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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, November the 20th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09Nearly 100 people were killed and 105 injured after an Indian express train derailed in
00:15northern Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
00:18The death count could rise further as some passengers are believed to be trapped in the
00:22wreckage.
00:2314 carriages of the train travelling between the central city of Indore and the north-eastern
00:28city of Patna were thrown off track 65 km south of Kanpur city.
00:34A 48-hour truce aimed at ending Yemen's civil war came under pressure on Saturday
00:39as residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country.
00:43The ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led military coalition raised hopes of an end to a 20-month
00:49conflict.
00:50It appeared largely to be holding on Saturday but was strained by Al-Houthi mortar fire
00:56in the city of Taiz.
00:58Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will slug it out for the world No. 1 ranking in a high-stakes
01:04final at the ATP Tour finals today after completing their contrasting parts to the dramatic showdown.
01:11While Murray staged a superb fight back to defeat Milos Raunak in the first semi-final,
01:17Djokovic thrashed Japan's Kei Nishikori in the other semi-final.
01:22Nearly 80,000 people in India's financial capital Mumbai attended the Global Citizen
01:27Festival headlined by British rock band Coldplay on Saturday as part of an anti-poverty campaign.
01:34Top global megastars including rap megastar Jay-Z, pop singer Demi Lovato and British
01:41band The Vamps performed at the event alongside Bollywood names including superstar Shah Rukh
01:47Khan.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:49Today's high across the UAE will be 28°C, dropping to 21°C at night.