00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, November the 24th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour. Abu Dhabi Airport is anticipating rolling delays today after
00:15dense fog closed the airport earlier in the day. It had airways that 44 of its flights
00:20were delayed by up to four hours on Monday morning, with several others canceled. The
00:25airline said that the airport's runway reopened at 6.10am following unexpected dense fog rolling
00:31in just after midnight. Passengers have been advised to contact their airlines or the airport
00:36for more information on flight status. Negotiators in Vienna are set to make a final push to
00:42try to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear program ahead of a 2300 GMT deadline tonight. However,
00:47both the US and Iran have indicated that an extension of the deadline is likely. World
00:52powers, including the US, UK and Russia, want Iran to curb its nuclear program in return
00:57for the lifting of UN sanctions. A controversial bill characterizing Israel as a Jewish nation-state
01:04is being heavily criticized as racist after it was passed in the Knesset yesterday. Critics
01:09of the bill say it violates the rights of the country's non-Jewish population, including
01:13Muslims and Christians. Police in the US city of Cleveland shot and killed a 12-year-old
01:19African-American boy waving around what turned out to be a toy gun at a playground. The shooting
01:24in Ohio comes amid high racial tensions in the US, with a grand jury set to announce
01:29whether a white policeman will be indicted for the fatal shooting in August of an unarmed
01:34black teenager in Ferguson. In sport, a fighting UAE went down 3-2 to host Saudi Arabia in
01:41a thrilling Gulf Cup semifinal late last night in Riyadh. They will now play for third place
01:45against Oman tomorrow, while Saudi Arabia will meet Qatar in the final on Wednesday.
01:51Lewis Hamilton, who won his second Formula One World Championship title in Abu Dhabi
01:55yesterday, called it the greatest day of his life.
01:58''My first title in 2008 was special, but the feeling I now have is way past that,''
02:03the Mercedes driver said.
02:05The boys of One Direction have won the Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards in
02:09Los Angeles. The British-Irish band beat Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Luke Bryan and Eminem,
02:15among others, to the honor last night. Taylor Swift kicked off the AMAs with a performance
02:20of ''Blank Space'' and also received the first Dick Clark Award for Excellence.
02:25And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:30to 23 degrees at night.
02:32That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:36at gulfnews.com.
02:39Thanks for watching.
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