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00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Thursday, April 24th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11The son of an Emirati couple attacked by a gang of masked men in their London home said
00:16he initially found the news unbelievable. Muhammad Ali Al-Tamimi, a student at Emirate
00:20College said he was with a friend when he received a broadcast of the incident. Al-Tamimi
00:25said his mother was sitting in her room and his father was watching TV at around 1.30
00:29a.m. when a seven-member gang broke open the door of their apartment in Queensway district.
00:35Members of Lebanon's parliament have failed to elect a new president at the first attempt
00:39before Michel Suleiman's six-year term expires on May 25. Samir Jaja, backed by the pro-Western
00:46March 14 bloc, fell well short of the required two-thirds majority in the Chamber of Deputies.
00:52The UN Secretary General has accused all parties in Syria's civil war of flagrant violations
00:57of international law over the delivery of aid. Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council
01:02to act to implement a resolution passed in February demanding greater access.
01:08The US government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval
01:13for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food
01:17and Drug Administration. The move is aimed at eventually taming the fast-growing e-cigarette
01:22industry but officials didn't provide a timetable for that action.
01:26In sport, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised his team for beating holders Bayern
01:32Munich 1-0 in last night's Champions League semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo, the top scorer
01:38in the tournament, was below par after returning from injury and record-signing Gareth Bale
01:43only played the final 20 minutes following a bout of flu.
01:46And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:51to 26 degrees at night.
01:53That's all for now, thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
01:56but you can always get the latest news at Gulfnews.com