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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Usain Bolts creates history, wins the 100 metres sprint. Syria's rebel-held, northwestern Idlib province bracing for more attacks. Reward offered in NYC imam slaying as families seek answers. Adele turns down offer to sing at 2017 Super Bowl. Salman Khan meets the Dalai Lama. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Monday August 15th. Here are the top stories

00:06of this hour.

00:07Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province was bracing for more attacks after it came

00:11under heavy bombardment from Russian and Syrian warplanes. Much of the fighting has been marked

00:15by indiscriminate shelling, missile attacks and aerial bombardment, killing scores of

00:20civilians across Idlib and Aleppo.

00:22As the families of a slain New York City mosque leader and his associate make funeral arrangements,

00:27a Muslim advocacy group is set to announce a reward for information leading to an arrest.

00:31Imam Maulana Akonji, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were shot near the Al-Furqan Jami Masjid

00:38mosque in Queens as they left afternoon prayers on Saturday.

00:41Usain Bolt claims a historic third straight Olympic 100 metres title. With one title in

00:46the bag, Bolt turned his attention to completing the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 times 100

00:52metres gold medal sweep at three consecutive Olympics.

00:54Britain's Andy Murray beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro in a compelling Olympic

00:58tennis final to become the first player to win two men's singles gold medals.

01:03Multiple Grammy award-winning singer Adele says she turned down an offer to perform at

01:07the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show. The British singer told an audience on Saturday at her

01:12Los Angeles concert that she was asked to perform at the event. Performers at previous

01:16halftime shows have included Beyonce, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Prince.

01:20Bollywood actor Salman Khan met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Ladakh, where the

01:24actor has been shooting for his upcoming film Tube Light. In one of the photos that

01:28have surfaced online, Khan and his rumoured girlfriend Yulia Vantur are in conversation

01:32with the leader.

01:33And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 46 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:37to 30 degrees at night.

01:39That's all for now, thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on

01:42gulfnews.com

Usain Bolts creates history, wins the 100 metres sprint - GN Headlines

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