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00:00Good day! Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, May 26. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour.
00:11Narendra Modi will be sworn in as India's Prime Minister today, with the BJP leader
00:15already signaling his intentions by slashing the sides of his cabinet and welcoming his
00:20Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to the ceremony.
00:23The invitation to Sharif was seen as a significant olive branch to Pakistan and marks the first
00:29time that a leader from either country has attended his counterpart's inauguration since
00:33independence in 1947.
00:36Dubai Tram, which will begin operations in November this year, will run for 20 hours
00:40every day between 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. The tram will operate at a frequency of 6 minutes during
00:46peak hours and 8 to 10 minutes during non-peak hours.
00:50Egyptians go to the polls today and tomorrow to elect a new leader after the military removed
00:55Islamist President Mohamed Morsi from power last year. Analysts predict an easy victory
01:00for ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
01:03Pope Francis is visiting sacred Muslim and Jewish sites in occupied Jerusalem today on
01:08the final day of his Middle East tour. The pontiff is rounding off a whirlwind trip which
01:13saw him issue a unique invitation to the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray with him
01:18at the Vatican to end their increasingly unacceptable conflict, as well as snatching a personal
01:23prayer moment at Israel's Apartheid Wall.
01:26The Indian Premier League reaches its business end this week, with tabletoppers Kings XI
01:31Punjab taking on Calcutta Knight Riders in the first qualifier at the Eden Gardens in
01:36Calcutta tomorrow.
01:37In the Eliminator in Mumbai on Wednesday, Mumbai Indians, who gained a playoff berth
01:42in a dramatic fashion on Sunday, take on Chennai Super Kings.
01:46Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are officially bound to each other. The celebrity couple
01:51got hitched on Saturday in a ceremony at a Renaissance fortress in Florence.
01:55Kim's stepfather Bruce Jenner walked her down the aisle as Andrea Bocelli sang.
02:00And finally, weather. Today's daytime temperature will be 43 degrees Celsius, falling to 27
02:06at night.
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