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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, July the 16th.

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

00:12Hours after police and demonstrators clashed in central Athens, Greek lawmakers early this

00:18morning approved austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by their citizens

00:23just days ago.

00:24In the end, 229 of the 300 members of the parliament supported the bailout laws, but

00:31much of the support came from opposition parties.

00:34The vote represented a stark turnabout for the government and it was the price Greece's

00:39lenders demanded for saving the country from a whirlwind of economic turmoil.

00:45Controversial security bills that opponents say will undermine 70 years of pacifism and

00:51could see Japanese troops fighting abroad for the first time since World War II passed

00:57through the powerful lower house of parliament today.

01:00Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition was left alone to vote after all main opposition

01:06parties walked out of the chamber in protest, a move intended to reflect widespread public

01:12anger over the legislation.

01:15The first high-resolution images sent back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are already

01:21prompting scientists to reconsider their ideas about Pluto and its largest moon, Charon,

01:27as distant, dormant worlds.

01:30The new pictures reveal that Pluto is home to a large mountain range made of water ice

01:36with peaks as high as 11,000 feet, rivaling the Rocky Mountains in size.

01:42Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs last night, receiving a

01:49standing ovation from some of the sporting world's biggest stars.

01:53She also gave a 10-minute speech during the annual awards, honouring the year's top athletes

01:58and moments.

02:00Members of her famous family, including stepdaughters Kim and Khloe Kardashian and Kylie and Kendall

02:07Jenner, were present.

02:09Finally, the weather.

02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 31 degrees at night.

02:16That's all for now.

02:17Thanks for watching.

02:18We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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