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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, June the 11th.

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

00:11As many as 500,000 people have been forced to flee Iraq's second city of Mosul after

00:17Islamist militants effectively took control of it.

00:21Troops were among those fleeing as hundreds of jihadists from the ISIL group overran the

00:26city and much of the surrounding province of Nineveh.

00:30Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki responded by asking Parliament to declare a state of

00:35emergency to grant him greater powers.

00:39Thousands of South Korean police officers have stormed the church compound in their

00:43hunt for a fugitive billionaire businessman over April's ferry sinking that left more

00:48than 300 people dead or missing.

00:51Authorities believe the businessman owns the ship and that his alleged corruption

00:56may have contributed to its sinking.

01:00Cristiano Ronaldo had a hand in a goal and hit a post on his return as Portugal concluded

01:05their World Cup preparations with a 5-1 rout of the Republic of Ireland last night.

01:12The Real Madrid striker, who missed his country's previous two warm-up games because of thigh

01:17and knee injuries, was not at his brilliant best for long periods of a one-sided friendly

01:23in the United States.

01:25He has already scored in the football world.

01:28Now Arab Idol winner Mohamed Assaf is moving on to Formula One with his first concert at

01:34the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix announced today.

01:36Assaf, who performed at the FIFA World Congress on Tuesday in Sao Paulo, will play at the

01:42first of four after-race concerts at the DOO Arena on November 20, organisers Flash

01:48said.

01:50Jennifer Lopez said she is flying to Brazil to perform during the tournament's opening

01:54ceremony on Thursday.

01:56FIFA officials announced earlier this week that the singer would not perform the official

02:01tune, We Are One, alongside Pitbull and Claudia Letty.

02:07There is one official confirmation though.

02:10Gulf News' very own clairvoyant camel Shaheen has predicted who will win the opening game

02:16– Brazil or Croatia.

02:18Log on to gulfnews.com to watch Shaheen in action all through the World Cup.

02:24And finally the weather.

02:25The daytime temperature will be 41 degrees Celsius, falling to 27 at night.

Jennifer Lopez to perform at World Cup - GN Midday

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