Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Emirates lifts ban on electronic devices. South Korea and US simulate strike against North Korea. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic make winning starts at Wimbledon. Drummer John Blackwell Junior dies at 43.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, July 7. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour.
00:08Emirates today lifted the electronics ban on board its flights to the US after the airline
00:13implemented new security measures. The decision comes into effect immediately. The ban was
00:19revoked after Emirates implemented heightened security measures to meet the requirements
00:24of the US Department of Homeland Security, a spokesperson said.
00:29South Korea and the US fired off missiles today, simulating a precision strike against
00:34North Korea's leadership. The tests were in response to a landmark ICBM test by North
00:39Korea. The launch marked a milestone in Pyongyang's decades-long drive for the capability to threaten
00:45the US mainland with a nuclear strike.
00:48Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon
00:54as their opponents retired hurt from their first-round matches. Federer raced to a 6-3-3-0
01:00lead in 43 minutes against Alexander Dolgopolov on Centre Court before the Ukrainian limped
01:06off. Djokovic's opponent, Martin Klizan, pulled out a 6-3-2-0 down after 40 minutes of play.
01:13One of Prince's drummers, 43-year-old John Blackwell Jr, has died in Florida. The Tampa-based
01:19Blackwell was Prince's drummer for more than a decade.
01:22And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:28to 32 degrees at night.
01:29That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:33on Gulfnews.com.