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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, June the 17th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11A parent school contract for the academic year 2014-15 in Dubai is now ready for parents
00:18to sign, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority has announced.
00:22The KHDA launched the legally binding and mandatory contract on June 1st to reduce disputes
00:28between parents and schools by outlining each party's rights and responsibilities.
00:33The main issues covered by the contract include admission, fees, curriculum, attendance and
00:38behavior.
00:39Nearly 300 American forces are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets
00:45as President Barack Obama nears a decision on an array of options for combating fast
00:50moving insurgents.
00:52The U.S. and Iran also held an initial discussion on how the longtime force might cooperate
00:58to ease the threat from the Al-Qaeda linked militants that have swept through Iraq.
01:03Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to help
01:08stop militants escape a major military offensive.
01:12The call came as Pakistani jets pounded Taliban hideouts for a third day on Tuesday.
01:18Football and German coach Joachim Löw poured praise on Thomas Müller after the latter
01:22scored the first hat-trick of the 2014 World Cup to down Portugal 4-0 last night.
01:29Tonight the Arab world will unite behind Algeria as they begin their campaign against Belgium
01:35in Belo Horizonte.
01:37The match kicks off at 8 p.m. UAE time.
01:40The blood-filled finale of the fourth season of Game of Thrones was watched by 7.1 million
01:45viewers, HBO said on Monday.
01:48The show has surpassed The Sopranos to become HBO's most popular series ever, with the final
01:54episode screened in the UAE on Sunday night.
01:57Steven Spielberg's next two films have been slated for October 2015 and July 2016.
02:04DreamWorks announced on Monday that an untitled Cold War spy thriller from Spielberg will
02:09open on October 16 next year, and the BFG is planned for July 1, 2016.
02:18And finally the weather.
02:19Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:24That's all for now.
02:25Thanks for watching.
02:26And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com