00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, June the 16th, here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has said his win in Iran's presidential election was
00:15a victory of progress over extremism.
00:18Tens of thousands of jubilant Iranians took to the streets of Tehran overnight while world
00:22powers cautiously welcomed the result.
00:25Rouhani's victory ended eight years of conservative grip on Iran's top office.
00:30Starting today, motorcyclists will be penalised for overtaking from the wrong side with a
00:34fine of 200 dirhams, three black points and a week-long impounding of the vehicle.
00:39Brigadier Hassan Ahmad Al-Harthi, Director of the Abu Dhabi Traffic and Petrols Directorate,
00:45said there have been 32 motorcycle accidents this year while 936 traffic tickets were issued
00:51to motorcyclists during the same period.
00:54Kuwait's constitutional court will rule today whether a new electoral system introduced
00:58by the country's emir is constitutional.
01:01The emir issued a decree last October reducing the number of candidates a voter can pick
01:05to just one.
01:07Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen on Saturday in Balochistan
01:12province, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour stand-off that killed 25 people.
01:18The attacks in Quetta began when a blast ripped through a bus carrying female university students,
01:23killing at least 14 people.
01:26Brazil kicked off their campaign for Confederations Cup in style with a 3-0 rout of Japan in Rio
01:32de Janeiro last night.
01:34Star striker Neymar struck early, followed by goals from Paulinho and Joe.
01:39Entertainment and there's one more Kardashian in the world.
01:42Kim Kardashian has reportedly given birth to her first child, a girl, according to US
01:47media reports.
01:48Kardashian delivered her daughter five weeks early at a hospital in Beverly Hills.
01:53Her father, rapper Kanye West, was said to be by her side throughout.
01:58And finally, the weather.
01:59Today's high across the UAE will be 45 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 at night.
02:04That's all for now.
02:05Thanks for watching.
02:06And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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