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00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Monday, May the 1st.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08The frontrunner in the French presidential election has said that the EU must reform
00:12or face the prospect of Brexit.
00:15Pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen
00:20entered the last week of campaigning.
00:22French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide between the pair.
00:26Le Pen has capitalised on anti-EU feeling and has promised a referendum on France's membership.
00:31Hamas is for the first time to unveil an amended charter today in Qatar.
00:36The Islamist party which rules Gaza has come under increasing pressure to reform its mandate
00:41and will now disavow any links to the Muslim Brotherhood as well as accept the idea of
00:47a Palestinian state inside the 1967 borders.
00:51It will continue to reject Israel's right to exist but the new charter distinguishes
00:55between Jews and Zionists.
00:57Antonio Conte warned Chelsea not to take the Premier League title for granted after
01:02the leaders cleared a major hurdle with a 3-0 win at Everton.
01:06Conte's side consolidated their position on top of the table thanks to a steely display
01:10at Goodison Park on Sunday but second-placed Tottenham Hotspur are still snapping at their
01:15heels.
01:16Their dazzling 2-0 defeat of Arsenal leaving them four points off the pace.
01:20Tap dancing on the roofs upside down.
01:23Yes, it's possible when Mary Poppins is in town.
01:26The show which runs at the Dubai Opera from May 1st to May 25th brings the promise of
01:31magic and the severe possibility of having you sing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
01:37in tones reminiscent of a very young child.
01:41And finally the weather.
01:42Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius dropping to 27 degrees at night.
01:47That's all for now.
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