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00:00Good day and welcome to the GULF NEWS UPDATE for Sunday, December the 14th.
00:23Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:26The first month of Dubai tram operation saw a ridership of more than 313,000 people, the
00:32Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has announced.
00:35Following the success, a new tram service between Jumeirah Beach Residence and Dubai
00:40Marina will start on Monday.
00:42The new service will see trams operating every six minutes between four stations.
00:48Negotiators have reached a watered-down deal at UN talks in Peru that sets the stage for
00:53a global climate pact in Paris next year.
00:56About 190 nations agreed on the building blocks of a deal to combat climate change in 2015
01:03amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to cut rising world greenhouse gas
01:09emissions.
01:11In sport, Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao vowed to chase Floyd Mayweather Jr. into ring
01:17submission after his U.S. rival offered to fight him next year in a blockbuster world
01:22title face-off.
01:23�Mayweather has reached a dead end.
01:26He has nowhere to run but to fight me,� Pacquiao said hours after the undefeated Mayweather
01:31issued the May 2 challenge on U.S. television.
01:35In football, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla each scored twice as Arsenal beat Newcastle
01:41United 4-1 in the Premier League late last night to ease the pressure on long-serving
01:47manager Arsene Wenger.
01:49Wenger was verbally abused by a small group of fans following Arsenal�s 3-2 loss at
01:55Stoke City last weekend.
01:58And finally, the weather.
01:59Today�s high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:04That�s all for now.
02:05Thanks for watching.
02:06And as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com