Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. London fire toll could rise. Trump under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. Mayweather and McGregor super-fight set for August 26. Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg dies at 75.
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday June 15th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08London fire investigators are painstakingly searching for more victims of an inferno
00:13that engulfed a high-rise apartment building and killed at least 12 residents.
00:17Authorities say the death toll is expected to rise as emergency workers sift through more of the wreckage.
00:23The fire early on Wednesday in the 24-storey building in West London's North Kensington district
00:28also injured dozens, aging them critically and left an unknown number missing.
00:32The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign
00:38is now examining whether US President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice,
00:42The Washington Post has reported.
00:44Accusations of obstruction arose last month when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey,
00:49who testified in a Senate hearing last week that he believed he was fired because of the Russia investigation.
00:55Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts icon Conor McGregor
01:00confirmed plans for a long-awaited showdown, triggering both criticism and anticipation
01:04for what is set to be one of the richest fights in history.
01:07Mayweather and McGregor, kingpins of their sports, will climb into a boxing ring
01:12to face each other at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena on August 26.
01:16Anita Pannenberg, a model and actress who had children with Keith Richards
01:20and served as a muse for the Rolling Stones, has died.
01:23She was 75.
01:24The cause of the death has not been revealed, but a statement said Pannenberg had been ill for some time
01:29and that her family was by her side.
01:31And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 46 degrees Celsius dropping to 32 degrees at night.
01:37That's all for now, thank you for watching.
01:39A reminder, our next sportsman will be on Sunday.
01:41You can always get the latest news on golfersnews.com