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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 7th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Thailand's Prime Minister and part of her Cabinet have been forced out of office by
00:15a constitutional court ruling finding her guilty in an abuse of power case.
00:21Yingluck Shinawatra was charged with abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil
00:26servant in 2011 to another position.
00:29The court also found Cabinet members in office at the time complicit in the decision.
00:36Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, the former general who is poised to be elected Egypt's President
00:40next month, has said that the US Ambassador had asked him to hold off for a day or two
00:46before ousting Mohamed Morsi last July.
00:50El-Sisi said he had rebuffed the request from Ambassador Ann W. Patterson.
00:55His remarks were his first public confirmation that he had discussed the prospect of a military
01:00takeover with US officials in the days before it was carried out.
01:06Saudi Arabia has replaced the head of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, the health ministry
01:11said on its website.
01:13The ministry said the move was part of its fight against the spread of MERS.
01:18Sport and Manchester United kept alive their hopes of playing in the Europa League after
01:23a 3-1 win last night over Hull City.
01:27James Wilson scored twice and Robin Van Persie scored the third on his return from injury.
01:34Two witnesses have identified Bollywood actor Salman Khan in a 2002 hit-and-run case in
01:40court.
01:41One of the witnesses said he had seen the film star getting out of his SUV on the night
01:45of September 28, 2002, after the vehicle ran over five people on the pavement, killing
01:52one and injuring four others near a bakery in suburban Bandra.
01:56He also testified that Khan seemed drunk and fell down while coming out of his vehicle
02:02before running away from the scene.
02:05Khan faces a 10-year jail term if found guilty.
02:09And finally, the weather.
02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:16That's all for now.
02:17Thanks for watching.
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02:22Thanks for watching.