00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Sunday, July the 15th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09As many as 300 motorists have been caught driving in excess of 200 kilometers per hour
00:15in Sharjah during the first six months of this year.
00:19Sharjah police statistics revealed hundreds of motorists had little or no regard for public
00:25safety as they sped dangerously through heavy traffic.
00:29The highest speed recorded was by a vehicle clocking 258 kilometers per hour on Sheikh
00:36Khalifa bin Zayed Road towards Fujairah.
00:39British Prime Minister Theresa May warned her party that there may be no Brexit at all
00:45if they wrecked her plan to forge a close relationship with the European Union.
00:50My message to the country this weekend is simple.
00:53We need to keep our eyes on the prize, May wrote on Facebook.
00:58The UAE's Federal Tax Authority said a system to return value-added tax to tourists is nearing
01:04its final preparation stages.
01:07The system relies on an integrated digital network to set up a direct connection with
01:12points of sale as well as with all UAE ports of entry.
01:17This will help global operators to coordinate with retailers registered with the FTA and
01:23enable tourists to submit refund requests for their purchases.
01:27Croatia face France in Moscow tonight, attempting to win their first World Cup.
01:33Didier Deschamps' side are meanwhile aiming to land their second title two decades on
01:39from their triumph on home soil.
01:42France will also try to put behind them the bitter disappointment of losing the Euro 2016
01:48final to Portugal in Paris.
01:51The biggest game of football kicks off at 7pm UAE time.
01:55Korean pop group EXO conquered the Burj Khalifa with an LED show on the facade of the skyscraper
02:01on Saturday night.
02:03Hundreds of fans flocked to the foot of the world's tallest tower to catch the three-minute
02:08light and sound show that was played to the music of the group's hit song, Power.
02:14The show was part of a fan-generated campaign to have EXO projected on the Burj Khalifa.
02:20And finally the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius dropping
02:25to 34 degrees at night.
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