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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 10th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10The UAE Federal Traffic Council is considering lowering the driving age to 16 or 17, a top
00:16police official said.
00:18Major General Mohammed Saif Al-Zafin, Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Operations Affairs
00:23and Chairman of the Federal Traffic Council, said drivers aged between 18 and 21 are less
00:29likely to cause accidents, according to statistics.
00:32This has made the police consider reducing the minimum driving age, he said.
00:36More rain is expected across the UAE today, according to the Met Office.
00:40The weather will be partly cloudy with moderate winds, and the sea will be rough at times.
00:45Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.
00:51The second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition representatives
00:55is due to begin in Geneva today.
00:57The talks come after hundreds of people were evacuated from the besieged city of Homs
01:01under a three-day truce.
01:03Iran's government committed to providing information on detonators for the first time
01:07yesterday.
01:08The move comes as part of a new series of confidence-building measures Iran agreed to
01:12with the UN nuclear watchdog.
01:14Heavy rain and strong winds are still battering waterlogged parts of southern England, with
01:19some areas around the River Thames now at flooding risk.
01:23Two months of rain and storms have drenched the UK.
01:26The Environment Agency has severe flood warnings in place for 16 locations in England and Wales,
01:31including 14 along the Thames.
01:33In business, Sunday's crossing of the 4,000 barrier by the Dubai financial market in Intratrade
01:38Day could be the start of a further upsurge.
01:41It was the first time since October 2008 that the DFM breached 4,000 points, but it erased
01:48the early gains to close only 1.10% higher at 3,974.61.
01:55Sport and a late-night fight back by Manchester United against Fulham counted for little at
02:00the Premier League last night.
02:02Darren Bent scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to claim a 2-2 draw for the
02:06league's bottom team against the struggling champions.
02:09That's all for now.
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