00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 30th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:15of the UAE and ruler of Dubai has ordered the construction of a mega flagpole featuring
00:20the UAE flag along with the Union Museum at Jumeirah Beach.
00:24At a height of 123 metres, the flagpole will be another iconic landmark in Dubai and the
00:30seventh tallest in the world.
00:32African stories swept to a victory at the Maidan racecourse last night to give Godolphin
00:37a seventh victory in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
00:40Jockey Sylvester de Souza stood up high in his stirrups as he crossed the finish line.
00:45The Dali bread son of Pivotal has won four times at Maidan and the crowd erupted with
00:50joy at seeing their hero boast the biggest win of his career.
00:54Later in the night, Jennifer Lopez dropped the Dubai World Cup to a close.
00:59The pop star took the stage just after 11pm for a show featuring some of her biggest hits
01:04including Jenny from the Block and I'm Real.
01:08Millions of Turks are voting today in municipal elections that will test the popularity of
01:12Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
01:15The Prime Minister says a victory for his Justice and Development Party will show the
01:19nation is more interested in improvements to the economy, healthcare and transport.
01:25The UN says there has been no humanitarian improvement for millions of Syrians since
01:30the UN Security Council passed a resolution last month to increase aid deliveries.
01:35UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos said that much of the blame lay with President Bashar
01:41al-Assad's government.
01:43About 50 Chinese relatives of passengers on board missing flight MH370 arrived in Malaysia
01:49today to press for answers about the fate of their loved ones.
01:53The grieving families, who have accused Malaysia of hiding information over the fate of the
01:57Boeing 777, are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Transport
02:03Minister Hishamuddin Hussain.
02:05Meanwhile, a new search area failed to yield an immediate breakthrough in the hunt for
02:10the plane.
02:11Entertainment and Iraqi singer Sattar Saad has been crowned the winner of the second
02:16season of singing reality show The Voice Arabia.
02:19Saad, who caps a three-month-long journey with the win, walks away with a brand new
02:24car and a recording contract with Universal Music Group.
02:29And finally, the weather.
02:30Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 23 degrees at night.
02:36That's all for now.
02:37Thanks for watching.
02:38And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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