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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, February the 17th.
00:10Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:13China has deployed surface-to-air missiles earlier this month on a contested island in
00:17the South China Sea.
00:19Satellite images show two batteries of eight surface-to-air missile launchers and a radar
00:24system on Woody Island, part of the chain claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
00:30The upsurge in tensions came as leaders of Southeast Asian nations aimed to resolve peacefully
00:36island disputes in the waters.
00:38UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians are due to set out today,
00:44but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation
00:49in its war-torn neighbor.
00:52India's government has approved access to seven besieged areas, including the city of
00:56Madaya, where dozens of people are thought to have died from starvation, a UN spokeswoman
01:01said.
01:03Sport and fifth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland was upset 467564 by Elena Jankovic
01:11of Serbia in the Dubai Tennis Championships last night.
01:15The ninth-ranked Bencic, 18, looked physically exhausted by the end of the two-hour and 31-minute
01:21match against the 20th-ranked Jankovic.
01:25Action Today sees former world No. 1 Anna Ivanovic play defending champion Simona Halep.
01:31In football, Chelsea interim coach Goose Heidink had mixed feelings after they lost 2-1 at
01:38Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.
01:43Chelsea defended fiercely throughout the match, but PSG's firepower was eventually too much
01:48to handle, with substitute Edinson Cavani netting the winner with 12 minutes left.
01:54Indian actress Priyanka Chopra's Hollywood takeover continued with the announcement that
01:59she is to play the villain in the upcoming Baywatch movie.
02:03The film's star Dwayne, The Rock Johnson, announced the news in an online video.
02:08She's one of the biggest stars in the world.
02:10The beautiful Priyanka Chopra welcomed a Baywatch, Johnson said on Instagram.
02:16And finally, the weather.
02:17Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:22That's all for now.
02:23Thanks for watching.
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