00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 4th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Actress Uma Thurman, in long-awaited remarks, accused disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
00:15of forcing himself on her sexually years ago in a London hotel room.
00:20Weinstein, through his attorney, acknowledged making an awkward pass, but strongly denied
00:26any physical assault and suggested the possibility of legal action over her comments.
00:31In a separate allegation in the same New York Times article on Saturday, Thurman also said
00:37Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino, during filming, coerced her into driving a car that
00:42she believed to be faulty, resulting in injuries, including a permanently damaged neck, a concussion
00:49and damage to her knees.
00:52A representative for Tarantino did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
00:57Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian
01:02warplane in northern Syria, apparently using a surface-to-air missile.
01:07Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a powerful rebel alliance that publicly split from al-Qaeda
01:13last year, said it had used a manned portable anti-aircraft system to shoot down the Su-25
01:20fighter jet as it flew low over the opposition-held town of Saraqeh.
01:25Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor
01:30trailers were rescued in two Gulf Coast states, Mexican authorities reported.
01:35A statement from the National Immigration Institute said two trucks were stopped at
01:40a checkpoint before dawn in the northern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas.
01:46Scanners detected people inside, and 198 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
01:53were found without proper ventilation, food or water, and with practically no space to
01:58move.
01:59Arsene Wenger says the instinctive understanding between old friends Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
02:05and Enric Macatarian can transform Arsenal's turbulent season so far.
02:11Aubameyang marked his Arsenal debut with a goal in Saturday's 5-1 demolition of Everton,
02:16while Macatarian provided three assists in his first start for the Gunners.
02:21And finally, the weather.
02:22Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.
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