Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Ramadan starts tomorrow. New poll timetable for Egypt. Ban on used tyres. Syria in crisis. Thunderstorm in Canada. Bin Laden inquiry leaked. Indian rupee recovers. Expect more from Murray. Mariah Carey in hospital. Jail for tax evasion. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, July 9. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:10Egypt's interim leader, Adelie Mansour, has outlined his timetable for new elections amid
00:16continuing unrest in the country. This comes as at least 51 people were killed in Cairo
00:21as the Muslim Brotherhood said the army fired on its members during a sit-in demonstration.
00:26The army says it responded to armed provocation.
00:29The Moon Sighting Committee announced late last night that Ramadan will start in the
00:33UAE tomorrow, July 10. The committee issued a statement after application of Sharia laws
00:38confirming that Wednesday will be the first day of Ramadan. Official Ramadan working hours
00:43for governmental departments, clinics, transport and other essential services in the UAE have
00:48been announced by the authorities.
00:50Import of used tyres into the UAE will be banned from September as the Emirate Standardization
00:55and Metrology Authority implements the final phase of a new law introduced last September.
00:59Since then, the sale of used tyres had been banned in the UAE but used tyres continue
01:04to be sold openly in Sharjah and Dubai.
01:07Syria's ruling Baath Party has replaced its top leadership in a surprise move. The changes
01:12came as UN Chief Ban Ki-moon called on all parties in the war to observe a truce during
01:17Ramadan.
01:18In Turkey, interim Syrian rebel Prime Minister, Hassan Hitto, announced his resignation yesterday.
01:23A severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding and cut power to at least 300,000 people in
01:28Toronto early today. The storm shut down subways and left about 1,400 passengers stranded for
01:33hours on a commuter train filled with gushing water.
01:36Collective failures, incompetence and negligence by Pakistan allowed al-Qaeda leader Osama
01:41bin Laden to live in the country undetected for more than nine years, a leaked report
01:45says.
01:46The report by Pakistani Judicial Commission also reveals new details about the US raid
01:51that killed bin Laden and intriguing details about his life on the run.
01:55The Indian rupee opened stronger this morning after the central bank and market regulators
02:00took steps to curb speculative trading in foreign exchange derivatives. The rupee opened
02:04at 59.80 to the dollar.
02:06Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is still improving and can emerge victorious at his home Grand
02:11Slam again, according to two-time winner Stefan Edberg. His endorsement comes after British
02:16Prime Minister David Cameron called for Murray to be knighted.
02:20Entertainment and one singer is in hospital and another is in jail. Mariah Carey was hospitalized
02:25in New York after injuring her shoulder while filming a music video. And Lauryn Hill started
02:30serving a three-month prison sentence for tax evasion yesterday.
02:33Finally, the weather and today's high across the UAE will be 48 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:38to 30 at night.
02:39That's all for now. Thanks for watching. Gulf News wishes its viewers Ramadan Kareem.
02:44And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:50.