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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, March the 31st. Here are the

00:09top stories at this hour.

00:11Talks to reach a preliminary agreement on Iran's nuclear program are entering their

00:15final day. Foreign ministers from six world powers and their Iranian counterpart have

00:20been negotiating in Switzerland ahead of a self-imposed deadline.

00:25U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said talks on Monday had produced some light but tricky

00:29issues remained.

00:32In a dramatic twist in the retrial of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's 2002 hit-and-run case,

00:37his driver Ashok Singh told the court that it was he who drove the killer vehicle, but

00:41the prosecution appeared unconvinced by the confession. 43-year-old Singh told the court

00:47that he was driving the vehicle when the accident took place on September 28, 2002, leaving

00:52a pavement dweller dead.

00:55Nigerian opposition contender Mohamedou Buhari built a lead of over 2.5 million votes with

00:59only six states uncounted on Monday, raising the prospect of a stunning ballot box victory

01:04for a man who first came to power three decades ago via military coup. He has notched up 12.9

01:11million votes from 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. This compared to 10.2 million votes for President

01:18Goodluck Jonathan.

01:20Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, batsman Adam Rogues and wicket-keeper Peter Nivelle

01:25were all called up by Australia for their upcoming tour of the West Indies and the Ashes

01:28campaign in England. But there was no room in the 17-man squad for all-rounders James

01:33Faulkner and Glenn Maxwell, who were a potent part of Australia's one-day World Cup winning

01:38side. Australia played two tests in the West Indies from June 5, with their five-test Ashes

01:43series starting in England on July 8.

01:47Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa who has contributed to The Daily

01:51Show a handful of times in recent months, will become Jon Stewart's replacement as

01:56host. Noah was chosen a little more than a month after Stewart unexpectedly announced

02:00he was leaving The Daily Show following 16 years as the show's principal voice.

02:05And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 39 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:09to 23 degrees at night.

02:11That's all for now. Thanks for watching. But as always, you can get the latest news

02:14on gulfnews.com.

02:17Thanks for watching.

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