00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, May the 27th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour. More than 1,150 people are dead from a heat wave sweeping
00:15across South India with more fatalities being reported. Andhra Pradesh state was the worst
00:20hit where 884 people had died of heat stroke since May the 18th. Of the total fatalities
00:26in Andhra Pradesh, 668 deaths were reported between Saturday and Monday, a period when
00:30the mercury peaked at 48 degrees Celsius in certain areas. World Meteorological Organization
00:36has attributed the sun stroke deaths in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Ultraviolet Radiation
00:41Index in the two states. The UV rate stands at 12 when the ideal range should be between
00:46zero and 11. Iraqi military and other pro-government forces have launched an offensive spearheaded
00:52by Shiite militias to take back Ramadi from Daesh terrorists who seized the city last
00:57week. The loss of Ramadi was a major setback for the US-backed government of Iraqi Prime
01:02Minister Haider al-Abadi. Although pro-government forces outnumbered the attackers, Iraqi soldiers
01:07abandoned their fighting positions in Ramadi, leaving behind heavy weapons and ammunitions
01:12for the extremists. Six FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich and detained pending extradition
01:18to the United States over suspected corruption at Soccer's governing body, the Swiss Federal
01:23Office of Justice said. The high-ranking FIFA officials were in Switzerland for the FIFA
01:28Congress where incumbent Seb Blatter faces a challenge from Jordan's Prince Ali bin
01:32al-Hussein in a presidential election on Friday. US authorities suspect them of having received
01:38bribes totaling in the millions. Los Angeles police said that they are not investigating
01:43claims that the late blues legend B.B. King was poisoned by his business manager and estate
01:48executor Laverne Tony. Two of the music icon's daughters, Karen Williams and Patty King,
01:54have alleged he was poisoned by Tony, who was also his personal assistant. Coroners
01:58said they have so far found no evidence of foul play in the death of the blues legend
02:02at aged 89 earlier this month, although they are looking into the claims. And finally,
02:08the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius dropping to 27
02:13degrees at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. As always, you can get the
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