00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday March 20th. Here are the top
00:08stories at this hour.
00:10Australia said today two objects have been spotted in the Indian Ocean in the best lead
00:14so far in the search for the missing Malaysian passenger jet. Prime Minister Tony Abbott
00:18however stressed that the link with flight MH370 had still to be confirmed. Four long-range
00:24surveillance planes have been diverted to look into the possible debris in the southern
00:28Indian Ocean, about 2,500 kilometres southwest of Perth.
00:32A new app rolled out in Abu Dhabi that will help motorists avoid congested roads and traffic
00:36delays through real-time traffic information. Named Dhaab, meaning path, the app was launched
00:41by the Department of Transport. It allows motorists to choose alternative routes around
00:45congested areas shown on digital city maps.
00:49The political crisis in the Gulf Cooperation Council will not be taken up by the Arab Summit
00:52to be hosted by Kuwait next week. Arab League Deputy Secretary General Ahmed bin Hilli denied
00:58reports claiming that the stand-off between three Gulf states and Qatar would be on the
01:02agenda of the Arab Summit.
01:04British expat savers will be given more access to their pension pots and allowed to put away
01:08more money tax-free in what the UK Finance Minister George Osborne said was the biggest
01:13shake-up in pensions in nearly a century. Osborne announced Wednesday that retirees
01:17will not have to buy annuities and will be allowed to take more money from their pension
01:21as a lump sum.
01:23Sport and Robin Van Persie's hat-trick at Old Trafford saw Manchester United overturn
01:27a 2-0 first-leg deficit to beat Olympiacos 3-2 on aggregate. Following the win in the
01:32second round of the UEFA Champions League, the Red Devils are now through to the last
01:35eight.
01:37The death of fashion designer Elren Scott, the long-time girlfriend of Rolling Stone's
01:40frontman Mick Jagger, was suicide, New York officials have said. An autopsy completed
01:45on the body of the 49-year-old Scott found that she had died of hanging, according to
01:49a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner.
01:52Starbucks turned its shareholder meeting into an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show last
01:56night. The celebrity talk show host appeared on stage to announce a drink called the Oprah
01:59Chai that will be sold at Starbucks cafes from next month.
02:04And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:07to 22 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now, thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:13but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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