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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, March 3. Here are the top stories
00:06at this hour.
00:07A hunk of suspected aircraft wreckage found off the East African coast will be sent to
00:12Australia, where experts will examine whether it is a new piece in the puzzle of missing
00:17flight MH370. The fragment was reportedly found near Mozambique and could provide clues
00:22in the Australia-led investigation into what happened to the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines
00:27flight.
00:28The Six Nations Gulf Cooperation Council has designated Lebanon's Hezbollah movement
00:33a terrorist group. The GCC Secretary General accused the Iran-backed group of recruiting
00:38youth from the Gulf state for attacks. Hezbollah is a key political and military force in Lebanon
00:44and is involved in the conflict in Syria.
00:46North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea in a show of defiance just hours
00:52after the United Nations adopted the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its fourth
00:58nuclear test and rocket launch. Limited displays of military firepower have become a routine
01:04response by North Korea to international pressure over anything from its nuclear weapons programme
01:09to its human rights record.
01:11Sam Smith has announced he is taking a break from social media after being widely mocked
01:15for his Oscars acceptance speech. Smith faced criticism after he received the award for
01:20best song for the James Bond film Spectre and suggested on stage that he might be the
01:25first openly gay man to win an Oscar.
01:28And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:33to 17 degrees at night.
01:35That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be on
01:38Sunday but as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com