00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, Nov. 15.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed in a phone
00:14conversation on Monday to work together to improve bilateral relations.
00:19Moscow said the two men discussed combining efforts in the fight against terrorism and
00:25talked about a settlement for the crisis in Syria.
00:28Trump's office later said that Putin had called to offer his congratulations and that
00:33they had discussed shared threats and challenges.
00:36The Indian government will use indelible ink to prevent people from making more than the
00:41permissible number of cash withdrawals from bank counters.
00:45The decision was taken after a second review meeting by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with
00:49officials of the Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank of India to find out why there continued
00:55to be long queues at banks.
00:58In sport, under-pressure UAE coach Mehdi Ali has drawn solace from the fact that even Cristiano
01:03Ronaldo has faced criticism.
01:06Ali insists he is not feeling the heat ahead of today's vital World Cup qualifier with
01:11Iraq.
01:12The UAE need to win this game, which kicks off at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu
01:17Dhabi at 7.20pm to stay in the running for a berth from the Asian zone.
01:22World No. 1 Andy Murray began his campaign at the ATP World Tour Finals with an impressive
01:286-3, 6-2 defeat of Croatian powerhouse Marin Cilic at the O2 Arena last night.
01:35Murray was greeted like a returning hero by the home crowd as he strode onto the blue
01:39court for his first match since officially taking top spot.
01:44La Misrab, the world's longest-running musical, has arrived in Dubai with a dream team cast
01:50from the West End.
01:52The English-language production began its three-week run on Thursday night and will
01:56continue until December 2 at the Dubai Opera.
02:01And finally, the weather.
02:02Today's high across the UAE will be 32°C, dropping to 23°C at night.
02:08That's all for now.
02:09Thanks for watching.
02:10And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.
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