00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, January 10. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, will join the White House as a senior adviser
00:12to the US President-elect, Trump announced Monday. A lawyer assisting the family said
00:17that Kushner's wife, Ivanka Trump, will not immediately take on a formal role. Kushner,
00:22who will not take a salary, is expected to have a broad portfolio that includes government
00:27operations, trade deals and Middle East policy.
00:31Lebanese President Michel Aoun is in Saudi Arabia today on his first visit abroad since
00:36his October election, hoping to ease tensions rooted in the rivalry between Riyadh and Tehran.
00:42Aoun would like his trip to result in lifting of travel advisories imposed by some Gulf
00:47states last year on nationals visiting Lebanon, which severely damaged its tourism sector.
00:53Dubai's official rental index has been updated for 2017, with emerging mid-market locations
00:58in Dubai land experiencing sharp increases. But budget-conscious tenants will still have
01:04cause for cheer as the rental ban in established areas such as International City and Discovery
01:09Gardens have remained stable. Rents in the high-end communities will continue to be under
01:14pressure, with the index indicating a 12% decline in properties on the Palm Jumeirah.
01:20Cristiano Ronaldo claimed FIFA's inaugural Best Player of the Year award last night,
01:25the latest prize for the Real Madrid and Portugal star after a glittering 2016 for club and
01:31country.
01:322016 was the best year of my career, Ronaldo said after being handed the prize by FIFA
01:37president Gianni Infantino.
01:40Angelina Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement to handle their divorce in a
01:45private forum and will work together to reunify the family.
01:49The actors said in a statement they will keep future details of their divorce confidential
01:53by using a private judge. The statement is the first joint comment from the actors on
01:58their divorce since Jolie-Pitt filed to end their marriage in September 2016.
02:03And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:08to 16 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com
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