00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, April the 5th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss a suspected chemical attack
00:14in Syria that has left dozens dead and fanned global outrage over the six-year war.
00:19Britain and France have called for the urgent meeting following reports of the strike on
00:24a rebel-held town in northwestern Idlib province.
00:27early on Tuesday that they blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
00:33French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron attacked far-right leader Marine Le
00:38Pen over her economic policy and plans to scrap the euro in an unprecedented debate
00:43between all 11 contenders ahead of this month's election.
00:47The discussion was at times chaotic and dominated by the anti-capitalist and virulently anti-EU
00:55who made their first major appearance ahead of the first round of the two-stage vote on
01:00April 23.
01:01Top-ranked Dustin Johnson is favored to capture the 81st Masters, but plenty of golfers see
01:07Rory McIlroy as a green-jacket threat when the year's first major championship begins
01:12on Thursday.
01:13A showdown of global grades at the 7,435-yard Augusta National sees Johnson arrive on a
01:20three-tournament win streak and second-ranked McIlroy, a four-time major champion, seeking
01:25a Masters crown to complete a career grand slam.
01:29Independent films will hit the big screen more regularly in Dubai starting April 20.
01:34Dubai International Film Festival is launching a year-round screening theater called DIFF
01:39365 at Vox at Vox Cinema's Mall of the Emirates.
01:43The theater will play less commercial films that would not traditionally be found in cinemas
01:49around the UAE.
01:50The aim is to champion talent outside of big studio productions.
01:55Ticket prices will be the same as any other film and can be bought through the same channels.
02:00And finally, the weather.
02:01Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night.
02:07That's all for now.
02:08Thanks for watching.
02:09But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
02:19by visiting gulfnews.com.
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