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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday April 21st.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08President Barack Obama is set to meet with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss
00:14regional security issues in the Gulf, including the fight against Daesh.
00:18The White House said the summit meeting will include three sessions, including one aimed
00:22at fostering regional stability and another at counter-terrorism efforts.
00:26A third session will focus on Iran, which Gulf states see as a destabilising rival in
00:31the region.
00:32Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday today, with her eldest son Prince
00:37Charles paying tribute and Prime Minister David Cameron leading a parliamentary homage.
00:43The Sovereign last year overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become Britain's longest-reigning
00:48monarch.
00:49The excitement was visible in the small town of Windsor, with special bunting put up in
00:53the streets and local shops selling souvenir tea and cakes.
00:57Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again as panicked selling wiped out the $2.5 billion
01:03off the automaker's market value.
01:05The plunge follows the carmaker's admission that it cheated on fuel efficiency tests.
01:09Japanese transport ministry officials also raided a company research centre, a sign the
01:14government may slap Mitsubishi with heavy fines over the scandal.
01:18People magazine has named Jennifer Aniston as the World's Most Beautiful Woman of 2016.
01:24The 47-year-old actress graces the cover of People's 27th annual World's Most Beautiful
01:29Double issue.
01:30The actress told the magazine that she became motivated to take care of herself early in
01:35her career when her agent told her she didn't get a part because she was too chubby.
01:40And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius dropping
01:44to 23 degrees at night.
01:46That's all for now.
01:48We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on
01:51golfnews.com.