Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Hawaii judge blocks Trump’s travel ban, US demands UN pull report accusing Israel of apartheid, Fed raises rates as job, inflation data stoke confidence, A reboot of 'The Matrix' is in the works. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, March 16. Here are the top stories
00:07at this hour. A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide
00:11order last night blocking President Donald Trump's ban on travel from parts of the Muslim
00:15world. The ban deals a stinging blow to the White House and signals that Trump will have
00:20to account in court for his heated rhetoric about Islam.
00:24The ruling was the second major setback for Trump in his pursuit of a policy he has trumpeted
00:28as critical for national security. The US is demanding that UN Secretary-General
00:34Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body accusing Israel of imposing apartheid
00:40on the Palestinians. The study concluded that available evidence
00:44established beyond a reasonable doubt that Israel is guilty of policies and practices
00:48that constitute the crime of apartheid. The report found that Palestinians were subjected
00:53to a strategic fragmentation that allowed Israel to impose racial domination.
00:59The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points last night, the second
01:04time the central bank has increased rates in three months. The move was spurred by steady
01:09economic growth, strong job gains and confidence that inflation is rising to the central bank's
01:13target. The US central bank followed suit, saying it will raise interest rates applied
01:18to certificate of deposits by 25 basis points effective today.
01:23A reboot of The Matrix is said to be in the works, but many fans would rather see Warner
01:28Brothers choose a different pill. The Hollywood Reporter said that the studio is developing
01:32a relaunch of the 1999 film, which spawned two far less beloved sequels. The report was
01:39enough to stoke a backlash on social media over any tampering with the Wachowskis' trench-coated
01:44slow-motion bullet-flying science fiction creation.
01:48And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 24 degrees at night. That's all for now, thank you for watching. We will be back with
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