00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, June the 15th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Yemen's warring factions will come together for the first time in Geneva today, in a bid
00:15to resolve the bloody conflict between Iran-backed al-Houthi militants and the internationally
00:20recognized government of exiled President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
00:25Analysts said a breakthrough is very unlikely and the delegations will not even begin talks
00:30in the same room.
00:31Jeb Bush is ready to launch a presidential campaign with a focus on the most vulnerable
00:35in our society.
00:37Six months after he got the 2016 campaign started by saying he was considering a bid,
00:42the 60-year-old former Florida governor will formally enter the race today.
00:47A South African judge has barred Sudan's indicted president from leaving the country, and a
00:51deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country
00:56bias in the International Criminal Court.
00:59President Omar al-Bashir, visiting South Africa for an African Union summit, stands accused
01:04in an ICC arrest warrant of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities committed
01:10in the Darfur conflict.
01:12Neymar scored a goal and set up an injury time winner for Douglas Costa as Brazil opened
01:17their Copa America campaign, with a 2-1 win over Peru last night.
01:22The day's other match saw 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists Colombia surprisingly beat
01:271-0 by Venezuela.
01:30Dinosaurs are anything but extinct at the box office.
01:33Jurassic World, the fourth film in the series, devoured 2015 box office records in its debut
01:39weekend, earning an estimated $204.6 million.
01:44It's also second-highest domestic opening of all time, right behind The Avengers.
01:48And finally, weather.
01:49Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 30 degrees at night.
01:55That's all for now.
01:56Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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