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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, July the 3rd.
00:06Here are the top stories at the start.
00:08Eight people, including a girl, were lightly wounded late on Sunday in a shooting in front
00:13of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon.
00:16According to initial accounts, at least two men got out of a car around 10.30 p.m. near
00:21the mosque and opened fire, including with a shotgun.
00:25None of the wounded have life-threatening injuries.
00:28Dubai Metro's Red Line will be partially closed between JLT and Ibn Biduta stations
00:33on Fridays and Saturdays for 10 weeks starting July 28, the Roads and Transport Authority
00:38said.
00:39The closure will allow work to link the Red Line with the under-construction Route 2020.
00:46Commuters will be provided with free shuttle buses to travel between JLT and Ibn Biduta
00:50stations to continue their journey.
00:53Work on the 15-kilometre-long Route 2020, which is an extension of the Red Line, began
00:58late last year to connect the Nakhil Harbour and Tower station with the Expo 2020 site.
01:04The Big Four of men's tennis remain the players to beat at Wimbledon, said former U.S. Open
01:09champion Joan-Martin Del Potro, as this year's tournament at the All England Club gets underway.
01:16Since 2003, Roger Federer has taken seven titles at the Grass Court Grand Slam, followed
01:21by Novak Djokovic's three, while Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal have claimed two each.
01:27The quartet have also been named as the top four seeds for the first time since 2014.
01:32Rapper Kanye West, a key player in Jay-Z's subscription-based music streaming service
01:37Tidal, has reportedly left the company over a money dispute.
01:40Tidal has threatened to sue him over this, reports TMZ.
01:44Sources from Tidal told the site that West was unhappy with the company and had complained
01:49the company owed him over $3 million.