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Street vendors, beggars to be arrested, deported. Nineteen wounded in Egypt bomb blast. Syria opposition meets with French President, requests arms. Anthony Weiner to continue with mayoral bid amid new sex scandal. First Gulf Bank, Etisalat report profits. Liverpool reject Arsenal bid for Luis Suarez. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem welcome baby daughter.
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, July the 24th.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Street vendors, beggars, hookers and those who sell food on streets, especially at labor
00:16accommodations and in public, will be arrested and deported, warned Dubai Police.
00:21Colonel Ali Ghanem, Director of Port Dubai Police Station, told Gulf News that police
00:26have noticed street vendors selling food off late, especially at labor accommodations.
00:31A bomb blast outside the security headquarters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities wounded
00:3619 people, security officials said early today, raising fears of deteriorating security after
00:41President Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
00:44Syria's opposition leader, Ahmed Sabra, is scheduled to meet French President François
00:48Hollande today, a day after asking France for military aid to boost the forces fighting
00:54the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
00:56Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner said he would continue his bid to become New
01:01York's next mayor despite being hit by a new sex scandal.
01:05Weiner, 48, admitted sending lewd texts and photographs under the name Carlos Danger to
01:11a young woman a year after resigning from Congress over similar revelations.
01:16Abu Dhabi's First Gulf Bank said its second-quarter net profit is up 15% to 1.17 billion dirhams,
01:23compared to the same period last year.
01:26Etisalat said its profits rose 6% to 1.9 billion dirhams.
01:32Quarterly year-over-year growth in revenues was primarily due to customer acquisition
01:36and increase in the revenues of data and handset sales.
01:40Liverpool have reportedly rejected a new bid of £40.1 million from Arsenal for star striker
01:47Luis Suarez.
01:49Gunners offered the unusual amount as they believe the Arguin had a contract closed,
01:53saying all bids over £40 million must be considered, but the Reds apparently rejected
01:58the deal out of hand.
02:00The Prince of Cambridge was not the only celebrity baby born on Monday.
02:04Oscar-winning Spanish film stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem has their second child,
02:09a girl, according to Spanish media reports.
02:12And finally, weather.
02:14The daytime temperature will be 49 degrees Celsius, falling to 33 at night.
02:18That's all for now.
02:19Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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