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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, March the 31st. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11Talks to reach a preliminary agreement on Iran's nuclear program are entering their
00:15final day. Foreign ministers from six world powers and their Iranian counterpart have
00:20been negotiating in Switzerland ahead of a self-imposed deadline.
00:25U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said talks on Monday had produced some light but tricky
00:29issues remained.
00:32In a dramatic twist in the retrial of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's 2002 hit-and-run case,
00:37his driver Ashok Singh told the court that it was he who drove the killer vehicle, but
00:41the prosecution appeared unconvinced by the confession. 43-year-old Singh told the court
00:47that he was driving the vehicle when the accident took place on September 28, 2002, leaving
00:52a pavement dweller dead.
00:55Nigerian opposition contender Mohamedou Buhari built a lead of over 2.5 million votes with
00:59only six states uncounted on Monday, raising the prospect of a stunning ballot box victory
01:04for a man who first came to power three decades ago via military coup. He has notched up 12.9
01:11million votes from 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. This compared to 10.2 million votes for President
01:18Goodluck Jonathan.
01:20Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, batsman Adam Rogues and wicket-keeper Peter Nivelle
01:25were all called up by Australia for their upcoming tour of the West Indies and the Ashes
01:28campaign in England. But there was no room in the 17-man squad for all-rounders James
01:33Faulkner and Glenn Maxwell, who were a potent part of Australia's one-day World Cup winning
01:38side. Australia played two tests in the West Indies from June 5, with their five-test Ashes
01:43series starting in England on July 8.
01:47Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa who has contributed to The Daily
01:51Show a handful of times in recent months, will become Jon Stewart's replacement as
01:56host. Noah was chosen a little more than a month after Stewart unexpectedly announced
02:00he was leaving The Daily Show following 16 years as the show's principal voice.
02:05And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:09to 23 degrees at night.
02:11That's all for now. Thanks for watching. But as always, you can get the latest news
02:14on gulfnews.com.
02:17Thanks for watching.