Dubai’s Mars City, Abu Dhabi visitor strategy, 2,167 new cases - The Daily Update - June 23, 2021

On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, Abu Dhabi forms a new company to attract more visitors to the emirate and the construction of Dubai’s Dh500 million Mars Science City will begin next year.

A UN envoy says Afghanistan is hurtling towards "dire scenarios" and the US seizes the domains of several Iranian state news agencies, including Press TV.

Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including a Dubai airport lab, Kobe Bryant and the kidnapping of a lemur.