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Italian Prime Minister resigns - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, December the 5th. Here are the

00:06top stories at this hour.

00:08Italian voters dealt Premier Matteo Renzi a stinging defeat on his reforms referendum

00:12triggering his resignation announcement and galvanizing the populist opposition Five Star

00:17Movement's determination to gain national power soon. In voting no, Italians also delivered

00:22a rebuke to Italy's industrialists, banks and other establishment institutions, which

00:27had staunchly backed the referendum. Suspected Russian airstrikes have killed at least 46

00:32people in the opposition-held parts of Syria as the UN Security Council prepares to vote

00:37today on a resolution demanding a temporary ceasefire in Aleppo. Dead bodies have filled

00:42up the streets as more than 300 people have been killed by regime forces in the past few

00:46days. Residents say there is no room for the dead as cemeteries have reached their capacity.

00:51Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha is said to be critical after suffering a cardiac arrest,

00:57and will continue to remain under close watch of an expert team of doctors at the Apollo

01:02Hospital where she has been undergoing treatment for more than two months. Doctors were trying

01:06their very best, the hospital said earlier today.

01:09Singer-songwriter James Taylor, actor Al Pacino and gospel vocalist Mavis Staples were among

01:15five feted at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night. US President Barack Obama lauded

01:21the five honorees, including pianist Martha Argerich and rock band The Eagles, at a White

01:26House ceremony.

01:27And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:31to 20 degrees at night.

01:33That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news

01:37at gulfnews.com.