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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, March the 29th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Britain formally launched the process for leaving the European Union today, a historic
00:13step that has divided the country and thrown into question the future of the European project.
00:19Just days after the EU's 60th birthday, Britain became the first country ever to seek a divorce,
00:25making a blow at the heart of the Union, forged from the ashes of World War II.
00:30Prime Minister Theresa May signed a letter to the European Union that will trigger Article
00:3450 of the bloc's Lisbon Treaty, meaning Britain is set to leave in 2019.
00:41Arab leaders arriving in Jordan for a summit today are seeking common ground to reaffirm
00:46their commitment to a Palestinian state.
00:48It's a long-standing goal that US President Donald Trump last month put into doubt.
00:53While they are unlikely to bridge rifts over the regional role of Iran or wars in Syria
00:59and Yemen, Arab leaders remain united in supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
01:04conflict.
01:05The world's biggest online retailing giant, Amazon, has secured a presence in the Middle
01:10East by acquiring Dubai-based Souq.com in a deal announced on Tuesday.
01:16The many internal processes associated with completion of the deal will be done before
01:20the year is out, top officials said.
01:23Despite the value not being disclosed, Goldman Sachs called it the biggest ever technology
01:28M&A transaction in the Arab world.
01:31The phrase, what you see is what you get, applies to Rishi Kapoor, the prolific Bollywood
01:36actor.
01:37Ahead of his show in Dubai called Kulam Kulla with Rishi Kapoor on Thursday at the Dubai
01:42World Trade Centre, the actor got candid with Gulf News tabloid.
01:47Faking it has never been my style.
01:49I am not a stylized actor and I have been spontaneous all my life.
01:52I like to keep things natural, said Kapoor.
01:56And finally, the weather.
01:57Today's high across the UAE will be 31 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.