00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, May the 6th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11UN Chief Ban Ki-moon warned against escalating a fraught situation in Syria after Israel
00:15struck targets near Damascus yesterday.
00:18Syria declared the strike an act of war.
00:20Meanwhile, UN human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's
00:25civil war and medical staff, indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin.
00:30Libya's parliament has passed a law banning Gaddafi-era officials from holding political
00:35office.
00:36The vote in the General National Congress came a week after militias backing the law
00:39began besieging the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs.
00:43Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said today that his coalition planned to contest
00:47the results of the bitter weekend election.
00:50The ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, retained its 56-year grip on
00:54power and called for a reconciliation.
00:58The Arabian Travel Market, the region's leading travel and tourism event, opens today
01:01at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.
01:05The event will include speakers representing Google, TripAdvisor, and Amadeus, who will
01:09talk on Digital and Technology Day.
01:11Hotels and resorts industry players will have a big presence at the event as they showcase
01:16their projects.
01:17In sport, UAE sensation Omar Abdelrahman got a red card along with teammate Mohamed Ahmed
01:22as his club Al Ain went down 2-1 to Al Ahly in the semifinals of President's Cup last
01:27night.
01:28Entertainment, and Justin Bieber got closer than expected to one fan at his second Dubai
01:32concert last night when a fan jumped on stage.
01:35But show organizers said the singer was not attacked, as was reported by some media outlets.
01:39''I think it was more a matter of a crazy fan trying to find his way to meet Justin,''
01:43says Thomas Ovison, COO of Dunn Events, organizers of Bieber's two concerts in Dubai.
01:49Bieber carried on singing while the stage invader was tackled by security, which resulted
01:53in his piano being broken.
01:54This morning, Bieber tweeted a message saying, ''Dubai, nothing stops the show.''
01:59Finally the weather, and today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:03to 23 at night.
02:04That's all for now.
02:05Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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