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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, August 4. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11Enoch, EPCO and Emirat Petrol Stations in Dubai will start accepting credit and debit
00:16card payments starting today. The company said they will start accepting Visa and MasterCard
00:21credit and debit cards for all transactions, including fuel sales.
00:26Top US officials have met to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the weak
00:30enclosure of 21 US embassies and consulates in the Muslim world, and a global travel warning
00:35to Americans. President Barack Obama was briefed following the session. Martin Dempsey, the
00:41chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said officials had determined there was a significant
00:45threat stream. The threat was more specific than previous ones.
00:49Textile merchants not using the metric system of measurement will face legal action from
00:53next year. The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology has started applying new regulations
00:59to convert units of measurement used in the textile trade all over the UAE to the metric
01:03system instead of yards.
01:05Cleric Hassan Rouhani has officially replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran.
01:11Rouhani's election has been endorsed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony
01:16in Tehran.
01:17Cristiano Ronaldo enthralled fans at the first football match ever at Dodger Stadium in Los
01:22Angeles, scoring one goal and aiding another in Real Madrid's 2-1 friendly win over Everton.
01:29More than 40,000 spectators turned out at the 51-year-old baseball stadium nestled in
01:34Los Angeles' Chavez Ravine.
01:36Prince William has spoken about fatherhood for the first time since the birth of his
01:40son. The new dad told journalists at a polo match in the English village of Ascot that
01:44it was good to get out of the house for the afternoon because he had been stuck in baby
01:48mode since the birth of Prince George.
01:50And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 40 degrees Celsius, falling to 31
01:55at night.
01:56That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:00at gulfnews.com.