00:00Good day. Welcome to the Galkni's update for Wednesday, December 27. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:07With barely days of tax-free shopping left in the UAE, consumers flocked to malls on
00:12Tuesday as the Dubai Shopping Festival began. The UAE's value-added tax, which will add
00:175% to most goods and services, takes effect from January 1.
00:21DSF kicked off with a 12-hour sale at selected malls in the city, offering discounts of up
00:26to 90%.
00:27Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by
00:31Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN official.
00:35Pramila Patten, the Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, travelled to the country
00:39for a four-day visit, but she said Suu Kyi refused to engage in any substantive discussion
00:44of such reports.
00:46Alastair Cook hit a century and Stuart Broad snapped up four wickets as England's Old Guard
00:51finally enjoyed a day to remember in the Ashes series today.
00:54England bowled out Australia for 327, with Broad capturing four wickets for 51.
00:59At close of play, England were 192 for 2 and trailing by 135 runs.
01:03Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma hosted their second wedding reception attended by stars
01:08from the sporting and film fraternity in Mumbai.
01:10Sharma wore a creation by designer Sabbi Sachi, while Kohli was dressed in a navy velvet bandh
01:15gala.
01:16Celebrities in attendance included Saina Nehwal, M S Dhoni, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar
01:21to Rekha, Madhuri Dixit and A R Rahman.
01:24And finally, the weather.
01:25Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.
01:30That's all for now.
01:31Thanks for watching.
01:32As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com
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