00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 1st.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12An Egyptian court has listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization, accusing
00:17it of supporting an insurgency in northern Sinai.
00:21The ruling comes a month after a different court labeled the armed wing of Hamas as a
00:25terrorist group.
00:27Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, meanwhile, is in Riyadh today on an official visit.
00:32Over the weekend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met King Salman in Riyadh and
00:37the overlapping visits have led to speculation of a possible dialogue between Egypt and Turkey.
00:44Supporters of Boris Nemtsov were preparing to march through Moscow this afternoon in
00:48an outpouring of anger and grief at the brutal murder of the Russian opposition leader.
00:54The 55-year-old former deputy premier was shot in the back several times just before
00:59midnight Friday as he walked across a bridge, a stone's throw from the Kremlin walls.
01:06Roger Federer picked up a record seventh title at the Dubai duty-free Men's Open when he
01:12scored a straight sets win over world number one Novak Djokovic at the Dubai Tennis Stadium
01:17last night.
01:19The Swiss ace won 6-3-7-5, taking his titles tally to 84.
01:24He now stands at number three on the Open era titles list behind Jimmy Connors and
01:30Yvonne Lendl.
01:32Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirumane compiled graceful centuries to help
01:38their team crush England by nine wickets in a World Cup Poole game today.
01:43England posted a challenging 309-for-6 driven by young Joe Roots' 121, but Sri Lanka got
01:51off to a solid start and never looked in any trouble while chasing it.
01:57Sonam Kapoor has a cough and cold, not swine flu, a source close to the actress said after
02:04reports that the actress was admitted to a hospital in western India.
02:08The actress is in Rajkot for the shooting of Prem Ratan Dhanpayo, which also stars Salman
02:14Khan.
02:15Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, his wife Anupama and their son have confirmed they have swine
02:21flu, which has affected more than 19,000 people across India.
02:27Season three of House of Cards comes out tonight in the UAE.
02:31Like its central character, played by Kevin Spacey, the gripping Netflix political drama
02:36is at the top of its game.
02:38As in previous seasons, Netflix is releasing all 13 episodes in one fell swoop, giving
02:43fans a whole weekend to indulge in the show's Machiavellian twists and turns.
02:50And finally, the weather.
02:51Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:57That's all for now.
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02:59And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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