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Al Qaida threat sparks airport alert - GN Midday

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, July the 3rd. Here are the top

00:09stories at this hour.

00:11Security at British airports is to be tightened after US officials raised fears about terrorists

00:16in Syria and Yemen creating a bomb that would go undetected through airport security and

00:21could be smuggled onto planes. The move follows intelligence that al-Qaeda operatives had

00:25joined forces to develop explosives that could bring down aircraft. A spokesman for

00:30the Department of Transport said the changes would not cause significant disruption to

00:34passengers and that the threat level remains as substantial, meaning an attack is a strong

00:38possibility.

00:40Taxi passengers in Abu Dhabi will soon be able to play games, look up restaurants and

00:44even browse store catalogues on an interactive screen the Centre for Regulation of Transport

00:49by Higher Cars has announced. The official launch is on July 6.

00:54Palestinians are preparing to hold the funeral of a teenager abducted and murdered by Israelis

00:59in occupied Jerusalem. The killing of 17-year-old Mohammed Abu Qader on Wednesday was widely

01:04condemned and the United Nations has urged restraint.

01:09Industrialist Nes Wadia has provided a list of nine people present at the Wankhadi Stadium

01:14on May 30 in connection with the abuse case filed against him by his ex-girlfriend, Bollywood

01:19actress Preeti Zinta. The list has names of six women and three men who were present during

01:24the Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings match when the alleged incident took place.

01:29In the women's semi-finals line-up at Wimbledon today, former champion Petrova Kivitova takes

01:34on Lucy Safarova in an all-Czech meeting while Simona Halep of Romania clashes with Eugene

01:40Bouchard of Canada later. The men's last four line-up was completed on an intriguing day

01:45of action yesterday with Novak Djokovic setting up a clash against Gregor Dimitrov and six-time

01:50champion Roger Federer taking on Milos Raonic. Both will be played on Friday.

01:55And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius falling to 29 at

01:59night.

02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next news bulletin will

02:04be on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com