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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, January the 24th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Abu Shagara, which used to be synonymous with used car dealers and parking problems, is

00:17breathing easy today.

00:19Thousands of vehicles belonging to used car dealers have vanished from the residential

00:23area, freeing up parking spaces for residents and visitors.

00:27The dealers have finally relocated to a new purpose-built facility after occupying Abu

00:33Shagara since the 1980s.

00:36U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Gulf Arab officials on Saturday to ease their concerns

00:42about warming U.S.-Iranian ties and seek consensus on which Syrian opposition groups should be

00:49represented at upcoming peace talks.

00:51Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the U.S. and the GCC agreed on the need

00:57to confront destabilizing Iranian activities in the region and on an understanding that

01:04will allow the UN-led Syria negotiations to begin this week as planned.

01:10In sport, Kei Nishikori, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams have become the first players

01:16to enter the last eight of the Australian Open this morning.

01:20Nishikori scored a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over 2008 edition finalist Joe Wilfred Tsonga,

01:28while world No. 5 Maria Sharapova won 7-5, 7-5 against 12th seed Belinda Bencic to set

01:37up a meeting with Serena Williams.

01:39The world No. 1 beat another Russian, Margarita Gasparyan, 6-2, 6-1 in the fourth round.

01:47Sergio Aguero twice came to Manchester City's rescue with the team's only shots on target

01:53to recover a 2-2 draw at West Ham in the English Premier League last night.

02:00City has just one win in eight games on the road, the type of form that contributes to

02:05Manuel Pellegrini's side being three points behind leader Leicester.

02:11Prince Narula has won the reality show Big Boss 9, India's version of the Big Brother franchise.

02:18The grand finale on Saturday saw performances by host Salman Khan and actress Katrina Kaif,

02:25who appeared on the show to promote her upcoming film, Fitur, along with co-star Aditya Roy Kapoor.

02:31An emotional Narula was cheered by friends and family as Khan declared him the winner

02:37and handed him the Big Boss trophy and prize money of Rs 3.5 million.

02:44And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 26°C, dropping to 17°C at night.

02:51That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

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