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00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Thursday, May 26.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08France faced fresh strikes after nuclear power station workers voted to join gathering protests
00:13against labor law reforms that have forced the country to dip into strategic fuel reserves
00:17due to refinery blockades.
00:19With football fans due to flood into France in two weeks for the Euro 2016 championships,
00:24pressure is piling on the government as queues at petrol stations lengthen by the day.
00:29UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to beef up UN mediation in Yemen to overcome
00:34deep differences in peace talks.
00:36He proposed expanding the staff of the UN Peace Mission to Yemen and moving it to Amman
00:41from New York to intensify the mediation.
00:44The wealthy are renewing their interest in Dubai's royalty and the Palm is again at the
00:48centre of it.
00:49This week, another of the limited-edition Aleph residences on the Palm was snapped up.
00:53There will only be 104 of them with entry-level prices of 13 million dirhams.
00:59Johnny Depp's wife has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences after 15
01:04months of marriage.
01:05Amber Depp, an actress known as Amber Heard, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior
01:10Court and is seeking spousal support from the Oscar-nominated actor.
01:14Heard listed their date of separation as Sunday.
01:16The pair has no children together.
01:18And finally, the weather.
01:19Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
01:25That's all for now.
01:26Thanks for watching.
01:27A reminder that our next bulletin will be on Sunday, but as always, you can get the
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