00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, February the 10th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:13Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter frustration with
00:17American politics to commanding victories in New Hampshire primaries.
00:22Sanders swept majorities of men, women, independents and young people in his win over Hillary Clinton.
00:28He faces challenges in the more diverse states that come next on the primary calendar.
00:33Trump, appealing to voters seeking a political outsider, could benefit from the persistent
00:38lack of clarity among the more mainstream Republicans struggling to challenge him.
00:45Russia's foreign minister said Moscow has presented Washington with new proposals to
00:49end Syria's civil war.
00:51Sergei Lavrov said the plan is specific and simple, but did not provide details.
00:57Lavrov is set to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Munich.
01:02He shrugged off criticism that Russia had contributed to the collapse of peace talks
01:06in Geneva last week by providing air cover for a Syrian government advance north of Aleppo.
01:12He blamed Turkey, saying it had fuelled the conflict by providing militants with weapons
01:18and supplies and buying oil from them.
01:21Fans with long memories may disagree, but West Ham United manager Slavin Bilic believes
01:26their last gasp extra time win over Liverpool will go down as one of the London club's greatest
01:33triumphs.
01:34Angelo Ogbona's header in the dying seconds of extra time secured a 2-1 victory that sent
01:40West Ham into the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they will face second-tier Blackburn
01:45rovers.
01:47An Indian-American actor and designer, who wasn't allowed to board a flight to New York
01:52from Mexico City after refusing to remove his turban, said he is satisfied with an apology
01:58from the airline.
01:59Waris Ahluwalia said he is now waiting for Aeromexico to implement special training on
02:05how to treat Sikh passengers, for whom the headgear carries deep religious significance.
02:11We are just a few steps away from a lot of hugs, said Ahluwalia.
02:17And finally, the weather.
02:18Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 15 degrees at night.
02:24That's all for now.
02:25Thanks for watching.
02:26But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.
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