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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, September the 30th. Here are
00:10the top stories at this hour. An Indian court has sentenced five men to death for a series
00:16of blasts that ripped through packed trains in Mumbai in 2006 and killed nearly 200 people.
00:23Another seven found guilty of involvement in the attacks in India's financial capital
00:27were sentenced to life imprisonment by the special court. The 12 men were convicted
00:32of murder, conspiracy and waging war against the country over the coordinated series of
00:38attacks that killed 189 people and injured more than 800. The G7 group of leading economies,
00:46European countries and Gulf states have pledged $1.8 billion in funding for UN aid agencies
00:53struggling with the worst refugee crisis in 70 years. The commitment came after UN
00:59Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders at the General Assembly debate that UN humanitarian
01:06agencies were broke. US Secretary of State John Kerry has hinted at a possible compromise
01:13with Russia and Iran on Syria, saying Washington could cooperate on Syria if Russia and Iran
01:19persuade President Bashar al-Assad to stop using barrel bombs against civilians. Saudi
01:25Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday that there is a military option
01:30in Syria that will end with the removal of al-Assad if the political option does not
01:36lead to his departure. Indian police said today they had arrested six people after a
01:4250-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death over rumors he had eaten beef. Mohammed Akhlaq
01:48was dragged from his house on the outskirts of New Delhi and attacked by around 100 people
01:53on Monday night, a police officer said. Akhlaq's 22-year-old son was also seriously injured
02:00in the attack and was in intensive care at a nearby hospital. Dubai is the world's top
02:06destination where Muslim travelers shop, according to a report by Mastercard and Crescent Rating.
02:12The Muslim Travel Shopping Index 2015 analyzes the Muslim travelers' shopping trends based
02:18on the performance of 40 international destinations. Dubai, which had a score of 79.5 out of 100,
02:26was followed by Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, London and Istanbul. In sport, Arsenal and Chelsea
02:33had a Champions League night to forget last night. A Robert Landowski hat-trick meanwhile
02:38helped Bayern Munich crush Dinamo Zagreb and Champions Barcelona. With injured icon
02:44Lionel Messi washing from the stands earned a stirring come-from-behind 2-1 win against
02:49Bayer Leverkusen. Almost five years since Tom Cruise scaled the Burj Khalifa for Mission
02:55Impossible Ghost Protocol, another mammoth franchise has landed in town to shoot some
03:00out-of-this-world footage. Say welcome to Star Trek Beyond. Stars in town include Chris
03:06Pine and Zachary Quinto alongside Karl Urban, Jon Cho, Anton Yelchin and Idris Elba. The
03:13cast and crew's UAE arrival comes just days after they wrapped up filming in Vancouver,
03:19which they reportedly began in August. And finally, the weather. Today's high across
03:24the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night. That's all for now.
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