Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. iPhone 5s still most popular in UAE. Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi meets with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh. Chelsea beat Tottenham. Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn plunge into Chicago’s Lake Michigan at fundraiser for Special Olympics. Dolce & Gabbana pay tribute to motherhood at Milan Fashion Week. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 2nd. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:10Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reiterated a proposal to form a joint Arab
00:16army to fight extremist threats in the region. His call came as he met with Saudi King Salman
00:21in Riyadh for the first time since Salman ascended the throne.
00:25Samsung's iPhone 5S continued to be the most used handset in the UAE in the fourth quarter,
00:30following an increase in market share in the third quarter, the Telecommunications Regulatory
00:35Authority said. In the three months to last December 31, the then-newly released iPhone
00:396, along with the Samsung Note 3 and Samsung S5, increased their market share.
00:45Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he felt like a kid after claiming the first trophy
00:49of his second Stamford Bridge tenure with a League Cup final victory over Tottenham
00:53Hotspur last night. A deflected John Terry strike and a Kyle Walker own goal gave Chelsea
00:59a 2-0 win at a rain-soaked Wembley.
01:02Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn plunged into the icy waters of Chicago's Lake Michigan at
01:06a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Special Olympics Chicago President Casey Hogan said
01:12Lady Gaga made the plunge with more than 4,500 other participants. Vaughn also made the plunge.
01:18The air temperature was a frigid 20 degrees at the time of the plunge, according to the
01:22National Weather Service.
01:24At Milan Fashion Week, designers Dolce & Gabbana paid tribute to motherhood in full flower,
01:30sending an expectant mother model Bianca Balti swathed in pink down the runway against the
01:34backdrop of 11 mothers and their children. Maternity's Bloom set off a wave of applause
01:40among the usually unflappable fashion crowd, which excited one baby on stage to start clapping
01:45himself.
01:47And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:52to 14 degrees at night.
01:54That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
01:58at gulfnews.com.