00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, March the 18th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party scored a resounding victory
00:17in the regime's legislative elections, a stunning turnaround after a tight race that
00:22had put his lengthy rule in jeopardy.
00:25Likud earned 30 out of Parliament's 120 seats and was in a position to be able to build
00:31a coalition government with its right-wing and religious allies with relative ease.
00:37Zionist Union came second with 24 seats and the joint Arab List won an unprecedented 14
00:45seats.
00:46Popular social media platform Twitter has announced it will open an office in Dubai.
00:51Speaking at the Arab Media Influencers Forum in Dubai, Shailesh Rao, Vice President of
00:57Twitter, said because of its commitment to the Middle East, Twitter plans to open its
01:02first office in the region in Dubai.
01:06A former lawyer of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in the hunt for Osama bin Laden
01:11was shot dead in northwest Pakistan.
01:14Two militant groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Samiullah Fridhi, who had
01:19faced threats for representing Dr. Shaquille Afridhi on the outskirts of Peshawar.
01:25Afridhi was returning from a village, Mathra, when unknown gunmen sprayed bullets on his
01:31car.
01:33Arsenal exited the Champions League last night despite winning their Champions League last
01:3816 second leg clash 2-0 in Monaco, but losing on the away goals rule after the tie finished
01:463-3 on aggregate.
01:48The other last 16 game went right down to the wire before last season's finalists Atletico
01:54Madrid scraped through 3-2 on penalties over German side Bayer Leverkusen.
02:02Fashion Police is taking a break after losing co-hosts Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin
02:08and plans to slip into something new for fall, the eCable TV channel said.
02:14Co-hosts Juliana Rancic and Brad Goreski and executive producer Melissa Rivers will
02:19be back in September with the series, which will evolve into its next chapter, E! said
02:25in a statement.
02:28And finally, the weather.
02:29Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
02:35That's all for now.
02:36Thanks for watching.
02:37And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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