00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, August 28.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Three Saudi officials, including Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, have visited Qatar
00:15amid efforts to repair a rift within the GCC states.
00:19Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE recalled their ambassadors to Qatar in March, accusing
00:24Doha of failing to abide by an agreement not to interfere in one another's affairs.
00:29So far, efforts to resolve the dispute have failed.
00:32GCC officials are due to hold another meeting on Saturday.
00:36The UAE central bank has asked a few banks to block several debit cards on suspicion
00:40of potential data compromise.
00:43Banking sources said the potential breach was limited to a single automated teller machine
00:47and all cards suspected of data compromise have been notified to be replaced by the issuing
00:52banks.
00:53Turkey's outgoing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to be sworn in as president to
00:57extend his more than a decade-long domination of the country.
01:01Erdogan was due to take his oath of office in Ankara, where he is expected to push for
01:06a new constitution and seek to further transform the country with development projects.
01:11The three nations at the center of the West African Ebola outbreak are being left increasingly
01:16isolated as more airlines suspend flights to the crisis zone.
01:21Air France said on Wednesday it had agreed a Paris request for a temporary suspension
01:25of services to Sierra Leone.
01:28Apple suppliers are preparing to manufacture the company's largest ever iPad, with production
01:33scheduled to commence by the first quarter of next year.
01:36The new iPad will have a 12.9-inch screen, as compared to the 9.7-inch screen it currently
01:42produces.
01:43Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been recruited by Interpol to fight organized crime globally.
01:49The Bollywood actor was named a celebrity ambassador for the international crime-fighting
01:53body on Wednesday.
01:54Khan, who will spearhead the Turn Back Crime campaign, called it a special honor.
01:59And finally, the weather.
02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:05That's all for now.
02:07We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at
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