00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, June the 3rd. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11A massive sandstorm and record winds have killed at least four people in Tehran, plunging
00:15Iran's capital into darkness and forcing thousands to run for cover. The freak storm knocked
00:21down trees, and the 110-kilometer-per-hour winds caused power supplies to be knocked
00:26out in at least 50,000 homes.
00:29India's Minister for Rural Development died this morning after a road collision in New
00:33Delhi. Gopinath Munde, 64, was on his way to the airport for a victory rally in his
00:38home state of Maharashtra, when his sedan was hit by another car. He died later in the
00:43hospital.
00:45Dubai police have added a new superbike to its extensive supercar fleet. The new addition,
00:50a Can-Am Spider, was revealed on Monday in the presence of Major General Khamis Matar
00:55al-Mazina, Dubai police chief. The bike will mostly be used in tourist and heritage areas.
01:00Voting is underway in Syria's presidential election amid heightened security. The poll
01:05takes place three years into a civil war in which tens of thousands of people have died
01:10and millions more have been displaced. President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win
01:15a third seven-year term in office.
01:18Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini has called for better ties with Gulf Arab
01:22nations during a rare visit by the Kuwaiti Emir. It was Sheikh Sabah's first visit
01:27to Iran since he became Emir of Kuwait in 2006.
01:31A daily updated base, Price of Gold in Dubai, will now be on display at key commercial locations
01:36in the city. It is part of an ongoing effort by local authorities and gold traders to ensure
01:41full transparency in the way price information is made available to a wider audience.
01:47Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has joined the cast of the new Star Wars movie
01:52producers set on Monday. Game of Thrones star Gwendolyn Christie will also appear in
01:56Star Wars Episode VII, which began filming last month and is due for release in December
02:01next year.
02:03Fashion rules are made to be broken, Rihanna told a crowd of fashion industry leaders on
02:06Monday, and her outfit dramatically conveyed that message. She wore a sheer fishnet gown
02:11sparkling with 200,000 embedded crystals that left little to the imagination. The singer
02:17cemented her role as a fashion luminary by receiving the 2014 Fashion Icon Award from
02:22the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
02:25And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:30to 29 degrees at night.
02:32That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:36at gulfnews.com
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