00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 22nd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12At least 60 people were killed at a funeral last night in the Sadr city district of Baghdad.
00:18A tent where mourners were gathered in the Iraqi capital was hit by two explosions, one
00:22of them a suicide car bomb.
00:25Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal yesterday, meeting a
00:29deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes.
00:33The disclosure came as UN envoys struggled to agree on the wording of a resolution to
00:37enshrine the deal under which Syria is handing over its chemical weapons for destruction.
00:43The US-Russian agreement requires Syria to hand over the whole of its arsenal.
00:47A Chinese court has sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in jail after
00:52finding him guilty of corruption and abuse of power.
00:56Bo has a right to appeal within 10 days, but the sentence effectively puts an end to
01:00his political ambitions.
01:02Kenyan troops and Somali militants were locked in a hostage standoff inside an upmarket Nairobi
01:07shopping mall after the gunmen massacred 39 people and wounded 150.
01:13Kenyan officials said major operations were underway with police and soldiers, engaged
01:17in a bid to put an end to the 17-hour-long battle.
01:21A suicide bomb attack on a church in Peshawar killed dozens of people as parishioners left
01:26the building after attending Sunday Mass.
01:29A hospital spokesman said 40 people have been wounded.
01:32In sport, Jose Mourinho's Chelsea ended a run of four winless games to beat Fulham 2-0
01:38and moved to the top of the Premier League yesterday.
01:41In cricket, Chennai Super Kings opened their campaign in Champions League T20 against South
01:45Africans' Titans and Ranchi today.
01:48Comedian Russell Peters is coming back to the UAE on the same tour he brought last year
01:53in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
01:55The Canadian funnyman will hit the stage at Yas Island on October 23rd as a part of his
01:59sold-out Notorious World Tour.
02:02And finally, weather.
02:03Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 at night.
02:08That's all for now.
02:09Thanks for watching.
02:11And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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