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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, January the 6th. Here are the

00:10top stories at this hour.

00:12Banks in the UAE have started refunding the money back to customers who are affected due

00:17to a glitch in the ATMs on Saturday. Several bank cards in the UAE failed, leaving customers

00:23unable to withdraw money from ATMs or make over-the-counter payments in stores. Several

00:29banks are believed to have been impacted, according to Network International. The payment

00:33solutions provider said a slowdown in the connectivity grid was the cause of the problem.

00:39An Emirates NBD official said the bank would like to assure all customers that their money

00:43is secure and no customer will face any losses as a result of the incident.

00:48Thousands of residents are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah amid artillery fire and airstrikes

00:53by government forces. The exodus comes after the government admitted it has lost control

00:58over the city to al-Qaeda-linked militants and allied tribesmen.

01:03Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday rejected Israeli and Palestinian claims of U.S. bias

01:09as he made a whistle-stop trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to woo support for his peace

01:13plan. Kerry promised any agreed plan would be fair and balanced. A Palestinian source

01:19said Washington was proposing an Israeli-Palestinian military presence to ensure security in the

01:24Jordan Valley.

01:26Millions of people across the United States made last-minute preparations for an unusually

01:30bitter Arctic blast that could send temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years. The

01:36deep freeze has moved through the Midwestern U.S., threatening usually balmy areas further

01:41south like Tennessee and Alabama.

01:43Bangladesh's ruling Awami League was leading in preliminary results following one of the

01:48most violent elections in the country's history. The polls were marred by street fighting,

01:53low turnout, and a boycott by the opposition. At least 18 people were killed in election-related

01:58violence as opposition activists torched more than 100 polling stations Sunday.

02:04In sport, Manchester United manager David Moyes admitted he is desperate to sign new

02:08players in the January transfer window following last night's shock 2-1 FA Cup defeat by Swansea

02:15City at Old Trafford.

02:17The Red Devils crashed out at the third-round stage for only the second time in 30 years

02:22after Wilfried Boni's last-minute winner punished them following Fabio's red card.

02:27And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:32to 17 degrees at night.

02:34That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at

02:38gulfnews.com.

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