00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, November the 20th. Here are
00:09the top stories at this hour.
00:11Lebanon is reeling a day after 22 people were killed and more than 140 injured in a double
00:17suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. A jihadist group called Abdullah
00:21Azzam Brigade said it was behind the attack. Iran is a staunch supporter of Syrian President
00:27Bashar al-Assad. U.S. President Barack Obama has urged senators to hold off from proposing
00:32more sanctions against Iran to allow time for world powers to complete a deal on Iran's
00:37nuclear program. Envoys from the P5-plus-1 group nations will begin a new round of negotiations
00:43with Iran in Geneva today.
00:45Hundreds of rescuers worked into the night searching for survivors in the rubble of a
00:49half-built mall that collapsed near the South African city of Durban on Tuesday, killing
00:54one person and injuring dozens. One person was confirmed dead and 26 people have been
01:00pulled from the debris after the roof of the mall collapsed. An estimated 50 remain underneath
01:05the rubble. Superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo said he was glad to come to the rescue for
01:11Portugal after scoring a hat-trick against Sweden last night to help his country qualify
01:15for the 2014 World Cup. France became the first European country to overhaul a 2-0 first-leg
01:22deficit to reach the World Cup with a pulsating 3-0 victory over 10-man Ukraine.
01:28Egyptian music star Amr Diab will perform a concert on the opening night of the Dubai
01:32International Film Festival on December 6 at Burj Park in downtown Dubai. The red carpet
01:38opening of the 10th edition of the festival, taking place at Medina Jumeirah, will be screened
01:42live at the park. The festival will announce the opening film this Sunday.
01:47And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius, falling to 22
01:52at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest
01:57news at gulfnews.com.
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