00:00The UAE's planned mission to Mars in 2021 will study the planet's atmosphere and is
00:16named HOPE. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
00:21Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, has announced. The probe is to be launched in
00:252020 and moving at a speed of up to 126,000 km per hour should reach Mars in 200 days.
00:33The mission will last until 2023 with a possible extension to 2025 and will be managed by a
00:39team of up to 150 Emirati scientists and engineers supervised by the UAE Space Agency. The team
00:46hopes the data gathered should lead to the construction of the first model of daily and
00:50season weather patterns on Mars and their interaction with the planet's topography.
00:55Polls have opened in Britain's closest general election for decades with voters set to decide
00:59between the Conservatives of Prime Minister David Cameron, Ed Miliband's Labour and a
01:04host of smaller parties. Doors at polling stations across the country opened at 7am
01:10local time and will remain open until 10pm. The final result is due on Friday, though
01:15voters may have to wait days for a new government in the likely event of a hung parliament.
01:20In sport, Lionel Messi struck twice and set up Neymar in the last 13 minutes as Barcelona
01:25beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in the Champions League semi-final first leg. On his 100th appearance
01:31in European football, Messi's double moved him back ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo as the
01:36all-time leading scorer with 77 in the Champions League. The goal also moved Barca to the brink
01:42of their first final in four years. The race for Spain's La Liga title meanwhile
01:47faces a chaotic conclusion. The country's football federation said last night it will
01:51cancel all domestic matches in a row over TV rights and the shutdown will affect the
01:56penultimate round of fixtures due to take place on May 17. And finally, the weather
02:01today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius dropping to 29 degrees at night. That's
02:08all for now, thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you
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