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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, June 28. Here are the top stories
00:08at this hour.
00:10British Prime Minister David Cameron is heading to Brussels to address a summit on why the
00:15UK voted to leave the European Union as a result of an historic referendum held last
00:20week.
00:21Cameron will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council
00:26President Donald Tusk. He will have a working dinner with his counterparts from the 27 other
00:31member states, at which the verdict in the referendum will be the only item on the agenda.
00:37The UAE private sector will get the first and second days of the month of Shawwal as
00:42official paid holidays on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. This is expected to correspond
00:48with July 6 and 7, depending on moon sighting.
00:52The UAE has already announced longer holidays for the public sector from July 3 to 9.
00:58Iceland's co-coach, Heimir Hathgrimsson, toasted a potentially life-changing win for
01:04his team after the small nation stunned England 2-1 at Euro 2016.
01:10Iceland fell behind in the fourth minute in Nice when Wayne Rooney converted a penalty
01:15for England, but Ragnar SigurĂ°sson quickly equalised.
01:20Joe Hart then allowed a Colvian-Sythorson shot to dribble into the net for what proved
01:24to be the winner in the 18th minute.
01:27Lady Gaga has reportedly been added to a list of hostile foreign forces banned by China's
01:33Communist Party after she met with the Dalai Lama to discuss yoga.
01:38A video of the 19-minute encounter, in which the pair pondered issues such as meditation,
01:44mental health and how to detoxify humanity, was posted on the singer's Facebook account.
01:50And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 45 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:56to 29 degrees at night.
01:58That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
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