Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Surprise over Boris Johnson’s appointment. Theresa May’s first full day as prime minister. UAE temperatures to rise between 45 and 49 degrees Celsius. Abu Dhabi’s Strata Manufacturing to make Airbus parts in Al Ain. Calvin Harris criticizes Taylor Swift on social media. Stars appear in “23 ways you could be killed if you are black in America” video. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News update for Thursday July 14. Here are the top stories
00:06at this hour.
00:08The UA Met office expects temperatures to reach between 45 and 49 degrees Celsius in
00:13the country over the weekend, with humidity levels reaching up to 95% along the coast.
00:18Dr Ahmed Habib, a meteorologist at the office, told Golf News the perceived temperature is
00:23calculated through combining the effects of air temperature, relative humidity and wind
00:27speed.
00:28Theresa May is spending her first full day as Prime Minister, fleshing out her government
00:32today after taking office, pledging a fresh start as Britain heads towards the EU exit
00:37door. May has rung the changes in appointing her first six ministers, including the surprise
00:41nomination of Brexit campaign figurehead Boris Johnson, as Foreign Secretary.
00:46Abu Dhabi's Strata Manufacturing is to make Airbus A320 and A350-900 parts in Al Ain after
00:52finalising a deal worth more than $1 billion with the European planemaker. Under the agreement,
00:58Strata will manufacture the horizontal tailplane for the A320 and inboard flaps for the A350-900.
01:05DJ and producer Calvin Harris criticised his former girlfriend and pop star Taylor Swift
01:10on social media for making him look bad. His comments came after a Celebrity News publication
01:15revealed that Swift had written Harris' latest hit song under a pseudonym.
01:19Alicia Keys and a host of other stars including Beyonce, Bono, Rihanna and Chris Rock appear
01:24in a powerful video that describes 23 ways you could be killed if you are black in America.
01:29The video made social media rounds after its release on Wednesday, spawning its own hashtag
01:34and thousands of shares and comments. In black and white, it juxtaposes 23 artists with photos
01:40of 23 black victims of violence, with each star noting the acts that led to their deaths,
01:45mainly after interactions with police. Many of the deaths led to intense anger and frustration
01:50among African-Americans and kicked off protests that grew into the Black Lives Matter movement.
01:56And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE. It will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:00to 32 degrees at night.
02:02That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday
02:06but you can always get the latest news at golfers.com