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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, June 24. Here are the top stories

00:09at this hour.

00:10A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a Lebanese army checkpoint in the capital

00:14Beirut. The blast, which caused a huge fire, occurred in a southern suburb mainly inhabited

00:20by Shiite Muslims. At least 12 people who were watching World Cup football in a nearby

00:24cafe were wounded, but it is unclear whether anyone else was killed.

00:28Sixteen Indian crew members are trapped aboard their empty cargo ship that has been anchored

00:33in Rasheed Port's anchorage for almost a year now. Captain Aninda Sen Gupta, captain

00:38of the Maharishi Devatriya Cargo Ship that belongs to Varun Shipping, told Gulf News

00:42that the ship which he joined as a captain in November 2013 has been in anchorage since

00:47July 2013 when it arrived from New Mangalore Port. The anchorage is 12 miles into the sea

00:53from Port Rasheed. He said he was told that the ship would move to Dubai Dry Docks in

00:57December 2013 and start trading normally, but nothing has happened.

01:01Jihadist militants in Iraq say they have fully captured the country's main oil refinery

01:06at Baiji, north of Baghdad. The refinery had been under siege for 10 days with a militant

01:11offensive being repulsed several times. The complex supplies a third of Iraq's refined

01:17fuel and the battle has already led to petrol rationing.

01:20Pakistan police have registered cases against an anti-government religious leader and his

01:251,300 supporters. Pakistan Awami Tariq's leader Dr Tahirul Qadri and his supporters

01:30have been accused of damaging public property, attacking police and creating a law and order

01:35situation. Qadri planned to lead a protest march from Islamabad to Lahore by road.

01:40Brazil will face Chile in the World Cup round of 16 after a 4-1 thrashing of Cameroon last

01:46night to ensure they topped Group A. Mexico also progressed and will take on the Netherlands

01:51next after easing to a 3-1 victory over Croatia.

01:55And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 43 degrees Celsius falling to 29 at

01:59night.

02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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