00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, June the 5th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The Syrian army has regained control of Qusayr on the border with Lebanon, Syrian state television
00:16said.
00:17Lebanese television showed soldiers sticking Syrian flags with photographs of President
00:21Bashar al-Assad on piles of rubble in the streets.
00:25A British request to blacklist the army wing of Hezbollah ran into opposition in the European
00:29Union.
00:30Several governments expressed concern that such a move would increase instability in
00:35the Middle East.
00:37Fresh violence erupted early today in Turkey as protesters defied a government plea to
00:41end days of deadly unrest.
00:44Nawaz Sharif will take office as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a third term today.
00:48The 63-year-old will be formally chosen by a vote in the National Assembly before taking
00:53the oath from President Asif Ali Zardari.
00:56Toyota will recall 242,000 Prius and Lexus hybrid cars globally because of a braking
01:02problem.
01:03There have been no reports of accidents.
01:05Drivers of the two models, manufactured between March and October 2009, have complained they
01:11needed to step more heavily than previously on the brake pedal.
01:15Joe Wilfrid Tsonga fueled French hopes of ending a 30-year wait for a men's champion
01:19title when he dumped Swiss master Roger Federer 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the French Open quarter finals.
01:27In the two men's quarters today, Rafael Nadal takes on Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic
01:32faces Tommy Haas.
01:34Kate Winslet is expecting her first child with third husband Ned Rockenroel, the 37-year-old
01:39married Rockenroel, a nephew of British tycoon Richard Branson, last December.
01:44Singer and former UK X-Factor judge Tulisa Kontos-Tavlos has been arrested on allegations
01:49of supplying hard drugs.
01:51The arrest came after the Sun tabloid ran a story claiming the 24-year-old had acted
01:56as a go-between in a deal to sell £800 worth of cocaine.
02:01And finally, weather.
02:02The daytime temperature will be 45 degrees Celsius, falling to 26 at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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