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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 18th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09US President Donald Trump has slammed the FBI for failing to heed signs that could have
00:14prevented the Florida school shooting.
00:17Trump charged the agency with being too preoccupied with probing his campaign team over Russian
00:23election meddling.
00:25Allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race are being investigated
00:30by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.
00:34Romelu Lukaku extended his impressive FA Cup scoring record by netting twice in Manchester
00:40United's 2-0 win at Huddersfield Town.
00:43The victory earned Jose Mourinho's side a quarter-final tie at home to Brighton & Hove
00:49Albion.
00:51In tennis, new world No. 1 Roger Federer delivered another polished performance to
00:56beat Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-6 in the semi-final of the ABN AMRO World Tournament.
01:03The Swiss will play world No. 5 Grigor Dimitrov in the final in Rotterdam today.
01:09Black Panther is so far raking it in across the global box office.
01:14The Walt Disney Company estimated the Marvel Comics superhero movie earned $75.8 million
01:21in the US for its opening on Friday.
01:24Internationally, the film has grossed $47 million in its first three days, with strong
01:29showings in the UK and Korea.
01:32Besides the strong box office, the movie has also been a critical success.
01:38And finally, the weather.
01:40Highs across the UAE will be 33°C, dropping to 21°C at night.