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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, May the 3rd.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:09Thousands celebrated and millions around the world looked on in wonder as 5,000-to-1 underdogs

00:15Leicester City completed arguably the greatest fairy tale in sporting history by becoming

00:22English Premier League champions.

00:24Written off as relegation candidates at the start of the season, Leicester secured the

00:29first top-flight title in the club's history after Tottenham Hotspurs were unable to beat

00:35Chelsea last night.

00:37Spurs drew 2-2, handing Claudio Ranieri's side the prize to cap a fairy tale run.

00:44The Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched a Healthy Restaurant Initiative to

00:48encourage eateries to include at least two healthy options in the menu.

00:54The initiative is part of its strategy to promote a healthy lifestyle in the community

00:58and all participating outlets will display a healthy option logo created by the ministry.

01:05Ministry officials said the alarming rate of obesity particularly among children and

01:10the rising incidence of lifestyle diseases had prompted the initiative.

01:15Efforts to salvage Syria's ceasefire shift to Moscow today as Aleppo reeled from a week

01:21of fighting that killed hundreds of civilians.

01:24Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in the Russian capital.

01:32The move comes a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a desperate push

01:37in Geneva to breathe life into the stuttering truce.

01:41Astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a small red sun just 40 light-years away.

01:48Researchers say all three worlds are potentially habitable and could represent the best targets

01:53yet in the search for life beyond the solar system.

01:56A planet that is neither too hot nor too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface is

02:01generally considered to have the potential for life.

02:05They came as robots and gladiators, light-up princesses and high-haired goddesses shimmering

02:11in green, copper and silver.

02:14The annual parade of fashion and star power at the Met Gala last night included an array

02:20of interpretations on the evening's vibe, fashion in the age of technology.

02:26Beyoncé provided the finale to the red carpet show wearing a peach-hued puff-sleeved latex

02:32gown by Givenchy.

02:35And finally, the weather.

02:36Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.

02:42That's all for now.

02:43Thanks for watching.

02:44And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

Leicester complete fairy-tale title triumph - GN Headlines

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