00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday January 22nd. Here are the top
00:10stories at this hour. U.S. military officials have admitted the existence of Camp 7, a top
00:15secret prison in Guantanamo Bay that hold the 15 top terror suspects for the first time.
00:21Gulf News is the first newspaper in the Middle East to be granted access to the prison camps
00:25in Cuba. You can read an in-depth feature about our visit there in a special interactive
00:30report at gulfnews.com. The Yemeni government and al-Houthi rebels occupying Sana'a have
00:37agreed to a deal in a bid to defuse tension after two days of violence. The agreement
00:41appears to preserve for now the administration of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The
00:47deal calls for fair representation of al-Houthis and other marginalized political actors in
00:51state institutions and ongoing negotiations for a new constitution. The U.S. and Cuba
00:57are trying to eliminate obstacles to normalized ties as the highest level U.S. delegation
01:02to the communist island in more than three decades holds a second day of talks with Cuban
01:07officials. U.S. objectives during today's session include the lifting of restrictions
01:12on American diplomats in Cuba and assurances that Cubans will have unfettered access to
01:17a future U.S. embassy in Havana. Mumbai is on high alert following intelligence reports
01:22warning about a terror attack on the Siddhi Vinayak temple by Pakistan-based militants.
01:28According to input shared by the intelligence bureau with Mumbai police, militant groups
01:32have already dispatched four action groups to India for carrying out attacks before January
01:3728. In sport, Australia welcomed back captain Marl Jedinak as the Socceroos face China in
01:43the Asian Cup quarterfinals today. South Korea and Uzbekistan are also squaring off
01:48for a semi-final berth. The UAE face Japan in their last eight clash tomorrow when Iraq
01:53and Iran will also square off. And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE with
01:5922 degrees Celsius dropping to a chilly 15 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thank
02:03you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get
02:07the latest news on golfnews.com
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