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81 killed in Pakistan blast. Five killed in accident on Kalba Road, Sharjah. International Defence Exhbition and Conference opens today. Bahrain arrests terror cell members. Hostages in Syria freed. Final qualifiying day for Dubai Duty Free tennis championships today. Hugh Grant a father for second time.
81 killed in Pakistan blast. Five killed in accident on Kalba Road, Sharjah. International Defence Exhbition and Conference opens today. Bahrain arrests terror cell members. Hostages in Syria freed. Final qualifiying day for Dubai Duty Free tennis championships today. Hugh Grant a father for second time.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 17th.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17A bomb in a busy market in Pakistan's southwest has killed 81 people and wounded 180 others.
00:24The powerful bomb in a water tanker ripped through a packed market on the outskirts of
00:28Quetta last night.
00:29Officials said the tanker was packed with 800 kilograms of explosives and was placed
00:34near a pillar of a two-storey building, which collapsed in the blast.
00:39At least five people were killed in an accident on Sharjah Kalba Road yesterday.
00:43Three children and their mother was among the victims, while their father is fighting
00:46for life in a hospital.
00:48Their car was reportedly cut into two when a speeding four-wheel-drive vehicle rammed
00:53into it.
00:54The driver of the four-wheel-drive was also killed.
00:57The 11th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference opens today in Abu
01:02Dhabi.
01:03The event, opened through February the 21st, runs concurrently with the second edition
01:07of Navy and Defence Exhibition.
01:10More than 1,100 companies representing 58 countries are taking part in the event.
01:16Dozens of ministers of defence, top commanders and military officials from 82 countries will
01:22be attending.
01:23Bahraini authorities have arrested a cell of eight terrorists who received training
01:27in using weapons and explosives.
01:30The interior minister said the cell had connections with Iran, Iraq and Lebanon and that the arrests
01:35were made with the cooperation of a brotherly country.
01:38A set of hostages abducted in tit-for-tat sectarian kidnappings in Syria was freed in
01:43good condition yesterday.
01:45The release came after negotiations between residents of two of the affected villages.
01:50More than 140 people have been kidnapped in recent days.
01:54In sport, two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova is among the players hoping to
01:59book a place in the women's competition of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in
02:04the final day of qualifying today.
02:06The two-week tournament begins tomorrow.
02:09In entertainment, Hugh Grant has confirmed that he is the father for a second time after
02:13Ting Lang Hong gave birth to a boy in January.
02:17The baby's name is Felix Chang Hong Grant.
02:20Following the birth of their daughter 16 months ago, Grant said his relationship with Hong
02:25was fleeting.
02:26And finally, the weather.
02:27Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:33That's all for now.
02:34Thanks for watching.
02:35And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com