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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, March the 11th.
00:05Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Stabilized child-restraint products in vehicles will not be allowed to be sold in the UAE
00:13unless there is a certificate complying with the country's standards.
00:17Abdullah Al-Mahini, Director-General of the Emirates Authority for Standardization and
00:22Metrology said the move is in line with international best practices.
00:26China's Xi Jinping today secured a path to rule indefinitely as Parliament abolished
00:31presidential term limits.
00:33The decision hands Xi almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation
00:38into an economic and military superpower.
00:41It reverses the era of orderly succession that was promoted by Deng Xiaoping.
00:45The historic constitutional amendment breezed through Parliament with 2,958 votes in favour.
00:52Chelsea manager Antonio Conte praised the all-round contribution of Willian after the
00:57Brazilian halted a run of back-to-back league defeats ahead of next week's Barcelona showdown.
01:03Willian's deflected shot opened the scoring in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace.
01:08It was also his clever dummy that created the second and own goal by Martin Kelly.
01:14Disney's mega-hit Black Panther has passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
01:20The studio said the milestone is based on Disney's estimate of ticket sales.
01:25The announcement comes on the 26th day of release for the blockbuster, directed by Ryan
01:30Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan.
01:34And finally, the weather.
01:35Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 24 degrees at night.
01:42That's all for now.
01:43Thanks for watching.
01:44And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.