00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 8th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11India's ruling Congress party faces an electoral humiliation today at the hands of the main
00:15opposition BJP and an anti-corruption party in the last major test before next year's
00:21national polls. With the count still on, the BJP was the clear winner in Madhya Pradesh
00:26and Rajasthan and was in a neck-and-neck race with the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Delhi
00:30looked likely to elect a hung legislature with the Aam Aadmi Party putting up a strong
00:35performance. The counting for Mizoram, which also went to the polls, will be held tomorrow.
00:41Dubai Police has urged legislators to consider making some traffic violations criminal offences
00:46and prosecute offenders. Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafin, Director of the Dubai Police
00:52Traffic Department, warns some traffic violations to be dealt with as criminal acts and the
00:57offenders refer to the public prosecutor to face charges of endangering people's lives
01:03and affecting road safety.
01:05Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told his country's parliament this morning that last month's
01:10nuclear deal with world powers has already had a positive impact on the country's economy.
01:15US President Barack Obama said in a speech to a pro-Israel audience in the US that he
01:20believes the chances for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran are 50-50 or worse,
01:26yet defended diplomacy as the best way to prevent Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.
01:33The most unpredictable Premier League season in years threw up more surprises last night
01:38when Chelsea conceded a 90th-minute winner at Stoke and beleaguered defending champion
01:43Manchester United lost to Newcastle for a second home defeat in four days. Manchester
01:49City, meanwhile, were held 1-1 at Sodhampton.
01:53Emirati director Waleed Al-Sheihy was chosen as the winner of the IWC Filmmaker Award with
01:59a Rs 367,000 cash prize. Al-Sheihy beat three other filmmakers to impress the award's jury,
02:06headed by Hollywood star Cate Blanchett.
02:09And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 27 degrees Celsius, falling to 20
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