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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, June the 2nd.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10A meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah will look into a call to put the Lebanese
00:14Hezbollah militia on the list of terrorist organizations on grounds of its activities.
00:19The move comes amid accusations, mainly by Bahrain, that it has been engaged in activities
00:24undermining stability and security in the region.
00:26A car bomb has exploded near a police station in the Jubaar district of Damascus, killing
00:31at least eight Syrian security forces.
00:33The Red Cross has expressed alarm over the situation in the besieged Syrian town of Qusayr.
00:38It has appealed for immediate access to deliver aid.
00:41Thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped in the town, which lies close to the
00:44border with Lebanon.
00:46Around 300 illegal residents were arrested in one of the biggest raids Sharjah police
00:50have conducted since the amnesty expired in February.
00:53Police raided labour accommodations on Thursday night.
00:56Thousands of protesters in Istanbul celebrated victory after police withdrew from the square
01:01at the center of one of the largest demonstrations against Turkey's government.
01:05Rights groups have denounced police violence with Amnesty International, saying there had
01:09been two deaths.
01:10Enoch and EPCO have lowered diesel prices by 20 fils a litre across all their service
01:16stations effective Saturday.
01:17The new price from June 1st will be 3 dirhams 50 fils per litre down from 3 dirhams 70 fils
01:23a litre.
01:24Champions League winners Bayern Munich became the first Bundesliga team to win the treble
01:29after a hard-earned 3-2 win over VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final.
01:34They had earlier won the Bundesliga title.
01:36Beyonce performed a set full of female anthems on Saturday at a London concert to raise funds
01:41for women's health, education and justice.
01:44The concert was staged by Chime for Change, a charity started by Gucci.
01:48It crowdfunds donations for projects to advance gender equality in more than 70 countries.
01:54And finally, weather.
01:55The daytime temperature will be 44 degrees Celsius falling to 26 at night.
01:59That's all for now.
02:00Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com