00:00Good day and welcome to the gulf news update for Sunday March the 9th, here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:10A missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner may have turned back from its scheduled route before
00:11vanishing from Prera streets, deepening the mystery surrounding the fate of the plane
00:12and the 239 people aboard.
00:13More than 36 hours after the last contact with the plane, officials said they were widening
00:14the search and were investigating the incident.
00:15The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:16The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:17The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:18The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:19The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:20The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:21The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:22The flight was reported to have been delayed for a week.
00:23More than 36 hours after the last contact with the plane, officials said they were widening
00:28the search and were investigating at least two passengers who may have been using false
00:33identity documents.
00:34More than 36 hours after the last contact with the plane, officials said they were widening
00:35the search and were investigating at least two passengers who may have been using false
00:36identity documents.
00:37More than 36 hours after the last contact with the plane, officials said they were widening
00:38the search and were investigating at least two passengers who may have been using false
00:39identity documents.
00:40More than 36 hours after the last contact with the plane, officials said they were widening
00:41the search and were investigating at least two passengers who may have been using false
00:42identity documents.
00:43The rate of traffic accidents across the UAE has gone down from 6,700 in 2011 to 5,124
00:44in 2013, marking a 23.52% decrease, an Abu Dhabi police official said.
00:45The figure represents a fatality rate of 6.52 deaths per 100,000 people.
00:57Brigadier Ghaith Hassan Al Zabi, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Traffic Coordination
01:03at the Ministry of Interior, hopes the ministry will achieve a rate of 5.5 deaths per 100,000
01:09people through its strategic plan for 2014-2016 until it reaches 3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021.
01:16The EU's head of foreign policy, Catherine Ashton, is due to begin talks with Iranian
01:25leaders in Tehran.
01:26It is her first visit to Tehran.
01:27Barcelona slipped to third place in Spain's La Liga after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat
01:35by Real Valladolid last night.
01:38Atletico Madrid jumped to the top of the standings but Real Madrid will go three points
01:43clear if they beat Levan tonight.
01:46In England, Chelsea beat Tottenham 4-0 to move seven points clear at the top of the
01:51Premier League.
01:52Manchester City are in FA Cup action today as they host Wigan Athletic.
01:57The cast of Bollywood film Welcome Back will return to Dubai today to film with one interesting
02:03addition, actor Shaini Ahuja.
02:04The controversial actor was arrested in 2009 after being charged of rape by his domestic
02:12help and spent nearly five months in jail.
02:15Ahuja will be joined by the rest of the cast of the comedy including John Abraham, Shruti
02:21Hassan, Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Dimple Kapadia, Nana Patekar and Nasruddin Shah.
02:27And finally the weather, the daytime temperature will be 33 degrees Celsius falling to 19 at
02:33night.
02:34That's all for now.
02:35Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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