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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News update for Thursday January the 23rd, with the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11Private helicopter with two people on board crashed while taking off on the Palm Jameer
00:14Island on Wednesday, Dubai police sources have confirmed. Both people on board were
00:18airlifted to Rashid Hospital. Police said the crash happened in the afternoon causing
00:22massive traffic jams on the Palm. Helicopter charter company Heli Dubai said in a statement
00:27that the incident involved one of its A6DYR helicopters with one pilot and one member
00:32of its ground staff on board. Both were in stable condition, it said.
00:36UN mediator for Syrian peace talks, Alakdar Barahimi, is to hold separate talks with rival
00:41delegations to assess their willingness to meet together. The behind-the-scenes negotiations
00:45follow the first day of a major peace conference in Switzerland which ended in bitter divisions.
00:51Ukrainian protesters and police were locked in a tense standoff early today at the site
00:55of deadly clashes that activists said left five dead. The opposition has warned President
01:00Viktor Yakunovic that he has one final chance today to offer concessions, otherwise the
01:04protesters will go back on the attack.
01:07In sport, Manchester United's disappointing season hit a new low last night when they
01:11were beaten 2-1 on penalties by Sunderland in the semi-final of the League Cup. The Black
01:15Cats will meet Manchester City in the final on March 2.
01:19Elsewhere Barcelona beat Levante 4-1 away in the first leg of their Spanish Copa del
01:22Rey last-16 tie, while AC Milan crashed out of the Copa Italia with a 2-1 home defeat
01:28by Udinese.
01:29In tennis, Dominika Cypulkova will meet Lee Nara in the women's final at the Australian
01:33Open after the pair enjoyed straight sets victories over Agnieszka Radwanska and Eugenie
01:38Bouchard respectively today.
01:40Bollywood superstar Salman Khan attended the world premiere of his film Jai Ho in Dubai
01:44last night. Also attending the premiere were co-stars Daisy Shah and Sana Khan and Salman's
01:49brother Sohal, who has directed the film.
01:51Bruce Springsteen scored his 11th number one album with High Hopes more than three decades
01:56after reaching the chart's apex. The album from the 64-year-old rocker sold 99,000 copies
02:02in its opening week to top the soundtrack of the film Frozen.
02:06And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:10to a wintry 15 degrees at night.
02:12That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back on Sunday, but you can always
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