00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April the 13th. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour. Weathermen have cautioned residents of another bout of dusty and foggy
00:14weather conditions today and tomorrow. The temperatures on Sunday range between 38 to
00:1942 degrees Celsius. According to the Met Office, today will be partly cloudy and hazy, caused
00:24by southeasterly to southwesterly winds. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius,
00:30dropping to 24 degrees at night. Hillary Clinton was on a campaign road trip deep into the
00:35U.S. heartland today after launching her bid to become the first woman to win the White
00:39House. Long assumed to be the frontrunner for her Democratic Party's presidential nomination
00:44for 2016, Clinton's formal entry unleashed her formidable fundraising machine and social
00:49media operation. I'm running for president, a beaming Clinton said in a slickly produced
00:54video that went viral. Saudi Arabia called on Iran to stop supporting Al-Houthi militiamen
01:00in Yemen yesterday, but Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal insisted Riyadh was
01:05not at war with Tehran. Unless Iran thinks that it has suddenly become a part of Yemen,
01:10we are not at war with Iran, he said. There will be no increase in the tariffs of Dubai
01:15Electricity and Water Authority for the next two years, according to Saeed Al-Tair, managing
01:20director and CEO of Diwa. He attributed the fixed tariff not to the drop in oil prices,
01:25but to best practices and sophisticated technology that Diwa uses in power generation. In sport,
01:32Jordan Spieth became the second youngest player to win the Augusta Masters, finishing four
01:36strokes clear of the field. The 21-year-old American closed with a 70 for an equal best
01:42Masters total of 18 under par 270, matching the mark set by Tiger Woods in 1997. Manchester
01:50United broke their losing streak to cross-town rival Manchester City last night, while Chelsea
01:55moved one step closer to the Premier League title. United's 4-2 win at Old Trafford ended
02:00a run for four straight losses to City. Vin Diesel sang, Channing Tatum danced, and Zac
02:06Efron showed off his toned abs yet again as the best shirtless winner for the second year
02:11in a row at the MTV Movie Awards. The big winner of the evening was the team tearjerker
02:16The Fault in Our Stars, which got the Golden Popcorn for Best Movie of the Year, as well
02:21as multiple wins for the star Shailene Woodley. Other winners included Bradley Cooper, Tatum,
02:26and Jennifer Lopez. That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always,
02:31you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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