00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 17th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17A bomb in a busy market in Pakistan's southwest has killed 81 people and wounded 180 others.
00:24The powerful bomb in a water tanker ripped through a packed market on the outskirts of
00:28Quetta last night.
00:29Officials said the tanker was packed with 800 kilograms of explosives and was placed
00:34near a pillar of a two-storey building, which collapsed in the blast.
00:39At least five people were killed in an accident on Sharjah Kalba Road yesterday.
00:43Three children and their mother was among the victims, while their father is fighting
00:46for life in a hospital.
00:48Their car was reportedly cut into two when a speeding four-wheel-drive vehicle rammed
00:53into it.
00:54The driver of the four-wheel-drive was also killed.
00:57The 11th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference opens today in Abu
01:02Dhabi.
01:03The event, opened through February the 21st, runs concurrently with the second edition
01:07of Navy and Defence Exhibition.
01:10More than 1,100 companies representing 58 countries are taking part in the event.
01:16Dozens of ministers of defence, top commanders and military officials from 82 countries will
01:22be attending.
01:23Bahraini authorities have arrested a cell of eight terrorists who received training
01:27in using weapons and explosives.
01:30The interior minister said the cell had connections with Iran, Iraq and Lebanon and that the arrests
01:35were made with the cooperation of a brotherly country.
01:38A set of hostages abducted in tit-for-tat sectarian kidnappings in Syria was freed in
01:43good condition yesterday.
01:45The release came after negotiations between residents of two of the affected villages.
01:50More than 140 people have been kidnapped in recent days.
01:54In sport, two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova is among the players hoping to
01:59book a place in the women's competition of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in
02:04the final day of qualifying today.
02:06The two-week tournament begins tomorrow.
02:09In entertainment, Hugh Grant has confirmed that he is the father for a second time after
02:13Ting Lang Hong gave birth to a boy in January.
02:17The baby's name is Felix Chang Hong Grant.
02:20Following the birth of their daughter 16 months ago, Grant said his relationship with Hong
02:25was fleeting.
02:26And finally, the weather.
02:27Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:33That's all for now.
02:34Thanks for watching.
02:35And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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