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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, April the 28th. Here are the
00:10top stories at this hour. The death toll in Nepal's earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime
00:16Minister Sushil Koirala said today, as the Home Ministry said 4,349 people were confirmed
00:23dead in the massive quake. Appealing for foreign assistance, Koirala said Nepal needed tents
00:29and medicines. Meanwhile, all the climbers who had been stranded at camps high up Mount
00:35Everest have been taken by helicopter to safety, mountaineers reported from the base camp.
00:41The UAE has strongly criticised former UN Yemen envoy Jamal bin Omar following statements
00:48he made to the UN Security Council last night. Dr Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for
00:54Foreign Affairs, said on Twitter that bin Omar had gone from mediator to taking sides
01:00in the conflict, adding that the former envoy lacks professionalism and seeks personal glory.
01:07The US and five other major powers are closer than ever to a deal with Iran that would end
01:14a 12-year-old standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry
01:21Kerry spoke ahead of a meeting in New York with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
01:26Zarif. Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned
01:33buildings and injured at least 15 police officers following the funeral of a 25-year-old black
01:40man who died after suffering a spinal injury in police custody. A state of emergency was
01:46declared by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who sent in the National Guard, and a curfew
01:52was imposed in the black-majority city from Tuesday night.
01:56In sport, Bournemouth's remarkable rise from the brink of obscurity was completed when
02:02they sealed their promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their 116-year
02:08history last night. A 3-0 win over Bolton Wanderers sparked ecstatic scenes at the South
02:15Coast Club, which almost went out of existence in 2009 because of crippling debts.
02:22Bollywood star Katrina Kaif has joined Twitter to promote her first appearance at the Cannes
02:27International Film Festival. Kaif will be walking the red carpet on the first day of
02:32the 12-day festival, held from May 13 to the 24th. She will join actresses Sonam Kapoor
02:39and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes.
02:43And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:47to 24 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can
02:52get the latest news at gulfnews.com.