00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 28th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Construction on the Deira Palm Entrance Bridge project is expected to be completed by the
00:14year end.
00:15The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority says the project will cost 150 million dirhams.
00:20It will include a waterway underneath the bridge to serve the marina and the new fish
00:25market.
00:26Syria's fragile ceasefire entered its second day today with battle zones across the country
00:32largely quiet.
00:33The truce survived a shaky first day during which state media said shells were fired on
00:39Damascus.
00:41Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary.
00:46The win puts her in a strong position for the presidential nominee as the race barrels
00:50toward Super Tuesday.
00:52She drew staggering support from black democrats winning the support of nearly 9 in 10 black
00:58voters.
01:00Stan Wawrinka edged out Marcos Bagdatis to secure his first Dubai duty free championship
01:06last night.
01:07The Swiss fought his Cypriot rival in a nearly 30 minute tie break before his 6-4-7-6 triumph.
01:14Fifty Shades of Grey came out on top at this year's Razzies.
01:18The awkward adaptation of E.L. James' erotic novel nabbed five prizes at the Golden Raspberry
01:25Awards.
01:26Among the wins were the worst screenplay, worst actor and worst actress.
01:32And finally the weather.
01:33Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius dropping to 21 degrees at night.
01:39That's all for now.
01:40Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
01:48Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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