00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 5th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08The U.S. Justice Department has filed an emergency appeal of a judge's order blocking President
00:14Donald Trump's immigration restrictions.
00:17The appeal came after a day in which visa holders and refugees from seven predominantly
00:22Muslim nations were able to resume travel to the U.S.
00:26The appeal asserts Trump's constitutional authority to order a temporary ban on immigration
00:32and says the judge's ruling second-guesses the President's national security judgment.
00:37A bomb exploded on a main tarafeh on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital Manama this morning,
00:42damaging several cars but causing no injuries.
00:45The Interior Ministry described it as a terrorist act.
00:49While most investors around the world are nervous about the new Trump administration
00:54or Brexit, private equity investor Abhraj is undeterred.
00:58Instead, it is continuing to focus on micro-trends which are seeing exponential growth far more
01:04than what their respective countries' GDP growth numbers suggest.
01:08Abhraj, which manages $10 billion across investment strategies, is betting on specific, indispensable
01:15themes like health care, education and other local consumption factors.
01:20Olly Murs is coming to Abu Dhabi on April 28.
01:24He will perform at Dew Forum in Yass Island, Flash Entertainment announced.
01:29The English pop star, behind 24 Hours and Never Been Better, will play 23 shows across
01:35the UK as part of his 2017 spring tour, in addition to his Abu Dhabi show.
01:41Tickets to see him in the UAE will go on pre-sale on February 6 at noon.
01:46And finally, the weather.
01:47Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.
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