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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 4th.

00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11Saudi health authorities have announced two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, raising

00:16to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September

00:222012.

00:23Meanwhile, a man hospitalized in Indiana with the first US case of the virus is improving.

00:30Around 60,000 people have fled towns in Deir al-Zor, province of eastern Syria, that have

00:37been the scene of fierce clashes between rival jihadists.

00:41The battle between al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and the breakaway Islamic State of Iraq

00:46and the Levant has raged for four days despite an order from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri

00:52to stop fighting.

00:54Survivors of a landslide that entombed a northern Afghanistan village mourned hundreds

00:59of dead relatives on Sunday as aid teams rushed to care for 700 families left homeless in

01:05the mountains.

01:07Much of Ab Bariq village in Badakhshan was swallowed on Friday by a fast-moving tide

01:12of mud and rock that swept down the hillside and left almost no trace of 300 homes.

01:19In sport, Floyd Mayweather won a 12-round majority decision over Marcos Maidana this

01:25morning to run his perfect record to 46-0 in a welterweight world title unification

01:32bout.

01:33The 27-year-old American retained his World Boxing Council title and took Maidana's World

01:39Boxing Association belt.

01:41Britain Amir Khan beat Luis Calazo on the undercard.

01:47In football, Manchester City claimed top spot in the English Premier League after edging

01:51Everton 3-2 last night.

01:54Ross Barkley's Tanna put horse Everton ahead in the 11th minute but Sergio Aguero quickly

02:00equalised and a brace from Edin Dzeko secured victory for Manuel Pellegrini's side.

02:05Chelsea can take a turn at the top of the table with victory over Norwich City today

02:10but City's fate remains in their own hands.

02:14Entertainment and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has honoured the country's top

02:17cinematic talent at the 61st National Awards.

02:22Lyricist Gulzar was given the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for his outstanding contribution to

02:27the growth of Indian cinema.

02:29Anand Gandhi's Ship of Theseus was the best feature film while Geetanjali Thapa won the

02:35Best Actress for Hindi film Liar's Dice.

02:39And finally, the weather.

02:40Today's high across the UAE will be 35 degrees Celsius, dropping to 27 degrees at night.

02:46That's all for now.

02:47Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

Manchester City tops English Premier League - GN Midday

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