00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulp News Update for Sunday, March the 4th.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08More than 1.5 million customers remained without power throughout the eastern United States
00:13today.
00:14Communities on the New England coast, meanwhile, faced more flooding two days after a powerful
00:19storm snapped trees, downed wires, and killed at least nine people.
00:23The governors of Massachusetts and New York declared a state of emergency on Saturday
00:28afternoon following similar announcements by Virginia and Maryland.
00:32Jordan Peele's Get Out won Best Film and Best Director on Saturday at the 33rd Independent
00:38Film Spirit Awards.
00:40It came a day before the horror sensation vies for top honors at the Academy Awards.
00:45The wins for Peele's directorial debut gave the Spirits something unusual, a box office
00:50behemoth.
00:51And for just $4.5 million, Get Out grossed $255 million worldwide.
00:58Roberto Bautista Agut became the fourth Spaniard to win the singles title with a 6-3, 6-4 upset
01:05win over Lucas Poole of France at the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open on Saturday.
01:10I am back to playing my best tennis and this gives me a lot of confidence for the remainder
01:14of the year, Agut told a near-full crowd on Centre Court.
01:18And finally the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 24°C dropping to 17°C at
01:25night.
01:26That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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