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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, May the 8th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. The fire in which three people died and eight
00:13others sustained injuries in Abu Dhabi has raised concerns over safety of residents in
00:17towers and buildings. The fire broke out in a building on Airport Road yesterday. Investigations
00:23are ongoing to find the cause of the fire. Dubai police have confirmed that Dustin Bieber
00:28racked up six speeding fines during his stay in the city, setting off radars down Sheikh
00:33Zayed Road as he raced along the highway in a Lamborghini Aventador on Sunday night. Police
00:38confirmed that the luxury sports car driven by Bieber was caught by radars several times
00:43on Sheikh Zayed Road and he was driving recklessly. UN Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi
00:50has warmly welcomed an agreement between the US and Russia to pressure both sides in Syria
00:56to end the bloodshed. In Moscow, US Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir
01:02Putin last night and agreed to push for a political solution. On the ground, internet
01:07and telephone connections in Syria were cut yesterday. Meanwhile, in his first reaction
01:13to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar al-Assad said Syria is capable of facing
01:18Israel but stopped short of threatening retaliation. India's ruling Congress party is on course
01:25to winning power in the southern state of Karnataka. The Congress is leading in a majority
01:30of seats with a right-wing BJP, which governed the state for the last five years, trailing
01:35far behind with 38 seats. Emirates is interested in buying Boeing's 777X long-haul aircraft,
01:43the airline's president told Gulf News. Negotiations with Boeing on the 777X jets will start in
01:49the next couple of months, depending on a number of things, such as the delivery timeline,
01:53Tim Clark said. The aircraft won't be delivered until late 2020 or 2021, he added.
02:01In tennis, world number one Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat to Grigor Dimitrov
02:07in the second round of the Madrid Open last night. Manchester United manager Sir Alex
02:13Ferguson is retiring at the end of the season, bringing an end to more than 26 trophy-filled
02:19years at the club. Ferguson said in a statement today that the decision to retire is one that
02:24I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right
02:29time. And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius,
02:34dropping to 22 at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can
02:39get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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