Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. 18 killed in Oman crash. Clashes between French riot police and refugees. Fifa World Cups will stay in Russia and Qatar. Oscar viewership down from 2015. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, March the 1st.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Police in Oman say a bus crash has killed at least 18 people and injured 14.
00:15They said the crash occurred on the Ibrifahood road between a bus, a truck and a car.
00:20At least some of the dead were foreigners.
00:24Clashes broke out between French riot police and refugees as authorities began destroying
00:29makeshift shelters in the grim shanty town on the edge of Calais known as The Jungle.
00:35Police lobbed tear gas canisters at refugees who protested as around 20 workers moved in
00:41to start pulling down the shacks.
00:44New FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups will stay
00:52in Russia and Qatar respectively.
00:54Since 2010, there has been speculation and allegations and noise.
00:59It's now necessary to organise the best World Cup in history in Russia in 2018 and in 2022
01:07in Qatar, he said.
01:09Is hashtag Oscars so boring?
01:12The 34.3 million viewers who tuned into the Academy Awards represented that annual ceremony's
01:18smallest audience since 2008.
01:22The Nielsen Company said Oscar viewership was down from the 37.3 million who watched
01:28the ABC show in 2015.
01:32And finally, the weather.
01:33Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 19 degrees at night.
01:39That's all for now.
01:40Thanks for watching.
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