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Briefing of KUNA main news for Wednesday until 00:00 GMT

KUWAIT -- Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Yosuf Al-Sabah signs separate deals with the UAE and Britain to beef up the national coastguard's capabilities.

RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia calls for holding an Arab-Islamic summit on November 11 to discuss the Israeli aggression on Palestine and Lebanon.

DOHA -- GCC Secretary-General Jasem Al-Budaiwi calls for expanding trade cooperation among the GCC countries.

BEIRUT -- At least 21 people, including five women, are killed and 11 others injured in a new airstrikes by the Israeli occupation forces on Baalbek and Beqaa governorates in southern Lebanon.

MADRID -- The death toll from flash flooding in eastern Spain rose further to 95 as search for scores of missing people continues. (end) gb