00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday December 15th. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:07A new agreement has been reached for the evacuation of rebel fighters from the last pocket of
00:12territory they control in Aleppo. Russia's defence ministry said it was working with
00:16the Syrian authorities who had guaranteed the safety of the rebels leaving the city.
00:21Rebels would be evacuated towards the north-western Syrian city of Idlib in 20 buses and 10 ambulances,
00:27it said.
00:28US intelligence officials now believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally
00:34involved in hacking during the US election campaign as part of a vendetta against Hillary
00:38Clinton.
00:39NBC News reported last night that Putin personally instructed how material hacked from US Democrats
00:45was to be leaked and otherwise used.
00:48Last week the Washington Post reported a CIA evaluation that Russia had hacked US emails
00:53to sway the election in favour of Republican Donald Trump.
00:58Cesc Fabregas' goal earned Chelsea a 1-0 victory at Sunderland last night as Antonio
01:03Conte's side surged six points clear at the Premier League summit.
01:07There were also wins for Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, while Zlatan Ibrahimović's
01:1388th-minute strike earned Manchester United a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.
01:18Chelsea have now won all 10 league games they have played since losing 3-0 at Arsenal on
01:22September 24th, keeping eight clean sheets.
01:26Kenneth Lonergan's New England set family drama Manchester by the Sea picked up the
01:31most nominations for the Screen Actors Guild last night.
01:34Its leading four nods included Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best
01:39Supporting Performances for Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges.
01:43Rogue One A Star Wars Story sets the benchmark for how a good standalone film can be made
01:49without ruining a tight story with unnecessary sequels.
01:53Compact, forceful, well-intentioned and hugely entertaining, the film is a story for the
01:57ages.
01:58The closing film at the Dubai International Film Festival is out at the cinemas now.
02:03You can read the full review on golfnews.com.
02:06And finally, the weather today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:10to 17 degrees at night.
02:12That's all for now, thank you for watching.
02:14We will be back with the newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on
02:18golfnews.com.
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