Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. G7 opens with focus on Ukraine. Al Assad wins Syrian elections. MERS virus camel link established. Modi to meet Obama in september. Mobile wallet project launched. Nadal, Murray win in French Open. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, June 5.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11World leaders have urged Vladimir Putin to stop destabilizing Ukraine or face further
00:15sanction as they met without a Russian president for the first time since the 1990s.
00:20The G7 leaders said that while they still hope for constructive talks with Putin on
00:24the sidelines of D-Day commemorations in France on Friday, Moscow could face further punitive
00:30measures.
00:31Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third term in office after securing 88.7%
00:37of votes on Tuesday's presidential election.
00:40The parliamentary speaker announced critics in Syrian opposition have dismissed the election
00:44as a farce, arguing that it has no credibility in the midst of a civil war.
00:48Doctors believe they have found the first evidence that a new deadly virus has been
00:52transmitted from a camel to people.
00:55A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found identical MERS viruses
01:00in camels and their owners.
01:02Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Washington for his first meeting with President
01:07Barack Obama in September, media reports said.
01:10Modi has accepted the invitation from Obama for discussions and the dates for the meeting
01:15were being finalized.
01:17Between now and the end of 2015, the UAE is expected to become the first country in the
01:21world that will have a fully integrated digital payments platform, supported by all banks
01:26operating in the country.
01:28The UAE Banks Federation has formally launched the implementation of its mobile wallet project
01:33that was announced in February this year.
01:36Eight-time winner Raphael Nadal will meet reigning champion Andy Murray in the French
01:40Open last fall after both won their quarterfinal matches last night.
01:44Nadal made light work of fellow Spaniard David Farrar while Britton Murray threw away a two-set
01:49lead against home favourite Gaël Monfils before rallying to win the decider six-love.
01:55The women's semi-final takes centre stage today with Maria Shapova taking on Eugénie
01:59Bouchard and Simona Halep up against Andrija Petkovic.
02:03And finally the weather.
02:05The daytime temperature will be 37 degrees Celsius falling to 28 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now.
02:11Thanks for watching.
02:12A reminder that our next bulletin will be on Sunday but as always you can get the latest
02:15news at golfnews.com