00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, April the 12th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Dubai Metro will be extended for 14.5 km, branching out from Nakhil Harbour and Tower
00:18Station to the Expo 2020 site near Al Maktoum International Airport.
00:24The much-anticipated extension of the Red Line has been approved by His Highness Sheikh
00:28Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of
00:33Dubai, and has been termed Route 2020.
00:38The first four episodes from the much-anticipated fifth season of TV show Game of Thrones leaked
00:45hours before the global premiere today.
00:48The fantasy series is the world's most pirated show, and producers have taken the step of
00:53screening the show simultaneously in 170 countries, including the UAE, on Sunday.
00:59The show will screen at 5 a.m. on Monday in the UAE.
01:05Popular committee fighters backing Yemeni President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi said they
01:10have captured two Iranian military officers advising Al-Houthi militiamen in Aden.
01:16If confirmed, tensions between Tehran and Riyadh are expected to escalate.
01:21The committee sources say the captured men were from the elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
01:29Barack Obama and Raul Castro held the first face-to-face talks between U.S. and Cuban
01:34leaders since 1956 in Panama on Saturday, vowing to pursue the historic effort to bury
01:41Cold War-era enmity.
01:44Sitting together in a blue-carpeted room, Obama thanked Castro for his spirit of openness
01:49and courtesy during their interactions.
01:52The communist leader stressed that the negotiations will require patience.
01:58Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Chris Gayle last night dedicated his Man of the Match
02:02award in the Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders to his mother on her birthday.
02:09Happy birthday to Mom, Gayle said after his blistering 56-ball 96 at the Eden Gardens.
02:17In football, Arsenal's improbable late run at the Premier League title gained momentum
02:23with a 1-0 victory at Burnley on Saturday.
02:26Their eighth straight triumph moved Arsenal within four points of leaders Chelsea.
02:32And finally, the weather.
02:33Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:39That's all for now.
02:40Thanks for watching.
02:41And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:47Thanks for watching.
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