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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 7th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Thailand's Prime Minister and part of her Cabinet have been forced out of office by

00:15a constitutional court ruling finding her guilty in an abuse of power case.

00:21Yingluck Shinawatra was charged with abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil

00:26servant in 2011 to another position.

00:29The court also found Cabinet members in office at the time complicit in the decision.

00:36Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, the former general who is poised to be elected Egypt's President

00:40next month, has said that the US Ambassador had asked him to hold off for a day or two

00:46before ousting Mohamed Morsi last July.

00:50El-Sisi said he had rebuffed the request from Ambassador Ann W. Patterson.

00:55His remarks were his first public confirmation that he had discussed the prospect of a military

01:00takeover with US officials in the days before it was carried out.

01:06Saudi Arabia has replaced the head of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, the health ministry

01:11said on its website.

01:13The ministry said the move was part of its fight against the spread of MERS.

01:18Sport and Manchester United kept alive their hopes of playing in the Europa League after

01:23a 3-1 win last night over Hull City.

01:27James Wilson scored twice and Robin Van Persie scored the third on his return from injury.

01:34Two witnesses have identified Bollywood actor Salman Khan in a 2002 hit-and-run case in

01:40court.

01:41One of the witnesses said he had seen the film star getting out of his SUV on the night

01:45of September 28, 2002, after the vehicle ran over five people on the pavement, killing

01:52one and injuring four others near a bakery in suburban Bandra.

01:56He also testified that Khan seemed drunk and fell down while coming out of his vehicle

02:02before running away from the scene.

02:05Khan faces a 10-year jail term if found guilty.

02:09And finally, the weather.

02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.

02:16That's all for now.

02:17Thanks for watching.

02:18And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

02:22Thanks for watching.

Salman Khan hit-and-run case - GN Midday

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