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00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Sunday, February the 23rd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12The Ukrainian Parliament voted last night to oust defiant President Viktor Yanukovych
00:17and call early presidential elections.
00:20The impeachment came as jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko walked free, capping
00:25three months of anti-government protests in Kiev.
00:28The whereabouts of Yanukovych were unclear today, a day after he left the capital.
00:34Traffic on Mohammed bin Zayed Road between Sharjah and Dubai is set to ease with the
00:38opening of a new interchange in Sharjah.
00:42The 5th Industrial Interchange, commonly known as the National Paints Bridge, opened yesterday.
00:48The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution on access to humanitarian aid
00:54in Syria, the first time it has united on the issue.
00:58The resolution says both Syrian government and opposition forces must allow aid convoys
01:03to reach civilians across the country.
01:06Kuwaiti lawmaker Khalil Abdullah has called for deporting 280,000 expatriates every year
01:12for the next five years to help address the demographic imbalance in the country.
01:18Kuwait currently has 2.5 million expatriates and 1.2 million Kuwaitis.
01:25Mexico's most wanted man, drug cartel kingpin Joaquin Shorty Guzman, was captured yesterday
01:31with help from US agencies.
01:33Guzman has long run Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel and over the past decade emerged as
01:39one of the world's most powerful organized crime bosses, even making it into Forbes'
01:44list of billionaires.
01:47Sport and Manchester United manager David Moyes admitted it would have been impossible
01:52to replace talisman Wayne Rooney at Old Trafford.
01:56Rooney celebrated signing a new five-and-a-half-year contract by sealing United's 2-0 Premier League
02:01win at Crystal Palace with a superb volleyed finish.
02:05Real Madrid, meanwhile, moved three points clear at the top of the Spanish La Liga as
02:10Barcelona lost 3-1 to Real Sociedad.
02:14And finally, the weather.
02:15Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:21That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news
02:25at gulfnews.com