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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 1st.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10In a strong show of the longstanding relations between the UAE and the United Kingdom, the
00:14town of Windsor was in a festive mood yesterday as President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin
00:18Zayed Al Nahyan began a two-day state visit to Britain.
00:22It is the first visit by a UAE president in 24 years.
00:25The highlight of the first day was a formal state banquet at Windsor Castle hosted by
00:29Queen Elizabeth.
00:30�We shall strive to develop further the long-established bilateral relations that
00:34exist between the UAE and the UK in all fields,� Sheikh Khalifa said in his speech at the banquet.
00:39On her part, the Queen paid tribute to the historic ties between the two countries and
00:43their ruling families.
00:44Today, the President will meet British Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss bilateral
00:49relations and the international developments.
00:51A number of trade agreements will be signed, according to officials.
00:54His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:58of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the website of the Mohammed bin Rashid City Project
01:02at Maidan Hotel last night.
01:04The sales of the project are expected to hit more than 21 billion dirhams.
01:08Sheikh Mohammed also viewed the design of the 45-million-square-foot project.
01:13Seven women in Dubai are fighting extreme poverty by challenging their bodies to live
01:16on just five dirhams and 51 fills per day, the accepted figure to define extreme poverty.
01:22Resident Rebecca Morris, along with six colleagues from Dubai-based DMG Events, has signed up
01:28for the Live Below the Line campaign.
01:30The experiment, which enters its second day today, will last for five days and the total
01:34cost of food to be consumed during this period should not exceed 28 dirhams.
01:39The leader of Hezbollah has said that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President
01:43Bashar al-Assad's regime militarily.
01:45Hassan Nasrallah warned that Syria's real friends, including his group, were ready to
01:49intervene on the government's side.
01:51Oman's wettest weather spell in recent times claimed four more lives yesterday.
01:55Two brothers, aged 17 and 19, were reported drowned in floodwaters in Dunk District, taking
02:00the total death toll linked to the adverse weather in Oman to eight.
02:03In sport, Borussia Dortmund qualified for their second-ever Champions League final last
02:07night.
02:08They beat Real Madrid 4-3 on aggregate despite losing the second leg of their semi-final
02:122-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
02:15In the second semi-final today, Barcelona embarked on a mission impossible of trying
02:19to overturn a 4-0 deficit to Bayern Munich at home.
02:22Finally, the weather and today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:26to 20 at night.
02:27That's all for now.
02:28Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com