Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan

So it's that AI that's the Arabic language, large language model, and it's claimed to be more powerful, more than twice as powerful as Meta's Llama 2.

And so G42, so remember that name, G42, a company controlled by the UAE's national security advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which has cooperated with China on vaccines and laboratory testing.

So that's the company behind Falcon.

It says here that US officials are expanding effort to lure the Gulf states away from China.

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Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Yes.

Brother of the President of the UAE.

Israel and Oman do not have formal relations.

Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq received UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed on Wednesday for talks on bilateral relations, though it was unclear if the visit covered the flight, per the official readout.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Izadi said that Thursday marks the start of a, quote, "serious start" to addressing the issue of weapons outside of the state's control, and he reaffirmed June thirty, two thousand twenty-seven as the date by which the matter must be resolved.

Izadi had originally pledged to disarm the militias by September thirtieth, the same day U.S. troops withdrew, but later extended the timeline into next year amid resistance from Iran-backed actors.

Before we go into more detail on today's Biggest stories.

We want to first pay tribute to His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who passed away on Monday at the age of 76.

UAE billionaire and Al-Habtoor Group chairman Khalaf Ahmed Al-Habtoor paid a special tribute remembering him as a virtuous man of noble character, saying that he will always be alive in the hearts of those who knew him.

The late His Highness Sheikh Ahmed left behind an enduring presence and an unforgettable legacy.

He served as deputy chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security, chairman of ARM Holding, and chairman of Al-Wasl Sports Club.

His decades of service stretched across the military, security, business, and sport.

He was closely associated with Al-Wasl from its earliest years and established Jabal Ali Racecourse in the early 1990s, helping develop the very horse racing industry in the UAE.

Dubai has declared 10 days of official mourning with flags across the Emirate flying at half-mast.