00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, June the 9th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10A district will be built in Dubai to develop the Emirates fashion, design and luxury sectors.
00:15The Dubai Design District announced yesterday by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
00:18Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will be built
00:23next to the Business Bay.
00:24It will feature a creative community with commercial facilities for established and
00:28emerging designers and design institutes.
00:31The venture will be a key element in Dubai's bid to host Expo 2020.
00:35The construction of the Rashid Hospital Tunnels project in Dubai is almost complete after
00:39three years of work.
00:40Final touches for the 722 million dirham project are being done for the opening of the tunnel
00:45by the month end.
00:46The project will facilitate the movement of 6,000 vehicles per hour and ease traffic around
00:51the broadcast roundabout.
00:53Syria's opposition has reiterated a refusal to join in peace talks as rebels reeled from
00:58losing the strategic town of Qusayr.
01:00Rebels injured in battle straggled into next door Lebanon, desperately seeking medical
01:05attention.
01:06Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in serious but stable condition after being
01:10admitted to the hospital for a fourth time since December.
01:13Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection but he is conscious and communicating with
01:18his family.
01:19US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended their first US-China summit
01:25after forging a rapport and policy understandings on North Korea, climate and cyber issues.
01:30The presidents spent eight hours together over two days for talks which were described
01:34as uniquely informal and positive.
01:36In sport, Rafael Nadal aims to be the first player to win the French Open men's crown
01:41eight times when he takes on Spanish compatriot David Ferrer in the final at Roland Garros
01:46today.
01:47The match starts from 5pm UAE time and will be telecast live on Al Jazeera Sports.
01:53Entertainment and Indian police have recovered a note purportedly written by Bollywood actress
01:57Jia Khan speaking about her disturbed relationship with boyfriend Suraj Pancholi.
02:02Twenty-five-year-old Khan committed suicide on June 3rd following which Pancholi was questioned
02:07for several hours by the police and released.
02:10A troupe of Hungarian shadow dancers have won the television show Britain's Got Talent
02:15outshining a slew of home-grown performers and leaving viewers wondering if the program's
02:20name could do with a change.
02:22Finally, the weather.
02:23Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius dropping to 26 at night.
02:28That's all for now.
02:29Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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