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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 6th. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said the kingdom will keep French military supplies previously
00:13intended for Lebanon under a $3 billion aid program as Riyadh toughens its stance against
00:18Hezbollah. Last month, Riyadh halted the program in protest against Hezbollah, the Shia militant
00:24group fighting in support of Syria's regime, which Saudi Arabia bitterly opposes.
00:30The once secretive Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has launched a public relations
00:35blitz, calling on his lawyers and even his common-law wife to keep his name in the news.
00:41Emma Coronel, mother of Guzman's twin 4-year-old daughters, has given unprecedented media interviews,
00:48issuing dire warnings about his health and pressuring the government to improve the conditions
00:52he endures his third time behind bars.
00:55Donald Trump has nothing listed on his official schedule of presidential campaigning events
01:00on Sunday, so he's going to watch the final round of the Cadillac Championship. After
01:05all, it's on his course. Trump National Doral is the site of the event, and his name is
01:11everywhere, on the cocktail napkins and even garbage cans.
01:15Rory McIlroy is in control of the championship.
01:19Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall celebrated their marriage on Saturday alongside family
01:24members, media executives and music stars in a church considered the spiritual home
01:28of British journalism. The media mogul groom and model-actress Bride emerged from St. Bride's
01:34Church in Fleet Street after the service, beaming despite the London drizzle.
01:40And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:44to 22 degrees at night.
01:46That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news
01:50at gulfnews.com.