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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday April 17th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11Tailgaters are now in the crosshairs of new speed radars installed by Dubai police. With
00:15more than 50 new Al-Burj radars already fitted on Dubai roads, police said they plan to add
00:20another 50 in the next year. The German-built radar uses laser technology to catch speed
00:25offenders.
00:26Algerians vote today in a presidential election with incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika widely
00:31expected to win despite his chronic health problems. More than 260,000 police have been
00:36deployed to protect the 50,000 polling booths set up across Africa's largest country.
00:41Oman's foreign minister has said the crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain
00:46has ended. Yusuf bin Alawi told Arabic daily newspaper Al-Hayat that the rift is now part
00:52of the past. He said the crisis was resolved internally between Gulf states without allowing
00:56for anyone to intervene.
00:59Ukraine's interior minister says three pro-Russian militants have been killed and 13 wounded
01:03after Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on a National Guard base in the Black Sea
01:07port of Mariupol. Arsen Avakov said 63 people had been arrested and most of the attackers
01:13were disarmed.
01:15Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of
01:19people still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized more than 24 hours ago. Coast
01:25Guard and Navy divers were diving into the waters at the site of the accident about 20
01:29kilometres off the country's southwestern coast.
01:32India hosts its biggest day of voting on Thursday with the ruling Congress party battling to
01:37stem a further slide in the polls against the opposition BJP after another week of damaging
01:42headlines. Voters lined up in 121 constituencies across the 12 states on the sixth day of staggered
01:49voting in the election extravaganza which ends with results on May 16.
01:54In sport, Gareth Bale held a perfect night after his stunning winner for Real Madrid
01:59against Barcelona in last night's Spanish Kings Cup final. The Wales winger sprinted
02:03from the halfway line into the penalty area five minutes from time in Valencia before
02:08slipping the ball brilliantly between the legs of the Barca goalkeeper to seal a 2-1
02:13victory.
02:14Cricket and the second Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers
02:18Bangalore kicks off in Sharjah from 6.30pm this evening. Follow our live coverage and
02:23keep track of the scorecard on golfnews.com.
02:26In entertainment, Rick Ross is making his Abu Dhabi debut after a show in Dubai last
02:31year. The US rap star has joined the line-up at Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' show at the
02:35Dew Arena on April 25. The show also includes UK grime artist Wiley.
02:41And finally the weather. Today's high crossed the UAE to be 38 degrees Celsius dropping
02:45to 26 at night.
02:47That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:50but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com.