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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, December 8. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:12Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims
00:17entering the United States, unleashing some of the most provocative and divisive remarks
00:23of his controversial presidential campaign.
00:26The shocking statement followed last week's mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple
00:31believed to have been radicalized by extremists.
00:34In a rambling 50-minute speech about the USS Yorktown late Monday, Trump read part of his
00:40statement aloud, hardening the tone and saying the halt on Muslims entering the country should
00:46remain in place until our country's representatives can figure out what was going on.
00:52Trump drew swift condemnation by presidential rivals and the White House, which denounced
00:57his call to bar Muslims as totally contrary to US values.
01:02Yemen's president told the United Nations last night that he has asked the Saudi-led
01:06coalition to begin a seven-day ceasefire on December 15 to coincide with UN-sponsored
01:12peace talks aimed at ending months of fighting.
01:17President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi said the ceasefire will automatically be renewed upon
01:21commitment by al-Houthis.
01:25Representatives of Syrian opposition factions arrived today for a Saudi-hosted meeting aimed
01:30at unifying their stance ahead of potential talks with the regime of President Bashar
01:35al-Assad.
01:36Meanwhile, a report by an intelligence consultancy said that the number of foreign fighters in
01:41Iraq and Syria has more than doubled since last year to at least 27,000.
01:48America's Paige Spiranak is hoping to prove she's more than just a pretty face heading
01:53into the Omega Dubai Ladies' Masters at Emirates Golf Club on Wednesday.
01:58The 22-year-old from Scottsdale, Arizona, has half a million followers on Instagram
02:03and is being billed as an internet sensation ahead of her in-white appearance here.
02:09I can't hide the fact that this is my first big event and I don't know how to handle it,"
02:14Spiranak said.
02:16Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was performing when the deadly Paris attacks took place on
02:21November 13, made an emotional, powerful appearance at a U2 concert in the city on Monday.
02:28Led by frontman Jesse Hughes, the Californian rock band gave a rendition of Patti Smith's
02:34People Have the Power before performing their own I Love You All the Time.
02:39The baby de jour's name is Saint West.
02:41Kim Kardashian West and hubby Kanye announced the name of the new boy via Twitter.
02:47Daughter North's brother was born Saturday, weighing more than 8 pounds.
02:52And finally, the weather.
02:53Today's high across the UAE will be 22 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
02:59That's all for now.
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