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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. FBI director James Comey rejects Trump’s tapping claims. US-backed Iraqi forces capture Mosul’s Al Hurriya bridge. Al Futtaim Group to build mall in Jebel Ali district. Pakistan stages its biggest cricket match in almost a decade. X-Men spin-off Logan among ranks of biggest March openings ever.   See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, March the 6th. Here are the top

00:06stories at this hour.

00:08FBI Director James Comey has asked the U.S. Justice Department to publicly refute President

00:14Donald Trump's unsubstantiated accusation that Barack Obama tapped his phone during

00:19last year's election campaign. Comey's extraordinary measure questioning the president's

00:24truthfulness provides an indication of Trump's incendiary claim about his predecessor.

00:29Trump's aides were scrambling to limit the political fallout of the accusation 24 hours

00:34after it was made, admitting it was still unproven.

00:38U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have captured Mosul's Al Hurriya Bridge, which leads to the Daesh-held

00:44old city center from the south. The Al Hurriya Bridge is the second to be secured by the

00:48Iraqi forces in the city in the offensive that started on February 19. Iraqi forces

00:54captured the eastern side of Mosul in January after 100 days of fighting.

00:59The Al Futaim Group is to build a mall in the Jabal Ali district, with a gross leasable

01:04area of 50,000 square meters and featuring an IKEA store. The retail project's location

01:10confirms increasing developer interest for prime exposure within Dubai's southern areas.

01:16The mall, expected to open in early 2019, is part of a wider mixed-use development from

01:21Wessel Properties.

01:23Pakistan staged its biggest cricket match in almost a decade last night. A packed stadium

01:28in Lahore watched the final of a 2020 league organizers' hope would restore faith in the

01:34country's ability to safely host foreign teams.

01:37Thousands of troops patrolled the Gaddafi Stadium, and military helicopters flew overhead

01:42in heavy security more commonly associated with visiting heads of state. But Peshawar

01:47Zalmi's win over Qaeda gladiators was less significant than the fact that the match took

01:52place in the militancy-wracked nation at all.

01:55The X-Men spinoff Logan slashed into the weekend box office, opening with a massive $85.3 million

02:02in North American theaters. The debut of 20th Century Fox's Logan, starring Hugh Jackman

02:07as Wolverine, puts it amongst the ranks of biggest March openings ever. The opening for

02:12Logan, a darkly violent, grittily dramatic movie applauded by critics, further proves

02:17moviegoers' hunger for less conventional comic book films.

02:21And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:26to 19 degrees at night.

02:28That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at

02:32Gulfnews.com.

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