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Daily news headlines from the UAE and around the world, brought to you by Gulf News. Vidya Balan joins Cannes Film Festival jury. Hezbollah announces it will fight with Syrian regime. Dubai Municipality launches campaign to reduce use of plastic bags. Suspects in Canada terror plot in court. Dubai benchmark rises for fifth consecutive session. Samsung launches S4 in the UAE. Bayern Munich defeat Barcelona. Real Madrid play Borussia Dortmund. Mumbai Indians play Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League.

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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, April the 24th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Hezbollah's decision to fight openly alongside the Syrian regime has increased fears amongst

00:16Lebanese citizens of getting dragged into the Syria conflict.

00:20This week, the group defended its actions by saying they were carrying out a national

00:24and moral duty to defend Lebanese citizens living in border villages inside Syria, in

00:30response to Salafist Lebanese clerics' declared jihad against Hezbollah and the Syrian regime.

00:35Dubai municipality officials believe they can slash 500 million plastic bags for being

00:40circulated before the year's end, through an extensive six-month campaign beginning

00:45in May.

00:46The focus of its Say No to Plastic Bags campaign is a 20% reduction in the estimated 2.9 billion

00:52plastic bags used in the emirate every year.

00:55Two men charged with an alleged al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train

01:00made their first court appearances yesterday.

01:02Raed Jasser and Shehab Saghir were arrested in separate raids after a joint Canada-US

01:08investigation.

01:09The Dubai benchmark measure rose for the fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, breaching

01:14a key psychological barrier at 2,000, the first time since November 2009.

01:20Samsung launched its much-awaited S4 model in the UAE last night.

01:24The device houses a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

01:31Bayern Munich stunned Barcelona and a half-fit Lionel Messi last night by thrashing the Spanish

01:36giants 4-0 in their Champions League semi-final, first leg in Germany.

01:41In the other semi-final tonight, Borussia Dortmund host Real Madrid at 10.45pm UAE time.

01:48Mumbai Indians take on Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League game tonight.

01:53Indian actress Vidya Balan will join Hollywood A-listers actress Nicole Kidman and director

01:59Ang Lee next month on the Cannes Film Festival jury.

02:03Steven Spielberg is the president of the jury at the annual film festival.

02:07And finally, weather.

02:08The daytime temperature will be 37 degrees Celsius, falling to 21 at night.

02:13That's all for now.

02:14Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

Vidya Balan joins Cannes Film Festival jury - GN Midday April 24 2013

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