Pay as you throw’ fees in Dubai soon. Hyperloop venture to move cargo at jet speed unveiled. UK interior minister Rudd has resigned. Double suicide bombing hits central Kabul. A hat-trick by Lionel Messi. 'Avengers: Infinity War' smashes box office record. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April 30. Here are the top stories
00:08at this hour.
00:09Dubai is gearing up to implement new waste disposal fees on companies transporting and
00:14dumping rubbish in landfills and treatment plants.
00:17The waste transport companies say the fee will then be passed on to their client who
00:22are generating waste as a pay-as-you-throw fee.
00:26DP World has formally partnered with Virgin Hyperloop One to build ultra-high-speed cargo
00:32delivery systems around the world.
00:34A new company called DP World CargoSpeed will design the Hyperloop system to deliver freight
00:40at a top speed of 1,200 km per hour.
00:44According to Virgin Hyperloop One, the cargo routes will be developed in tandem with its
00:49passenger routes.
00:50Britain's Interior Minister has resigned over the treatment of some long-term Caribbean
00:55residents who were wrongly labelled as illegal immigrants.
00:58The loss of pro-European Amber Rudd is a blow for Theresa May as she navigates the final
01:04year of negotiations ahead of Brexit.
01:07A coordinated double-suicide bombing in central Kabul has killed 25 people this morning.
01:13The fatalities included an AFP photographer and a cameraman for a local TV station.
01:19At least 45 people were wounded in the twin attacks, according to Kabul police spokesmen.
01:24A hat-trick by Lionel Messi earned Barcelona a 4-2 victory over Deportivo.
01:29The victory crowns the Catalans as the La Liga 2017-2018 champions just a week after
01:35winning Spain's Copa del Rey.
01:37Avengers Infinity War has recorded the biggest three-day opening in the UAE, raking in a
01:43gross total of 15.4 million dirhams at the box office.
01:47According to distributors, the Marvel superhero adventures recorded 3,900 admissions between
01:53Thursday and Saturday, and is still running to packed houses.
01:57Overseas, the film took in $630 million in its first weekend, the highest global opening
02:03of all time.
02:04And finally, the weather.
02:06Today's highs across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:12That's all for now.
02:13Thanks for watching.
02:14And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.
02:23Transcribed by https://otter.ai