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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Florida students gather for anti-gun rally. Five killed in stabbing cases in Sharjah. Sharjah’s 25 billion dirham Waterfront City is underway. Fergie apologises for the NBA All-Star Game National Anthem. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, February 20. Here are the top

00:07stories at this hour.

00:09In a series of unrelated stabbing cases, three men were killed and two others injured following

00:15three violent brawls during the week in Sharjah. Police said that in a fatal case on Friday,

00:21two brothers from Pakistan were stabbed to death following an altercation between a group

00:25of men.

00:27A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are bussing 400 miles to Florida's capital

00:32today. The rally is aimed at urging lawmakers to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed

00:3817 students and faculty in the school last week. The students hope it will put pressure

00:44on the Republican-controlled legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun control

00:49laws.

00:51Sharjah's 25 billion dirhams waterfront city is starting to show up on the development

00:56radar. Infrastructure work on the 60 million square foot mixed-use destination in Humria

01:02has reached key milestones. Work on a 220 million dirhams substation that will provide

01:08700 megawatts of power has also started.

01:12Fergie is saying sorry after trying something different with the national anthem at the

01:16NBA All-Star game.

01:18I am a risk-taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended

01:23tone, the Grammy-winning singer said. Fergie's bluesy rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner

01:28on Sunday wasn't well-received before the 67th edition of the NBA's annual showcase.

01:35And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:40to 18 degrees at night.

01:42That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news on

01:45gulfnews.com.

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