00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, August the 30th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:13Thousands gathered for a second day of protests to demand the resignation of Prime Minister
00:17Najib Razak over a multi-million dollar financial scandal.
00:21Their spirits lifted by unexpected support from Malaysia's longest serving leader, Mahathir
00:26Mohamad.
00:27Hundreds slept out overnight in central Kuala Lumpur after the first day of a rally that
00:33has brought into the streets a political crisis triggered by reports of a mysterious transfer
00:39worth more than $600 million into an account under Najib's name.
00:45Lebanon was calm today, a day after thousands of people took part in a peaceful demonstration
00:50in Beirut protesting corrupt and ineffective government.
00:55The You Stink campaign has been mobilising the past couple of weeks to hold the government
01:00accountable for the mounting crisis of garbage disposal.
01:05Protesters are calling for snap parliamentary elections and they want the environment minister
01:09to be sacked.
01:11New Orleans launched a day of events on Saturday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane
01:16Katrina, paying tribute to its victims and homage to the city's resilience in the face
01:22of disaster.
01:23Dignitaries made speeches to honour the 1,500 who died.
01:28Brass bands marched through the streets and neighbours gathered for block parties across
01:33the city where the mood shifted in turns from sombre to reflective to celebratory.
01:40Gareth Bale silenced his critics by scoring twice as Rafael Benitez got his first win
01:46as Real Madrid coach with a 5-0 thrashing of Real Betis last night.
01:51Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez also scored twice with striker Karim Benzema scoring
01:58the other goal.
01:59Madrid remain two points behind Barcelona in the La Liga standings as centre-back Thomas
02:06Vermeulen was the unlikely hero for the European champions as they overcame stiff resistance
02:12from Malaga to win 1-0 at the Camp Nou.
02:16And finally the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 45°C dropping to 32°C at
02:22night.
02:23That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulpnews.com
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