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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, April the 19th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Dubai will set up a space center to develop research and projects on space.
00:17His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:21of the UAE, issued in his capacity as the ruler of Dubai, a resolution establishing
00:26the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center.
00:30The center will support the UAE's drive for building national capabilities related
00:35to space knowledge and science.
00:37Yemen's government has rejected a four-point peace plan for the country that Iran submitted
00:43to the United Nations.
00:44The Iranian plan called for an immediate ceasefire and end of all foreign military attacks and
00:51the establishment of an inclusive national unity government.
00:55South African President Jacob Zuma has pleaded with foreigners to stay in South Africa as
01:01he cancelled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with a wave of deadly xenophobic violence
01:07at home.
01:08Three weeks of escalating anti-foreigner violence in South Africa have claimed at least six
01:13lives and forced more than 5,000 immigrants to seek refuge in makeshift camps.
01:20India's Congress Party leader, Rahul Gandhi, today led a rally of thousands of farmers
01:24in New Delhi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial overhaul of laws on
01:29buying land.
01:30Dressed in white and waving opposition Congress Party flags, busloads of farmers gathered
01:36in the capital to protest against Modi's bill.
01:40Emirates will seek to extend the historic partnership it launched with Qantas in 2013
01:46beyond its initial five years, airline president Tim Clark told Gulf News.
01:52Two years ago, Emirates and Qantas entered into a revenue-sharing partnership that saw
01:57the Australian carrier end a 17-year relationship with British Airways.
02:03In sport, Champions elect Chelsea took another step towards the Premier League title with
02:08a 1-0 win over Manchester United.
02:11Despite more possession by United, it was Chelsea who prevailed after Hazard sped through
02:16to score his 13th goal of the campaign.
02:20Salman Khan's lawyer has described the actor's driver Ashok Singh, who took responsibility
02:26for a 2002 run-over incident, as the most truthful and natural witness in the case.
02:33The defence lawyer said that Singh's testimony shows the Bollywood star did not flee the
02:38scene of the incident on September 28, 2002, which killed one man and injured four others.
02:46And finally, the weather.
02:47Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
02:53That's all for now.
02:54Thanks for watching.
02:55And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.