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10,000 civilians flee Aleppo - GN Headlines
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, November the 28th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Syrian government forces have retaken a third of rebel-held territory in Aleppo,
00:13forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they press their offensive to retake Syria's second-largest city.
00:19In a major breakthrough in their push to retake the whole city,
00:22regime forces captured six rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo over the weekend,
00:27including Masak and Hanano, the biggest of those in eastern Aleppo.
00:30It is the largest exodus of this kind from east Aleppo since 2012.
00:35President-elect Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims of serious U.S. voter fraud
00:40and said millions of people had cast their ballot illegally,
00:43offering no evidence for the assertions he put forth on Twitter.
00:46Trump's shock path to the White House saw him fall short of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the popular vote,
00:52but win the all-important electoral college count, which decides the U.S. presidency.
00:57Nico Rosberg clinched his maiden world title on Sunday,
01:00finishing second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
01:02despite Lewis Hamilton ignoring team orders in his quest to foil the German.
01:07His father, Kiki, won the crown in 1982.
01:10Rosberg concluded the longest season in sports history,
01:13with a nail-biting second place under intense pressure
01:16after leader and ultimate race winner Hamilton had slowed the field to create a difficult finish.
01:21Bollywood star Ranveer Singh has apologized for appearing in an ad for a fashion brand that many have deemed sexist.
01:28The campaign shows the actor with a woman slung on his shoulder,
01:31accompanied by the caption,
01:32Don't hold back, take your work home.
01:34It has since been taken down.
01:36And finally, weather.
01:37Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius,
01:40dropping to 21 degrees at night.
01:42That's all for now.
01:43Thanks for watching.
01:44And as always, you can get the latest news at Gulfnews.com.
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