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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday April 10th. Here are the top
00:08stories at this hour.
00:10The hunt for more black box pings from missing Malaysian airliner MH370 narrowed today to
00:15a specific patch of remote ocean after the logging of fresh signals raised hopes the
00:19wreckage will soon be found. The head of the Australian-led search, Angus Houston, wants
00:24to pursue the listening operation to help pinpoint the plane's exact location before
00:28sending down a submersible. Houston said he expects the pings to last maybe another
00:32day or two.
00:34Arab foreign ministers have held Israel fully responsible for the ongoing dangerous stalemate
00:38of the Middle East peace negotiations following an emergency Arab League meeting on Wednesday.
00:43Millions of Indians voted across 14 states and union territories in the third round of
00:47parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the country's 543 MPs. Electronic voting machines
00:54which broke down in a few places were quickly set right or replaced. A total of 1,414 candidates
01:00are in the fray today.
01:02Dubai's foreign trade is expected to touch 4 trillion dirhams by hosting Expo 2020, Mahmoud
01:07al-Bastaki, CEO of Dubai Trade, said during an annual investment meeting.
01:12Bayern Munich kept alive their Champions League title defence by beating Manchester United
01:16to reach the semi-finals last night, while the power shift continued in Spain as Atletico
01:21Madrid etched past our league rivals Barcelona. Bayern Munich won 3-1 on the night and a 4-2
01:26aggregate success. Atletico beat Barcelona 1-0 with a 2-1 victory over the two legs.
01:32Booth Nath Returns, which opened in the UAE today, will hit the screens in Pakistan tomorrow,
01:36the same day it releases in India. The film's lead actor Amitabh Bachchan is glad that the
01:40neighbouring nation is warming up to cinema from his country.
01:44And finally the weather. The daytime temperature will be 35 degrees Celsius, falling to 22
01:48at night.
01:49That's all for now, thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be
01:52on Sunday, but as always you can get the latest news at golfnews.com