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Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Cruz stumps Trump in Iowa. Clinton claims slender lead. Syrian peace talks. Gold gets its shine back. Priyanka Chopra at Oscars. Cindy: I am not retiring. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, February 2. Here are the top

00:09stories at this hour.

00:11US Senator Ted Cruz defeated controversial billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's Republican

00:17nominating contest, creating a three-way presidential competition with Senator Marco Rubio. Cruz

00:23won the first state Republican contest with 28 percent of the vote compared to 24 percent

00:28for Trump. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US

00:34Senator Bernie Sanders came in deadlocked, both receiving roughly 50 percent in a race

00:39that was too close to call. Some agencies reported that Clinton had won by an extremely

00:44slender margin, but there was no official confirmation.

00:49Syrian peace talks have gained a bit of momentum with the UN Special Envoy formally declaring

00:53the start of indirect negotiations. Staffan de Mistura's declaration came even as the

00:59opposition accused Russia of producing a new Hitler in Moscow and supporting another Hitler

01:05in Damascus.

01:07Gold is back as a safe haven for UAE consumers. New data by the Dubai Gold and Jewelry Group

01:12suggests shoppers nationwide could have bought up to 11 tons of gold and gold jewelry in

01:18the first month of 2016, with Dubai retailers accounting for as much as eight tons.

01:25Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has been named one of the presenters for the 88th Academy

01:30Awards this year. Chopra, who has won praise for her performance in American TV series

01:35Quantico, is one of the 13 people who will present the Oscars. Other presenters include

01:40Steve Carroll, Quincy Jones, Byung-Hun Lee, Jared Leto and Julianne Moore.

01:46Cindy Crawford has denied reports that she plans to retire from modelling this month.

01:51Instead, the supermodel said her retirement was a running joke in her family. Crawford

01:56appeared to suggest in a magazine interview last week that she would quit modelling when

02:00she turns 50 on February 20.

02:03And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:08to 16 degrees at night.

02:10That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news on

02:14Girlpool.com.

02:16And as always, thanks for watching.

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