00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, April the 3rd. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08Four Emirati women were killed in a road accident in Oman's Aden province on Saturday. The four-wheel
00:15drive vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a truck in the Awafia area. Meanwhile,
00:21the bodies of two Emirati victims who died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia were repatriated
00:27to the UAE Saturday night.
00:30The large contingent of Indian blue-collar workers in Saudi Arabia came in for much appreciation
00:36from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for their hard work in the development of
00:41the kingdom.
00:42It is your sweat and toil that has brought me here, Modi told them. The Indian Prime
00:46Minister is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, during which he is expected to sign
00:50bilateral energy and trade deals.
00:54Real Madrid star Gareth Bale believes his side can still win La Liga after coming from
00:59behind to inflict Barcelona's first defeat in 40 games with a 2-1 victory in El Clasico.
01:06Madrid trailed Barca by seven points, with seven league games to play, but Bale said
01:11the victory was crucial to lift Madrid's confidence.
01:14Gerard Pique gave Barcelona the lead early in the second half, but Real hit back with
01:20goals from Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.
01:24Marks were detected on the neck of Indian TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating
01:29death due to asphyxiation and hanging. A team of doctors conducted a post-mortem on her
01:35for more than three hours. The Balika Vadhu actress was found hanging from a fan at her
01:41suburban Mumbai residence on Friday by her boyfriend.
01:45And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:50to 20 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news
01:56at gulfnews.com
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