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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 3rd.
00:14Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:16British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's
00:21President Asif Ali Zardari ahead of a key summit on bringing peace to Afghanistan.
00:26Cameron will dine with the leaders at his country retreat Chequers today and then hold
00:30a trilateral summit to discuss the prevention of a Taliban resurgence when troops leave.
00:36Dubai developer Nakhil says it will begin construction of a 2.5 billion dirham Nakhil
00:41Mall in Palm Jumeirah this year.
00:43The announcement follows orders from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
00:48President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, to begin work on the project.
00:53Sheikh Mohammed also ordered work to begin on the Point retail project at the Palm.
00:59Syrian opposition leader Muath al-Khatib has said he would meet Iranian Foreign Minister
01:03Ali Akbar Salehi in Germany to discuss finding a solution to the Syrian crisis.
01:08The meeting will follow an official visit to Damascus by senior Iranian official Saeed
01:13Jalili where he pledged Tehran's full support for the Syrian regime.
01:18The White House has released a photograph of US President Barack Obama's heat shooting
01:22at Camp David after some Republicans expressed doubts that the President had engaged in the
01:27activity.
01:28Obama, who is seeking a ban on assault weapons and other measures to reduce gun violence,
01:33said earlier that he shoots heat all the time at Camp David and respects the nation's hunting
01:39tradition.
01:40In sport, the auction for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League began with Pune
01:45Warriors signing up Australian skipper Michael Clarke at the base price of $400,000.
01:51Mumbai Indians drafted Ricky Ponting for the same price.
01:55In golf, Scotsman Stephen Gallagher goes into the day at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
02:00today with a three-stroke lead.
02:02In entertainment, it's not just sports at tonight's NFL Super Bowl as celebrities
02:07join to give America's most-watched game an all-star appeal.
02:11The stars range from Justin Timberlake to Jennifer Hudson, Matchbox 20, OneRepublic,
02:17Stevie Wonder and CeeLo Green.
02:19Of course, the highlight will be Beyonce, who will perform at halftime.
02:23Finally, the weather.
02:24Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 8 degrees at night.
02:30That's all for now.
02:31Thanks for watching.
02:32And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com