Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Hungarian shadow dancers win "Britain's Got Talent". New Dubai Design District to showcase fashion designers. Rashid Hospital tunnel construction almost done. Syrian rebels lose town of Qusayr. Nelson Mandela in hospital. Barack Obama and Xi Jinping end their first US-China summit. Rafael Nadal aims to be first player to win French Open eight times. Jiah Khan implicates boyfriend in suicide note. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, June the 9th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10A district will be built in Dubai to develop the Emirates fashion, design and luxury sectors.
00:15The Dubai Design District announced yesterday by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
00:18Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will be built
00:23next to the Business Bay.
00:24It will feature a creative community with commercial facilities for established and
00:28emerging designers and design institutes.
00:31The venture will be a key element in Dubai's bid to host Expo 2020.
00:35The construction of the Rashid Hospital Tunnels project in Dubai is almost complete after
00:39three years of work.
00:40Final touches for the 722 million dirham project are being done for the opening of the tunnel
00:45by the month end.
00:46The project will facilitate the movement of 6,000 vehicles per hour and ease traffic around
00:51the broadcast roundabout.
00:53Syria's opposition has reiterated a refusal to join in peace talks as rebels reeled from
00:58losing the strategic town of Qusayr.
01:00Rebels injured in battle straggled into next door Lebanon, desperately seeking medical
01:05attention.
01:06Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in serious but stable condition after being
01:10admitted to the hospital for a fourth time since December.
01:13Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection but he is conscious and communicating with
01:18his family.
01:19US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended their first US-China summit
01:25after forging a rapport and policy understandings on North Korea, climate and cyber issues.
01:30The presidents spent eight hours together over two days for talks which were described
01:34as uniquely informal and positive.
01:36In sport, Rafael Nadal aims to be the first player to win the French Open men's crown
01:41eight times when he takes on Spanish compatriot David Ferrer in the final at Roland Garros
01:46today.
01:47The match starts from 5pm UAE time and will be telecast live on Al Jazeera Sports.
01:53Entertainment and Indian police have recovered a note purportedly written by Bollywood actress
01:57Jia Khan speaking about her disturbed relationship with boyfriend Suraj Pancholi.
02:02Twenty-five-year-old Khan committed suicide on June 3rd following which Pancholi was questioned
02:07for several hours by the police and released.
02:10A troupe of Hungarian shadow dancers have won the television show Britain's Got Talent
02:15outshining a slew of home-grown performers and leaving viewers wondering if the program's
02:20name could do with a change.
02:22Finally, the weather.
02:23Today's high across the UAE will be 44 degrees Celsius dropping to 26 at night.
02:28That's all for now.
02:29Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com