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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Dubai launches world’s first medical tourism portal. Al Houthi militants and Yemeni forces pledge to honour UN-brokered ceasefire. John Kerry visits Hiroshima’s atomic bomb memorial. Dubai announces launch of official measure for Foreign Direct Investment. Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate Middleton begin tour of India. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulp News Update for Monday, April 11.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:08Dubai on Sunday launched the world's first comprehensive medical tourism portal, Dubai

00:13Health Experience.

00:15The portal promises to provide all health, travel, hospitality and visa services at the

00:21click of a button and has a target of 500,000 international medical tourists by 2020.

00:27It will enable tourists to book medical procedure packages at any of the 26 private and public

00:33hospitals in Dubai, along with special discounted airfares and visa.

00:39Al-Houthi militants and Yemeni forces have pledged to honour a UN-brokered ceasefire that

00:44took effect at midnight, adding to cautious optimism ahead of new talks to reach a lasting

00:50peace deal.

00:51Three earlier attempts at ceasefires collapsed after a Saudi-led coalition in March last

00:56year began airstrikes to push back Al-Houthis.

01:00John Kerry today became the first US Secretary of State to visit Hiroshima's atomic bomb

01:06memorial, calling it a stark and harsh reminder of the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

01:13Kerry is the highest-ranking US administration official to pay his respects at the spot in

01:18Japan where American planes launched the first nuclear attack more than 70 years ago.

01:24Dubai today announced the launch of an official measure for foreign direct investment inflows

01:29into the country.

01:30DP World Group Chairman and Chief Executive Sultan bin Sulaim announced the launch at

01:36the sixth annual investment meeting in Dubai.

01:38The UAE attracted $30 billion of FDI in 2015, according to bin Sulaim.

01:46Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate played cricket with children and mingled with

01:50Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

01:56at a glittering gala dinner in Mumbai as they began their tour of India in style on Sunday.

02:02The royal couple started their tour on a sombre note with the laying of a wreath at the Taj

02:08Mahal Palace Hotel to victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

02:13They are scheduled to visit New Delhi, where they will have lunch with Prime Minister Narendra

02:17Modi.

02:18And finally, the weather.

02:19Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.

02:25That's all for now.

02:26Thanks for watching.

02:27And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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