00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, February 12. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:12The Ministry of Interior has launched a free smartphone app designed to let parents keep
00:16tabs on their children. After downloading the app called Himayate to their smartphones,
00:21parents will be able to see where their children are at any given time. In the case of any
00:26suspected danger, an emergency button can be pressed that automatically calls the authorities
00:31for help.
00:32India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was the top buy as the Indian Premier League auction
00:36got underway this morning, with Royal Challengers Bangalore snapping him up for $2.3 million.
00:43Former England batsman Kevin Peterson has been recruited by the Delhi Daredevils for
00:47$1.6 million, while Australia's Ashes hero Mitchell Johnson has gone to Kings XI Punjab
00:53for $1.15 million.
00:56Algeria has begun three days of national mourning for the 77 people killed in a military passenger
01:02plane crash in the northeast of the country. Most of the 78 passengers were military personnel
01:07and their family members. Only one passenger survived.
01:11Parts of the UK are again facing flooding as forecasters warn of more stormy weather.
01:16Desperate homeowners have pleaded for more sandbags as anger grew over the response to
01:20the floods. More than 1,000 properties have flooded over the past week, while homeowners
01:25have been warned many more are at risk.
01:28Merger synergies and an active project portfolio came in handy as Abu Dhabi's Aldar properties
01:33recorded a 67% increase in net profit for 2013 to total 2.25 billion dirhams. Last year's
01:42net profit gains were also helped by the handover of infrastructure as part of a transaction
01:47with the Abu Dhabi government.
01:49Entertainment and Bollywood film Gunde will premiere in Dubai this evening, with its stars
01:53Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor on the red carpet at Maidan. The film, about
01:59the rise of two gangsters in 1970s Kolkata, is one of the biggest releases of the year
02:04so far. The stars will also meet their fans at Arabian Center from 7 p.m.
02:09And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 20 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:13to 16 tonight.
02:15That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at
02:18www.gulfnews.com
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