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00:00A third man seen with two Daesh suicide bombers at Brussels airport is the focus of a Belgian
00:13manhunt today.
00:15The search intensified after police identified three others, including two brothers, who
00:20killed at least 31 people at the airport and on a city metro train.
00:25The Turkish president criticized Belgium for failing to track Brahim al-Bakroui, a convicted
00:30Belgian armed robber whom it deported last year.
00:33Al-Bakroui blew himself up at the airport on Tuesday, an hour before his brother Khaled
00:38killed some 20 people at Melbik metro station.
00:42US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow today seeking answers from President Vladimir
00:48Putin on how Russia views a political transition unfolding in Syria.
00:53A key focus of the discussion is on the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
00:58Now that warring sides have begun peace talks in Geneva, Kerry wants to finalize the question
01:03of al-Assad's role in the political transition.
01:07A year after he quit One Direction, 23-year-old singer Zayn Malik will be the first of the
01:12bunch to release a solo record on Friday.
01:15A moody, deeply textured R&B album with vibe to spare, Mind of Mine, sounds as if it was
01:22designed to showcase the effort and inspiration that went into it.
01:26It seems clear now that Zayn left 1D because he wanted to get really serious about music.
01:32The International K-Pop Convention comes to Abu Dhabi today at the Do Arena on Yas Island.
01:37It's one full day of everything Korean, from food and fashion to workshops, culminating
01:42in a concert by some of the hottest bands from South Korea.
01:46And finally, the weather.
01:48Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 19 degrees at night.
01:52That's all for now.
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