Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. UN calls for ceasefire in Syria. Sharjah Light Festival to start on February 7. SpaceX megarocket blasts off with car on board. Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott name baby Stormi.
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, February the 7th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The United Nations called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least
00:14a month as heavy airstrikes were reported to have killed dozens of people in the last
00:20major rebel stronghold near Damascus.
00:23Separately, UN war crimes experts said they were investigating several reports of bombs
00:28allegedly containing chlorine gas being used against civilians in the rebel-held towns
00:34of Saraqib in the north-western province of Idlib and Douma in the eastern Ghouta suburbs
00:39of Damascus.
00:41The popular annual Sharjah Light Festival will begin tonight.
00:44The eighth edition of the festival will host a lineup of top, internationally renowned
00:49artists during its 11-day run under the theme, Culture in Sharjah.
00:54Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, SCTDA, says that the Sharjah Light
00:59Festival will run from February 7 to 17.
01:03The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, roared into space through clear
01:08blue skies on its debut test flight from a Florida launch site in another milestone for
01:13billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private rocket service.
01:17The 23-story tall Jumbo rocket, carrying a cherry red Tesla Roadster from the assembly
01:23line of Musk's electric car company, as a mock payload thundered off its launch pad
01:29in clouds of steam and rocket exhaust from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
01:34where moon missions once began.
01:37Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have named their baby girl Stormi.
01:40Jenner posted the name on Instagram, with a photo of the baby's tiny hand grasping
01:45her pink-polished thumb.
01:47Jenner says she opted to be private and stress-free during the pregnancy while preparing for the
01:53role of a lifetime.
01:54And finally, the weather.
01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 11 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now.
02:01Thanks for watching.
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