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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 4th.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Saudi health authorities have announced two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, raising
00:16to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September
00:222012.
00:23Meanwhile, a man hospitalized in Indiana with the first US case of the virus is improving.
00:30Around 60,000 people have fled towns in Deir al-Zor, province of eastern Syria, that have
00:37been the scene of fierce clashes between rival jihadists.
00:41The battle between al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and the breakaway Islamic State of Iraq
00:46and the Levant has raged for four days despite an order from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri
00:52to stop fighting.
00:54Survivors of a landslide that entombed a northern Afghanistan village mourned hundreds
00:59of dead relatives on Sunday as aid teams rushed to care for 700 families left homeless in
01:05the mountains.
01:07Much of Ab Bariq village in Badakhshan was swallowed on Friday by a fast-moving tide
01:12of mud and rock that swept down the hillside and left almost no trace of 300 homes.
01:19In sport, Floyd Mayweather won a 12-round majority decision over Marcos Maidana this
01:25morning to run his perfect record to 46-0 in a welterweight world title unification
01:32bout.
01:33The 27-year-old American retained his World Boxing Council title and took Maidana's World
01:39Boxing Association belt.
01:41Britain Amir Khan beat Luis Calazo on the undercard.
01:47In football, Manchester City claimed top spot in the English Premier League after edging
01:51Everton 3-2 last night.
01:54Ross Barkley's Tanna put horse Everton ahead in the 11th minute but Sergio Aguero quickly
02:00equalised and a brace from Edin Dzeko secured victory for Manuel Pellegrini's side.
02:05Chelsea can take a turn at the top of the table with victory over Norwich City today
02:10but City's fate remains in their own hands.
02:14Entertainment and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has honoured the country's top
02:17cinematic talent at the 61st National Awards.
02:22Lyricist Gulzar was given the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for his outstanding contribution to
02:27the growth of Indian cinema.
02:29Anand Gandhi's Ship of Theseus was the best feature film while Geetanjali Thapa won the
02:35Best Actress for Hindi film Liar's Dice.
02:39And finally, the weather.
02:40Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.
02:46That's all for now.
02:47Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com