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Rain, sandstorm hit the UAE. US Secretary of State John Kerry in Turkey today. Saudi Arabia grants three-month amnesty for illegal residents. Qatar hosts conference on Darfur. Nelson Mandela leaves hospital. Barcelona defeat Mallorca. Sunrisers Hyderabad play Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pune Warriors play King's XI Punjab in Indian Premier League today. : See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Rain, sandstorm hit the UAE. US Secretary of State John Kerry in Turkey today. Saudi Arabia grants three-month amnesty for illegal residents. Qatar hosts conference on Darfur. Nelson Mandela leaves hospital. Barcelona defeat Mallorca. Sunrisers Hyderabad play Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pune Warriors play King's XI Punjab in Indian Premier League today. : See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, April the 7th, here are the top
00:08stories at the ZAR.
00:10Civic authorities across the UAE are working hard to clean up the damage and rescue people
00:14trapped in rainstorms last night. Heavy rains lashed parts of the UAE last night following
00:19a severe dust storm forcing residents indoors. Sharjah was badly affected with winds reaching
00:25speeds of up to 70 km per hour. Forecasters have warned of more rain today. The maximum
00:32temperature will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 19 at night.
00:36US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Turkey today. He is expected to press the country
00:41to normalise relations with Israel and help get involved in the peace process. Kerry will
00:47also press Turkey to keep its border open to Syrian refugees and improve their ties
00:52with Iraq.
00:54Saudi Arabia's King has called for giving foreigners staying illegally in the country
00:58a three-month grace period to regularise their situation. Authorities last week launched
01:03a massive campaign to deport thousands of foreigners who overstayed their residence
01:08permits or worked illegally.
01:11Qatar is hosting a two-day conference today on reconstruction in Sudan's Darfur region.
01:17The conference is seeking $7.2 billion in aid aimed at making Darfur more self-dependent.
01:23The US has delayed a ballistic missile test to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea.
01:29The move to reschedule the test comes as the international community grows increasingly
01:33nervous that the situation could spiral out of control.
01:37South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has left hospital after a 10-day stay during
01:41which he was treated for pneumonia. He will now receive high care at home.
01:47In sport, Barcelona took another step towards their fourth La Liga title in five years as
01:52a hat-trick from Cesc Fabregas guided them to a 5-0 win over Mallorca last night.
01:58In Indian Premier League today, Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to build on their winning
02:03start against Royal Challengers Bangalore at home. Pune Warriors, meanwhile, take on
02:07Kings XI Punjab in Pune.
02:10That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
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