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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April the 3rd.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:07US President Donald Trump held out on the possibility of using trade as a lever to secure
00:12Chinese cooperation against North Korea, and suggested Washington might deal with Pyongyang's
00:18nuclear and missile programs on its own, if need be.
00:21The comments in an interview published by the Financial Times appeared designed to pressure
00:25Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
00:31this week.
00:32Trump also is meeting his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in Washington today.
00:37For el-Sisi, the first foreign leader to congratulate Trump following his surprise election victory,
00:42the Oval Office meeting will have special meaning.
00:45He was never invited to the White House by former President Barack Obama.
00:49The thorny issue of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is expected to be on the agenda,
00:54as is the fight against Daesh.
00:55Roger Federer, fresh from winning his third title of the year in Miami, said he will take
01:00a nearly two-month break from the sport before returning for the French Open in late May.
01:05Federer beat Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the Miami final, his fourth straight win
01:11against his long-term rival.
01:12Federer said he'll skip some clay-court tournaments, including Master Series events in Monte Carlo,
01:18Madrid and Rome.
01:19Wrestlers John Cena and Nikki Bella finished off their opponents at WrestleMania and then
01:24decided to take on what could be their biggest challenge yet, marriage.
01:28Cena got down on one knee after the pair defeated The Miz and Mars in a tag team match at WrestleMania
01:3433.
01:35A tweet from WWE showed Cena proposing with a diamond ring.
01:38He said he had been waiting so long to ask her to marry him.
01:42She said yes.
01:43And finally, weather.
01:44Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
01:49That's all for now.
01:50Thanks for watching.
01:51And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com