Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Shaikh Khalifa mourns UAE martyrs killed in Kandahar. UAE approves a three-decade energy strategy. Saudi Arabia and Lebanon talks to restore military aid package. Barack Obama addresses the world for the last time as US president. La La Land gains 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, January 11.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has mourned with deep sorrow
00:14the death of a number of UAE's diplomats, who were killed on Tuesday evening after terrorists
00:20bombed the headquarters of the Kandahar governor in Afghanistan.
00:25The UAE martyrs have been named as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed
00:31Isa Obeid al-Kabi, Ahmed Rashid Salim Ali al-Mazrui, Ahmed Abdul Rehman Ahmed al-Tunayji
00:39and Abdul Hamid Sultan Abdullah Ibrahim al-Hamadi, who had been on a mission to carry out humanitarian,
00:47educational and development projects in Afghanistan.
00:52The UAE has announced that it has approved a three-decade energy strategy that aims to
00:57invest 600 billion dirhams to meet demands for energy and ensure the sustainability of
01:04growth in the nation's economy.
01:07The strategy is also expected to result in savings of 700 billion dirhams.
01:13The UAE energy strategy for 2050 was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
01:19al-Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai.
01:25Saudi Arabia and Lebanon have agreed to hold talks on restoring a $3 billion military aid
01:31package, opening a new page in relations, a Lebanese official said.
01:36The blockage is lifted, said the official in the delegation of Lebanese President Michel
01:42Aoun, who held talks over lunch with King Salman in the Saudi capital.
01:48Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the last time as US President, in a speech
01:54that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms.
01:58Capping eight years in the White House, Obama returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago
02:04to recast his Yes, We Can campaign credo as Yes, We Did.
02:10La La Land quick-stepped into an awards season lead, gaining 11 nominations for the British
02:16Academy Film Awards.
02:18The UK equivalent of the Oscars.
02:21The film is up for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress at the British Awards.
02:27And finally, the weather.
02:29Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:34That's all for now.
02:35Thanks for watching.
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