00:00Good day, welcome to the GULF NEWS update for Tuesday, January 17.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Turkish police have captured the suspected gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul
00:15nightclub on New Year's Day after a two-week nationwide manhunt.
00:21State media said the alleged attacker, whom it named as Abdul Qadir Masharipov, was detained
00:26with a man of Kyrgyz origin.
00:28Three women from Egypt, Senegal and Somalia were also arrested during the raid in Istanbul's
00:34Esenyurt district.
00:36Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said he was positive about the way the incoming
00:41US administration wanted to restore American influence in the world, contain Iran and fight
00:47Daesh.
00:48We are optimistic about the incoming administration and look forward to working with it in all
00:52areas that are a concern for both of us," Al-Jubeir told reporters in Paris.
00:57He said Saudi interests were aligned with those of the US, be it geopolitically or on
01:02energy and financial issues.
01:05British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to say today she favours a clean break from
01:10the European Union, dismissing a half-in, half-out Brexit deal with Brussels.
01:16In a highly anticipated speech, May is likely to give further signals that Britain is heading
01:21to what analysts call a hard Brexit.
01:24That direction will be cheered by those who want to leave the EU but dismay those who
01:28fear the impact on Britain's economy.
01:31India's federal and state tax officials have finally reached a breakthrough on the country's
01:36biggest tax reform.
01:39Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced that the rollout of the goods and services
01:43tax would be pushed back to July 1.
01:46The deadlock between federal and state authorities ended with states giving control over most
01:51of India's small taxpayers.
01:54A Russian state-controlled broadcaster on Monday blamed hackers for the embarrassing
01:59leak online of the final episode of BBC drama Sherlock, a day before it was due to air.
02:07Russia's Channel One was set to broadcast the final episode of the fourth series of
02:11the popular detective drama on Monday, simultaneously with Britain.
02:16But the full episode, professionally dubbed into Russian by the channel, was leaked online
02:20on Saturday and swiftly copied across numerous sites.
02:24The BBC said Sunday that it had launched a full investigation over the leak of the Benedict
02:29Cumberbatch starrer.
02:31And finally, the weather.
02:33Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 15 degrees at night.
02:39That's all for now.
02:40Thanks for watching.
02:41And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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