00:00Good day. Welcome to the Golf News Update for Wednesday, December 7th. Here are the
00:06top stories at this hour.
00:08British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to tell the annual GCC Leaders' Summit today
00:13that the UK remains clear-eyed about the threat posed by Iran.
00:17We've secured a deal which has neutralised the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear
00:21weapons for over a decade. May will tell the Council, according to remarks released in
00:26advance by her office. But we must also work together to push back against Iran's aggressive
00:31regional actions, whether in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria or in the Gulf itself, she says.
00:37Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen's Socotra Island, its fisheries
00:43ministry said today. State media reported that only two people had been rescued. The
00:48boat went missing five days ago while heading from the port of al-Mukalla towards Socotra,
00:53Fahd Kavenin said.
00:55The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today that Syrian army has seized control
00:59of all parts of the old city of Aleppo, which had been held by rebels. The army began to
01:04enter the old city on Tuesday, part of a rapid advance which has seen rebels lose around
01:09two-thirds of their besieged eastern enclave over the past two weeks.
01:13US President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with
01:19Boeing for a revamped Air Force One, saying costs were out of control. It was the latest
01:24example of Trump using his podium to rattle companies and foreign countries as he seeks
01:29to shake up business as usual in Washington.
01:31Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out
01:36of control. More than $4 billion. Cancel order, Trump said on Twitter.
01:41At least 54 people have died and hundreds are injured after a strong earthquake stuck
01:47Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island this morning. The undersea 6.5 magnitude quake
01:53hit Pidi Jaya district at dawn, toppling homes, flattening buildings and sending people
01:59running for higher ground. There was no tsunami alert. The death toll has continued to rise
02:04as rescue crews sift through the rubble to find those trapped below.
02:09Napoli and Benfica clinched places in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday as nine
02:15men besiktas capitulated 6-0 at Dynamo Kiev. Arsenal, meanwhile, snatched first place away
02:20from Paris Saint-Germain in Group A.
02:23It looked like believers in the UAE were to get another chance to see their hero perform,
02:28but then the tour date suddenly disappeared. Justin Bieber's website had listed a Dubai
02:33show on May 6, 2017 at the Autism Rocks Arena for his Purpose Tour, but that date was removed
02:39on Tuesday, the same night when it was revealed that the singer had been nominated for four
02:43awards at the 2017 Grammys.
02:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:51to 22 degrees at night.
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