00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 8th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11Turkey has scrambled several F-16 fighter jets towards the Syrian border after a large
00:16explosion in the area. Meanwhile, Syrian rebels have taken control of the historic Christian
00:21town of Malula, the Syrian observatory for human rights said.
00:25Tony Abbott celebrated his election triumph with an early morning bike ride, vowing to
00:30get down to business and be Prime Minister for all Australians. The election commission
00:35resumed counting votes after an overnight break, and with more than 90% tallied, Abbott's
00:41Conservative coalition led in 88 seats and Labour was on 57 in the 150-seat House of
00:47Representatives. Outgoing Premier Kevin Rudd suffered a resounding defeat as voters punished
00:53the Labour Party for bitter infighting.
00:56Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games last night, beating Istanbul in a head-to-head
01:02at the International Olympic Committee Congress in Buenos Aires. Tokyo won by a landslide
01:08after Madrid, the third city in the fray, was eliminated in the first round of voting.
01:14In tennis, it will be Novak Djokovic versus Rafael Nadal in the US Open men's final tomorrow.
01:20In the women's singles final today, top-seeded Serena Williams looks to claim her 17th Grand
01:26Slam title when she takes on Victoria Azarenka.
01:30Entertainment and Grammy winner Bruno Mars will sing at half-time of the Super Bowl in
01:34February. The Super Bowl will be played on February 2 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
01:41The Italian film Sacro Giare, a documentary about life along the highway that circles
01:46Rome by director Gianfranco Rossi, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 70th
01:52edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was the first time an Italian film has won the
01:57top prize at Venice in 15 years.
02:01And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:05to 32 at night.
02:07That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news at
02:11gulfnews.com
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