00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 18th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Motorists in the UAE who overtake on hard shoulders of highways could be jailed for
00:16up to a month, fined 600 dirhams and get 10 black points.
00:21Brigadier Hussain Ahmad Al-Harty, head of directorate of traffic and patrols at Abu
00:25Dhabi Police, said hard shoulders were for use only in case of emergencies by ambulances
00:31and police cars.
00:33Saudi companies have been ordered to exclude Dutch firms from future projects because of
00:38stickers printed by a far-right politician that display anti-Islam slogans in the image
00:44of the Saudi flag.
00:46A royal decree to this effect was made public by the Makkah Chamber of Commerce.
00:50Saudi Arabia has reported five new deaths from the MERS virus, bringing the death toll
00:55in the worst-hit country to 168.
00:59The health ministry said the total number of MERS cases in the kingdom now stood at
01:03529.
01:05Thousands of people welcomed India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi
01:10yesterday after he led his party to a resounding election victory.
01:14A new government will take office sometime after the BJP's newly elected lawmakers formally
01:20appoint Modi as Prime Minister on Tuesday.
01:23Nigeria and its neighbours have vowed to join forces against Boko Haram under a deal described
01:29as a declaration of war on the militants holding more than 200 schoolgirls.
01:34Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his counterparts from Benin, Chad, Cameroon and
01:39Niger approved the action plan against Boko Haram in Paris.
01:45In sport, Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has said he will leave the club after failing
01:50to win a major title in his one season in charge.
01:54The Catalan's hope of retaining La Liga ended with a 1-1 draw to Atletico Madrid.
02:00Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger has assured fans he will sign a new contract soon after ending
02:06Arsenal's nine-year trophy drought with a 3-2 FA Cup final win over Hull City.
02:13In the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore go into today's early match against
02:18Chennai Super Kings under pressure to get a win to boost their playoff hopes.
02:23The late match sees Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Kolkata Knight Riders.
02:29And finally, the weather.
02:30Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
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