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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, August 14.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The Eid al-Adha holiday for the UAE private sector will be from Monday, August 20 to Wednesday, August 22.
00:17The Ministry of Human Resources and Emeritization made the announcement this morning.
00:22The public sector in the UAE will have a one-week holiday beginning Sunday, August 19
00:28and work will resume on August 26.
00:30The Indian rupee hit the 70 per dollar mark for the first time tumbling to a record low
00:36as a Turkey-led route in emerging market currencies intensified losses.
00:41The rupee slipped as much as 70.08 per dollar in Mumbai
00:46and is down almost 9% this year in Asia's worst performance.
00:51The currency has been among the hardest hit in Asia from the recent Turkey-led sell-off in emerging assets.
00:57A weaker rupee could complicate the Reserve Bank of India's job of keeping inflation in check.
01:04Queen Bee dedicated her performance with husband Jay-Z to the Queen of Seoul
01:09drawing a thunderous roar from Aretha Franklin's hometown of Detroit.
01:13The moment came early in the show Monday at Ford Field with Beyonce saying we love you
01:19and thanking the ailing 76-year-old for her beautiful music.
01:24Opening the show DJ Khaled got the crowd excited when he played one of Franklin's biggest hits Respect.
01:31A person close to Franklin said Monday the singer is seriously ill.
01:36Fans and friends including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott have offered prayers and well wishes to the iconic voice of Seoul.
01:43And finally the weather.
01:45Today's highs across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius dropping to 33 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:53And as always you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com