Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Aid reaches Syrian town of Madaya. Crude hovers around #30. UK doctors on strike. Messi wins Ballon d'Or. Bowie tops British charts. Murdoch, Jerry Hall engaged. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January the 12th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12The first convoy of desperately needed food and aid reached Madaya and the Shiite villages
00:18of Foa and Kafaria in northern Syria, officials have said. But the supplies are probably enough
00:24to last for a month, aid agencies said.
00:27It's really heartbreaking to see the situation of the people, Red Cross spokesman Pavel Kersey-Syak,
00:33who oversaw the distribution in Madaya, said. At least 400 people needed to be evacuated
00:38to receive urgent medical attention, according to UN officials.
00:42Brent crude extends losses falling to $30.44 a barrel this morning. The oil prices are
00:48at their lowest level since April 2004. Oil extended declines from the lowest close in
00:53more than 12 years before US government data forecast to show crude supply has expanded,
00:59exacerbating a global glut. Futures fell as much as 3.2 per cent in New York after dropping
01:055.3 per cent on Monday.
01:08Junior doctors at state-run National Health Service hospitals in England are on strike
01:13today over government plans to impose a new contract changing the way they are paid and
01:18reducing compensation for evening and weekend work. The doctors, all medical school graduates
01:24who are training to be consultants or family practitioners, will only provide emergency
01:29care for 24 hours. It's the first of three strikes planned between now and February 10.
01:35In sports, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or award for the world's
01:40best player for the fifth time last night. The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33 per cent
01:47of the vote, with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo second with 27.76 per cent and Barca's
01:54Neymar 7.86 per cent, earning him third. United States midfielder Carly Lloyd, who scored
02:01a hat-trick in the World Cup final, won the women's award.
02:04Even before David Bowie's death from cancer was announced on Monday, the music legend
02:09has secured another No. 1 chart hit in Britain with his new Blackstar album. On Amazon's
02:15UK website, Blackstar was the No. 1 bestseller, while Apple iTunes said a collection of Bowie's
02:20greatest hits was the fifth bestselling album. Around the world, fans and stars from the
02:26world of entertainment and politics paid tribute to the musician and actor, with flowers laid
02:31at gatherings at his home in New York and his birthplace in London.
02:36Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to Geri Hall, the American actress
02:40and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger. Murdoch, 84,
02:46and Hall, 59, placed a classified ad on Monday in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section
02:51of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch's News Corporation.
02:56And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping
03:01to 17 degrees at night.
03:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news on
03:06Gulfnews.com.
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