00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August 1. Here are the top stories
00:06at this hour.
00:08President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued the landmark Federal
00:12Law No. 7 of 2017 for tax procedures, which sets the foundations for the planned UAE tax
00:19system, regulating the administration and collection of taxes, and clearly defining
00:23the role of the Federal Tax Authority.
00:26The Federal National Council approved the draft law in March this year and with the
00:30presidential approval to the tax law, the country now has a legal framework for taxation,
00:35implementation and administration.
00:37Antony Scaramucci was removed from his new job as White House Communications Director
00:42on John Kelly's first day as Chief of Staff, just 10 days after the financier joined President
00:47Donald Trump's staff. Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly
00:53a clean slate and the ability to build his own team, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said
00:58in a statement announcing the departure of the SkyBridge Capital founder. Sanders said
01:04Scaramucci left in a mutual agreement with Kelly, who replaced Ryan Spreebus on Friday.
01:09Game of Thrones network HBO has been hit with a cyber attack, making it the latest entertainment
01:15company to become compromised by hackers. HBO confirmed in a statement that it experienced
01:20a cyber incident that compromised proprietary information. The company said it immediately
01:26began to investigate the incident and is working with law enforcement and independent cyber
01:31security experts.
01:32And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:37to 32 degrees at night.
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