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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, March the 10th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Apple unveiled its much-awaited Apple Watch that lets you make calls, read emails, control
00:16music and keep up with the workout regime all from your wrist.
00:20Chief Executive Tim Cook also showed off a new 12-inch MacBook, which he said reinvents
00:26the notebook.
00:27Apple will begin selling the watch on April 24, with the high-end model starting at $10,000,
00:34while the sport version will start at $349.
00:39The Obama administration has denounced a letter sent by 47 U.S. Republican senators to political
00:45leaders in Iran as an attempt to undermine the president on a foreign policy matter.
00:50The decision to undercut our president and circumvent our constitutional system offends
00:56me as a matter of principle, Vice President Joe Biden said.
01:00In an open letter to the leaders of Iran, Republican lawmakers warned that any nuclear
01:05deal they cut with Obama could expire the day he walks out of the Oval Office.
01:10A group of French sports stars were among 10 people killed when their helicopters collided
01:16in midair while filming in Argentina.
01:19Champion sailor Florence Arthur, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Camille Mouffat and
01:25Olympic boxer Alexei Vastin were among those killed when two helicopters filming a survival
01:31series crashed into each other in the rugged mountains of La Rioja province.
01:37Football and discarded striker Danny Welbeck returned to haunt Manchester United by scoring
01:42the winning goal last night.
01:44The goal helped Arsenal reach the FA Cup semifinals with an enthralling 2-1 victory
01:50at Old Trafford last night.
01:52Sam Simon, the co-creator of the TV series The Simpsons, has died after a long battle
01:57with cancer.
01:59He was 59.
02:01An acclaimed writer, director and producer, Simon along with James L. Brooks and Matt
02:06Groening developed the animated series.
02:10And finally the weather.
02:11Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius dropping to 22 degrees at night.
02:17That's all for now.
02:18Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com