00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, May the 18th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would allow September 11 victims and their
00:13relatives to sue Saudi Arabia over its possible role in the 2001 attacks, a bill which could
00:20trigger diplomatic firestorm.
00:23Senators unanimously approved the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which now
00:27heads to the House of Representatives, where Speaker Paul Ryan has voiced reservations.
00:34More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered
00:39by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri Lanka.
00:43Torrential rains have forced more than 196,000 people from their homes, with the recovery
00:48of another 19 bodies across the South Asian country bringing the official death toll so
00:54far to 35.
00:56Maria Sharapova will attend an International Tennis Federation anti-doping hearing in London,
01:03with the Russian facing a possible ban of up to four years for failing a drugs test
01:07at the Australian Open.
01:09The five-times Grand Slam champion stunned the world in March when she said she had returned
01:14a positive test for meldonium, a Latvian-made heart medication which was added to the World
01:20Anti-Doping Agency's banned list from January 1.
01:25Zayn Malik has announced his first official concert as a solo artist and it's going to
01:30be in Dubai.
01:31The former One Direction star will perform at the new Autism Rocks Arena on October 7.
01:38And finally, the weather.
01:39Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
01:45That's all for now.
01:46Thanks for watching.
01:47As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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