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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, July the 8th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10At least 16 people were killed in Cairo after the Muslim Brotherhood said shots were fired
00:14at supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi near the Republican Guard building
00:19where he is being held.
00:21Brotherhood officials put the death toll at 34.
00:24Soon after the violence, the Salafist Al-Nour Party said it had withdrawn from talks on
00:29the formation of a new government.
00:31Earlier Oxford-educated economist Ziad Baha Addin looked set to be new Prime Minister
00:37while Egypt's central bank governor flew to Abu Dhabi to drum up badly needed financial
00:41support.
00:42UAE residents will soon be able to renew their Emirates ID card using their smartphones.
00:47The service is currently being tested and will be available by the end of the year.
00:52The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said he expected advanced
00:56weapons supplied by Saudi Arabia to reach rebel fighters soon and change their military
01:01situation.
01:02Ahmad Jarba also said the opposition will not go to a proposed peace conference in Geneva
01:07sponsored by the United States and Russia unless its military position becomes strong.
01:13An Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco airport was traveling much slower
01:17than recommended, US investigators said, as the carrier confirmed that the pilot had still
01:22been in training.
01:23The flight data recorder showed that as the Boeing 777 approached the runway, its pilots
01:29were warned that the aircraft was likely to stall and asked to abort the landing.
01:33In business, India's rupee fell to a new low of 61.16 against the dollar this morning
01:39as the US currency strengthened following a US jobs report.
01:43Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister David Cameron led tributes from high-profile Britons to
01:47Andy Murray after his Wimbledon triumph last night.
01:51Newspapers Today called for the Scotsman to be knighted after he ended the country's 77-year
01:55wait for a men's single winner at the All England Club by beating Serbian title favorite
02:01Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
02:03Veteran British chat show host Michael Parkinson has revealed he has prostate cancer.
02:08The 78-year-old, who has interviewed everyone from Muhammad Ali, Marlon Brandon and Orson
02:12Wells in a career spanning 50 years, said he was diagnosed in May and is undergoing
02:17treatment.
02:18And in Mumbai, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has had a successful brain surgery.
02:23The actor was admitted to a hospital on Saturday to remove a clot and will be discharged tomorrow.
02:28Finally, the weather.
02:29In today's high across the UAE will be 47 degrees Celsius, dropping to 30 degrees at
02:34night.
02:35That's all for now.
02:36Thanks for watching.
02:37And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com