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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, June 9. Here are the top stories

00:09at this hour.

00:11More than 40,000 buildings in Dubai have been connected to a new life safety dashboard launched

00:16by Dubai Civil Defence.

00:18The agency aims to cover 70,000 buildings in the emirate within the next three years,

00:23said Major General Rashid Thani Al Matrushi, Director of Dubai Civil Defence.

00:28The buildings currently connected include high-rises, warehouses, hospitals, schools

00:32and factories, he said.

00:33Scandalhead bank HSBC said today it would cut its global headcount by up to 50,000 as

00:39part of a restructuring that entails its withdrawal from Brazil and Turkey, while it also considers

00:44abandoning London as its headquarters.

00:47The bank also said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it intends to save

00:50$5 billion in annual costs within two years.

00:54The UN has presented a draft proposal for a Libyan unity government to warring factions

00:59in an attempt to stabilise the conflict-torn country. The plan, unveiled at talks in Morocco,

01:04addresses terms of a truce and disarmament of armed groups. UN Special Envoy Bernardino

01:09León urged the Libyans to back the proposal.

01:13The last of the Angola III inmates, whose decades in solitary confinement on a Louisiana

01:18prison farm drew international condemnation and became the subject of two documentaries,

01:22was ordered released Monday.

01:24The ruling would free 68-year-old Albert Woodfox after more than 40 years in solitary.

01:30Woodfox, who was serving an armed robbery sentence, had said he was singled out for

01:34harsh treatment, including isolation, because of his political activism.

01:38And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:43to 30 degrees at night.

01:45That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news on

01:48Gulfnews.com.

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