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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, September the 24th. Here are
00:09the top stories at this hour. India won Asia's race to Mars when its unmanned Mongolian spacecraft
00:16successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit after a 10-month journey on a tiny budget.
00:21At just $74 million, the mission cost is less than the estimated $100 million budget of
00:27the sci-fi blockbuster Gravity. India now joins an elite club of the United States,
00:32Russia, and Europe who can boast of reaching Mars.
00:35U.S.-led airstrikes hit Daesh territory in Syria overnight near the Turkish border. According
00:41to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the warplanes that carried out the raids west
00:45of the city of Ain al-Arab had come from the direction of Turkey. Daesh last week launched
00:51an offensive against a predominantly Kurdish town, forcing more than 130,000 Syrian Kurds
00:56to flee.
00:57With two premium smartphones from the top smartphone players Apple and Samsung hitting
01:02the shelves, the market is set to face a brutal competition again in the phablet segment.
01:07Samsung showcased its next-generation Note series, Galaxy Note 4, and Gear S smartwatch
01:13in Dubai on Tuesday.
01:15Liverpool reached the English League Cup last 16 after an extraordinary third-round tie
01:19saw them beat second-tier Middlesbrough 14-13 in a penalty shootout last night. While South
01:25Hampton knocked Arsenal out of the competition.
01:29In Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo scored four times as Real Madrid came from behind to move with
01:34three points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona with a 5-1 win over Elche.
01:39James Blunt and Christina Perri will headline for the first night of the next Emirates Airlines
01:43Dubai Jazz Festival on February 25, 2015. The British and American singer-songwriters
01:49are the first acts to be announced for the 13th edition of the festival, which returns
01:53to its original venue of Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
01:57The festival will have three nights of acts over a weekend, with further performers to
02:01be announced later.
02:03And finally, weather. Today's daytime temperature will be 40 degrees Celsius, falling to 29
02:08at night.
02:09That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news
02:13at gulfnews.com
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