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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, November 29. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09An aircraft with 81 people aboard, including a Brazilian football team, crashed in central
00:15Colombia and rescuers are moving survivors from the site.
00:19The Chapecoense football team was among the 72 passengers and nine crew on board the chartered
00:24aircraft when it crashed around 10.15pm on Monday. It was not immediately clear how many
00:30survived.
00:31The plane was flying from Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Jose Maria Cordova
00:36airport. It had gone off course.
00:39New Zealand took nine wickets in a dramatic final session of the second test against Pakistan
00:45to win by 130 runs in Hamilton and sweep the series 2-0.
00:50It was New Zealand's first series win over Pakistan since 1985 and a relieved captain
00:55Kane Williamson called it one of the most remarkable test finishes he had ever played
00:59in.
01:00Without a doubt, he said, adding he felt Pakistan had a chance to win when they started the
01:04final session, needing 211 of 204 balls.
01:10Star Wars fans snapped up thousands of tickets for the new film in the anthology series when
01:15it went on sale on Sunday night, according to online outlet Fandango.
01:20Rogue One A Star Wars Story is a standalone film in the blockbuster series and is set
01:25to release globally on December 16.
01:28To celebrate the start of ticket sales, the film released a new TV spot titled Breath.
01:33But fans in the UAE will be one step ahead when the much-awaited movie closes the Dubai
01:38International Film Festival on December 14.
01:41And finally, the weather.
01:43Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to 22 degrees at night.
01:49That's all for now.
01:50Thanks for watching.
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