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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 8th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Principals of private schools in Dubai are being handpicked by the Knowledge and Human
00:17Development Authority, which is keen to ensure that each selected candidate is capable of
00:22actively enhancing the quality of education.
00:26Candidates for the post have to go through an interview by the KHDA after being nominated
00:31by schools.
00:33Families of the 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 today mark the anniversary
00:41of the plane's disappearance, vowing to never give up on the search for wreckage and answers
00:46to the world's biggest aviation mystery.
00:49Prime Minister Najib Razak said Malaysia remains committed to the search and he is hopeful
00:54it will be found.
00:57Daesh militants have destroyed ruins at the ancient Iraqi city of Hadra.
01:02A Tourism and Antiquities Ministry official said the extent of the damage at the UNESCO
01:07World Heritage Site was unclear, but he had received reports that it had been demolished.
01:13Hadra was founded in the days of the Parthian Empire, over 2,000 years ago.
01:20India's homegrown Boko Haram group has reportedly pledged formal allegiance to Daesh.
01:26The pledge is alleged to have come from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and posted on
01:31Twitter.
01:33Sport and Daniel Vittori became the first New Zealand bowler to take 300 one-day international
01:39wickets as the Black Caps made short work of Afghanistan to remain unbeaten after five
01:45World Cup matches this morning.
01:48Left-arm spinner Vittori ripped through the Afghanistan top order to finish 4-for-18 in
01:5410 overs as Afghanistan were dismissed for 186.
01:59New Zealand needed only 36.1 overs to overhaul the total.
02:05The English Football Association is set to launch an investigation into the crowd trouble
02:10that marred Aston Villa's FA Cup quarter-final victory over West Brom.
02:15The match was overshadowed by controversial scenes in the closing stages, certain to be
02:19the subject of FA scrutiny.
02:22Sean Penn has refused to apologise for the choice words he used to announce the winner
02:28of the Best Motion Picture during the Oscar Awards last month.
02:33The actor made waves when he opened the envelope with an expletive-laden question before announcing
02:38the winner as Birdman.
02:40I am always surprised by flagrant stupidity.
02:44I keep having more hope, said Penn, of the widespread outrage that followed the moment.
02:50And finally, the weather.
02:51Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:58That's all for now.
02:59Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com