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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, January the 11th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Arab foreign ministers on Sunday accused Iran of interfering in the affairs of other Middle
00:16East states and undermining regional security.
00:20The comments came as officials met at an emergency Arab League session to discuss escalating
00:25tensions in the region.
00:27Arab League countries also expressed their full support for Saudi Arabia in dealing with
00:31the hostile acts and provocations of Iran.
00:34In a communique, the pan-Arab bloc condemned hostile Iranian statements issued in response
00:39to the execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia on January 2.
00:46British music legend David Bowie has died at the age of 69.
00:51He died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle
00:55with cancer.
00:57According to a statement posted on the artist's official social media accounts, Bowie turned
01:0269 on Friday and released his new album, Black Star, to mark the occasion.
01:08German authorities are set to release the first details of their investigation into
01:13a rash of assaults on New Year's Eve blamed on refugees, as police revealed that the number
01:18of complaints filed has topped 500.
01:21Ralf Jaeger, the Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, is expected to unveil
01:27the details when he faces a grilling by regional lawmakers over the crime spree against women
01:32that has piled pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over her liberal stance towards refugees.
01:39In sport, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is targeting an unprecedented fifth Ballon
01:45d'Or award in Zurich tonight, with the Argentine heavily favoured to reclaim the prize from
01:51three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
01:54Brazil striker Neymar, who plays alongside Messi at Barca, is also in the running to
01:59be crowned World Player of the Year after he was included on the three-man shortlist
02:04for the first time.
02:06In England, Swansea was humbled by fourth-tier Oxford for the first big shock of the FA Cup
02:11third round, while Tottenham needed an 89th-minute penalty from Harry Kane to salvage a 2-2 draw
02:18against Leicester last night.
02:20Chelsea, meanwhile, beat third-tier Scunthorpe 2-0.
02:25Two frontier survival tales, The Revenant and The Martian, led a bleep-filled Golden
02:30Globes where the star power of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jennifer Lawrence was challenged
02:36only by the relentless mocking of the show's host, Ricky Gervais.
02:40In an upset Alejandro Iñárritu's bloody 1820s thriller, The Revenant won Best Film
02:46Drama as well as Best Director for Iñárritu and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio.