The day started with a cupcake. It ended in a basement car park as missiles flew overhead

Dubai: Saturday morning began like any other. A routine swim with our young daughter before celebrating her six-month “half birthday” with a cupcake – only partly in jest. To think we would end the day bunkered down in our basement car park, fearing the risk of intercepted missiles and falling debris.

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