00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April the 16th. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09The UAE Cabinet has given the green light for preparations to grant entry visa to transit
00:15passengers across all airports in the country. The new policy aims to enhance transit visa
00:21procedures and enable stopover passengers to enjoy a day out in the country.
00:26The Cabinet formed a working group led by the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship
00:32to prepare the new policy.
00:34Fired former FBI chief James Comey has lashed out at Donald Trump in an interview with ABC
00:41broadcast on Sunday.
00:42Comey called Trump morally unfit to be president and described him as a serial liar who will
00:48stain everyone around him.
00:51His remarks are the latest salvo in a war of words with Trump, who called the former
00:56FBI director a slimeball earlier in the day.
01:00There will be two Caesar Hotels of Las Vegas fame on the Blue Water Island in Dubai.
01:06This follows an agreement that Mirage struck with Caesar's Entertainment to operate an
01:10upscale 178-key Caesar's Palace property.
01:15The other property will be with 301 rooms, and both are expected to open in the fourth
01:21quarter of this year.
01:22The hotels will not feature any of the casino attractions, which make Caesars a must-see
01:28for anyone visiting Las Vegas.
01:30Champions Manchester City have set their sights on rewriting the record books after clinching
01:36the Premier League title.
01:38Pep Guardiola's side were crowned kings of English football on Sunday as their arch-rivals
01:44Manchester United slumped to a 1-0 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.
01:49Winning the title with five matches to go makes City the joint earliest champions in
01:55the Premier League.
01:56John Cena and Nikki Bella are no longer getting ready to say, I do.
02:01Bella tweeted that the professional wrestlers have ended their relationship and asked for
02:06privacy.
02:07The couple had been together for six years and got engaged a year ago on live TV during
02:12a wrestling match.
02:14And finally, the weather.
02:15Today's highs across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:22That's all for now.
02:23Thanks for watching.
02:24As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.
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