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00:00Good day! Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, July 13. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11The death sentence given to Alaa al-Hashemi, who was found guilty of killing an American
00:15kindergarten teacher in Abu Dhabi's Reem Island last year, has been carried out earlier
00:19today. Alaa was sentenced to death on June 29 for stabbing Romanian-born Abolia Ryan,
00:24a mother of 11-year-old twins, in the toilet of a shopping mall and attempting to bomb
00:28an American-Egyptian doctor. Alaa was also convicted of setting up a social media account
00:32to spread terrorist ideology with the intention of undermining the government and of giving
00:37money to militant organizations for attacks.
00:40A summit of Eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece today for a bailout
00:44program that includes serious reforms and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece
00:49could collapse financially and leave the Euro.
00:51Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was told to push legislation through Parliament
00:56to convince his 18 partners in the Eurozone to release immediate funds to avert a state
01:00bankruptcy and start negotiations on a third bailout program estimated at up to €86 billion.
01:06Talks to strike a provisional agreement on Iran's nuclear program are in the final phase,
01:11according to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The agreement would impose limits
01:15on Iran's nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions. US Secretary of State
01:21John Kerry also warned that major issues remained but said he was hopeful.
01:25London's Heathrow Airport is warning passengers to expect delays and flight cancellations
01:30after climate change activists breached the perimeter fence to stage a protest on the
01:35northern runway. Protesters from the group Plain Stupid entered the runway to challenge
01:40plans to expand Europe's largest airport.
01:42Novak Djokovic vowed there are more Grand Slam titles to come after he clinched a third
01:47Wimbledon and a ninth career major last night. After seeing off Roger Federer for the second
01:52year in succession at the All England Club, the world No. 1 moved ahead of Andre Agassi,
01:58Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lend, Fred Perry and Ken Roswell, who all won eight Grand Slams.
02:04And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:09to 32 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can
02:14get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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