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00:00Good day, and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, February the 7th.
00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17Tunisia's premier has pledged to form a government of technocrats ahead of new elections after
00:22the murder of opposition leader Choukou Bileid sparked deadly protests and attacks on the
00:26ruling party's offices.
00:28Four opposition groups, including Bileid's popular Front Bloc, said they were pulling
00:32out of the National Assembly.
00:34Demonstrators built barricades in central Tunis and clashed with police.
00:38One policeman was killed after being hit on the chest by rocks in Tunis.
00:43Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said he thinks the Syrian government is
00:47ready to negotiate with the opposition.
00:50Opposition leader Mouaffel Khatib said the Syrian government had until Sunday to release
00:54all women detainees.
00:56He would regard his offer for dialogue as rejected by President Bashar al-Assad otherwise.
01:00A human rights watch has said India's government has failed to curb the rampant sexual abuse
01:06of children, especially in schools and state-run childcare facilities.
01:10Boeing's vice president for sales in Asia-Pacific and India said his company would address customer
01:15compensation claims after its 787 Dreamliner jets were grounded.
01:20This would be done after the model is back in service.
01:23England recorded their first win over Brazil in 23 years as Frank Lampard scored the decisive
01:29goal in a 2-1 friendly victory last night.
01:31And if you're out and about, head to the movies this weekend for a dose of Stallone firepower
01:36as Sly returns in Bullet to the Head, or get inside city politics with Mark Wahlberg and
01:41Russell Crowe in Broken City.
01:44In Hindi cinema, Prabhu Deva will treat you to Bollywood's version of Step Up with his
01:483D dance flick ABCD, Anybody Can Dance.
01:52And finally, the weather.
01:53The daytime temperature will be 25 degrees Celsius, falling to 6 at night.
01:58That's all for now.
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