00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, June the 23rd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Baghdad as Sunni insurgents expand their
00:16control of towns across northwestern Iraq.
00:20In Egypt on Sunday, Kerry warned that ISIL's ideology of violence and repression is a threat
00:26not only to Iraq but to the entire region.
00:30School buses in Dubai are likely to have seatbelts soon as the Roads and Transport Authority
00:35is looking at ways to improve safety standards for school transportation.
00:40According to current rules, seatbelts are mandatory only on the front and back rows
00:45of school buses and RTA has launched a study that could lead to revision of the rules.
00:52A South Korean military conscript who killed five members of his unit near the border with
00:56North Korea was captured today after wounding himself following a 24-hour standoff with
01:02thousands of troops.
01:04A defence ministry spokesman said the 22-year-old sergeant, who was cornered in a small forested
01:10area south of the heavily militarised border, had shot himself in the side and had been
01:15taken to hospital.
01:18Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal seized a World Cup lifeline with a stoppage time equaliser
01:23to secure a 2-2 draw against the United States after Belgium booked a place in the last 16
01:30last night.
01:31Belgium scored in the 88th minute of a lacklustre 1-0 win over Russia, leaving Algeria to light
01:38up Group H by routing South Korea 4-2.
01:43Defending champion Andy Marais and world number two Novak Djokovic will be in action on the
01:47opening day of Wimbledon Championships, which gets underway at the All England Club.
01:53And finally, the weather.
01:54The daytime temperature will be 45°C, falling to 29°C at night.
01:59That's all for now.
02:00Thanks for watching.
02:01And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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