Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Uma Thurman accused Harvey Weinstein of forcing himself on her. Uma Thurman said Quentin Tarantino coerced her into driving a faulty car. HTS claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian warplane. Three hundred Central American migrants were rescued. Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan can transform Arsenal's turbulent season. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 4th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Actress Uma Thurman, in long-awaited remarks, accused disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
00:15of forcing himself on her sexually years ago in a London hotel room.
00:20Weinstein, through his attorney, acknowledged making an awkward pass, but strongly denied
00:26any physical assault and suggested the possibility of legal action over her comments.
00:31In a separate allegation in the same New York Times article on Saturday, Thurman also said
00:37Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino, during filming, coerced her into driving a car that
00:42she believed to be faulty, resulting in injuries, including a permanently damaged neck, a concussion
00:49and damage to her knees.
00:52A representative for Tarantino did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
00:57Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian
01:02warplane in northern Syria, apparently using a surface-to-air missile.
01:07Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a powerful rebel alliance that publicly split from al-Qaeda
01:13last year, said it had used a manned portable anti-aircraft system to shoot down the Su-25
01:20fighter jet as it flew low over the opposition-held town of Saraqeh.
01:25Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor
01:30trailers were rescued in two Gulf Coast states, Mexican authorities reported.
01:35A statement from the National Immigration Institute said two trucks were stopped at
01:40a checkpoint before dawn in the northern state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas.
01:46Scanners detected people inside, and 198 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
01:53were found without proper ventilation, food or water, and with practically no space to
01:58move.
01:59Arsene Wenger says the instinctive understanding between old friends Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
02:05and Enric Macatarian can transform Arsenal's turbulent season so far.
02:11Aubameyang marked his Arsenal debut with a goal in Saturday's 5-1 demolition of Everton,
02:16while Macatarian provided three assists in his first start for the Gunners.
02:21And finally, the weather.
02:22Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.