00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 21st. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. With 65 people killed in a wave of bombings
00:13in Baghdad by last night, Arak's death toll has surpassed 500 for this month. UN officials
00:19warned this may be a dangerous return to the civil war of 2007. Twelve car bombs and a
00:25roadside bomb hit Baghdad, with Saturday being the deadliest day in Arak since June 10.
00:31Hundreds of Dubai residents have signed up for the municipality's Your Weight in Gold
00:35initiative. The 30-day weight loss program will reward the first three winners who lose
00:39the most weight with a gold equivalent to 20,000 dirhams each.
00:44Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour, has selected a team of legal experts to rewrite
00:49controversial portions of the Islamist-drafted constitution.
00:53Japanese voters went to the polls in an election expected to give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's
00:58ruling coalition a strong mandate. Half of the 242 seats in the upper legislative chamber
01:04are up for grabs. Superstar couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé joined
01:08protesters across the United States amid simmering anger over a not-guilty verdict in the shooting
01:14death of black teenager Trayvon Martin. The couple's surprise appearance helped swell
01:19the crowd at a Manhattan protest addressed by Trayvon's mother, Sabrina, and civil
01:24rights leader Al Sharpton. In sports, Englishman Lee Westwood takes a
01:28two-shot lead into the final round of the Open Championship at Murrayfield today in
01:33his bid to win his first major title. England's injured batsman, Kevin Peterson,
01:38will not take to the field for the remainder of the second Ashes Test against Australia,
01:43which gets underway today at 2 p.m. UAE time. For Superman fans, here's a treat. The
01:49superhero is coming back with Batman as his co-star. Man of Steel director Zack Snyder
01:54has announced his next Superman film will include the caped crusader. This will be the
01:58first time the two superheroes will be united in the big screen.
02:02Finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 49 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:06to 31 at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the
02:10latest news at gulfnews.com.
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