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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

02:17latest news on golfnews.com

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