00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, July 7. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08Emirates today lifted the electronics ban on board its flights to the US after the airline
00:13implemented new security measures. The decision comes into effect immediately. The ban was
00:19revoked after Emirates implemented heightened security measures to meet the requirements
00:24of the US Department of Homeland Security, a spokesperson said.
00:29South Korea and the US fired off missiles today, simulating a precision strike against
00:34North Korea's leadership. The tests were in response to a landmark ICBM test by North
00:39Korea. The launch marked a milestone in Pyongyang's decades-long drive for the capability to threaten
00:45the US mainland with a nuclear strike.
00:48Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon
00:54as their opponents retired hurt from their first-round matches. Federer raced to a 6-3-3-0
01:00lead in 43 minutes against Alexander Dolgopolov on Centre Court before the Ukrainian limped
01:06off. Djokovic's opponent, Martin Klizan, pulled out a 6-3-2-0 down after 40 minutes of play.
01:13One of Prince's drummers, 43-year-old John Blackwell Jr, has died in Florida. The Tampa-based
01:19Blackwell was Prince's drummer for more than a decade.
01:22And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:28to 32 degrees at night.
01:29That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:33on Gulfnews.com.
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