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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 14th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Palestinian teacher Hanan Al-Hurub was declared the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher
00:14Prize for 2016 on Sunday night.
00:17His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:21of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, presented the award to her at the Global Education and Skills
00:27Forum in Dubai.
00:28Pope Francis earlier announced the winner of the prize awarded by the Warki Foundation
00:34on a huge screen in a televised speech.
00:36Hanan, who grew up in a refugee camp in Bethlehem, dedicated the award to Palestinian teachers.
00:43Supporting educators from around the world at the event were Matthew McConaughey and
00:49Salma Hayek.
00:51They walked the Global Teacher Prize red carpet, joining Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan,
00:56Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra.
00:59Turkish authorities have banned Facebook and Twitter after images of a suicide bombing
01:04were spread on both platforms.
01:07The country's telecommunications authority blocked access to social media after a court-ordered
01:13ban was imposed.
01:15At least 37 people were killed and 125 others injured after an explosion hit Turkey's
01:21capital city of Ankara.
01:23German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing fresh pressure after regional election rubbing
01:29last night.
01:30Merkel's Christian Democratic Union was at the receiving end of voters' anger, suffering
01:35defeats in two out of three states in regional elections.
01:39The losses were blamed on her liberal refugee policy adopted last year.
01:452020 Cricket's Showpiece Tournament is ready to begin in earnest.
01:50India, hosting the tournament for the first time, begin the group stages with a match
01:54in Nagpur against New Zealand on Tuesday night.
01:57Controversies have done little to dampen the fervour of Indian fans who believe skipper
02:03MS Dhoni has a date with destiny at the April 3rd final at Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens.
02:10And finally, the weather.
02:11Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 20 degrees at night.
02:18That's all for now.
02:20And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com