Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Shah Rukh Khan dances at Dubai wedding.Pakistan elections. One dead and seventeen injured after mosque ceiling collapses. Turkey warns defensive action after car bombs. Egypt arrests Al Qaida militants. Wigan wins Fa Cup. Alex Feguson set for farewell tonight. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 12th. Here are the top
00:08stories at this hour. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appealed to all
00:13parties to join him in tackling the country's problems after claiming victory in the elections.
00:18Partial unofficial results from Saturday's election showed a stunning comeback for Sharif,
00:23but he looked short of an outright majority. The party of former cricket star Imran Khan
00:28did not consider defeat, but vowed to form the next provincial government in the northwest.
00:32The Pakistan People's Party, which led the outgoing federal government, was relegated
00:37to third place. One person died and 17 were injured after the ceiling of a mosque under
00:42construction collapsed at Zayed City in the western region, police said. Investigations
00:47are underway to determine the cause of the collapse. Police described the dead victim
00:51as Asian and added that an Arab was among those injured.
00:55Colonel Ajeel Ali Abdullah, director of the western region's police department, said
01:00the ceiling caved in while the workers were pouring concrete for the roof. Turkey has
01:05warned it will take any necessary measure to protect itself after two car bombs exploded
01:10in a town on its border with Syria, killing 43 people. Turkey said it believes the Syrian
01:16intelligence was behind the attacks.
01:19Egyptian police have arrested three al-Qaeda militants planning a suicide attack on a western
01:23embassy, the country's interior minister said. Mohamed Ibrahim did not specify which
01:29embassy had been targeted, but said a quantity of chemicals had been found.
01:34In sport, Wigan claimed one of the greatest FA Cup final upsets of all time when they
01:38scored a dramatic 1-0 win over Manchester City at Wembley last night. Meanwhile, the
01:43stage is set for an emotional farewell to Sir Alex Ferguson in what would be Manchester
01:48United's last home match under him against Swansea tonight.
01:52Got about 6 million dirhams to spare? If yes, then Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan could
01:57well be dancing at your wedding. On Thursday, Khan reportedly visited Dubai's Madinah Jumeirah
02:02for a few hours and put in a 30-minute cameo appearance at a private wedding. He danced,
02:08cracked a few jokes and lent immense star power to the glittering event. For those who
02:12missed Khan this month, he will be back in September to shoot for Farah Khan's Happy
02:17New Year.
02:19And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:23to 25 at night.