00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 22nd.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:13It's that time of the year as the biannual Roadstar campaign begins in Dubai and Sharjah
00:19today to reward safe drivers.
00:21The campaign runs till March 26th and the total of 50,000 dirhams will be given out
00:26as rewards to safe drivers during the campaign.
00:31Western powers negotiating a nuclear agreement with Iran will not accept a bad deal, British
00:37Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
00:41Ministers from France, Germany and the UK along with the US Secretary of State met in
00:45London amid increased urgency to reach an agreement by the end of March.
00:52The US has evacuated its remaining military personnel from Yemen because of the deteriorating
00:57security situation, officials have confirmed.
01:01There has been mounting violence by rival armed groups in Yemen including Al-Houthi
01:06rebels, Al-Qaeda and Daesh.
01:09The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Yemen today.
01:15Sport and Roger Federer stormed into the final of the ATP Indian Wells Masters where he will
01:21face Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster showdown.
01:25Federer demolished Canada's Milos Raonic 7-5-6-4 in the semi-finals last night while
01:32Djokovic powered past Andy Murray 6-2-6-3.
01:37Arsenal's 2-1 win at Newcastle United has moved them to within four points of Premier
01:42League leaders Chelsea.
01:44However, their manager Arsene Wenger believes that another statistic is equally relevant.
01:50Chelsea have good security at the moment, said the Frenchman.
01:55Tabloid exclusively spent time with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar in Ras Al Khaimah on the
02:00set of his new movie Airlift.
02:02The war drama is an ambitious tale about a massive civilian evacuation of Indian expatriates
02:08that took place during the 1990 Gulf War when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait.
02:14It's being partly shot in Ras Al Khaimah with more than 180 Indian crew camping at
02:20the Emirates.
02:22And finally, the weather.
02:23Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius dropping to 26 degrees at night.
02:29That's all for now.
02:30Thanks for watching.
02:31And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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