On today's update, we have the latest Covid-19 figures, Russia gives regulatory approval for a vaccine while the US and UAE continue their own trials and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens the UAE’s first independent biomedical research centre.

In Abu Dhabi, the courtyard to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has been restored and we have news of aid to Beirut.

Cody Combs joins us for what's trending, including Kamala Harris and the Perseid meteor shower.