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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, February the 2nd.

00:08Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11Aid agencies in Syria have evacuated hundreds of people from the rebel-held Damascus suburb

00:16of Yarmouk in a rare moment of coordination between the government and rebel forces.

00:22Granting relief groups access to an estimated 250,000 people trapped by fighting across

00:28Syria was one of the goals of the peace talks held last week in Switzerland.

00:33Anti-government protesters blocked voting in dozens of constituencies in tense Thai

00:38elections today.

00:39The poll has been overshadowed by bloodshed, an opposition boycott and fears of protracted

00:45political limbo.

00:47Despite weeks of mass street demonstrations aimed at forcing her from office, Prime Minister

00:52Yingluck Shinawatra was widely expected to extend her family's decade-long winning streak

00:57at the ballot box.

00:59Officials said voting could not go ahead in 45 out of 375 constituencies nationwide because

01:06of the demonstrators.

01:09In entertainment, the Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington will no longer perform

01:13on the first night of the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival on February 13.

01:19The cancellation of the whole tour is due to a scheduling conflict which forced the

01:23band to cancel all their dates in Asia, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East including

01:28Dubai, event organisers Chill Out Productions said.

01:32Refunds will be available after February 4 through Ticketmaster.

01:37Meanwhile, organisers of Red Fest DXB have announced that British singer-songwriter Rita

01:43Ora will perform on Valentine's Day at Dubai Media City.

01:47Ora will close the two-day festival with a line-up of acts including John Newman, Naughty

01:53Boy, DJs Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe and American headliners The Lumineers.

01:59And finally, the weather.

02:00Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.

Rita Ora to perform in Dubai - GN Midday

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