Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Building collapses in Bangladesh. Bill gates speaks at Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi. Unsettled weather in Oman to continue. US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel urges Egypt's President Mohammad Mursi to press ahead with reforms. Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid 4-1 in Champions League semi-final first leg. The Ultimate Variety Show starts in Dubai. Bollywood stars John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Sunny Leone to perform a free concert at Ibn Battuta Mall. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen team up for Scary Movie 5, in cinemas this weekend. See more at: See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, April 25. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11The death toll in a factory building collapse in Bangladesh has reached 164 as rescue workers
00:17continue to hunt for more survivors and victims. Rescuers said more than 1,500 people were
00:23still feared trapped under the debris, while more than 1,400 people were rescued alive.
00:28Nearly 6.9 million children around the world still die every year from vaccine-preventable
00:33diseases, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said at the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi
00:37last night. Gates urged governments, vaccine manufacturers, donors and investors to ensure
00:41that children receive life-saving drugs that protect against infectious diseases.
00:46Unsettled weather conditions linked to a low pressure system over Oman will persist until
00:51the end of April, the Met Office has said. Torrential downpours have so far claimed four
00:55lives since Tuesday, while scores have been rescued from flooded wadis across the northern
01:00half of Oman.
01:01U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has urged Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to press ahead
01:05with reforms during a visit to Cairo. Morsi has been under fire from secular and liberal
01:10opposition who say the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to push its agenda onto the country.
01:15In sport, Robert Lewandowski scored four goals to inspire Borussia Dortmund to a stunning
01:204-1 demolition of Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg last night. This
01:25week's entertainment kicks off with the Ultimate Variety Show, a two-hour performance by some
01:30top Las Vegas magicians, acrobats and impersonators at the Dubai World Trade Center from tonight
01:35until Saturday. Also tonight, Bollywood stars John Abraham, Manil Kapoor and Sonny Leone
01:40perform a free concert at Ibn Battuta Mall from 6pm to promote their new film, Shootout
01:46at Wadala.
01:47At the cinema, Michael Bay brings his bombastic style to a true-life crime story in Pain and
01:52Gain. Robert Redford is a former militant avoiding detection in Shia LaBeouf's Crusading
01:57Journalist in The Company You Keep, and Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen team up for Scary
02:01Movie 5.
02:02Finally, the weather in today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:07to 23 at night.
02:08That's all for now, thanks for watching. A quick reminder that we will be back with
02:12the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news at golfnews.com
02:22.