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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, July the 14th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Iran and six major world powers reached a historic nuclear deal today, capping more
00:18than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle
00:23East.
00:24Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the US, EU and UN would be lifted in return for Iran
00:31agreeing long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West has suspected was aimed at creating
00:37a nuclear bomb.
00:40Western diplomats said under the final deal, Iran had accepted a snapback mechanism under
00:46which some sanctions could be reinstated in 65 days if it violated the deal.
00:52A UN weapons embargo would remain in place for five years and a ban on buying missile
00:57technology would remain for eight years.
01:01The Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings cricket franchises of Indian Premier League
01:05were both suspended for two years as an Indian Supreme Court-appointed panel delivered its
01:11verdicts today.
01:13The Lodha Committee, which was appointed to investigate corruption in the hugely popular
01:17but scandal-hit IPL, also banned Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and former CSK official Gurunath
01:25Mayapin from all cricket activities for life after they were found guilty of betting on
01:31IPL matches.
01:33At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured this morning in a stampede during
01:38a Hindu religious festival on a river bank in southern India.
01:43The stampede occurred in Andhra Pradesh state as tens of thousands of people pushed forward
01:49to bathe in the Godavari River in Rajahmundry on the first day of the Pushkarulu festival,
01:55said a state official.
01:57The rapper 50 Cent, known for the album Get Rich or Die Trying, has filed for bankruptcy.
02:04The artist, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
02:10in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford on Monday, days after a jury ordered him to pay $5 million
02:18in an invasion of privacy lawsuit.
02:21And finally, the weather.
02:22Today's high across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 30 degrees at night.
02:27That's all for now.
02:28Thanks for watching.
02:29And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com