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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, July the 3rd. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11Security at British airports is to be tightened after US officials raised fears about terrorists
00:16in Syria and Yemen creating a bomb that would go undetected through airport security and
00:21could be smuggled onto planes. The move follows intelligence that al-Qaeda operatives had
00:25joined forces to develop explosives that could bring down aircraft. A spokesman for
00:30the Department of Transport said the changes would not cause significant disruption to
00:34passengers and that the threat level remains as substantial, meaning an attack is a strong
00:38possibility.
00:40Taxi passengers in Abu Dhabi will soon be able to play games, look up restaurants and
00:44even browse store catalogues on an interactive screen the Centre for Regulation of Transport
00:49by Higher Cars has announced. The official launch is on July 6th.
00:54Palestinians are preparing to hold the funeral of a teenager abducted and murdered by Israelis
00:59in occupied Jerusalem. The killing of 17-year-old Mohammed Abu Qadir on Wednesday was widely
01:04condemned and the United Nations has urged restraint.
01:09Industrialist Ness Wadia has provided a list of nine people present at the Wankhadi Stadium
01:14on May 30 in connection with the abuse case filed against him by his ex-girlfriend, Bollywood
01:19actress Preeti Zinta. The list has names of six women and three men who were present during
01:24the Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings match when the alleged incident took place.
01:29In the women's semi-finals line-up at Wimbledon today, former champion Petrova Kivitova takes
01:34on Lucy Saforova in an all-Czech meeting while Simona Halep of Romania clashes with Eugene
01:40Bouchard of Canada later. The men's last four line-up was completed on an intriguing day
01:45of action yesterday with Novak Djokovic setting up a clash against Gregor Dimitrov and six-time
01:50champion Roger Federer taking on Milos Raonic. Both will be played on Friday.
01:55And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius falling to 29 at
01:59night.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next news bulletin will
02:04be on Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com