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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. New Dubai Expo 2020 logo on March 27. Former Israeli spy chief Meir Dagan has died at age 71. Syria peace talks broaden to include an opposition group close to Moscow. Protests erupt in Brazil. Michelle Obama shows off her vocal chops. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, March 17. Here are the top stories

00:06at this hour.

00:07A March 27 event to launch the new logo for Dubai Expo 2020 will once again focus minds

00:14on progress towards the landmark exhibition.

00:17Preem Ibrahim Al-Hashmi, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Managing

00:21Director for Expo 2020, urged UAE residents to come together for the logo launch.

00:27In an editorial written for Gulf News, she said that thousands of people will gather

00:30on the day to discover the results of the UAE's quest to identify the new emblem.

00:37Former Israeli spy chief Meir Dagan has died at age 71. Dagan, who directed The Mossad

00:43from 2002 to 2011, was wanted in the UAE for his alleged role in the Dubai assassination

00:49of Hamas commander Mahmood al-Mabuh in January 2010.

00:54Former Dubai chief Dahi Khalfan Tameem had claimed that Dagan was forced to leave the

00:59agency after Mossad's role in the assassination was uncovered by Dubai police.

01:05Peace talks to end Syria's brutal war broadened on Wednesday to include an opposition group

01:09close to Moscow. The UN, meanwhile, intensified efforts to find a political solution to the

01:14five-year conflict.

01:16UN mediator Stéphane de Mistura met for the first time with the Moscow group, which is

01:21demanding an equal seat at the negotiating table.

01:25Protests have erupted in Brazil after a recorded phone call between President Dilma Rousseff

01:29and her once-popular predecessor was released. The tape suggests Rousseff appointed Lula

01:35da Silva to her cabinet to spare him for arrest for corruption.

01:40Michelle Obama showed off her vocal chops at the South by Southwest music festival on

01:44Wednesday. But the US first lady drew a round of disappointed sighs when she told the crowd

01:50she has no plans to run for president. She made her debut at the Austin Showcase of

01:54Brands and Technology, sitting with Grammy winners Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott.

02:00And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:05to 22 degrees at night.

02:07That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,

02:10but you can always get the latest news on gulfnews.com

02:20Newscast is brought to you by the U.S. Department of State.

New Dubai Expo 2020 logo on March 27 - GN Headlines

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