00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, August 1. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11The UAE Ministry of Labour has declared that the Eid al-Fitr holidays for all private sector
00:15employees will be on the first and second days of Shawal. Work will resume on the third.
00:20Shawal will begin on either August 8 or 9.
00:23Dubai attracted more than 5.5 million visitors during the first half of the year, increasing
00:28by 11.1% year-on-year, according to a statement by the Department of Tourism and Commerce
00:33Marketing.
00:34The main Western-backed Syrian opposition, the Syrian National Coalition, would not take
00:38part in any peace negotiations with the regime of Bashar al-Assad until rebels gain the upper
00:43hand on the battlefield again, the group's chief, Ahmed al-Jabba, said.
00:47Regime forces have been making significant gains against the rebels on several key fronts
00:51in recent weeks.
00:53Bahrain's health ministry has had scores of canned meat products removed from the market
00:56after an investigation revealed they were contaminated with horse meat and pork.
01:01The ministry inspected samples of minced meat, burgers and frozen meat.
01:05ATP players have been defending their sport in the wake of drugs cases involving Marin
01:09Cilic and Viktor Troiki.
01:11Tennis does a good job of testing from my experience, said John Isner.
01:14The topic has drawn attention after Troiki was banned for 18 months after allegedly refusing
01:18to submit a blood sample to a tester and Cilic reportedly tested positive at an April event
01:24in Munich.
01:25The third Ashes test starts today with all eyes on the beleaguered Australians and whether
01:29they draft in controversial batsman David Warner in a bid to stop the Urns staying in
01:33England.
01:35Bollywood fans will get an opportunity to meet India's biggest star today.
01:38Shah Rukh Khan will be breaking his fast at Arabian Centre in Al-Quaneej at 6.30pm with
01:44his Chennai Express co-star Deepika Padukone and director Rohit Shetty as they meet and
01:49interact with fans.
01:50And finally, weather.
01:51The daytime temperature will be 38 degrees Celsius falling to 29 at night.
01:56That's all for now.
01:57Thanks for watching.
01:58A reminder that our next bulletin will be on Sunday, but as always, you can get the
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