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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, February the 17th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Swiss authorities have detained the hijacker of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was forced
00:16to land at Geneva's international airport today.
00:20Airport police said that the passengers and crew were safe and the situation was under
00:23control after flight ET702 was diverted from its original destination of Rome.
00:29The airport closure has impacted several airlines.
00:33An Etihad Airways spokesman told Gulf News that flight EY053 from Abu Dhabi to Geneva
00:38has been diverted to Milan.
00:40A 14-year-old jumped to her death from the 17th floor of an apartment building in Jumeirah
00:45Lakes Towers after her parents scolded her for getting a warning letter from school.
00:49The Indian girl is said to have thrown herself from the family's apartment after being scolded
00:54by her father.
00:55The Free Syrian Army has sacked its leader and replaced him with a more experienced field
00:59commander as part of a revamp of moderate forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
01:05The decision to replace Salim Idris with Colonel Abdullah al-Bashir was prompted by ineffectiveness
01:11of Idris's command in the past few months.
01:13Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry has accused al-Assad of stonewalling in peace
01:18talks and called on Russia to push its ally to negotiate with opposition leaders.
01:23In sport, an epic double century by Brendan McCollum and his world record stand with B.J.
01:28Watling carried New Zealand from the brink of defeat to the edge of a series-saving result
01:33against India today.
01:35McCollum steered New Zealand to 571-6 at stumps on the fourth day of the second test.
01:42The Black Caps now lead India by 325 runs.
01:46Football, and Alex Auckland-Chamberlain scored a goal and set up another last night to lead
01:51Arsenal to a 2-1 win over Liverpool and into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
01:57They will take on Everton in the last eight stages.
02:00The force of gravity was strong at the British Academy Film Awards last night, but it was
02:04unflinching drama 12 Years of Slave that took the top prize.
02:08Lost in space thriller Gravity won six prizes, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron.
02:14And finally, weather.
02:15Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:21That's all for now.
02:22Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.