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00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Wednesday, April the 18th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10With closure of a runway at Dubai International Airport next summer,
00:14the operator is getting ready to offer incentives to carriers to move to Al Maktoum International Airport.
00:21Any carrier relocating to Dubai World Central during the runway closure
00:26will not be charged landing and parking fees, a top official told Gulf News.
00:32Reductions will also be made to other operational costs at DWC,
00:37said Khalil Lamrapet, Director of Aviation Business Management at Dubai Airports.
00:44Dubai Airports plans to close the southern runway at Dubai International
00:49from April 16th to May 30th next year for refurbishment.
00:54Those found begging in the UAE will get a 5000 dirham fine and a three-month jail term.
01:00A new draft law approved by the Federal National Council says that able-bodied offenders
01:06and those with a clear source of income will face tougher penalties.
01:11Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady and mother of a US president
01:16whose utter lack of pretence made her more popular at times than her husband, died Tuesday.
01:22The wife of President George H.W. Bush, Barbara, was 92.
01:27She brought a grandmotherly style to Washington, often appearing in her trademark fake pearl chokers
01:33and displaying no vanity about her white hair and wrinkles.
01:38Virat Kohli smashed 92 of 62 balls to become the highest-run scorer in Indian Premier League history,
01:45but his efforts could not halt Royal Challengers Bangalore's slump in this year's tournament.
01:51Kohli's innings took his IPL total to 4,619 runs in 153 matches,
01:59putting him ahead of Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kings on 4,558.
02:05His knock went in vain, however, as Bangalore went down to Mumbai Indians by 46 runs on Tuesday.
02:14And finally, the weather.
02:15Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
02:21That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:23As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com