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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 22nd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12Motorists have been warned to stay alert while residents have been urged to stay indoors
00:18as a sandstorm continues to lash the UAE.
00:21Visibility has dropped since Friday when a sandstorm from Saudi Arabia hit the UAE.
00:26Forecasters said the unstable weather is expected to last until Monday.
00:31Doctors also urged residents to stay indoors, saying the sandstorm can aggravate allergies
00:37and skin and respiratory conditions.
00:41In cricket, opener Shikhar Dhawan hit 137 to lift India to 307 in their World Cup Pool
00:48B match against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Round.
00:52In a Pool A game, Mahela Jaivardhane's century and a late blitz from all-rounder Tisara Pereira
00:59helped Sri Lanka defeat a gutsy Afghanistan by four wickets.
01:05Yemen's ousted President Abdurahman Mansour Hadi has accused Al-Houthi militia that seized
01:10power last month of staging a coup.
01:14In his first statement since escaping house arrest, Hadi said all measures taken by Al-Houthis
01:20were null and illegitimate, and he was still the president.
01:26Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners
01:30in East Ukraine, a step towards implementing an internationally brokered peace deal.
01:36More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen were released on Saturday in exchange for 52 rebel fighters.
01:45Hollywood on Saturday handed out two very different awards ahead of its biggest night,
01:50the Oscars.
01:51Cameron Dize, Transformers and Kelsey Grammer topped the 35th annual Golden Raspberry Awards,
01:58while Birdman continued to soar with nods at the Independent Spirit Awards.
02:03Dize was dubbed the year's worst actress for comedies The Other Woman and sex tape
02:09at the Razzie's, given for the worst in the film industry.
02:15Kasabian Jessie Ware and Robin Thicke have all been confirmed to perform at Blended Music
02:20Festival on April 30th and May 1st.
02:24The festival is in its second year and will take place at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
02:30And finally, the weather.
02:31Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:38That's all for now.
02:39Thanks for watching.
02:40And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com