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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, September the 8th. Here are the

00:09top stories at this hour.

00:11Turkey has scrambled several F-16 fighter jets towards the Syrian border after a large

00:16explosion in the area. Meanwhile, Syrian rebels have taken control of the historic Christian

00:21town of Malula, the Syrian observatory for human rights said.

00:25Tony Abbott celebrated his election triumph with an early morning bike ride, vowing to

00:30get down to business and be Prime Minister for all Australians. The election commission

00:35resumed counting votes after an overnight break, and with more than 90% tallied, Abbott's

00:41Conservative coalition led in 88 seats and Labour was on 57 in the 150-seat House of

00:47Representatives. Outgoing Premier Kevin Rudd suffered a resounding defeat as voters punished

00:53the Labour Party for bitter infighting.

00:56Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games last night, beating Istanbul in a head-to-head

01:02at the International Olympic Committee Congress in Buenos Aires. Tokyo won by a landslide

01:08after Madrid, the third city in the fray, was eliminated in the first round of voting.

01:14In tennis, it will be Novak Djokovic versus Rafael Nadal in the US Open men's final tomorrow.

01:20In the women's singles final today, top-seeded Serena Williams looks to claim her 17th Grand

01:26Slam title when she takes on Victoria Azarenka.

01:30Entertainment and Grammy winner Bruno Mars will sing at half-time of the Super Bowl in

01:34February. The Super Bowl will be played on February 2 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

01:41The Italian film Sacro Giare, a documentary about life along the highway that circles

01:46Rome by director Gianfranco Rossi, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 70th

01:52edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was the first time an Italian film has won the

01:57top prize at Venice in 15 years.

02:01And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:05to 32 at night.

02:07That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news at

02:11gulfnews.com

Tokyo to host Olympics 2020 - GNMidday Sunday 9 September 2013

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