00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, September 8. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour.
00:12Fresh clashes erupted between police and refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night,
00:17which authorities said was on the verge of explosion, as Britain and France pledged to
00:22accept tens of thousands more refugees from the record influx.
00:26A dozen or so coast guards and riot police armed with batons struggled to control some
00:302,500 refugees on Lesbos as the crowds surged towards a government-chartered ship bound
00:36for Athens.
00:37The United States has asked Greece to ban Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace,
00:42a Greek official said, amid growing US fears that Moscow is increasing its military backing
00:47for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
00:50Russia has asked Greece, which is a NATO member, to permit the passage of two planes between
00:54September 1 and 24.
00:56The three-day CityScape Global 2015 opened in Dubai today. Dubai's development activity
01:02will no longer be set within the established locations, a trend which will be on ample
01:06display at the event. Developers are homing in on a newer set of locations, heading in
01:11a southerly direction to locations in and around what is now known as Dubai South.
01:16Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open in the fourth round last night, his earliest
01:21Grand Slam exit in five years, while 17-time major winner Roger Federer advanced to the
01:26quarterfinals. South African 15th seed Kevin Anderson stunned British third seed Murray
01:31in four sets to end his run of 18 consecutive major quarterfinals since the 2010 US Open.
01:38It's over for Mad Men star Jon Hamm and filmmaker girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt. The couple
01:43has released a statement through publicist Annette Wolfe that with great sadness they
01:47were separating after 18 years. The couple, who were never married, said they would continue
01:52to be supportive of each other in every way possible.
01:55And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:59to 30 degrees at night.
02:01That's all for now. Thanks for watching. But as always, you can get the latest news on
02:04Gulfnews.com.
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