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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, June 29. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour. President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong
00:10to mark 20 years since its return to China by Britain, with activists under arrest as
00:15authorities sought to avoid embarrassment during anniversary celebrations. A huge security
00:20operation shut down large parts of the normally throbbing city, with thousands of police deployed
00:25to keep away demonstrators angry at Beijing's tightening grip on the freedoms of nearly
00:29eight million people. Australian police charged a top adviser to
00:33Pope Francis with multiple historical sex crimes in a case that poses a dilemma for
00:38a pontiff who has vowed zero tolerance for such offences. Cardinal George Pell is 76,
00:43is the Vatican's de facto Treasury Minister and is the highest-ranking Vatican official
00:47to be charged with sexual abuse. He faces multiple charges in respect of historic sexual
00:52offences from multiple complainants, said police in the Australian state of Victoria,
00:57where Pell was a country priest in the 1970s. The Australian Catholic Church said in a statement
01:02that Pell strenuously denied the charges and planned to return to Australia to clear his
01:06name. An R2-D2 droid that was used in several Star
01:10Wars films has sold at auction shy of $3 million. The auction house profiles in history, said
01:16the 43-inch tall unit that was compiled from parts used throughout filming of the original
01:21trilogy, sold for $2.76 million at an auction. There was no information about who purchased
01:27the droid, which was the most expensive item offered in a movie memorabilia auction that
01:31included numerous props from the Star Wars franchise.
01:34And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 46 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:39to 30 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. A reminder that our
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