00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, February the 7th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The United Nations called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least
00:14a month as heavy airstrikes were reported to have killed dozens of people in the last
00:20major rebel stronghold near Damascus.
00:23Separately, UN war crimes experts said they were investigating several reports of bombs
00:28allegedly containing chlorine gas being used against civilians in the rebel-held towns
00:34of Saraqib in the north-western province of Idlib and Douma in the eastern Ghouta suburbs
00:39of Damascus.
00:41The popular annual Sharjah Light Festival will begin tonight.
00:44The eighth edition of the festival will host a lineup of top, internationally renowned
00:49artists during its 11-day run under the theme, Culture in Sharjah.
00:54Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, SCTDA, says that the Sharjah Light
00:59Festival will run from February 7 to 17.
01:03The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, roared into space through clear
01:08blue skies on its debut test flight from a Florida launch site in another milestone for
01:13billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private rocket service.
01:17The 23-story tall Jumbo rocket, carrying a cherry red Tesla Roadster from the assembly
01:23line of Musk's electric car company, as a mock payload thundered off its launch pad
01:29in clouds of steam and rocket exhaust from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
01:34where moon missions once began.
01:37Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have named their baby girl Stormi.
01:40Jenner posted the name on Instagram, with a photo of the baby's tiny hand grasping
01:45her pink-polished thumb.
01:47Jenner says she opted to be private and stress-free during the pregnancy while preparing for the
01:53role of a lifetime.
01:54And finally, the weather.
01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 11 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now.
02:01Thanks for watching.
02:02But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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