00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Wednesday, November the 22nd.
00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Zimbabwe's recently fired Vice President Emerson Mwanangwagwa is set to return today
00:16to be sworn in as the country's new leader.
00:19The move comes after Robert Mugabe announced his stunning resignation in the middle of
00:24impeachment proceedings against him.
00:28Demands erupted in response, cheering and dancing in the streets late into the night
00:32on Tuesday.
00:33Some consumers in the UAE have received notices for extra payments for service contracts that
00:39extend into 2018 due to VAT, Gulf News has learnt.
00:44The notices include car insurance, commercial rental agreements and contracted services.
00:49Holders Real Madrid sealed a place in the Champions League last-16 with a thumping 6-0
00:55victory in Nicosia.
00:57Doubles from Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real progress, but they will still
01:02finish runners-up to Tottenham Hotspur in Group H.
01:07Elsewhere, Liverpool blew a 3-0 half-time lead to draw 3-3 with Sevilla.
01:13An Iran-based hacker plotted to extort HBO of $6 million by threatening to release stolen
01:19episodes and scripts of hit shows.
01:22An indictment filed in Manhattan accuses Behzad Mesri of hacking into the cable network's
01:28computer system in New York.
01:31It says he stole unaired episodes from shows including The Deuce and plot summaries and
01:37scripts for Game of Thrones.
01:39And finally, the weather.
01:40Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 21 degrees at night.
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