Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world. Thousands of Emirati school pupils and university students have joined a nationwide job <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/09/25/uae-begins-private-sector-training-scheme-for-3500-young-emiratis/" target="_blank">training scheme</a> aimed at encouraging young citizens to work in the private sector. Iraq's central bank is to restrict all internal trade to the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023/09/25/iraq-to-restrict-all-internal-trade-to-dinars-from-next-year/" target="_blank">Iraqi dinar</a> starting next year, a move that aims to help control the black-market exchange rate. The <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/09/25/british-museum-bought-ancient-egyptian-artefact-from-convicted-antiquities-smuggler/" target="_blank">British Museum</a> bought an ancient Egyptian artefact from a dealer with a conviction for smuggling antiquities out of the country, <i>The National</i> can reveal. Time is running out for the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/09/25/government-shutdown-2023-what/" target="_blank">US Congress</a> to pass a funding bill to keep the federal government functioning.