00:00Good day, welcome to the GULK News update for Tuesday, January 30.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Dubai's off-plan sales didn't have its way through all of 2017.
00:14In the last three months of the year, ready property sales volumes gained 17%, while off-plan
00:19sales dipped by 8%.
00:22Transaction values on ready properties were up by 15% from the third quarter, according
00:27to data by Chestersons.
00:29Russian election interference has not stopped and Moscow can be expected to meddle in the
00:332018 midterm US vote.
00:36CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Monday he had not seen a significant decrease in Russian
00:41activity.
00:42US intelligence agencies concluded at the end of 2016 that Russian President Vladimir
00:46Putin had directed a broad intelligence effort to influence a US presidential election.
00:52The Indian U-19 cricket team produced an all-round performance to thrash Pakistan by 203 runs
00:58in the semi-final and enter the World Cup final.
01:02Shubhman Gill, with an unbeaten 102, helped India post 272 runs.
01:07Later, medium pacer Ishaan Porel returned with figures of 4 for 17 to bundle Pakistan
01:13out for 69 runs.
01:15India will play Australia in the final at the Bay Oval in New Zealand on February 3.
01:19Former England captain David Beckham was officially awarded a Major League Soccer franchise in
01:24Miami last night.
01:26The team is expected to begin playing in 2020.
01:30Recording Academy President Neil Portnow is facing criticism for his comments after the
01:3460th annual Grammy Awards ended with only two female winners on stage.
01:39Many fans and critics questioned whether the Time's Up movement was just given lip service
01:43in the awards.
01:45The only woman nominated for Album of the Year, Lorde, didn't perform.
01:49Instead, multiple minutes on the telecast were given to male artists who were nominated,
01:54such as Sting and U2.
01:56And finally, the weather.
01:57Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
02:03That's all for now.
02:04Thanks for watching.
02:05And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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