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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Chuck Berry dies at his Missouri home. Yogi Adityanath sworn in as 21st chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Abdullah Al Habbai appointed as chairman of Dubai Holding. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to announce future plans soon. Disney's Beauty and The Beast on its way to shattering box office records.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulp News update for Sunday, March the 19th.

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

00:08Chuck Berry, who duck-walked his way into the pantheon of rock and roll pioneers as

00:12one of its most influential guitarists and lyricists, has died at his Missouri home.

00:18Police in St. Charles County said they were called to the 90-year-old Berry's home on

00:22Saturday by a caretaker and found him unresponsive.

00:26Efforts to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead at 1.26 pm local time.

00:32Considered one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, Berry was present at its infancy

00:37in the 1950s and emerged as its first star guitarist and songwriter.

00:44The swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath as the 21st Chief Minister of India's northern

00:49state of Uttar Pradesh took place this afternoon.

00:52Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah were among the hundreds

00:57who gathered for the ceremony in the state capital, Lucknow.

01:00Two Deputy Chief Ministers, Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya, also took the oath.

01:07His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister

01:10of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, has appointed Abdullah Al-Habbai as Chairman of Dubai Holding.

01:16Al-Habbai will take on the new position in addition to his other role as Chairman of

01:21Miras Holding.

01:23Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has made a decision on his future and will make

01:28it public very soon.

01:30Wenger said after seeing his side humbled 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that

01:36he has decided whether to stay with Arsenal when his contract expires at the end of the

01:42season.

01:43Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the new live-action adaptation of the studio's 1991 animated

01:49classic, is on its way to shattering box office records.

01:53The film has already raked in an estimated $63.8 million in over 4,200 theatres in the

02:00United States and Canada.

02:02The PG-rated remake is projected to end the weekend on a $170 million-plus high note.

02:10And finally, the weather.

02:11Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius dropping to 28 degrees at night.

02:16That's all for now.

02:17Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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