00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September 29.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Residents have been warned not to indulge in any kind of commercial activities at their houses or else they could be fined.
00:18Offering private tuitions and even babysitting for money at home is illegal, a Dubai municipality official said.
00:24The comments came as a tenant in Dubai's Muhesna area was fined 800 dirhams by the property developer for offering classes to more than 10 students at a home.
00:34A bomb explosion has killed at least 31 people in Pakistan's northwest, the third deadly strike to hit the city in the last week.
00:42The blast took place in a busy market in Peshawar this morning.
00:46Islamists and members of Sudan's ruling party called on President Omar al-Bashir to cancel deeply unpopular austerity measures.
00:55The first sign of dissent inside ruling circles came after a week of unrest that has killed dozens.
01:01Tunisia's governing Al-Nadha party has agreed to step down after months of political wrangling with a hard bargaining opposition.
01:09In three weeks, the party is to hand over power to an independent caretaker government that will lead Tunisia through elections next year.
01:17In football, coaches of both Manchester-based clubs kept up a brave face after their team slumped to humiliating losses in English Premiership last night.
01:27United coach David Moyes admitted his team's lack of cutting edge, while City's Manuel Pellegrini said the key was to keep calm.
01:36British singer and pianist Jamie Cullum is coming back to Dubai.
01:41The 34-year-old will perform at the 12th Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival next February at Dubai Festival City.
01:48Organisers said more headliners will be announced soon.
01:52And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 at night.
01:58That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:00And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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