00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 5th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Israel launched an airstrike in Damascus today, which they said targeted a shipment of Iranian-made
00:15missiles believed to be on their way to the Hezbollah.
00:18The confirmation came hours after Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles
00:22struck a research center near the Syrian capital, setting off explosions and causing casualties.
00:28Dubai has chalked out plans to welcome 20 million visitors a year by 2020, doubling
00:32its annual visitor numbers from 2012.
00:35According to the Vision for Tourism for 2020, approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
00:40Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, tourism's
00:45annual contribution to the Emirates economy will also triple by 2020.
00:50Starting today, motorists have been granted a chance to pay their traffic and parking
00:54fines in installments, according to a three-month scheme by the Abu Dhabi Traffic and Patrols
00:59Directorate.
01:00Traffic fines issued by authorities in the UAE and Gulf states and parking fines issued
01:05by the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi can be paid in installments.
01:09In a break with strong social traditions, girls in Saudi Arabia's private schools have
01:14been allowed to practice sports.
01:16The breakthrough decision was announced in a circular to all Education Ministry departments
01:20by the Minister, Prince Faisal bin Abdullah.
01:23Millions of Malaysians are voting today in tight national elections with one of the world's
01:27longest-serving governments seeking to stave off a first-ever defeat.
01:31Incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak has voiced confidence that the National Front Coalition
01:35will remain Malaysia's dominant political force.
01:38Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's three-party alliance hopes widespread grievances translate
01:44into votes.
01:45Three people were killed and 35 others wounded in twin bomb blasts near the party office
01:49of the MQM in Karachi.
01:51The bombs exploded within 20 minutes of each other.
01:54In sport, Real Madrid forced Barcelona to delay their title celebrations as Cristiano
01:59Ronaldo scored his 200th Real goal in an entertaining 4-3 win over Valadolid last night.
02:06Justin Bieber's UAE fans had to scream their lungs out for a bit longer than expected after
02:11the singing star turned up two hours late for his first concert in Dubai last night.
02:15The 19-year-old started his show at the Seventh Stadium around 10.10 pm, making it a late
02:20school night for the thousands of young children and teenagers masked since 5 pm to see their
02:26idol perform his hits.
02:28And finally, the weather.
02:29Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 at night.
02:34That's all for now.
02:35Thanks for watching.
02:36And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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