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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 14th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Dubai police have warned people against taking photos of accidents and putting them on social
00:16media.
00:17The warning came after police detained a person who took a video of the aftermath of the tragic
00:22crash that killed 13 laborers and shared it on social media.
00:27US President Barack Obama met Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba yesterday in a show of
00:32support for moderate embattled foes of President Bashar al-Assad.
00:37Both sides said the meeting was productive.
00:40Following a landmark Saudi announcement that the kingdom has invited the Iranian foreign
00:45minister to make an official visit to Riyadh, Iran said this morning that it has not yet
00:49received a written invitation from Saudi Arabia, but that the foreign minister's visit is
00:55on Iran's agenda.
00:57Nigeria has said it is willing to talk to Boko Haram militants, as the United States
01:02sent its top Africa general for talks on the rescue mission of more than 200 kidnapped
01:07schoolgirls.
01:08The governor of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, Qasem Shatema, confirmed that all of
01:14the girls shown in the latest video released by the militant Islamist group had been identified
01:19as students in the school attacked in Chibok last month.
01:24Emirates is taking the world's biggest passenger plane into India, with the airline announcing
01:29plans to operate the Airbus A380 to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
01:35from July.
01:37In the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad take on in-form Kings XI Punjab, while Kolkata
01:43Knight Riders play Mumbai Indians in the second game.
01:47Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld drew inspiration from Dubai's Gold Souks and Skyline for the
01:53French label's first fashion show in the UAE city on Tuesday night, presented on a
01:59private artificial island.
02:01Celebrities including Tilda Swinton, Dakota Fanning, Vanessa Paradis and Frida Pinto were
02:07in the audience.
02:09And finally, the weather.
02:10The daytime temperature will be 37 degrees Celsius, falling to 25 at night.
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