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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 3rd.
00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Chad says its troops in northern Mali have killed Mukhtar Bel Mukhtar, the Al-Qaeda commander
00:15who masterminded a bloody siege at an Algerian gas plant in January.
00:20The Chadian army said the one-eyed Islamist leader was killed during an operation in the
00:24Ifoga mountains on Saturday.
00:27The Sharjah municipality has launched a renewed campaign to prevent residents from displaying
00:31laundry and satellite dishes on their windows and balconies in residential buildings.
00:36The campaign also includes the distribution of pamphlets in Arabic, English, Farsi and
00:41Hindi across the emirate to inform people of the rules.
00:45Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the British government of bullying and naivety
00:49in its approach to the conflict in his country.
00:52In an interview with the Sunday Times, he said Britain was determined to militarise
00:55the situation and dismissed suggestions that he might step down.
00:59US Secretary of State John Kerry has said it was paramount for Egypt's economy to get
01:04back on its feet during talks in Cairo.
01:07He urged the government to reach a deal on a $4.8 billion IMF loan that could help overcome
01:13a severe economic crisis.
01:15Kerry is also expected to urge the government and the opposition to reach a political consensus
01:19after months of protests.
01:21In business, President Barack Obama pressed Congress to work with him on a compromise
01:26to halt a fiscal crisis that threatens the US economy.
01:29The failure by Obama and the Republicans to agree to halt the $85 billion sequester cuts
01:35virtually guaranteed that fiscal issues would remain centre stage.
01:40In sport, world No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has called for upgrading the Dubai
01:45Duty Free Men's Open as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in future.
01:51Djokovic made the commence after bagging his fourth title in Dubai with a 7-5-6-3 win over
01:56Thomas Berdych on Saturday.
01:58In football, Real Madrid edged Spanish leaders Barcelona 2-1 in an El Clasico match last
02:04night just four days after beating them 3-1 in the Spanish Cup semi-finals.
02:09Entertainment and Bollywood actor Salman Khan is shooting his next film all over Dubai this
02:14week.
02:15He was at a driving school on Thursday, hard at work.
02:17Tabloid has learned that the local driving institute will be featured in the film Mental,
02:22directed by Khan's brother Sohail Khan.
02:24The actor is also tipped to shoot several scenes at Dubai's shopping malls and amusement
02:29parks.
02:30And finally, the weather.
02:31Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, falling to 17 degrees at night.
02:36That's all for now.
02:37Thanks for watching.
02:38And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:47.