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00:00Good day.
00:06Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 3rd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12The UAE has summoned Fares al-Nu'aymi, Qatar's ambassador to the UAE, to protest its inaction
00:17on stopping a cleric from continuing to insult the UAE.
00:21Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, expressed the UAE's extreme
00:26resentment over Youssef al-Qaradawi's statements against the UAE that was aired on Qatari state
00:32TV.
00:33While the UAE fully respects the freedom of speech, it condemns any talk that incites
00:37hatred and violence, Gargash said.
00:40Unfortunately, calmness and restraint did not draw the right response from our brothers
00:43in Qatar, he said.
00:45Five drug mules were caught over a 12-day period at Abu Dhabi International Airport,
00:49attempting to smuggle a total of 441 capsules of cocaine.
00:54Police said the Nigerian suspects attracted suspicion as they all appeared to be suffering
00:58from severe stomach pain.
01:00Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman had a syringe in his arm and two small plastic
01:05bags containing a substance suspected of being heroin in his apartment when he was found
01:10dead last night.
01:11New York City police said medical service workers declared him dead on the scene after
01:15he was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor.
01:18Hoffman, 46, had previously admitted to struggling with addiction in the past.
01:23He is survived by his three children, with his partner Mimi O'Donnell.
01:28Syrian forces bombarded Aleppo with barrel bombs and air raids for a second day, with
01:33121 people killed in 48 hours, after peace talks ended inconclusively.
01:39At least 36 people were killed in Sunday's attacks alone.
01:42Dubai builder ArabTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi-based Arabat
01:47Properties for its subsidiary ArabTech Construction to build 37 towers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
01:54worth 22.44 billion dirhams.
01:57The MOU represents ArabTech's biggest project by value.
02:01Construction will begin in the first quarter of this year, and the projects are expected
02:04to be completed by 2020.
02:07In sport, Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title in overpowering fashion,
02:12punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, 43-8.
02:16In football, an Alex Auklaid Chamberlain scored twice as Arsenal recorded a 2-0 home win over
02:22Crystal Palace last night that took them back to the top of the Premier League's table.
02:27And finally, weather.
02:28Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:34That's all for now.
02:35Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.