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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, June the 19th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack in Afghanistan that killed
00:15four US troops just hours after Washington said its officials would meet the insurgents
00:20for talks.
00:21US President Barack Obama earlier welcomed the planned talks as an important first step.
00:26Terror and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012,
00:32the UN's refugee agency said today.
00:34The latest report pushed the number of people forcibly displaced to a two-decade high of
00:3945.2 million.
00:41Hopes for an international peace conference to resolve the Syrian crisis have risen after
00:45G8 leaders said the meeting be held as soon as possible in Geneva.
00:49Russia also agreed that the world powers had made progress towards a common line on the
00:54strife-torn country.
00:55Air Force helicopters searched for survivors in northern India after days of monsoon rains
01:00triggered flash floods and landslides, killing more than 130 people and leaving hundreds
01:05missing.
01:06Parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the worst-hit states located in the foothills
01:11of the Himalayas, have been inundated by rains and swollen rivers.
01:15Budget carrier Fly Dubai will begin offering business-class services on some routes starting
01:20in October.
01:21Business seats will be offered for sale in August, with the first aircraft fitted with
01:25the new berths due to arrive the same month.
01:27In sports, hosts England are sweating on the fitness of star spinner Graeme Swann ahead
01:32of their ICC Champions Trophy semifinal against South Africa in London today.
01:37In football, French club Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly close to unveiling former England
01:42manager Fabio Capello as their new coach.
01:46Entertainment and Justin Bieber is off the hook after his latest car trouble.
01:50Los Angeles police investigated an incident Tuesday in which a car driven by the teen
01:54idol hit a paparazzo, but decided after inquiries that the lensman was at fault, a spokesman
02:00said.
02:01Finally, the weather and today's high across the UAE will be 48 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:05to 27 at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching.
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