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00:00Good day and welcome to The Gulf News Update for Sunday, January 27.
00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17Egypt is recovering after a weekend of violence that left at least 30 people dead and 300
00:22injured following a controversial court verdict.
00:25A Cairo court sentenced 21 people to death for their role in a deadly football riot last
00:30February.
00:31The families of those accused say the sentenced men were being used as scapegoats.
00:35Dubai is ready to host the Arab Health, the region's longest-running health care exhibition
00:40in Congress, which starts tomorrow.
00:42Focusing on the latest trends in health care, the three-day event will see 3,500 exhibitors
00:47from 32 countries participate.
00:50Syria's departing defense minister said that the Pentagon has prepared sophisticated blueprints
00:55for an operation to set back Iran's nuclear program.
00:58Ehud Barak said the plan could be carried out should the United States decide to attack
01:02Iran.
01:03The Russian prime minister says that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chances of remaining
01:08in power are diminishing.
01:09Dmitry Medvedev said al-Assad must sit at the negotiating table with all of Syria's
01:14ethnic and religious groups to bring an end to the country's civil war.
01:18Meanwhile, government airstrikes across Syria killed scores of civilians, including eight
01:23children in Aleppo.
01:25African leaders will seek to speed up the deployment of an African force in Mali when
01:29the African Union summit opens today in Addis Ababa.
01:33French-led troops were pressing on in Mali as the US agreed to provide vital refueling
01:38facilities for France's air offensive.
01:41In sport, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Andy Murray are locked in a fascinating
01:46battle in the Australian Open men's final in Melbourne.
01:49Follow the match with updates and results on golfnews.com.
01:53In entertainment, Ashton Kutcher says playing Steve Jobs on screen was one of the most terrifying
01:58things he's ever had to do in his life.
02:01The 34-year-old actor helped premiere the biopic Jobs Friday, which was the closing
02:06night film at the Sundance Film Festival.
02:09And finally, the weather.
02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping to 12 degrees at night.
02:15That's all for now.
02:16Thanks for watching.
02:17And as always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com.