00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, July 18. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11An Emirati man who beat an Indian van driver following a minor accident in Dubai's Al
00:15Muraqabat has been placed under provisional detention. The Dera prosecution is currently
00:20handling the interrogation and is set to hear more prosecution witnesses. Meanwhile, the
00:25man who posted the video of the assault has been arrested, according to Major General
00:29Kamis Mata Almazena, acting chief of Dubai police. He said no one had the right to film
00:34anyone without permission from the person who is being filmed.
00:38Nelson Mandela's health is steadily improving, South Africa's presidency said, as the anti-apartheid
00:43legend began spending his 95th birthday in hospital. US President Barack Obama led a
00:49stream of birthday wishes for the ailing peace icon, who was admitted to hospital with a
00:53recurring lung infection on June 8.
00:57Demonstrators took to the streets overnight in Egypt after the EU's foreign policy chief,
01:02Catherine Ashton, called for the release of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. Palestinian
01:08President Mahmoud Abbas will talk to key Palestinian leaders today about a possible resumption
01:13of peace negotiations with Israel after an almost three-year freeze, officials said.
01:18A senior Pakistani Taliban commander has written to Malala Yousafzai, accusing her
01:23of smearing them and of promoting satanic values, whilst urging her to return home.
01:28In an open letter, Adnan Rashid said he found the shooting attack on the teenage education
01:33activist shocking and wished it hadn't happened.
01:37In sport, Tiger Woods will start as favourite when the British Open gets underway in Scotland
01:41today. Meanwhile, Australia begin their bid to level the Ashes series against England
01:46when the second test starts at Lourdes in London today.
01:50It seems Queen Elizabeth II is getting a bit impatient as she waits in a rare British heat
01:55wave for the birth of her third great-grandchild. The Queen said yesterday she hopes Kate Middleton
02:00gives birth soon.
02:02MTV has announced that Justin Timberlake and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have six nominations
02:07each at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Bruno Mars has four nominations for the award,
02:12which will air live on August 25.
02:16Finally, the weather in today's high across the UAE will be 48 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:21to 31 at night.
02:23That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:27but you can always get the latest breaking news at gulfnews.com
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