00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, July 9. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:10Egypt's interim leader, Adelie Mansour, has outlined his timetable for new elections amid
00:16continuing unrest in the country. This comes as at least 51 people were killed in Cairo
00:21as the Muslim Brotherhood said the army fired on its members during a sit-in demonstration.
00:26The army says it responded to armed provocation.
00:29The Moon Sighting Committee announced late last night that Ramadan will start in the
00:33UAE tomorrow, July 10. The committee issued a statement after application of Sharia laws
00:38confirming that Wednesday will be the first day of Ramadan. Official Ramadan working hours
00:43for governmental departments, clinics, transport and other essential services in the UAE have
00:48been announced by the authorities.
00:50Import of used tyres into the UAE will be banned from September as the Emirate Standardization
00:55and Metrology Authority implements the final phase of a new law introduced last September.
00:59Since then, the sale of used tyres had been banned in the UAE but used tyres continue
01:04to be sold openly in Sharjah and Dubai.
01:07Syria's ruling Baath Party has replaced its top leadership in a surprise move. The changes
01:12came as UN Chief Ban Ki-moon called on all parties in the war to observe a truce during
01:17Ramadan.
01:18In Turkey, interim Syrian rebel Prime Minister, Hassan Hitto, announced his resignation yesterday.
01:23A severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding and cut power to at least 300,000 people in
01:28Toronto early today. The storm shut down subways and left about 1,400 passengers stranded for
01:33hours on a commuter train filled with gushing water.
01:36Collective failures, incompetence and negligence by Pakistan allowed al-Qaeda leader Osama
01:41bin Laden to live in the country undetected for more than nine years, a leaked report
01:45says.
01:46The report by Pakistani Judicial Commission also reveals new details about the US raid
01:51that killed bin Laden and intriguing details about his life on the run.
01:55The Indian rupee opened stronger this morning after the central bank and market regulators
02:00took steps to curb speculative trading in foreign exchange derivatives. The rupee opened
02:04at 59.80 to the dollar.
02:06Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is still improving and can emerge victorious at his home Grand
02:11Slam again, according to two-time winner Stefan Edberg. His endorsement comes after British
02:16Prime Minister David Cameron called for Murray to be knighted.
02:20Entertainment and one singer is in hospital and another is in jail. Mariah Carey was hospitalized
02:25in New York after injuring her shoulder while filming a music video. And Lauryn Hill started
02:30serving a three-month prison sentence for tax evasion yesterday.
02:33Finally, the weather and today's high across the UAE will be 48 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:38to 30 at night.
02:39That's all for now. Thanks for watching. Gulf News wishes its viewers Ramadan Kareem.
02:44And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:50.
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