Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. New Chuck Berry album out this year. Directors of FBI and NSA to give testimony before Congress. Russian Foreign Ministry summon Israel's Ambassador to Moscow. Ranbir Kapoor and Mahira Khan attend Global Teacher Prize ceremony in Dubai.
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00:00Good day.
00:03Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 20th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The directors of the FBI and NSA are to give keenly awaited testimony before Congress on
00:14what ties President Donald Trump may have with Russia and his explosive allegation that
00:19he was wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
00:22Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and Mike Rogers of the National Security
00:27Agency will speak publicly for the first time about the two issues that have riveted
00:32the American public for weeks and further divided the country's two ever-at-odds political
00:36parties.
00:38The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow to protest an Israeli
00:43military strike near the Syrian city of Palmyra.
00:46Ambassador Gary Corrin was called for discussions at the ministry last Friday, but the ministry
00:51made it public only today.
00:54Teachers Ranbir Kapoor from Bollywood and Pakistani talent Mahira Khan brought in a
00:58dose of glamour at the Global Teacher Prize ceremony in Dubai last night.
01:03Kapoor took the opportunity to thank all his teachers who guided him in his life.
01:07Khan also lauded all the teachers who are motivated enough to educate and work for the
01:12greater good.
01:14Fans mourning Chuck Berry's death can look forward to an album of mostly new material
01:18expected this year.
01:19The nine-year-old Berry died on Saturday at his home near St. Louis.
01:24Berry's songs include the classics Johnny B. Goode and Roll Over Beethoven.
01:28Friend Joe Edwards says he's heard the new album Berry announced in October.
01:32Edwards calls it sensational.
01:35And finally, weather.
01:36Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night.
01:42That's all for now.
01:43Thanks for watching.
01:44And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.