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00:00A new educational system will unify the sector across the UAE and raise standards of teaching
00:14and learning.
00:16The Emirati school model was announced on Sunday.
00:19The Ministry of Education and the Abu Dhabi Education Council said all public and private
00:23schools offering the ministry curriculum in the UAE will now follow the Emirati school
00:28model.
00:30South Korea has detected that North Korea is continuing to prepare for a possible intercontinental
00:35ballistic missile launch.
00:37The move would further raise tensions a day after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and most
00:42powerful nuclear detonation.
00:45South Korea also paved the way for the full deployment of a US missile defence system,
00:50while its military conducted a live-fire drill with North Korea's test site as a virtual
00:55target.
00:57Maria Sharapova's Grand Slam return ended on Sunday with a fourth-round defeat at the
01:02US Open.
01:04Latvian 16th seed Anastasia Sarastova rallied to eliminate the Russian 5-7-6-4-6-2 at Arthur
01:12Ashe Stadium, booking a quarterfinal against American Sloan Stephens.
01:17The other quarterfinal on Tuesday will match Petra Kvitova against US 9th seed Venus Williams.
01:25Grammy-winning rap star Lil Wayne was taken to hospital on Sunday after suffering a seizure
01:30and being found unconscious in his Chicago hotel room.
01:34Wayne, 34, has become one of the biggest names in rap music over a two-decade career.
01:40He suffered a second seizure at the hospital, TMZ reported.
01:44And finally, the weather.
01:45Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now.
01:52Thanks for watching.
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