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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, March the 28th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearize and meet U.S. officials.
00:16China announced this after his historic meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China
00:21would uphold its friendship with its isolated neighbor.
00:25After two days of speculation, China and North Korea both confirmed that Kim had visited
00:31Beijing and met Xi during what China's foreign ministry called an unofficial visit to China
00:38from Sunday to Wednesday.
00:40Parishioners at Dubai's St. Mary's Church have been urged to avoid carrying bags when
00:45attending services as part of security measures, when up to 100,000 are expected to gather
00:52during Easter weekend from Thursday to Sunday.
00:56Catholic priests have issued reminders to churchgoers to avoid carrying bags to church
01:01as they may be subjected to inspections.
01:05Australia skipper Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner have been banned from all forms
01:11of cricket for 12 months for ball tampering, according to media reports in Australia.
01:17Cameron Bancroft has been suspended for nine months by the Australian cricket body.
01:23Warner has also stepped down as captain of Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad
01:28over the ball tampering scandal.
01:30Australia captain Steve Smith had already been replaced as skipper of rival side Rajasthan
01:36Royals.
01:37The speculation is wide, rumours numerous and denials firm.
01:42And the crime?
01:43Somebody allegedly bit Beyonce on the face at a party back in December.
01:48How do we know this?
01:50Because Tiffany Haddish told us so.
01:52More specifically, she told GQ magazine in an interview.
01:56She didn't nail the culprit, but set off Beyonce's social media bay high of die-hard fans and
02:03a whole lot of internet sleuthing.
02:06And finally, the weather.
02:07Today's high across the UAE will be 33 degrees Celsius, dropping to 20 degrees at night.
02:13That's all for now.
02:14Thanks for watching.
02:15But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.