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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 1st.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Abu Dhabi Police have seized 4,775 vehicles for driving at speeds that exceeded 200 km per hour last year.
00:21Brigadier Hussain Al-Harithi, Director of the Abu Dhabi Police's Traffic and Patrols Directorate,
00:27warned motorists against reckless driving.
00:30He also said severe legal action would be taken against motorists who cause traffic accidents, leading to fatalities and injuries.
00:39Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video purporting to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by Daesh.
00:49Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would not give in to terrorism and that he would expand his support to countries fighting Daesh.
00:58US President Barack Obama led international condemnation of the heinous murder.
01:04At least 100,000 people poured into the streets of Madrid yesterday in a huge show of support for Spain's new anti-austerity party, Podemos.
01:15A sea of demonstrators chanted, yes we can, and carried signs reading, the change is now,
01:22as they made their way from Madrid City Hall to the Puerta del Sol Square in the first major march called by Podemos.
01:30Sport and Indian veteran Leander Pace and Swiss ace Martina Hingis posted a sensational win in the Australian Open Mixed Doubles final and improved their Grand Slam count to 15 today.
01:44They defeated third seeds Daniel Nester and Kristina Mladenovic at 6-4, 6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena.
01:53Premier League heavyweights Chelsea and Manchester City fought out a 1-1 draw last night that kept the title race narrowly tipped in Jose Mourinho's favour.
02:03Chelsea snatched a lead through Loic Remy's close-range effort while a prod from David Silva levelled the match.
02:13Vikas Behl's coming-of-age drama Queen triumphed at the 60th Filmfare Awards, winning in key categories including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress.
02:25The film's lead star Kangana Ranaut, who saw competition from Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee and Sonam Kapoor in the Best Actress category, was not present to accept her award.
02:40Vishal Bharadwaj's Shakespearean tale Haidar closely followed Queen with five wins.
02:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27°C, dropping to 19°C at night.
02:55That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com