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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, May the 3rd.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Thousands celebrated and millions around the world looked on in wonder as 5,000-to-1 underdogs
00:15Leicester City completed arguably the greatest fairy tale in sporting history by becoming
00:22English Premier League champions.
00:24Written off as relegation candidates at the start of the season, Leicester secured the
00:29first top-flight title in the club's history after Tottenham Hotspurs were unable to beat
00:35Chelsea last night.
00:37Spurs drew 2-2, handing Claudio Ranieri's side the prize to cap a fairy tale run.
00:44The Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched a Healthy Restaurant Initiative to
00:48encourage eateries to include at least two healthy options in the menu.
00:54The initiative is part of its strategy to promote a healthy lifestyle in the community
00:58and all participating outlets will display a healthy option logo created by the ministry.
01:05Ministry officials said the alarming rate of obesity particularly among children and
01:10the rising incidence of lifestyle diseases had prompted the initiative.
01:15Efforts to salvage Syria's ceasefire shift to Moscow today as Aleppo reeled from a week
01:21of fighting that killed hundreds of civilians.
01:24Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in the Russian capital.
01:32The move comes a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a desperate push
01:37in Geneva to breathe life into the stuttering truce.
01:41Astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a small red sun just 40 light-years away.
01:48Researchers say all three worlds are potentially habitable and could represent the best targets
01:53yet in the search for life beyond the solar system.
01:56A planet that is neither too hot nor too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface is
02:01generally considered to have the potential for life.
02:05They came as robots and gladiators, light-up princesses and high-haired goddesses shimmering
02:11in green, copper and silver.
02:14The annual parade of fashion and star power at the Met Gala last night included an array
02:20of interpretations on the evening's vibe, fashion in the age of technology.
02:26Beyoncé provided the finale to the red carpet show wearing a peach-hued puff-sleeved latex
02:32gown by Givenchy.
02:35And finally, the weather.
02:36Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:42That's all for now.
02:43Thanks for watching.
02:44And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com