00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday February the 5th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Plans to extend sections of Dubai Metro are on track with the designs of the expansion
00:16on three ends of the network currently being worked out.
00:19By 2020, the total length of Dubai Metro will be increased from 74 kilometers to 110.
00:26The extension will include a red-line branch from Jebel Ali to the Expo 2020 site and building
00:3221 more stations on the entire network.
00:35Microsoft said last night that founder Bill Gates was stepping down as chairman, with
00:39Indian-born Satya Nadella being named as the chief executive officer.
00:43Nadella, who becomes the third CEO at Microsoft, has been executive vice president of its cloud
00:49and enterprise group.
00:51Gates will devote more time to the company in his new role as founder and technology
00:55advisor, according to a company statement.
00:58Western-backed opposition groups in Syria are recruiting refugee children in neighboring
01:02countries, according to the UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
01:06He also said in a report that Syrian government forces are detaining and torturing children
01:11with rebel links.
01:13An unusually heavy winter storm slammed into the midsection of the United States on Tuesday.
01:18The storm system forced the closing of many state offices and schools in hardest-hit Kansas.
01:23Forecasters said it was heading east and threatening roughly two-thirds of the country
01:28with up to 30 centimeters of snow.
01:31In sports, Kevin Peterson's controversial England career came to a dramatic end last
01:35night.
01:36In a joint statement with the 33-year-old former captain, the England and Wales Cricket
01:40Board announced it had left the gifted batsman out of the squads for both the upcoming one-day
01:45tour of the West Indies and the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.
01:50Back here in the UAE, many of the world's top cyclists will be in action on the streets
01:54of Dubai today as the inaugural Dubai tour gets underway.
01:57The first stage, a 10-kilometer time trial around a downtown area, begins at the World
02:02Trade Center at 1pm.
02:05Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker's $25 million estate will go to his 15-year-old daughter
02:10Meadow, according to his will.
02:12The will was prepared and signed in 2001, the same year Walker starred in the first
02:17Fast and Furious film.
02:19And finally, a trial date has been set for Justin Bieber in Miami for his recent arrest
02:24on charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an invalid
02:29license.
02:30The March 3rd date for the three misdemeanors was set on Tuesday and Bieber's attorneys
02:34have already filed a plea of not guilty.
02:37And finally, the weather.
02:38Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 at night.
02:43That's all for now.
02:44Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
02:49Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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