Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. UN blasts Israel policy, Syria peace talks, Volatile oil markets, Konta reaches Australia Open semi-finals, League Cup updates, Rehab for Conrad Hilton. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, January 27th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night accused UN Secretary-General Ban
00:15Ki-moon of encouraging terror over his criticism of Israeli colony construction. Ban blasted
00:20the regime's new plans for Jews-only colonies in the occupied West Bank and spoke of growing
00:25Palestinian frustration after 50 years of Israeli military rule.
00:30A key section of the Syrian opposition will decide today on whether to participate in
00:34the Geneva peace talks. UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura's office said it had invited all
00:39stakeholders to the talks scheduled to begin on Friday, but refused to say who had been
00:43invited to represent Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition.
00:47Business and volatility in the oil markets continued with a rally in prices overnight
00:52followed by a slump this morning. The price of Brent crude stood at $31.46 per barrel
00:57while outside China global markets were up despite the oil volatility.
01:01In sport, Johanna Konta ground down Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-4-6-1 at the Australian
01:07Open today to become the first British woman to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam in
01:11more than 30 years. The 47th ranked Konta will seek to continue her fairytale run on
01:16Thursday when she meets German 7th seed Angelica Kerber for a place in the title decider.
01:23Liverpool will win the League Cup title regardless of who they meet in the final, manager Jurgen
01:27Klopp has predicted after his side's dramatic penalty shootout victory over Stoke City on
01:31Tuesday. They have to wait until tonight to find out whether Manchester City or Everton
01:36will join them in the February 28th final.
01:39Hotel heir and brother of Paris Hilton, Comrade Hilton has been ordered into substance abuse
01:44treatment after failing drug tests and violating his probation. A Los Angeles judge ordered
01:50him into a residential treatment program for 90 days but rejected a request to put Hilton
01:54behind bars for 60 days.
01:57And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius dropping
02:02to 19 degrees at night.