00:00Good day, welcome to the gulf news update for Tuesday, December 26.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Motorists who turn on their hazard lights while driving in fog will be fined 500 dirhams
00:14with four black points, Abu Dhabi police has said.
00:18The police also asked light vehicle drivers to stop driving when visibility level drops
00:22to zero and park their cars in a safe area.
00:26Additionally, public transport and workers' buses are required to stop driving on all
00:30roads during foggy conditions.
00:34Oman's Ministry of Finance has postponed its decision to implement value-added tax
00:40until 2019.
00:42The application of the selective tax on certain products will start by the middle of 2018,
00:48the ministry has said.
00:52In sport, Australia were 244-3 at close after winning the toss on the opening day of the
00:58fourth Ashes Test against England.
01:01Skipper Steve Smith was unbeaten on 65 with Sean Marsh on 31 after David Warner scored
01:08103 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
01:11New Zealand meanwhile completed a clean sweep of the West Indies in their one-day series
01:16with a 66-run win in Christchurch.
01:19Heather Menzies Urich, who played one of the singing one-trap children in The Sound
01:23of Music, has died.
01:25Her son, actor Ryan Urich, said the 68-year-old actress died late on Sunday in Frankfort,
01:31Ontario.
01:32She had recently been diagnosed with brain cancer.
01:35And finally, the weather.
01:37Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
01:43That's all for now.
01:44Thanks for watching.
01:45And as always, you can get the latest updates on girlfriends.com
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