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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, January the 12th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of the AirAsia plane that went
00:15down in the Java Sea with 162 people on board.
00:20The recorder, one of two black boxes containing vital information, was brought to the surface
00:25early in the morning, according to the National Search and Rescue Team.
00:29About 100,000 people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, following
00:34the attacks that killed 17 people at Charles Hebdo and other places in Paris.
00:39Christians, Muslims and Jews alike took part in the rallies, held as nearly 4 million people
00:44took to the streets in unity marches across France.
00:48Three small girls and an elderly man died in Syria on Sunday from the bitter cold.
00:53Over a dozen people have died in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine since Snowstorm Huda hit
00:58the Levant area last week.
01:00Telecom operator Dew is eyeing a bigger share of social media fans as social sites become
01:06the popular choice among the consumers.
01:08The UAE has the highest social penetration rate in the world at 80%.
01:13Fahad Al-Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer at Dew, said after unveiling an easy social
01:18plan in Dubai.
01:21Sport and FC Barcelona produced their best display of the season to beat title rivals
01:26Atletico Madrid 3-1 and give a boost to coach Luis Enrique.
01:31Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar worked to perfection to set up the win, and Messi
01:36later quashed talks of a possible move to Chelsea.
01:40West Indian Chris Gale blasted 90 off 41 balls as his team successfully chased a world record
01:47in the second 2020 International to beat South Africa by four wickets.
01:51South African captain Faf Duplessis hit a 46-ball century in his team's total of 231
01:58for 7.
01:59And finally, weather.
02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:06That's all for now.
02:07Thanks for watching.
02:08And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.