00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, March the 16th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Donald Trump scored victories today in three states, including the big prize Florida, but
00:14lost Ohio to the state's governor, John Kasich.
00:18Marco Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, dropped out of the race shortly after the
00:24polls closed.
00:26With the wins, Trump continues to move ahead in his stunning campaign for the Republican
00:30presidential nomination.
00:32Hillary Clinton won at least four states, dealing a severe blow to Bernie Sanders'
00:38bid to slow her march toward the Democratic nomination.
00:43Syrian opposition negotiators have demanded that Syria's government come clear on a
00:47political transition.
00:50They said there had been no progress on freeing detainees who, they claimed, were being executed
00:55at a rate of 50 a day.
00:58A top advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, meanwhile, said Russian forces could return
01:04to Syria after withdrawing.
01:07At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb blew up inside
01:12a bus in Peshawar, with the toll feared to rise.
01:16No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion in the main city of Pakistan's
01:22northwest.
01:24A significantly larger number of high-net-worth individuals from the Gulf states expect regional
01:30economic conditions to worsen this year.
01:34According to the GCC Wealth Insight report, only 17 percent of them said economic conditions
01:40are improving, compared to 55 percent in 2015.
01:46World Twenty20 hosts India were accused of complacency last night after they were brought
01:52down to earth in a stunning defeat to New Zealand.
01:56After winning 10 of their last 11 matches, India were bowled out for just 79, their lowest
02:02total on home turf by an unheralded New Zealand team in Nagpur.
02:08India's leading batsmen were unable to cope with a trio of New Zealand bowlers, including
02:14the rookie Mitchell Santner.
02:18Madison Ford and director Steven Spielberg are teaming up to make a fifth Indiana Jones
02:23action-adventure movie.
02:25Ford, 73, will reprise his role as the fedora-clad archaeologist and adventurer who first appeared
02:32in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark.
02:36Walt Disney Company said the latest installment is due for release in July 2019.
02:43And finally, the weather.
02:44Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 20 degrees at night.
02:49That's all for now.
02:50Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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