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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, June the 7th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The UAE and Saudi Arabia have announced a joint vision for economic development and
00:14military integration through 44 joint projects.
00:17A total of 350 government officials from different fields prepared the strategy of resolve within
00:2412 months.
00:25The announcement of the strategy came during the first meeting of the Saudi Emirati Coordination
00:31Council.
00:32The meeting was chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince
00:36of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Saudi Crown Prince
00:42Mohammed bin Salman.
00:44The Dubai Executive Council has approved a decision not to increase fees for all private
00:49schools in Dubai for the academic year 2018-2019.
00:54The Council also waived fees on 19 business activities related to the aviation industry
01:00in a bid to attract more than 1 billion dirhams in investments.
01:05The decisions aim to make Dubai a global hub in the aviation industry, in line with Dubai
01:11Plan 2021 and Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030.
01:16The waiver was approved by the Council in a meeting chaired by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed
01:20bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and its Chairman.
01:24US President Donald Trump has commuted the life sentence of a woman whose cause was championed
01:30by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.
01:34Alice Mary Johnson, 63, had spent more than two decades behind bars serving life without
01:40parole for drug offences.
01:42She was released hours after the White House announcement and ran into a family member's
01:47arms.
01:48The husband of designer Kate Spade said that she had suffered from severe depression and
01:53admitted that they had been living apart for the last 10 months.
01:57But Andy Spade said the couple had no plans to divorce.
02:01There was no indication and no warning that she would do this.
02:05It was a complete shock, he said.
02:07Kate Spade died of what police call suicide earlier this week.
02:12And finally, the weather.
02:13Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
02:18That's all for now.
02:19Thanks for watching.
02:21We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest updates
02:26on govnews.com.