00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, November 11. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11Dubai Tram will be slagged off by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice
00:15President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, this evening. The trams will
00:19be open for public service from 6.30 am on Wednesday, November 12, with a trip every
00:2410 minutes during peak hours and every 12 minutes during non-peak hours.
00:28Eight women have died in India and more than 30 are in critical condition following a mass
00:32sterilization in Chhattisgarh. The incident took place in the home district of State Health
00:37Minister Amar Agarwal. These women had surgeries as part of a free family planning camp. Women
00:43who go through the surgery are given 1400 rupees. Some families allege that too many
00:47surgeries were performed in one day in a rush to meet targets.
00:51Iran, the US and the EU ended two days of high-level talks on Tehran's nuclear program
00:55on Monday. With no immediate sign, they had bridged gaps ahead of a November 24 deadline
01:00for an agreement. A South Korean court has found the captain of a ferry that capsized
01:05in April, killing more than 300 passengers, guilty of negligence and sentenced him to
01:1036 years in jail. He was, however, acquitted of the homicide charge for which prosecutors
01:15had sought the death penalty.
01:16Stars from Kolkata and Bollywood united to open the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival,
01:22with Shah Rukh Khan fulfilling a promise to toast to cinema buffs in Bengali. The Bachchan
01:26clan, Amitabh, his wife, veteran actress Jaya, son and actor Abhishek and actress and daughter-in-law
01:32Aishwarya Rai, sat on stage and reiterated their connections to the city.
01:36David Moyes has made his return to football after a disastrous 10-month spell in charge
01:41of Manchester United last season, joining La Liga strugglers Real Sociedad. Moyes was sacked
01:47in April with less than a season in charge of United as they failed to qualify for the
01:51Champions League for the first time since 1995.
01:54And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 29 degrees Celsius, falling to 19
01:59at night.
02:00That's all for now, thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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