils discovered by an 11-year-old girl on a beach in Somerset may have come from the largest marine reptile ever to have lived, experts say.meaning “giant fish lizard of the Severn”, which could have been about 25 metres in length – about the size of a blue whale.

A Boeing whistleblower told a senate hearing that he faced threats and verbal abuse after voicing safety concerns about the aircraft manufacturer.

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