00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, July 12. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08Theresa May on Wednesday will become the Prime Minister who leads Britain into talks to quit
00:13the European Union.
00:16May became the only contender after Andrea Leadsom abruptly quit the race to succeed
00:20David Cameron on Monday.
00:23Britain has faced the worst political turmoil in generations following the June 23 shock
00:29referendum vote to leave the European Union.
00:32High demand for the mobile augmented reality game Pokemon Go crashed the app's servers
00:38in Australia today while triggering safety warnings from police.
00:42The game has been a huge hit with players since it was rolled out in Australia, New
00:47Zealand and the United States late last week.
00:51The app's popularity has sent shares in game developer Nintendo soaring by more than 40%
00:57over three trading sessions in Japan.
01:00Players in the UAE reported walking into polls and completely losing track of time while
01:05playing the smartphone game.
01:07Qatar Airways Group, the parent company of the Doha-based airline, reported a 1.6 billion
01:14Qatari Riyal profit on Monday.
01:17It is the first time Qatar Airways has released financial results and the profit appeared
01:21to be largely due to a significant drop in fuel costs.
01:25American Baba Watson and Swede Henrik Stenson head an Olympic men's golf field that has
01:31been decimated by withdrawals, including Jordan Spike.
01:35On the women's side, an almost full-strength line-up will include World No. 1 Lydia Ko
01:40of New Zealand and No. 2 Brooke Henderson of Canada.
01:44The official teams will be announced next Monday.
01:48Taylor Swift has topped Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities with $170
01:54million.
01:55The pop diva's take from June 2015 to June 2016 is the highest total of her young career,
02:02the magazine said, more than doubling her previous record of $80 million last year.
02:08She is ahead of fellow chart-topping pop stars Adele at No. 9 with $80.5 million and Madonna
02:15at No. 12 with $76.5 million.
02:19And finally, the weather.
02:20Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.
02:27That's all for now.
02:28Thanks for watching.
02:29And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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