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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, December 29. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:11The Global Chemical Weapons Watchdog has called on Syria to intensify its efforts to help
00:16ship out its most dangerous chemical weapons. A Norwegian ship is ready to go to the Syrian
00:21port of Latakia to collect the weapons for destruction. Syria agreed to abandon its arsenal
00:26to avert possible US military action after a sarin nerve gas attack in August.
00:33Preparations are underway in Lebanon for the funeral of former minister and opposition
00:37figure Mohamed Chattah, who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. He will be buried today
00:41in the capital Beirut, where the attack took place. Chattah, a Sunni Muslim, was a staunch
00:46critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement that backs
00:51him.
00:52US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Israel and the Palestinian territories
00:56for peace talks on Wednesday. The visit comes after the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners,
01:01which is expected today.
01:04Opposition protesters were set to march on Dhaka today in a bid to derail controversial
01:08January 5 elections, despite a police ban amid fears of widespread violence. The opposition,
01:14which is boycotting the polls, has been predicting that up to a million people will descend on
01:19the capital in an effort to pressure Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to halt what it describes
01:24as a farcical election.
01:27India today marks 12 months since the death of a student savagely gang-raped on a Delhi
01:31bus with candlelight vigils and prayers. The episode sparked nationwide protests.
01:38Cricket and Australia cruised to an eight-wicket win over demoralized England, with more than
01:42a day to spare to claim a 4-0 series lead and stand on the cusp of an ashes whitewash.
01:48And model-turned-actress Gauhar Khan has won the seventh season of Indian reality contest
01:53Big Boss, taking home prize money of 50 lakh rupees and the trophy.
01:58And finally, weather. The daytime temperature will be 26 degrees Celsius, falling to 14
02:02tonight.
02:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
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