00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, April the 14th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12An oil slick has been detected in the Indian Ocean within the search area for missing Malaysia
00:17Airlines flight MH370 but has yet to be analysed, the Australian leading the operation said
00:23Monday.
00:24Meanwhile, a US Navy underwater drone will be deployed to scar the floor of the Indian
00:29Ocean for the missing plane, search officials said, launching a new phase of the operation
00:35after nearly six weeks of fruitless search.
00:39The Abu Dhabi municipality has made it clear that only a single family can stay within
00:44each licensed residential unit in the capital.
00:47Residents, however, said it was getting increasingly difficult to afford the steep rents in the
00:53city.
00:54They attributed the rising rents as the reason why many families were resorting to shared
00:59apartments.
01:01Bashar al-Assad said Sunday the tide was turning in Syria's three-year civil war after
01:07a string of military triumphs by his forces.
01:10The Syrian president's comments came as the US said it was investigating claims by both
01:15the Syrian government and rebels that poisonous gas had been used last week during an attack
01:21on a village north of Damascus.
01:24A Saudi Arabian court has jailed 13 men to sentences ranging from one to 10 years for
01:30aiding and financing militants fighting abroad.
01:34Other charges for which the 13 were convicted include conspiring inside Saudi Arabia and
01:40harbouring wanted suspects.
01:44Australia is considering granting Gulf nationals a visa waiver, Australia's trade and investment
01:49minister told Gulf News.
01:51Andrew Robb said Australia was looking at all countries that they could give visa waivers
01:56to and the Gulf states were part of that group.
02:00Australia was also looking to extend the age of applicants of the working holiday visa,
02:05he said.
02:07In sport, Baba Watson captured his second Augusta Masters title in three years overnight.
02:14Watson pulled away from Jordan Spieth on the back nine for a three-stroke victory at
02:19Augusta National.
02:21And finally, the weather.
02:22Today's high across the UAE will be 37 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
02:28That's all for now.
02:29Thanks for watching.
02:30And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
