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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, May the 20th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08The son of British royalty and the daughter of middle-class Americans
00:12wed in a service that reflected Prince Harry's royal heritage and Meghan Markle's biracial roots.
00:18It also showcased the pair's commitment to putting a more diverse and modern face on the monarchy.
00:24The British Reserve criss-crossed with American Verve in a service that broke moulds and created new ones.
00:30Over 6 million people tweeted on Prince Harry's marriage to Meghan Markle,
00:35more than three times the number, during his older brother's wedding.
00:38Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams and George Clooney were among a slew of celebrities.
00:43Of the 600 guests, the royal couple invited to their wedding ceremony.
00:4736 hours after several classmates were gunned down,
00:50Santa Fe High School athletes took the field for a healing Texas pastime, baseball.
00:55Ten people, mostly students, were killed and 13 wounded when a teenage classmate opened fire at the school on Friday.
01:02Dimitrios Pagourzis killed several students and two teachers before exchanging gunfire with police and surrendering.
01:09Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki walked away with one of the top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.
01:15Japanese director Hizokazu Kore-eda's portrait of an impoverished family in shoplifters won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top award.
01:24But it was Labaki's film Kapernaum that walked away with a jury win and the applause.
01:29And finally, the weather.
01:30Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping to 32 degrees at night.
01:36That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:38And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.
01:45News.