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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, April the 30th.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:13The historic ties between the UAE and the UK will get a significant boost today when
00:17President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan begins a two-day visit, the
00:22first for a UAE president in 24 years.
00:25Sheikh Khalifa will meet Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister David Cameron.
00:28Sharjah is embarking on two major road projects worth 1 billion dirhams to improve the traffic
00:34flow and connect the centre of the city with Ring Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.
00:39Egypt has walked out of a roundtable of global nuclear talks in Geneva in protest at what
00:44it called a failure to implement a 1995 resolution to declare the Middle East a zone free of
00:50nuclear weapons.
00:52Israel is believed to be the only nuclear-powered regime in the region.
00:55Bangladesh has defended its decision to snub foreign aid after the collapse of a factory
01:00complex killed 382 people.
01:03Home Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed said the need for immediate foreign assistance was not felt
01:08because the rescue operation was exemplary.
01:11Blackberry's Q10 goes on sale today and is expected to be their best-selling phone in
01:16years.
01:17Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be fit to help his side attempt an unlikely
01:23comeback in their Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund in Madrid tonight
01:29after recovering from a thigh strain.
01:31The match kicks off at 10.45pm UAE time.
01:35The day's only Indian Premier League game, Pune Warriors India, take on Chennai Super
01:40Kings at 6.30pm UAE time.
01:43Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was put on display on Monday during opening
01:47statements at his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live.
01:53Katherine Jackson's attorney acknowledged the pop star's drug problem while also trying
01:58to show he was a caring son and father.
02:02And finally, weather.
02:03The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius falling to 19 at night.
02:08That's all for now.
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