00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Monday, February the 26th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Dubai police have confirmed that there will be further delays in repatriating the body
00:13of Indian actress Sridevi, who died in Dubai on Saturday.
00:17Officials at the Forensic Medicine Department announced this morning that the final post-mortem
00:21reports of their investigation were not ready.
00:24This means that the repatriation of Sridevi's mortal remains to India is likely to be further
00:29delayed.
00:30Senior Indian officials said they would wait for the Dubai police to issue the results
00:34to carry out the rest of the procedures for the repatriation.
00:37The toxicology reports of tests done on blood and organs of Sridevi are expected to reveal
00:43the exact cause of her death.
00:45The actress and family were in Dubai after attending the wedding of her nephew and actor
00:50Mohit Marwa in Ras Al Khaimah.
00:52Grieving relatives, friends and millions of devastated fans in India are awaiting the
00:56arrival of Sridevi's body to Mumbai for the funeral.
00:59The National Rifle Association pushed back against modest proposals by President Donald
01:04Trump and other Republicans to change the US gun laws.
01:08The amendments had gathered steam after a school shooting in Florida that killed 17
01:13students and staff.
01:14But the powerful gun lobby group said it does not support Trump's proposals to raise the
01:19age limit for buying certain types of guns.
01:22It also disagreed with a ban on pump stocks that enables semi-automatic rifles to shoot
01:28hundreds of rounds a minute.
01:29Pep Guardiola finally collected his first trophy with Manchester City on Sunday night
01:35thanks to some familiar faces.
01:37Guardiola relied on City's old guard to produce the 3-0 victory over Arsenal in the
01:42League Cup final.
01:43In the Pakistan Super League in Dubai, Islamabad United beat Multan Sultans by five wickets
01:49while Karachi Kings overcame Peshawar Zalmi by the same margin.
01:53And finally, the weather.
01:54Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now.
02:01Thanks for watching.
02:02And as always, you can get the latest updates on GulfNews.com
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