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00:00Good day.
00:11Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, January the 24th.
00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17North Korea's top military body has warned that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear
00:21test in response to fresh UN sanctions.
00:24Pyongyang claimed its long-range rockets are designed to carry warheads aimed at striking
00:28the United States.
00:30South Korea has voiced deep regret at the plan.
00:33Police are adding three new marine rescue units at Dubai Marina to shorten response
00:37time to emergencies along the seashore.
00:40Dubai police say the addition will bring the total number of units staffed by medical response
00:44units to nine, helping attend to any incident within seven minutes.
00:49Palestine is threatened to file a case against Israel at the International Criminal Court
00:53if the latter goes ahead with the plans to build colonies at the so-called E1 area east
00:58of occupied Jerusalem.
01:01Around 20,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan in the last seven days due to escalating
01:05violence in southern Syria.
01:08This marks the fastest influx since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad
01:12two years ago, Jordan's foreign minister said.
01:16The Pentagon will lift its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of
01:20front-line positions, U.S. defense officials said.
01:23Some jobs may open as soon as this year, but assessments for others, including Navy SEALs
01:28and the Army's Delta Force, may take longer.
01:31In sports, Swansea upset Chelsea on goal aggregate to make the League Cup final last night after
01:36a goalless draw with the Blues.
01:38They will take on Bradford City in an unlikely final matchup at Wembley.
01:43At the cinema today, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin battle Sean Penn's baddie in film noir
01:47Gangster Squad, while Jessica Chastain takes on Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty.
01:52In Hindi cinema, an ensemble cast including Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor join Saif
01:57Ali Khan in the race sequel.
02:00Weather on today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 6 degrees
02:04at night.
02:05That's all for now.
02:06Thanks for watching.
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