00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January the 31st.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09U.S. President Donald Trump has replaced the acting director of the Immigration and Customs
00:14Enforcement hours after sacking acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to defend
00:20his immigration ban in court.
00:22Trump appointed Thomas Homan as the new acting director of immigration, replacing Daniel
00:28Ragsdale, who had headed it since 2013.
00:31Yates was replaced by Dana Bent, the federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia.
00:38The UAE embassy in Washington has confirmed that Emiratis will not be affected by Trump's
00:43travel ban.
00:45In a series of tweets, Yusuf al-Ottaiba, ambassador of the UAE to the U.S., announced that the
00:50embassy has consulted with American officials and has been assured that the new immigration
00:55law will not affect UAE citizens.
00:59Yemen's al-Houthi militia attacked a Saudi warship off the western coast of Yemen on
01:03Monday, causing an explosion that killed two crew members and injured three others.
01:09Al-Houthis said they launched a ballistic missile at a Saudi-led coalition military
01:13base on the Red Sea island of Zukar between Yemen and Eritrea this morning.
01:18The fourth edition of Dubai Tour Cycling kicked off with the 181-kilometre Nakhil stage this
01:24morning, with defending champion Marcel Kittel leading the charge along with some of the
01:29biggest names of the sport.
01:32Team Abu Dhabi, a new team launched late last year which features UAE cyclist Yusuf Mirza,
01:38lead the local challenge in the race.
01:41And finally the weather.
01:42Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
01:48That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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