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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Hackers steal 1.2b passwords. Dubai streets renamed. Gaza talks continue in Cairo. Xavi ends dazzling career. Pran Kumar, creator of Chacha Chaudhary, dies. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day.

00:05Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, August the 6th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion internet credentials from major US companies and others

00:16around the world in what is likely to be the biggest data breach ever.

00:20The US firm Hold Security said that the gang, which it dubbed Cybervore, collected confidential

00:25usernames and passwords from some 420,000 websites, ranging from household names to

00:31small internet sites.

00:32The firm said that your data could have been stolen from service or goods providers to

00:37whom you entrust your personal information from your employers, even from your friends

00:41and family.

00:42A project to rename the streets of Dubai will be completed by next year.

00:47All of the city's main streets have already been renamed, while 50% of the internal streets

00:51have also been renamed.

00:53The project is part of a new address system which will see Dubai divided into 13 sectors,

00:57with each sector subdivided into communities and streets.

01:01Under the new system, each building on a street will have a unique number that will make locating

01:05an address easier.

01:08Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel continued for a second day today in Cairo, as a three-day

01:13halt in fighting seemed to hold in the Gaza Strip.

01:16In an interview with the BBC, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that border crossings

01:21should be open, without explicitly calling for an end to the siege.

01:25Hamas reportedly wants international funding to help reconstruct Gaza, as well as a lifting

01:30of Israel's crippling siege on its 1.8 million population.

01:35In sports, Spanish midfielder Xavi Hernandez has announced the end of a dazzling international

01:40football career crowned by La Roja's 2010 World Cup triumph and two European championships.

01:46I have decided to leave the national team.

01:48I think my time there has finished," the 34-year-old Barcelona player told a news conference.

01:54Xavi won 133 caps and played a decisive role in Spain's triumphs at the World Cup in South

01:59Africa in 2010.

02:02Pran Kumar Sharma, the creator of iconic Indian comic book character Chacha Chaudhry, has died.

02:07He was 75.

02:09The cartoonist, who long battled cancer, died at 9.30pm on Tuesday in New Delhi, his family

02:14confirmed.

02:15And finally, weather.

02:16Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.

02:22That's all for now.

02:23Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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