Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in the Maine caucuses, Marco Rubio defeats Donald Trump in Puerto Rico primary, Nancy Reagan dies of heart failure at age 94, India favourites to win World Twenty20, Celebrities fight against gender equality across the globe, 155 countries have laws that discriminate against women. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 7th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in the Maine caucuses to bounce back
00:14into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, while Florida Senator Marco Rubio
00:20won the Republican primary in Puerto Rico, defeating frontrunner Donald Trump.
00:26Sanders' victory in Maine is his third of the weekend after winning Kansas and Nebraska.
00:33Former U.S. First Lady Nancy Davis Reagan, whose devotion to her husband made her a formidable
00:38behind-the-scenes player in his administrations, and one of the most influential presidential
00:44wives in modern times, died on Sunday at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure.
00:51She was 94.
00:54India are favorites to clinch the sixth edition of the World Twenty20 in what could be a fairytale
01:00ending to the glittering career of Captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni.
01:05India, ranked number one in the world, will seek to become the first side to win the International
01:10Cricket Council title on home soil when the 16-team tournament gets underway on Tuesday.
01:18A number of high-profile entertainers, including Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Charlize Theron,
01:24and Meryl Streep, have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to fight for gender
01:30equality across the globe.
01:33The letter states that some 62 million girls around the world are denied the right to education,
01:39500 million women can't read, and 155 countries have laws that discriminate against women.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:49Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
01:55That's all for now.
01:56Thanks for watching.
01:57And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.