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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, January 30.
00:15Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:17Kuwait is hosting an international conference today aimed at raising money for Syrians suffering
00:21from 23 months of conflict.
00:24The conference will seek $1 billion of aid for Syria's neighbors sheltering 700,000 registered
00:29refugees and another $500 million for humanitarian work within the country.
00:34At the UN Security Council last night, Syria envoy Laghdar Brahimi said that the country
00:39had reached unprecedented levels of horror.
00:42Egypt's military chief general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned that Egypt may collapse
00:46under the weight of its turmoil.
00:49Political deadlock continues as the opposition refuses to hold talks with the government
00:52of President Mohamed Morsi.
00:54US President Barack Obama has launched a drive to fix the country's immigration system.
00:59He is seeking to win public support for proposals to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance
01:04to become citizens.
01:05Research in Motion will officially launch the BlackBerry 10 today in an effort to remain
01:09a player in the smartphone market it once dominated.
01:12The company touts the new phone as a big change in smartphone technology.
01:16Manchester City started life without Mario Balotelli with a frustrating goalless draw
01:21to Premier League strugglers Queen's Park Rangers last night.
01:25The controversial Italian striker concluded his move to AC Milan after City had accepted
01:30the Italian club's reported $30 million offer.
01:33And Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will launch his own perfume brand Seven
01:38at a City hotel this evening.
01:40Pop star Bruno Mars will perform in Dubai on April 14.
01:43The Just the Way You Are hitmaker of American-Filipino origin plays at Media City Amphitheatre with
01:49tickets going on sale on Thursday.
01:51In weather, light rain is expected in the north of the country with windy conditions
01:55in some areas.
01:57The maximum temperature will hover around 32 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 at night.