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Leonardo DiCaprio a UN Messenger of Peace - GN Midday

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Wednesday, September the 17th. Here are

00:09the top stories at this hour.

00:12Opinion polls on the eve of Scotland's historic referendum suggest voters will narrowly reject

00:17independence as the rival camps battle on or where the results remain too close to call.

00:23Three polls released showed the pro-independence side gaining ground but with the no campaign

00:27still ahead by a slim margin.

00:30The United Nations has announced an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinian Authority

00:34on the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip, devastated in the recent Israeli military offensive.

00:40The pact will allow urgent reconstruction work to be carried out in Gaza while ensuring

00:44that materials entering the area will not be used for other purposes.

00:48The U.S. military's top officer, General Martin Dempsey, has raised the prospect of sending

00:52U.S. troops to fight alongside Iraqi soldiers against the Islamic State of Iraq and the

00:57Levant militants, that's despite President Barack Obama's vows not to do so.

01:02Dempsey told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he would recommend using U.S. ground

01:06troops if he deemed it necessary to rescue a downed pilot or to help assault a key military

01:12objective such as the captured city of Mosul.

01:15Football and Steven Gerrard was Liverpool's hero with a stoppage time penalty as the Reds

01:19marked their return to the Champions League after a five-year absence with a win last

01:23night, while Arsenal endured a torrid evening and lost 2-0 against Borussia Dortmund.

01:28The evening's big winners were the reigning champions Real Madrid, who crushed Swiss title

01:32holders Basel 5-1 in Group B, while last season's beaten finalists Atlético Madrid suffered

01:38a 3-2 defeat against Olympiakos in Greece in Group A.

01:42And Leonardo DiCaprio's movie roles have made him an international star, but his long and

01:47little-known commitment to preserving the global environment has led to his new role

01:51as a UN Messenger of Peace.

01:53Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the 39-year-old American actor will join 11 other

01:58prominent world figures who advocate on behalf of the UN as messengers of peace.

02:03And finally, weather.

02:04The daytime temperature will be 40 degrees Celsius, falling to 30 tonight.

02:08That's all for now.

02:09Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com

02:17or on our website at www.gulfnews.com.