00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, July 4.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09North Korea proclaimed that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile,
00:14a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United
00:19States.
00:20U.S. experts said the device could reach Alaska, and the launch, which came as the United States
00:26prepared to mark its independence day, triggered a Twitter outburst from U.S. President Donald
00:31Trump, who urged China to end this nonsense once and for all.
00:36Authorities have cautioned visitors not to hand over their passports to strangers at
00:40Dubai International Airport.
00:43Prosecutor General Sami Al-Shamsi, head of Burdubai Prosecution, said travelers should
00:47keep their passports and personal belongings in their possession and not hand them to anyone
00:53except the proper representative of their hosts.
00:56The statement came in light of an Asian imposter who swindled newcomers and stole their passports,
01:02cash and personal belongings at the airport, before being referred to the Dubai Misdemeanors
01:07Court.
01:08Stan Wawrinka's Wimbledon hopes were shredded in the first round as the fifth seed, hobbled
01:14by a niggling knee injury, was outgunned by 21-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev, who had
01:19the center court crowd on their feet as he won 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on his first Wimbledon
01:26appearance.
01:28Stevie Ryan, an actress and comedian who gained fame with impersonations of celebrities on
01:33YouTube, has died.
01:35She was 33.
01:36Los Angeles County Coroner Spokesman Ed Winter says Ryan died on Saturday at her home in
01:41Los Angeles.
01:42He says her death has been ruled a suicide by hanging after the agency performed an autopsy.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:50Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
01:56That's all for now.
01:57Thanks for watching.
01:58And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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