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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 26th.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:09President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with the U.S. media, announcing he will skip

00:14the annual correspondents' dinner one day after a row erupted over White House press

00:18access.

00:20By skipping the April 29th event, Trump breaks a tradition in which the U.S. president is

00:25the guest of honor at a light-hearted roast held by journalists and studded with celebrities.

00:31Trump's cancellation comes one day after the White House triggered widespread outrage

00:36by denying access to an off-camera briefing to several major U.S. media outlets, including

00:42CNN and The New York Times.

00:44Malaysia welcomed Saudi Arabia's King Salman for the start of a rare, month-long Asian

00:49tour, where the monarch will build ties and seek to draw more investments to the country.

00:54The visit is the first by a Saudi king to Malaysia in more than a decade, as the Arab

00:58nation courts Asian investors for the sale of a 5 percent stake in state firm Aramco

01:03in 2018, expected to be the world's biggest IPO.

01:08King Salman also plans to visit Indonesia, Brunei, Japan, China, the Maldives and Jordan.

01:14DC Comics' Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice and a documentary attacking Hillary Clinton

01:21tied at the annual Razzie Worst of Film Awards, Hollywood's Hall of Shame.

01:27The rivals won four Razzies each for their poor acting, writing and directing, although

01:32it was Batman that walked away with a spray-painted trophy for Worst Picture.

01:38Seven-seed Elina Svitolina outpowered former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4-6-2 to

01:45claim the Dubai Open for the sixth and biggest title of her career.

01:50The 22-year-old, who dropped only one set throughout the week, will move into the WTA's

01:55top 10 for the first time after starting the week ranked 13th.

02:00And finally, the weather.

02:01Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 19 degrees at night.

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