69 cases of children locked inside vehicles. Scientists warn of rapid climate change. Day 2 of the first Test between Pakistan and Australia. Taylor Swift breaks her political silence to back democrats. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00Dubai Police's Search and Rescue Department responded to 69 cases of children locked inside
00:15vehicles in the first eight months this year.
00:19That is compared to 76 cases last year, a top police official said.
00:24Lieutenant-Colonel Abdullah Ali Peshwa, director of the Land Rescue Department in Dubai Police,
00:30said despite the drop in number of cases, the trend was still worrying.
00:35The world's leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global
00:40warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 degree centigrade.
00:45Beyond this, even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme
00:51heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
00:55The authors of the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
01:01released today say urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach the target.
01:07But they said the target is affordable and feasible, although it lies at the most ambitious
01:12end of the Paris Agreement.
01:15Day two of the first test between Pakistan and Australia got underway in Dubai with the
01:20host Pakistan looking to build on their overnight lead of 255-3.
01:26Following Mohammad Hafiz's century knock on the first day, night watchman Mohammad Abbas
01:32was taken out by the bowling of Peter Siddal in the opening session today, leaving Pakistan
01:37on 305-4.
01:40Music superstar Taylor Swift has announced she is voting for Tennessee's Democratic Senate
01:46candidate Phil Bredson, breaking her long-standing refusal to discuss anything politics.
01:53Swift has faced criticism for not speaking about political issues despite having a global
01:58platform.
01:59But due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very
02:04differently about that now," Swift wrote in an Instagram post.
02:09And finally, the weather.
02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:15That's all for now.
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