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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, June the 29th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Suicide attackers killed at least 36 people and wounded more than 140 at Istanbul's busy
00:15Ataturk Airport last night, the latest in a recent series of bombings to strike Turkey.
00:22Turkish officials said three suicide bombers arrived at the airport in a taxi and blew
00:27themselves up after opening fire, in what is likely the work of Daesh.
00:33Airport surveillance video posted on social media showed the moment of one blast, a huge
00:38ball of fire and passengers fleeing in terror.
00:42International arrivals remained closed at the airport this morning, with about one-third
00:47of scheduled flights cancelled.
00:50European Union leaders will today assess the damage from Britain's decision to leave the
00:54bloc and try to prevent further disintegration.
00:58As EU leaders meet for the first time without a British representative, Scottish First Minister
01:04Nicola Sturgeon is also expected in Brussels, determined to keep her country in the bloc.
01:11Hit fantasy TV show Game of Thrones pulled in nearly 9 million viewers on Sunday, its
01:16highest one-day audience figures.
01:19Nielsen said 8.9 million people in the US watched the 10th and final episode of the
01:25latest season, either live or on playback, on Sunday.
01:29Based on George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Emmy-winning show has
01:35been distinguished by steadily rising audience figures.
01:39And finally, the weather.
01:40Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 33 degrees at night.
01:46That's all for now.
01:47Thanks for watching.
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