00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 29th. Here are the
00:06top stories at this hour. Spotlight, the story of the Boston journalist
00:11who exposed child abuse in the Catholic Church, was crowned Best Film of 2015 in an Oscars
00:17ceremony that saw host Chris Rock skewer Hollywood for its second straight year of all-white
00:22acting nominees. Leonardo DiCaprio captured the award for Best Actor for his role as a
00:28frontiersman in The Revenant, while Brie Larson won Best Actress for her role in Room.
00:33Alejandro González Iñárritu won the award for Best Director for The Reverend, his second
00:39straight victory in this category after Birdman a year ago.
00:42A string of child deaths after falling from buildings has prompted Charger Police once
00:47again to advise parents to be more vigilant. The tragedies came despite new safety rules
00:52implemented last year to child-proof homes and residential towers.
00:56Millions of children who died after falls from high-rise flats will be referred to courts
01:00for investigation into alleged negligence. The UN says it plans to deliver aid to about
01:05150,000 Syrians in besieged areas over the next five days amid a partial truce in the
01:12country's civil war. It said it was ready to help an estimated 1.7 million people in
01:17hard-to-reach areas by the end of March. A cessation of hostilities began on Saturday
01:22and there have been complaints of breaches from both sides. India pledged to spend US$5.2
01:28billion to double the income of struggling farmers as it unveiled its annual budget today
01:33under pressure to balance spending with fiscal prudence. In a major reforms push, Finance
01:39Minister Arun Jaitley said 100% foreign equity will be allowed in the retail of domestically
01:45processed food. The government also announced plans to boost a rural employment scheme in
01:50which it faces nine crucial state elections. Manchester City's League Cup final triumph
01:56over Liverpool has vindicated Manuel Pellegrini's decision to field a weakened team in their
02:01recent FA Cup defeat. That was a claim made by Pellegrini after City's stars edged Liverpool
02:073-1 on penalties at Wembley on Sunday night. And finally, weather. Today's high across
02:13the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night. That's all for now.
02:19Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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