00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January 20. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour.
00:12Three people were killed and several injured Monday in a spate of traffic accidents reported
00:16in Abu Dhabi and Dubai during rain. Dubai police recorded more than 756 accidents within
00:23eight hours. Brigadier Omar Abdulaziz Al Shamsi, Deputy Director of the Department of Operations,
00:29advised drivers not to use hazard lights while driving. The Met Office has predicted a sunny
00:34day today with strong winds.
00:37Former Indian police officer Kiran Bedi, who joined the BJP less than a week ago, will
00:41be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi Assembly elections. Bedi will
00:46take on her former anti-corruption campaign colleague Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi
00:50Party.
00:51The UAE will discover their Asian Cup quarter-final opponents when the final group stage matches
00:56are played in Australia this afternoon. The Whites' 1-0 loss to Iran on Monday means they
01:03finished second in Group C and will face the winners of Group G in the last eight on Friday.
01:09Japan only need to avoid defeat to Jordan to top the pool.
01:13Entertainment and Drake's coming to Dubai. Marking his only Middle Eastern concert of
01:17his third headlining tour, the Grammy-winning rapper will perform on March 14 at the Dubai
01:23International Stadium. Tickets go on sale from January 21.
01:27Clint Eastwood's R-rated Iraq war drama American Sniper opened in January like a superhero
01:33movie in July, taking in a record $105.3 million. The film's unprecedented success obliterated
01:40forecasts and set numerous box office records. The previous biggest hit was Wes Anderson's
01:46Grand Budapest Hotel, which made $59.1 million in its entire run. The film releases in the
01:53UAE this weekend.
01:55And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 20 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:59to 16 degrees at night.
02:01That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news at
02:05GirlNews.com.
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