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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, August the 5th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11The UAE government has handed over hundreds of successfully completed projects undertaken
00:16by the UAE in Egypt. The projects in critical sectors such as health, education, transport
00:22and infrastructure are part of a massive UAE development assistance program pledged a year
00:27ago. The completion of the projects comes on the eve of Egypt's much-anticipated inauguration
00:32of the new Suez Canal on Thursday, in which the UAE has also played a significant supporting
00:37role.
00:38Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central
00:43India, killing at least 31 people in the latest deadly accident on the nation's crumbling
00:48rail network. Rescuers have been searching through the night for passengers trapped on
00:52the trains that toppled when a swollen river struck the tracks in Madhya Pradesh state,
00:57officials said. Roughly 300 people were rescued after about 10 of the train's carriages derailed
01:02outside the town of Haridwar last night.
01:05Technical experts in France were to begin examining a washed-up plane parked today that
01:10almost certainly belonged to missing flight MH370, raising hopes that some light may finally
01:16be shed on one of aviation's darkest mysteries.
01:19The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8 last year when it veered off course
01:23en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. Last week's discovery
01:29of a two-metre-long winged part on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion raised fresh
01:35hopes for relatives desperate for answers.
01:39In sport, Argentina star Angel Di Maria has said he is very happy to be joining Paris
01:44Saint-Germain after completing his medical in Doha. The 27-year-old winger is set for
01:50a €63 million transfer to the Qatar-backed club just one year after his record-breaking
01:56move from Real Madrid to Manchester United.
01:59Floyd Mayweather will attempt to match Rocky Marciano's record of 49 unanswered victories
02:05on September 12 after announcing he will fight fellow American Andre Berto in Las Vegas in
02:12what is expected to be his last professional fight.
02:15And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 40 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:20to 32 degrees at night.
02:22That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.