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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, November 29. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09An aircraft with 81 people aboard, including a Brazilian football team, crashed in central
00:15Colombia and rescuers are moving survivors from the site.
00:19The Chapecoense football team was among the 72 passengers and nine crew on board the chartered
00:24aircraft when it crashed around 10.15pm on Monday. It was not immediately clear how many
00:30survived. The plane was flying from Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Jose Maria
00:36Cordova airport. It had gone off course.
00:39New Zealand took nine wickets in a dramatic final session of the second test against Pakistan
00:45to win by 130 runs in Hamilton and sweep the series 2-0. It was New Zealand's first series
00:51win over Pakistan since 1985 and a relieved captain, Kane Williamson, called it one of
00:57the most remarkable test finishes he had ever played in. Without a doubt, he said, adding
01:02he felt Pakistan had a chance to win when they started the final session, needing 211
01:07of 204 balls.
01:10Star Wars fans snapped up thousands of tickets for the new film in the anthology series when
01:15it went on sale on Sunday night, according to online outlet Fandango.
01:20Rogue One A Star Wars Story is a standalone film in the blockbuster series and is set
01:25to release globally on December 16. To celebrate the start of ticket sales, the film released
01:31a new TV spot titled Breath. But fans in the UAE will be one step ahead when the much-awaited
01:37movie closes the Dubai International Film Festival on December 14.
01:41And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:47to 22 degrees at night.