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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 29th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Australian pop star Kylie Minogue dropped the Dubai World Cup's 20th running to a thumping
00:17end with a 90-minute performance of her greatest hits on Saturday night.
00:21The 46-year-old dazzled with elaborately dressed dancers and renditions of favourites including
00:27I Should Be So Lucky, Spinning Around and All The Lovers.
00:32Dubai World Cup winning trainer Saeed Bin Surur, meanwhile, said he was happy for everyone
00:37in the UAE after Prince Bishop's victory in the world's richest horse race.
00:43The good olf in charge gave Bin Surur his seventh World Cup win after seeing off American
00:49Raiders California Chrome and Leah at the Medan Racecourse.
00:54Seven new public parks will soon give residents living in the outskirts of Abu Dhabi a chance
01:00to relax outdoors.
01:02Five of these parks are located in Al-Shamqa and Al-Adla areas and have been developed
01:08at a cost of 34 million dirhams.
01:11Construction is expected to finish by April.
01:15Foreign exchange centres in the UAE have taken proactive steps to detect crimes at their
01:21centres by getting training from Dubai Police.
01:24The Foreign Exchange and Remittance Group comprising around 65 exchange houses nationwide
01:31recently underwent an exclusive joint training with a delegation from the Dubai Police's
01:36Criminal Investigation, Cybercrime and Money Laundering Departments.
01:42Tens of thousands of mourners braved torrential rain, howitzers fired a 21-gun salute and
01:49a jet fighter screamed across the sky as a grand funeral began today for Singapore's
01:55founding leader Lee Kuan Yew.
01:58Singaporeans chanted Lee's name as the former Prime Minister's coffin, draped in the red
02:04and white national flag atop a two-wheeled gun carriage, emerged from Parliament pulled
02:10by a ceremonial Land Rover.
02:13Rock band 30 Seconds to Mars have rescheduled their UAE concert less than two weeks before
02:19it was due to take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
02:23The US band, led by Oscar winner Jared Leto, were to perform on April 10 as a part of the
02:30Middle East Film and Comic Con.
02:32It has now been moved to September 25 due to unforeseen circumstances, organisers said.
02:40And finally, the weather.
02:41Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
02:48That's all for now.
02:49Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.