Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. France and Portugal set for Euro title clash. More than one million Dubai employees live in other emirates. Thousands of Iranian opposition activists descend on Paris. Protests against shootings by police officers shut down US cities. Australia’s conservative Liberal Party-led coalition secures victory. Lin-Manuel Miranda makes subdued final bow. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, July the 10th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08The Euro 2016 final tonight sees a match between hosts France and Portugal that will unleash
00:14a clash between Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann.
00:18After 50 matches over a month of football that has seen stunning shocks by Iceland and
00:22Wales, Ronaldo is counting on one more upset so he can finally win an international trophy.
00:28The match kicks off at 11pm UAE time.
00:31More than 1 million UAE residents work in Dubai but choose to live in another emirate
00:36according to the latest numbers by the Dubai Statistics Centre.
00:39The number of people working in Dubai and residing in other emirates has grown by 3%
00:44between 2013 and 2015.
00:47The permanent resident population of Dubai was reported at 2.4 million in 2015 with an
00:52additional 1.1 million people driving down for work during peak weekday hours.
00:58Thousands of Iranian opposition activists descended on Paris on Saturday to attend one
01:03of the biggest anti-regime rallies.
01:05A key speaker at the conference organised by the National Council for Resistance in
01:09Iran was Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former intelligence chief and diplomat.
01:14Prince Turki vowed to stand by the Iranian opposition in its efforts to remove what he
01:18called the Khomeini cancer, referring to the founder of the Islamic Republic.
01:23Protests against the shootings of two black men by police officers shut down main arteries
01:28in a number of US cities on Saturday.
01:31Undeterred by concerns about safety at protests after a lone gunman killed five police officers
01:37in Dallas, organisers went ahead with marches in New York City and Washington DC.
01:42Australia's Prime Minister said today his Conservative coalition government was re-elected
01:47for a second three-year term.
01:49Vote counting was still underway from the July 2 ballot, but Prime Minister Malcolm
01:54Turnbull said his Conservative-Liberal Party-led coalition had secured a victory.
01:59Earlier, opposition leader Bill Shorten conceded and called Turnbull to congratulate him.
02:04Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway smash Hamilton, made a subdued
02:10final bow Saturday alongside two other departing stars.
02:13The performance at the Richard Rogers Theatre was also the last for Leslie Odom Jr, who
02:18won a Tony Award as Aaron Burr, and Philippa Soo, who portrayed Elisa Schuyler.
02:24And finally, the weather.
02:25Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.
02:31That's all for now.
02:32Thanks for watching.
02:33And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:43.