00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 5th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. An amount of 150,000 dirhams under a basic insurance package is
00:16assured for premature birth expenditure, a senior Dubai Health Authority official told
00:22Gulf News. The authority is also working on setting up a special health fund for unforeseen
00:28medical expenses where insurance coverage fails, Dr Haider Al Yousuf, Director of Health
00:35Funding at DHA, said. The essential health benefit package will be something even the
00:41lowest paid worker will be provided by his employer, he said. A video apparently released
00:48by Daesh shows 25 men being shot dead in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria. Daesh said
00:55the men were soldiers captured in the city of Homs. They were shot dead inside Palmyra's
01:01amphitheatre and stills from the video showed the killers to be teenagers, possibly even
01:07as young as 13. Sport and Chile wrecked Lionel Messi's dream of a first international title
01:15with a penalty shootout victory over Argentina to end their 99-year wait for a Copa America
01:22crown last night. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez struck the winning spot kick for Chile as
01:29the hosts clinched a 4-1 shootout victory when the game ended goalless after extra time.
01:37Billy Joel has done it again. The singer, 66, married his 34-year-old girlfriend Alexis
01:43Roderick in a surprise ceremony at the couple's annual 4th of July party. New York Governor
01:49Andrew Cuomo presided over the nuptials at Joel's Long Island estate, the singer's
01:55spokeswoman Claire Mercury said. And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE
02:01will be 44 degrees Celsius dropping to 31 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks
02:06for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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