00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Monday August 15th. Here are the top stories
00:06of this hour.
00:07Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province was bracing for more attacks after it came
00:11under heavy bombardment from Russian and Syrian warplanes. Much of the fighting has been marked
00:15by indiscriminate shelling, missile attacks and aerial bombardment, killing scores of
00:20civilians across Idlib and Aleppo.
00:22As the families of a slain New York City mosque leader and his associate make funeral arrangements,
00:27a Muslim advocacy group is set to announce a reward for information leading to an arrest.
00:31Imam Maulana Akonji, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were shot near the Al-Furqan Jami Masjid
00:38mosque in Queens as they left afternoon prayers on Saturday.
00:41Usain Bolt claims a historic third straight Olympic 100 metres title. With one title in
00:46the bag, Bolt turned his attention to completing the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 times 100
00:52metres gold medal sweep at three consecutive Olympics.
00:54Britain's Andy Murray beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in a compelling Olympic
00:58tennis final to become the first player to win two men's singles gold medals.
01:03Multiple Grammy award-winning singer Adele says she turned down an offer to perform at
01:07the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show. The British singer told an audience on Saturday at her
01:12Los Angeles concert that she was asked to perform at the event. Performers at previous
01:16halftime shows have included Beyonce, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Prince.
01:20Bollywood actor Salman Khan met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Ladakh, where the
01:24actor has been shooting for his upcoming film Tube Light. In one of the photos that
01:28have surfaced online, Khan and his rumoured girlfriend Yulia Vantur are in conversation
01:32with the leader.
01:33And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 46 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:37to 30 degrees at night.
01:39That's all for now, thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on
01:42gulfnews.com
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