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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, September 24. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour.
00:12Dubai police has helped foil a drug smuggling operation worth more than 500 million dirhams.
00:17Ten suspects were arrested in the middle of the Indian Ocean in the first of its kind
00:21operation. An international task force seized 350 kilograms of hashish and 500 kilograms
00:28of crystal meth.
00:30Kenyan security forces battled Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in a Nairobi mall for a fourth
00:35day today. Officials said the ongoing battle was a final push to rescue the last few hostages
00:40in a siege that has left at least 62 people dead. Despite Kenya's assurances of success
00:44on Twitter, explosions and more gunfire could be heard from the mall early today.
00:50BlackBerry has agreed to a possible $4.7 billion buyout to a group led by its biggest shareholder,
00:55Fairfax Financial Holdings. Fairfax is offering $9 a share in cash. The move comes after
01:01years of losing ground to iPhone and Android.
01:04A court in Egypt has banned all activities by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Cairo court
01:09said the ruling applied to the Islamist movement, its non-governmental organization and any
01:14affiliated groups. It also ordered the interim government to seize the Brotherhood's funds
01:18and form a panel to administer its frozen assets until any appeal had been heard.
01:24Both US President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are set to deliver
01:28speeches at the UN General Assembly tonight. Iran's foreign minister will meet six major
01:33world powers at the UN this week to discuss Tehran's nuclear program, according to officials.
01:39The first Dubai Music Week starts at the World Trade Center today, the brainchild of legendary
01:43producer Quincy Jones. The six-day event includes seminars on Michael Jackson's thriller and
01:48the challenges of music publishing in the Middle East. Top musicians Will.i.am, Timbaland,
01:52Selena Gomez and Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar will perform during the week.
01:57And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:01to 31 at night.
02:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com