00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, November 27. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11The UAE will know this evening if the country is going to host the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The
00:17168 members of the Bureau International d'Exposéon will start voting at 5.30pm UAE time to determine
00:24who gets the honour.
00:26The other competing cities are Izmir in Turkey, Yekaterinburg in Russia and Sao Paolo in Brazil.
00:32Follow our coverage on gulfnews.com for the latest updates.
00:35The Ministry of Labour is making it clear for workers who may still be uncertain regarding
00:40which days are being given in lieu of the upcoming National Day holiday on Monday. All
00:45private sector workers will be required to work on December 2, a top Labour Ministry
00:49official has said. In exchange, workers in the private sector will be given a day off
00:53in lieu in advance to give employees a longer weekend.
00:57Thai political protests spread outside the capital today as opposition demonstrators
01:01predicted a victory within days in their bid towards Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's
01:06crisis-hit government. These are the biggest protests since mass street rallies in 2010
01:12that turned deadly. While the demos have so far been largely peaceful, the fear is that
01:16they could descend into another bout of street violence.
01:20China monitored US B-52 bomber flights in its newly declared air defence identification
01:25zone, the Chinese defence ministry said today. The flight of the giant long-range planes
01:30was a clear warning that Washington would push back against what it considers an aggressive
01:34stance by Beijing in the region. Beijing's controversial demand that aircraft submit
01:39flight plans when traversing it triggered a storm of diplomatic protests. The Pentagon
01:44said it did not comply with Chinese rules.
01:47Sport and Chelsea reached the UEFA Champions League knockout stage last night, despite
01:52a 1-0 victory by Basel in Group E. Barcelona, without Lionel Messi but already into the
01:58last 16, went down 2-1 to Ajax Amsterdam. AC Milan, meanwhile, thrashed Celtic 3-0 away
02:04and have eight points to Ajax 7 in Group H after ending the Glasgow's side hopes.
02:10And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:15to 18 degrees at night.
02:17That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:21at gulfnews.com
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