00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, July the 24th.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Street vendors, beggars, hookers and those who sell food on streets, especially at labor
00:16accommodations and in public, will be arrested and deported, warned Dubai Police.
00:21Colonel Ali Ghanem, Director of Port Dubai Police Station, told Gulf News that police
00:26have noticed street vendors selling food off late, especially at labor accommodations.
00:31A bomb blast outside the security headquarters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities wounded
00:3619 people, security officials said early today, raising fears of deteriorating security after
00:41President Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
00:44Syria's opposition leader, Ahmed Sabra, is scheduled to meet French President François
00:48Hollande today, a day after asking France for military aid to boost the forces fighting
00:54the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
00:56Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner said he would continue his bid to become New
01:01York's next mayor despite being hit by a new sex scandal.
01:05Weiner, 48, admitted sending lewd texts and photographs under the name Carlos Danger to
01:11a young woman a year after resigning from Congress over similar revelations.
01:16Abu Dhabi's First Gulf Bank said its second-quarter net profit is up 15% to 1.17 billion dirhams,
01:23compared to the same period last year.
01:26Etisalat said its profits rose 6% to 1.9 billion dirhams.
01:32Quarterly year-over-year growth in revenues was primarily due to customer acquisition
01:36and increase in the revenues of data and handset sales.
01:40Liverpool have reportedly rejected a new bid of £40.1 million from Arsenal for star striker
01:47Luis Suarez.
01:49Gunners offered the unusual amount as they believe the Arguin had a contract closed,
01:53saying all bids over £40 million must be considered, but the Reds apparently rejected
01:58the deal out of hand.
02:00The Prince of Cambridge was not the only celebrity baby born on Monday.
02:04Oscar-winning Spanish film stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem has their second child,
02:09a girl, according to Spanish media reports.
02:12And finally, weather.
02:14The daytime temperature will be 49 degrees Celsius, falling to 33 at night.
02:18That's all for now.
02:19Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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