Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Madonna clarifies attack on Donald Trump. Donald Trump to meet with leaders of Mexico and Canada. White House only in early stages of talks to move US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. Syrian rebels to meet with President Bashar Al Assad's regime in the Kazakh capital Astana. Serena Williams through to Australian Open quarter-finals.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, January the 23rd.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09US President Donald Trump has pledged to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade
00:14Agreement in talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.
00:18Trump will receive his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto on January 31st.
00:23No date has been given for a meeting with Canada's Justin Trudeau, but it is expected
00:28soon.
00:29The White House said it is only in the early stages of talks to fulfil President Donald
00:33Trump's pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupy Jerusalem,
00:40an action that would likely spark anger in the Arab world.
00:43AIDS said no announcement of an embassy move was imminent.
00:48Madonna is defending her fiery, expletive-laden speech at the Women's March, saying her
00:53words were taken wildly out of context.
00:56The singer said at the Washington, D.C. March on Saturday that she had at times been angry
01:02after the election and had thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.
01:08Syrian rebels are meeting their war-torn country's government in the Kazakh capital Astana in
01:13the latest push to end the conflict.
01:16The face-to-face talks are the first time armed rebel groups have negotiated directly
01:21with President Bashar al-Assad's regime since the conflict erupted in 2011.
01:27Serena Williams kept up her pursuit of a record Grand Slam title and a return to world No.
01:321 as she reached the Australian Open quarter-finals without dropping a set.
01:37Williams overcame Barbara Strykova to set up a last-eight clash with Britain's Johanna
01:43Conta.
01:44And finally, the weather.
01:45Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now.
01:52Thanks for watching.
01:53And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.