GN Midday Sunday Jan 27 2013

Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News.

Transcript

00:00Good day and welcome to The Gulf News Update for Sunday, January 27.

00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:17Egypt is recovering after a weekend of violence that left at least 30 people dead and 300

00:22injured following a controversial court verdict.

00:25A Cairo court sentenced 21 people to death for their role in a deadly football riot last

00:30February.

00:31The families of those accused say the sentenced men were being used as scapegoats.

00:35Dubai is ready to host the Arab Health, the region's longest-running health care exhibition

00:40in Congress, which starts tomorrow.

00:42Focusing on the latest trends in health care, the three-day event will see 3,500 exhibitors

00:47from 32 countries participate.

00:50Syria's departing defense minister said that the Pentagon has prepared sophisticated blueprints

00:55for an operation to set back Iran's nuclear program.

00:58Ehud Barak said the plan could be carried out should the United States decide to attack

01:02Iran.

01:03The Russian prime minister says that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chances of remaining

01:08in power are diminishing.

01:09Dmitry Medvedev said al-Assad must sit at the negotiating table with all of Syria's

01:14ethnic and religious groups to bring an end to the country's civil war.

01:18Meanwhile, government airstrikes across Syria killed scores of civilians, including eight

01:23children in Aleppo.

01:25African leaders will seek to speed up the deployment of an African force in Mali when

01:29the African Union summit opens today in Addis Ababa.

01:33French-led troops were pressing on in Mali as the US agreed to provide vital refueling

01:38facilities for France's air offensive.

01:41In sport, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Andy Murray are locked in a fascinating

01:46battle in the Australian Open men's final in Melbourne.

01:49Follow the match with updates and results on golfnews.com.

01:53In entertainment, Ashton Kutcher says playing Steve Jobs on screen was one of the most terrifying

01:58things he's ever had to do in his life.

02:01The 34-year-old actor helped premiere the biopic Jobs Friday, which was the closing

02:06night film at the Sundance Film Festival.

02:09And finally, the weather.

02:10Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping to 12 degrees at night.

02:15That's all for now.

02:16Thanks for watching.

02:17And as always, you can get the latest news at golfnews.com.