00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, October 3. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:11Work on the Dubai Creek extension project is set to begin later this month after His
00:14Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE
00:18and ruler of Dubai, launched its construction on Wednesday at Safar Park. The three-kilometer-long
00:23Dubai Canal will include shopping malls, four hotels and 450 restaurants and is expected
00:28to attract 22 million visitors annually. The 2 billion dirham project will be ready
00:33by 2017.
00:35The UN Security Council has urged Syria to allow cross-border aid deliveries and called
00:39on competence in the country's war to agree humanitarian pauses in fighting. The UN Security
00:44Council finally agreed last night to a non-binding statement aimed at boosting aid access.
00:50A prominent Saudi Arabian activist has been detained after leading meetings to discuss
00:54political affairs in the kingdom, a rights group said. It was unclear whether Waleed,
00:58Abu al-Khair, will face new charges or was placed in detention related to his ongoing
01:03trial on charges that include opposing the monarchy. At least 13 militants died in northwest
01:08Pakistan when the Taliban launched a gun and suicide attack against a rival group, officials
01:13said.
01:14It was a lackluster night for the two premiership giants from Manchester at the UEFA Champions
01:18League last night. Manchester United had to settle for a point after a 1-1 draw at Shat-Donesk,
01:24while City were humbled 3-1 by reigning champions Bayern Munich.
01:28Katherine Jackson has lost her case against AEG. She accused the promoter of being responsible
01:33for Michael Jackson's death by negligently hiring Dr Conrad Murray. After a five-month
01:38trial, a jury found that AEG hired Murray but said he was fit and competent to serve
01:42as a general practitioner to Jackson.
01:45There's movies, song and laughs this weekend in the UAE, with Ghulam Ali kicking off the
01:50music with an evening of Gazals at Crowne Plaza. Eid celebrations begin with Jasham
01:55Eid, featuring Indian singers Kalish Kher and Richa Sharma in Pakistan's Shafkat, Amanat
02:01Ali Khan at Dubai World Trade Center on Friday. Also performing on Friday is British funnyman
02:06Al Murray. At the cinema, there's comedy with Ranbir Kapoor in Beja Ram, while in Abu Dhabi
02:11catch the latest shows of Cinderella on ice at Adnik.
02:14And finally the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:18to 27 at night.
02:20That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:23but you can always get the latest news at golfnews.com.
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