00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 2nd. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:10Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reiterated a proposal to form a joint Arab
00:16army to fight extremist threats in the region. His call came as he met with Saudi King Salman
00:21in Riyadh for the first time since Salman ascended the throne.
00:25Samsung's iPhone 5S continued to be the most used handset in the UAE in the fourth quarter,
00:30following an increase in market share in the third quarter, the Telecommunications Regulatory
00:35Authority said. In the three months to last December 31, the then-newly released iPhone
00:396, along with the Samsung Note 3 and Samsung S5, increased their market share.
00:45Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he felt like a kid after claiming the first trophy
00:49of his second Stamford Bridge tenure with a League Cup final victory over Tottenham
00:53Hotspur last night. A deflected John Terry strike and a Kyle Walker own goal gave Chelsea
00:59a 2-0 win at a rain-soaked Wembley.
01:02Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn plunged into the icy waters of Chicago's Lake Michigan at
01:06a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Special Olympics Chicago President Casey Hogan said
01:12Lady Gaga made the plunge with more than 4,500 other participants. Vaughn also made the plunge.
01:18The air temperature was a frigid 20 degrees at the time of the plunge, according to the
01:22National Weather Service.
01:24At Milan Fashion Week, designers Dolce & Gabbana paid tribute to motherhood in full flower,
01:30sending an expectant mother model Bianca Balti swathed in pink down the runway against the
01:34backdrop of 11 mothers and their children. Maternity's Bloom set off a wave of applause
01:40among the usually unflappable fashion crowd, which excited one baby on stage to start clapping
01:45himself.
01:47And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 14 degrees at night.
01:54That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:58at gulfnews.com.
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