00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May 11.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The drivers of a bus and a truck at the center of a horrific crash in Dubai that killed 13
00:16people on Emirates Road have been detained, a top official told Gulf News.
00:21The drivers have been placed under provisional detention, said Salah Boufaroushah, senior
00:26chief prosecutor and head of Dubai Traffic Public Prosecution.
00:30The dead comprise nine Indians and four Bangladeshi workers.
00:34The accident occurred at around 6.30 a.m. on Saturday morning in the Abu Dhabi direction
00:39of Emirates Road.
00:41Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine engulfed by a pro-Russian insurgency
00:47are casting ballots in independence referendums today.
00:50The ballots seek approval for declaring so-called sovereign peoples' republics in the Donetsk
00:56and Luhansk regions, where rebels have seized government buildings and clashed with Ukrainian
01:01troops.
01:03In Thailand, supporters of the embattled government warned the country's judiciary and senators
01:08against any attempt to install an unelected prime minister.
01:13Pro-government activists said such a move could spark a civil war.
01:17The comments were made during a rally in Bangkok, held three days after Yingluck Shinawatra
01:22was ousted as the prime minister by the Constitutional Court.
01:27In sport, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has encouraged his side to finish with a flourish
01:33as they bid to secure the Premier League title.
01:37City's 4-0 win at home to Aston Villa in midweek left them effectively needing only a point
01:43against West Ham to claim the title.
01:46All English Premiership matches kick off at 6 p.m. UAE time today.
01:51In a doubleheader at Indian Premier League today, Kings XI Punjab take on Kolkata Knight
01:55Riders in Cuttack, while the evening match sees Royal Challengers Bangalore play Rajasthan
02:01Royals in Bangalore.
02:03And finally, the weather.
02:04Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now.
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