00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, May the 31st.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10A suicide car bombing in Kabul has killed more than 80 people and wounded hundreds this
00:15morning near a diplomatic enclave.
00:18The explosion happened in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood that is home to many foreign
00:23embassies and the presidential palace.
00:26Several embassy buildings were damaged by the impact of the blast.
00:29The worst attack on the Afghan capital in 10 months.
00:34Within days of occupying East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war,
00:40Israel was examining options about their future.
00:43The options revealed in declassified archive documents ranged from Jewish colony building
00:49to the creation of a Palestinian state.
00:52The documents show that policies related to current-day Israeli government have roots
00:57going back to the very first year of occupation.
01:01Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has agreed to a new two-year contract extending his 21-year
01:07reign at the club.
01:09The Gunners were fifth in the Premier League this season, the first time they have finished
01:13outside the top four since the Frenchman joined in 1996.
01:19Wenger's contract was set to finish at the end of the current campaign.
01:24Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert in
01:29Manchester on Sunday.
01:31Grande announced that the show will be held at the British city's Old Trafford Cricket
01:36Ground just under two weeks after a bomber killed 22 people at her concert.
01:42Other performers will include Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Niall Horan and Take That.
01:49Receipts will go to an emergency fund set up by the City of Manchester and the British
01:54Red Cross.
01:56Olivia Newton-John says she has breast cancer and is cancelling her June tour.
02:01The 68-year-old singer said she will complete a short course of photon radiation therapy
02:07and hopes to perform later this year.
02:10And finally, the weather.
02:11Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 degrees at night.
02:16That's all for now.
02:17Thanks for watching.
02:19As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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