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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 4th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Fire crews in California worked into the night on Saturday,
00:12sifting through the remains of a warehouse gutted by a blaze during a rave party,
00:17with officials saying they fear the death toll could reach 40.
00:21Relatives of dozens of people missing in the night blaze in Oakland near San Francisco
00:26continued their anxious wait for news.
00:29Nine people are confirmed dead so far.
00:32Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has demanded that President Barack Obama
00:36not sign an extension of U.S. sanctions,
00:39saying the bill is a violation of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
00:45On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to extend the Iran Sanctions Act by 10 years.
00:50Rouhani promised a prompt response from Iran if the U.S. sanctions are extended.
00:56In rugby, South Africa stunned defending World Series and Olympic champions Fiji 26-14
01:03to win the Dubai Sevens last night.
01:05It was the fifth Dubai title for South Africa,
01:08who were second in the World Series last season,
01:11before going on to take bronze at the Rio Olympics.
01:15Gareth Edwards, the director of Star Wars spinoff Rogue One, A Star Wars Story,
01:20says he gave himself a cameo in the film.
01:23But as with most things Star Wars, Edwards is staying mum on what exactly that entails.
01:29The reveal, he said, might have to wait for the DVD extras.
01:33Edwards is a self-proclaimed Star Wars superfan and has said as a child
01:38he used to watch the first 10 minutes of the 1977 Star Wars every day before school.
01:44And finally the weather, today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius,
01:49dropping to 20 degrees at night.
01:51That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
01:53And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com