00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, January the 19th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Mystery surrounds the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of India's junior HRD minister Shashi
00:17Tarur at a Delhi hotel on Friday night.
00:21Doctors who carried out an autopsy on her body said the 52-year-old died an unnatural
00:25sudden death with her body bearing injury marks.
00:29Police investigators, however, said Pushkar's death could be a case of overdose of drug
00:34or sleeping pills.
00:36However, they said a clear reason for her death could only be determined after the detailed
00:41autopsy report.
00:43Sharjah Police have identified jaywalking as a serious issue and launched a campaign
00:48targeting pedestrians who cross roads from non-designated areas.
00:52Lieutenant-Colonel Ahmad bin Darwish, head of the patrol department of Sharjah Police,
00:57said offenders will be fined 200 dirhams.
01:01US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed a decision by Syria's main political opposition
01:06group to attend this week's peace talks in Switzerland.
01:10His praise for the Syrian National Coalition's courageous move was echoed by the UK and France.
01:17The aim of the talks in Montreux is to start the process of setting up a transitional government
01:22to end the war in Syria.
01:24A proposed new Egyptian constitution has been backed by 98.1% of people who voted in a referendum.
01:33Officials said the turnout was 38.6% of the 53 million eligible voters.
01:39The draft constitution replaces the one introduced by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi before
01:44he was ousted.
01:47In sport, Anna Ivanovic dumped world number one Serena Williams out of the Australian
01:51Open today with a stunning 4-6-6-3-6-3 upset.
01:56Novak Djokovic, meanwhile, beat Fabio Fornini in a fourth-round match.
02:01Arsenal and Manchester City kept up their pursuit of the Premier League title by maintaining
02:06their winning streaks last night.
02:08But Liverpool's challenge faltered after they were held at home by Aston Villa.
02:14Madonna has apologised for using a racial slur on Instagram to refer to her teenage
02:19white son.
02:20The pop diva sought forgiveness a day after calling those who criticised her language
02:25haters.
02:27On Friday night, the singer posted a picture of Rocco boxing and added a variation of the
02:32N-word with her comment.
02:34And finally, the weather.
02:35Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 15 degrees at night.
02:41That's all for now.
02:42Thanks for watching.
02:43And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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