00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 18th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Russians headed to the polls in presidential elections expected to hand Vladimir Putin
00:13an easy victory, keeping him in power until 2024.
00:18Putin 65, already Russia's longest serving leader since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin
00:24after more than 18 years at the helm, is seeking a fourth term amid an escalating standoff
00:30with the West.
00:31Andrew McCabe, the one-time FBI Deputy Director just fired by the Attorney General, kept personal
00:38memos detailing interactions with the President.
00:42They have been provided to the special counsel's office and could factor into Robert Mueller's
00:46investigation as his team examines President Donald Trump's campaign ties to Russia and
00:52possible obstruction of justice.
00:55Kevin Peterson has said his final goodbye to cricket.
00:58I loved entertaining you all," the 37-year-old former England star wrote on his Instagram account.
01:05Ciao cricket, I love this game," Peterson said as he helped Quetta Gladiators qualify
01:11for the eliminator stage in the third edition of Pakistan Super League in Sharjah last Thursday.
01:17KP, as he is popularly known, said earlier that he is not ready to travel to Pakistan
01:23for the final stages of the tournament.
01:26Actress Charlize Theron says the idea of arming teachers after the recent US school shootings
01:32or adding more guns to the situation is so outrageous.
01:37I have a very personal experience with gun violence.
01:40I lost my father to gun violence," the actress said.
01:44Theron was speaking at the Global Education and Skills Forum being held in Dubai.
01:49She said people should listen to our kids to solve the problem.
01:54And finally, the weather.
01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now.
02:02Thanks for watching.
02:03And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.
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