00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, March the 21st.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Aldar and Imar will use their combined resources to create the next era of mixed-use destinations
00:16to shape the UAE's ever-evolving skyline.
00:20The joint venture has targeted 30 billion dirhams worth of projects in the UAE
00:25as well as in international markets.
00:28We have great ambitions and we are confident our national firms have the capabilities to achieve them,
00:34said His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
00:38Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, in a statement.
00:43The head of Trump-affiliated data mining firm Cambridge Analytica has been suspended,
00:49while government authorities are bearing down on both the firm and Facebook
00:54over allegations the firm stole data from 50 million Facebook users to manipulate elections.
01:01Cambridge's Board of Directors suspended CEO Alexander Nix pending an investigation
01:07after Nix boasted of various unsavoury services to an undercover reporter for Britain's Channel 4 News.
01:15Channel 4 News broadcast clips that also showed Nix saying his data mining firm
01:21played a major role in securing Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential elections.
01:28The pop culture sensation Black Panther has set another record, most tweeted about movie ever.
01:35Twitter said that Ryan Coogler's box office smash has been tweeted about more than 35 million times
01:42that pushes it ahead of the previous record holder Star Wars, The Force Awakens.
01:48The most recent Star Wars installment, The Last Jedi, ranks third.
01:53And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:00That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:02But as always, you can get the latest news on GovNews.com
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