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00:00A UN inquiry has found massive evidence that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is implicated

00:16in war crimes as the latest reported death toll in the country's civil war reached 126,000.

00:22Navi Pillay, the UN's human rights chief, said a commission of inquiry into human rights

00:26violations in Syria has produced massive evidence of very serious crimes against humanity.

00:32Evidence indicates responsibility at the highest level of government, including the head of

00:36state.

00:38Britain's new envoy to Tehran, Ajay Sharma, is to visit Iran today for the first time

00:42to try to consolidate a thaw in ties which was severed in 2011.

00:47Britain ordered the closure of Iran's embassy in London after shuttering its own in Tehran

00:52following the storming of the compound by hundreds of students in November 2011.

00:57The outspoken, irreverent and controversial Uncle Ahmed, as poet Ahmad Fuad Najm is known

01:02in Egypt, has died.

01:04The poet shot verbal daggers at every Egyptian president he lived under, resulting in him

01:08spending 18 years of his life in prison.

01:11He was 83.

01:12Thai police allowed opposition protesters through barricades outside the government

01:17and metropolitan police headquarters today, sharply easing tensions after two days of

01:21violent clashes aimed at ousting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinavathra.

01:26Aam Aadmi Party has installed 2,000 high-resolution cameras in and around slums of Delhi to counter

01:32any attempt by its rivals to woo voters through distribution of cash and other goods.

01:37The party said it was their attempt to end the age-old practice of buying votes.

01:43Dubai's successful bid to host the World Expo in 2020 will increase competition in

01:47the local job market.

01:49A number of employees will benefit from salary increases of up to 25 percent, according to

01:55industry experts.

01:56The World Expo is expected to create 220,000 jobs.

02:00And finally, weather.

02:01The daytime temperature will be 29 degrees Celsius, falling to 18 at night.

02:06That's all for now.

02:07Thanks for watching.

02:08And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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