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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, June 30. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:11The Daesh terror group has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated
00:16female civilians. The beheadings took place in the eastern Deir al-Zor province this week.
00:22One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor city. In Al-Mayadeen
00:26city to the southeast, the group beheaded another woman and her husband. All of them
00:30were accused of sorcery.
00:33Two passengers on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train died after one doused himself in oil
00:37and set himself ablaze today. The train carrying about 1,000 passengers made an emergency stop
00:42on its way from Tokyo to the western city of Osaka after smoke started to fill at least
00:46one carriage. There was no immediate indication of the man's motive. A female passenger also
00:51died.
00:53Greece will reopen 1,000 bank branches from Wednesday until the end of the week to cater
00:58for pensioners who do not use cash cards for automated telemachines. Banks are expected
01:03to remain closed for other purposes until July 6.
01:07In tennis, old warrior Leighton Hewitt waved an emotional goodbye to Wimbledon after losing
01:12a dramatic five-set match to Finland's Jakko Nieminen. Thirteen years after beating Argentina's
01:18David Nalbandian to win the title, the 34-year-old will retire after next year's Australian
01:23Open.
01:24NBC said it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate
01:29Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the announcement
01:34of his campaign. The network said it would no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss
01:39Universe pageants, which had been a joint venture between the company and Trump.
01:45And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:49to 27 degrees at night.