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New York hosts largest climate protest in history - GN Midday

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, September the 22nd.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Celebrities, political leaders and the masses have rallied in New York and across the globe,

00:17demanding urgent action on climate change, with organizers saying 600,000 people hit the streets.

00:23Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, UN chief Ban Ki-moon and mayor Bill de Blasio

00:28all marched down New York's 6th Avenue as part of what was proclaimed

00:32the largest climate protest worldwide in history.

00:36Rival groups in Yemen have signed a UN-brokered peace deal

00:39after al-Houthi rebels seized the government's headquarters

00:42and the Prime Minister resigned following raging violence in the capital.

00:46United Nations envoy Jamal bin Omar said the agreement calls for the formation

00:50of a new government within one month.

00:53Nearly 10 billion dirhams worth of new projects were launched in Dubai

00:57on the first day of Cityscape Global, confirming the developers were looking at the long term

01:01and not distracted by the current slowdown.

01:04The figure represents 4 billion dirhams plus on two projects from Nakhil,

01:08including the three-tower cluster on its flagship Palm development

01:12and 1.7 billion dirhams from Union Properties on three key additions to its project portfolio.

01:18DR launched the massive 5.5 million square foot township

01:22with the intention to create a brand new midtown for the city.

01:26Sporting football, Barcelona overcame a missed penalty from Lionel Messi

01:30to return to the top of La Liga with a 5-0 away win to 10-man Levante last night.

01:35They now lead second place Sevilla by two points,

01:38with champions Atlético Madrid a further two points adrift

01:41and Real Madrid six back in seventh.

01:45And Emma Watson continued her work as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador

01:49at the launch of the HeForShe campaign in New York,

01:52where she delivered a speech calling for men to play a greater role in ending gender inequality.

01:57At the United Nations headquarters, she revealed the sexism she's experienced throughout her life,

02:02saying it started at the age of eight when she was branded bossy for wanting to direct school plays.

02:08And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 28 tonight.

02:14That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com