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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday April 21st.

00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:08President Barack Obama is set to meet with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss

00:14regional security issues in the Gulf, including the fight against Daesh.

00:18The White House said the summit meeting will include three sessions, including one aimed

00:22at fostering regional stability and another at counter-terrorism efforts.

00:26A third session will focus on Iran, which Gulf states see as a destabilising rival in

00:31the region.

00:32Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday today, with her eldest son Prince

00:37Charles paying tribute and Prime Minister David Cameron leading a parliamentary homage.

00:43The Sovereign last year overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become Britain's longest-reigning

00:48monarch.

00:49The excitement was visible in the small town of Windsor, with special bunting put up in

00:53the streets and local shops selling souvenir tea and cakes.

00:57Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again as panicked selling wiped out the $2.5 billion

01:03off the automaker's market value.

01:05The plunge follows the carmaker's admission that it cheated on fuel efficiency tests.

01:09Japanese transport ministry officials also raided a company research centre, a sign the

01:14government may slap Mitsubishi with heavy fines over the scandal.

01:18People magazine has named Jennifer Aniston as the World's Most Beautiful Woman of 2016.

01:24The 47-year-old actress graces the cover of People's 27th annual World's Most Beautiful

01:29Double issue.

01:30The actress told the magazine that she became motivated to take care of herself early in

01:35her career when her agent told her she didn't get a part because she was too chubby.

01:40And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius dropping

01:44to 23 degrees at night.

01:46That's all for now.

01:48We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on

01:51golfnews.com.

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