00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, December the 23rd.
00:23Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:26Between January and November this year, Dubai police issued 10,039 fines for traffic violations
00:32captured on camera.
00:34However, some motorists are still unaware about this practice in force since 2008.
00:40Traffic violations that can be caught on cameras include reckless driving, not giving way to
00:44pedestrians and obstructing traffic.
00:46Key North Korean websites were back online this morning after an hours-long shutdown.
00:51The outage followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures
00:56that Washington blames on Pyongyang.
00:58South Korean officials said the North's official Korean Central News Agency and the Rodong
01:03Sinman newspaper, which are the main channels for official North Korean news, had earlier
01:07been down for almost nine hours.
01:10Six people were killed and eight others injured in Glasgow when a crash lorry ploughed into
01:14crowds of Christmas shoppers in what appeared to be a tragic accident.
01:18One eyewitness described the vehicle knocking people down like pinballs as it veered out
01:23of control, only stopping when it crashed into a hotel.
01:26The holiday travel season hit its peak on December 19 as more than 133,000 passengers
01:31and 540 flights from around the world landed at Dubai's two airports.
01:36To ensure that each passenger, flight and piece of luggage was handled properly, airline
01:41service Donata said it had more than 4,400 staff working between the two hubs, Dubai
01:46International and Al Maktoum International DWC.
01:50Sport and Chelsea ensured they will spend Christmas Day on top of the English Premier
01:54League.
01:55Goals from John Terry and Cesc Fabregas gave the leaders a gritty 2-0 victory at Stoke
02:00last night.
02:01It was not the most fluent performance from Jose Mourinho's side, but it was the result
02:05and not the performance that mattered most.
02:08The Blues now sit three points clear of second-placed Manchester City.
02:12The U.S.'s enterprise is about to get a little faster.
02:15Fast and Furious director Justin Lin will direct the third installment of the rebooted
02:19Star Trek franchise.
02:21The first two films of the science fiction series were directed by J.J. Abrams.
02:25And finally, the weather.
02:26Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 20 degrees at night.
02:31That's all for now.
02:32Thanks for watching.
02:33And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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