00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 23rd. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:12Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, died on Monday, aged 91, triggering a flood
00:17of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state's rapid rise from a British colonial
00:22backwater to a global trade and financial center. US President Barack Obama described
00:27Lee, who ruled Singapore for three decades, as a true giant of history, whose advice on
00:32governance and economic development had been sought by other world leaders down the years.
00:38The UN Security Council has issued a statement giving unanimous support to Yemeni President
00:42Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who had sought refuge in the southern port city of Adan. Hadi fled
00:47the capital Sana'a in February as Al-Houthi rebels from the north tightened their grip
00:51on the city. The rebels have now taken Yemen's third-largest city, Taiz.
00:57Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 to successfully defend his Indian Wells
01:03crown and claim his 50th career ATP title. The 27-year-old, world No. 1 from Serbia,
01:09also captured his fourth Indian Wells crown and is now tied with world No. 2 Federer for
01:15the most men's titles in the California desert.
01:19Twenty-five years before Lily James shoehorned herself into a princess gown to play Cinderella,
01:24another up-and-comer donned a differently problematic dress for a romantic fairy tale
01:28that also struck box office gold. That movie was Pretty Woman. Julia Roberts played the
01:33street-walking Cinderella who lands a week-long date, if you will, with a prince charming
01:38in the form of a corporate shark played by Richard Gere. The movie's tagline? She walked
01:43off the street into his life and stole his heart. Pretty Woman, which opened 25 years
01:48ago today, made a 22-year-old Roberts a household name and earned her second Oscar nomination
01:53and second Golden Globe win for playing Vivian in the most successful American romantic comedy
01:58in history.
02:00And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:05to 22 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can
02:10get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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