00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, April the 9th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Three Emirati sisters who were bludgeoned in a hammer attack at a London hotel on Sunday
00:15remain critical at a London hospital.
00:18The family, which was staying at the hotel with the victims, have since been moved to
00:22an unidentified hotel to allow police to sift through evidence from the crime scene.
00:28A fourth sister, who was not part of the attack, said the UAE embassy had provided the family
00:32with private transport and helped them relocate to another hotel.
00:38The UN has warned that a drought in Syria could lead to a record-low wheat harvest and
00:42put millions of people at risk.
00:45The World Food Programme said rainfall since September has been less than half the long-term
00:50average.
00:51At the same time, WFP food aid has been cut by a fifth due to a lack of funds from international
00:57donors.
00:59An Emergency Arab League session will be held in Cairo to discuss the latest US push for
01:04peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis.
01:07It comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry was set to discuss with President Barack Obama
01:13whether to continue investing time and political capital in the peace effort.
01:18A bomb exploded at a vegetable market near Islamabad today, killing 23 people and injuring
01:24at least 39.
01:26The early morning blast left body parts and blood-stained clothes scattered throughout
01:30stalls at the market.
01:33Australian officials say two new ping signals had been detected in the search for Malaysia
01:38Airlines flight MH370.
01:41The signals, which could be from the plane's black box recorders, bring to fore the number
01:46of overall pings detected in recent days.
01:50Top Dubai officials have told global bankers that the Emirate was gearing up for another
01:55boom.
01:56More than a dozen officials and executives met about 100 representatives of financial
02:01powerhouses, including Deutsche Bank, Nomura Holdings and Fidelity Investments, for the
02:07major investor roadshow for Dubai.
02:10Mohammad Al Sherbani, chief executive of Investment Corporation of Dubai, told the audience that
02:15if Dubai had to do the same again, most likely we would follow the same approach.
02:21In sport, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hailed his side's special spirit after a traumatic
02:27late goal by Demba Ba propelled them into the Champions League semi-finals last night.
02:33Despite trimming Paris Saint-Germain's 3-1 aggregate lead, Chelsea were heading out of
02:39the competition until Ba bundled home in the 87th minute.
02:43Entertainment, under the heels of its explosive fourth season premiere on Sunday, HBO has
02:49renewed epic fantasy series Game of Thrones for two more years.
02:53The network promised more dazzling storytelling in those fifth and sixth seasons.
02:58And finally, the weather.
02:59Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
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