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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, May 8. Here are the top stories

00:06at this hour.

00:07Saudi Arabia has replaced its long-serving oil minister as part of a major government

00:12overhaul.

00:13Ali Al-Noemi, who has been oil minister since 1995, was replaced by Khalid Al-Fali, chairman

00:19of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company.

00:21The revamp follows the announcement of Vision 2030 reform plan by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed

00:27bin Salman last month to transform Saudi Arabia's economy and reduce its dependence on oil.

00:33King Salman bin Abdulaziz also made several other sweeping changes.

00:37Tawfiq Al-Rabiya will replace Al-Fali as Minister of Health, while the Ministry of Water and

00:42Electricity has been abolished.

00:45Leicester City celebrated their Premier League Championship victory and the first title in

00:49their 132-year history, with victory over Everton on Saturday.

00:54Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli was accompanied by fellow countryman coach Claudio Ranieri

00:59as he walked out 30 minutes before kick-off to fulfil a promise to perform at the King

01:04Power Stadium if Leicester became champions.

01:08Lawyers charged with untangling the multimillion-dollar estate of late pop star Prince can get a sample

01:14of his blood from the coroner in case of a paternity claim.

01:17Prince, who died on April 21, is not known to have had any children, but a Minnesota

01:23judge said that parentage issues might arise as the probate case goes forward.

01:28The exact value of Prince's estate has not yet been disclosed, but his music catalogue

01:32alone has been estimated at more than $500 million.

01:36Bollywood actor Imran Hashmi and former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin were in

01:41fine form as they answered sticky questions about the cricketer's controversial life.

01:46Hashmi chronicles the life of the fallen cricketing hero in the film Azhar, releasing in the UAE

01:51on May 12.

01:53He was trained in cricket by Azharuddin and the film is directed by Tony D'Souza.

01:58And finally, the weather.

01:59Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.

02:04That's all for now.

02:05Thanks for watching.

02:06As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com

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