Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Hawaii judge Derrick Watson blocks Trump travel ban. Arab leaders endorse key Palestinian positions in conflict with Israel. Anthony Mackie to headline Middle East Film and Comic Con. Universal Pictures is going back to its roots with its upcoming adventure film The Mummy.
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, March 30. Here are the top stories
00:06at this hour.
00:08A federal judge in Hawaii who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel
00:12ban hours before it was set to take effect has issued a longer-lasting order.
00:17U.S. District Judge Derek Watson held a hearing on Hawaii's request to extend his temporary
00:23hold. Several hours later, he issued a 24-page order blocking the government from suspending
00:29new visas for travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and halting the U.S. refugee program.
00:36Arab leaders have endorsed key Palestinian positions in the conflict with Israel, a signal
00:41to U.S. President Donald Trump that a deal on Palestinian statehood must precede any
00:46Israeli-Arab normalization.
00:48In a one-day summit, they relaunched a peace plan that offers Israel normalization with
00:53Arab and Muslim states, provided it cedes lands it captured in 1967 to a future Palestinian
00:59state. A closing statement said that peace is a strategic option for Arab states.
01:05Anthony McKee will be this year's headlining guest alongside filmmaker Kevin Smith via
01:10Skype and wrestler Keane at the Middle East Film and Comic Con. The event is the region's
01:15annual Geek Fest, where celebrities, artists and fans of pop culture come together under
01:20one roof. It runs from April 6 to 8 at the Dubai World Trade Center. This year marks
01:25its sixth edition.
01:28Universal Pictures is going back to its roots, monsters. The studio debuted footage from
01:32its upcoming adventure film The Mummy, which opens a monster universe drawing on Universal's
01:37vault of classic properties such as Bride of Frankenstein, Invisible Man and Creature
01:43from the Black Lagoon. Tom Cruise stars in the Alex Kurtzman-directed The Mummy. Sophia
01:48Botella is The Mummy.
01:50And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:55to 23 degrees at night.
01:57That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be on
02:00Sunday but as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com