Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Classy Arrogate wins Dubai World Cup. Big winners of Meydan Style Stakes look pretty in pink. US military investigates civilian deaths in Mosul. Beijing-backed Carrie Lam chosen to be Hong Kong’s next leader.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the gulf news update for Sunday, March the 26th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Arrogate showed his class again in the Dubai World Cup
00:12as he came from last place after a delay out of the stalls
00:15to win by an impressive two and a quarter lengths last night.
00:18With the win, four-year-old Arrogate became the highest-earning racehorse ever,
00:23grossing more than $17 million for winning seven races out of eight in his career.
00:29In the spectacular finale of the world's richest race day at Maidan Racecourse,
00:33Arrogate produced a powerful finish under jockey Mike Smith
00:37to beat Gunrunner and Neolithic to claim the $10 million prize.
00:42Meanwhile, the big winners of the Maidan Style Stakes looked pretty in pink
00:46as their outfits matched unexpectedly.
00:49Anna Pribylova, named Best Dressed Lady, wore a floral pink dress from Chi-Chi London.
00:55Nadar Tiarab, named Best Dressed Man for the second year in a row, donned a self-made peach pink suit.
01:02The U.S. military has acknowledged for the first time that it launched an airstrike against Daesh in Mosul,
01:08where residents say more than 100 people were killed in a single event.
01:12If confirmed, the March 17 incident would mark the greatest loss of civilian life
01:17since the U.S. began airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
01:22Beijing-backed civil servant Carrie Lam was chosen to be Hong Kong's next leader today
01:27amid accusations that Beijing is denying the financial hub a more populist leader.
01:33The majority of the China-ruled city's 7.3 million people have no say in deciding their leader,
01:39who is chosen from among several candidates by an election committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists.
01:45Lam will become Hong Kong's first female chief executive when she takes office on July 1.
01:51And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 28°C, dropping to 24°C at night.
01:58That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:00And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.