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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, May the 11th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08A major aid agency says 27.8 million people around the world
00:13were internally displaced by conflict and natural disasters last year,
00:18as many as the combined populations of New York City, London, Paris and Cairo.
00:23A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council
00:26said that 8.6 million of last year's internally displaced were uprooted by conflict,
00:32more than half of them in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.
00:36Bernie Sanders added another state to his tally against Hillary Clinton
00:40with a win in West Virginia,
00:42a victory that will do little to slow the latter's steady march
00:46toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
00:48Meanwhile, Republican Donald Trump also won there and in Nebraska,
00:53a week after he cleared the field of his remaining rivals.
00:57Investors lined up over $17 billion for Abu Dhabi's $5 billion bond issue,
01:03which is being viewed as a vote of confidence for the emirate.
01:06Abu Dhabi, which has a double-A sovereign rating
01:09and one of the world's lowest debt-to-GDP ratio,
01:13marked a return to the bond market after a gap of seven years.
01:17Industry watchers say it received robust response for the bond issue.
01:22A Colorado prison inmate has filed a paternity claim with the Minnesota court
01:27against the estate of Prince, claiming the musician is his biological father.
01:32Carlon Q. Williams of Kansas City
01:35seeks DNA testing to determine if he's Prince's child.
01:39Under Minnesota law, children are first in line to inherit,
01:43which would put Williams ahead of Prince's siblings
01:46if the court agrees he is Prince's son.
01:49Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the 69th Cannes Film Festival,
01:55opening today under maximum security
01:58as France faces its highest-ever terror threat.
02:02The Glitterati will also have to tip open expensive handbags for inspection
02:06after climbing the red carpet into the main venue.
02:10Hundreds more police officers will be on duty in the city,
02:14whose lure for the rich and famous makes it equally attractive to jewel thieves and robbers.
02:20And finally, the weather.
02:22Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius,
02:25dropping to 28 degrees at night.
02:28That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:30And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.