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00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday, January 9th. Here are the top

00:09stories at this hour.

00:11Once bank accounts are integrated with Emirates ID cards in the UAE, you won't need to visit

00:15a bank to open an account or use your ATM card. You will be able to complete these procedures

00:20online, a senior banking executive told Golf News. Customers will no longer need a bank

00:24card if they so choose to use the optional service, the official said.

00:28Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's

00:32use of airstrikes against civilians in Aleppo. Attacks using barrel bombs and Scud missiles

00:37by President Bashar al-Assad's forces have killed hundreds of people. A UN diplomat said

00:42Russia put forward amendments to the UK-sponsored statement that removed reference to what had

00:46happened in Aleppo.

00:48The UN's envoy to Iraq has warned of a critical humanitarian situation in Anbar province as

00:53troops prepare to launch a major assault against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Fallujah.

00:58Nikolai Malednov said more than 5,000 families had fled the city, but an Iraqi Red Crescent

01:03official put the figure far higher at 13,000 families.

01:07The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will take full control of the Abu Dhabi Company for

01:11onshore oil operations concessions when the partnership with some of the world's biggest

01:15oil firms ends in a few days' time. Adnorp currently holds a 60% controlling stake in

01:20ADCO, while ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and BP each hold 9.5% stakes. After

01:27January 11, Adnorp will take 100% of the interest in the concessions.

01:32In sport, Manchester City are on the brink of reaching the English League Cup final after

01:36thrashing West Ham 6-0 in the first leg of their last four-tie last night. Meanwhile,

01:42Lionel Messi scored twice as he returned from two months out injured with a brilliant cameo

01:46in Barcelona's 4-0 Kings Cup win over Getafe.

01:50And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:54to 16 at night.

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