00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, June 8. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:10A law introducing mandatory military service for all Emirati men aged between 18 and 30
00:16has been approved by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Emirati
00:21men aged between 18 to 30 and who have at least a high school diploma will have to serve
00:25nine months while those without a high school diploma will serve two years. The service
00:30will be voluntary for women who will be trained for nine months. The law will become effective
00:34six months from the date of publishing in the official Gazette.
00:39Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to be sworn in as the country's new president
00:43after winning by a landslide in May's elections. Security forces have been deployed at key
00:48locations around Cairo in preparation for the ceremony at the Supreme Constitutional
00:52Court.
00:54The Israeli and Palestinian presidents will plant an olive tree as a symbol of peace
00:58after an unprecedented prayer meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican Gardens today
01:02amid high tensions in the Middle East. The Vatican said it hoped the initiative would
01:07have an impact on public opinion.
01:09Football and Argentina stoked their rivalry with England on the eve of the World Cup last
01:13night, unfurling a banner claiming sovereignty over the Falkland Islands before defeating
01:18Slovenia 2-0. In tennis, Novak Djokovic will today attempt to become only the second man
01:24to beat eight-time champion Rafael Nadal at Roland-Garros at the French Open final.
01:28The final starts at 5 p.m. UAE time.
01:31And actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured on Saturday after a tractor trailer
01:36rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain reaction crash that left
01:41the fellow comedian dead and two others seriously hurt. Morgan remains in the intensive care
01:46unit at the hospital.
01:48And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 29 tonight.
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