00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 13th.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:12A Saudi woman won a seat on Makkah's municipal council in Saudi Arabia's first elections
00:18open to women voters and candidates.
00:20Salma bint Hizab al-Otheibi was elected to the council of Madraka, a region in Makkah.
00:26Saudi Arabia is the last country in the world to allow women's suffrage.
00:31Cheering envoys from 195 nations last night approved a historic accord in Paris to stop
00:39global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and
00:44usher in an energy revolution.
00:47French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of gruelling UN negotiations
00:53with a bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers.
00:57The post-2020 Paris agreement ends decades-long rows between rich and poor nations over how
01:04to carry out what will be a multi-trillion dollar campaign to cap global warming and
01:10cope with the impact of a shifting climate.
01:14In sport, Josh King returned to haunt Manchester United last night as his goal earned Bournemouth
01:20a memorable 2-1 victory that completed a miserable week for Louis van Gaal's team.
01:26United could have gone level with new Premier League leaders Manchester City, but their
01:30third defeat of the campaign left them three points off the pace in fourth.
01:36Nearly 40 years after Star Wars' first hit screens, excitement for this week's release
01:41of its latest instalment is reaching fever pitch.
01:45Stars of Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker are counting the days and hours
01:51until they can see Star Wars, The Force Awakens, the continuation of the epic created by George
01:58Lucas.
01:59Stars will hit the red carpet for the film's world premiere in Los Angeles tomorrow.
02:04It releases in the UAE on Thursday.
02:07And finally, the weather.
02:08Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
02:14That's all for now.
02:15Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com
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