Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. May assures GCC leaders that UK is clear-eyed about Iran threat, Nearly 60 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen’s Socotra island, Syrian army seize control of all parts of the Old City of Aleppo, Trump urges government to cancel order of revamped Air Force One, 6.5-magnitude quake hits Aceh on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, Justin Bieber's website removes Dubai show tour date. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Golf News Update for Wednesday, December 7th. Here are the
00:06top stories at this hour.
00:08British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to tell the annual GCC Leaders' Summit today
00:13that the UK remains clear-eyed about the threat posed by Iran.
00:17We've secured a deal which has neutralised the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear
00:21weapons for over a decade. May will tell the Council, according to remarks released in
00:26advance by her office. But we must also work together to push back against Iran's aggressive
00:31regional actions, whether in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria or in the Gulf itself, she says.
00:37Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen's Socotra Island, its fisheries
00:43ministry said today. State media reported that only two people had been rescued. The
00:48boat went missing five days ago while heading from the port of al-Mukalla towards Socotra,
00:53Fahd Kavenin said.
00:55The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today that Syrian army has seized control
00:59of all parts of the old city of Aleppo, which had been held by rebels. The army began to
01:04enter the old city on Tuesday, part of a rapid advance which has seen rebels lose around
01:09two-thirds of their besieged eastern enclave over the past two weeks.
01:13US President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with
01:19Boeing for a revamped Air Force One, saying costs were out of control. It was the latest
01:24example of Trump using his podium to rattle companies and foreign countries as he seeks
01:29to shake up business as usual in Washington.
01:31Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out
01:36of control. More than $4 billion. Cancel order, Trump said on Twitter.
01:41At least 54 people have died and hundreds are injured after a strong earthquake stuck
01:47Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island this morning. The undersea 6.5 magnitude quake
01:53hit Pidi Jaya district at dawn, toppling homes, flattening buildings and sending people
01:59running for higher ground. There was no tsunami alert. The death toll has continued to rise
02:04as rescue crews sift through the rubble to find those trapped below.
02:09Napoli and Benfica clinched places in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday as nine
02:15men besiktas capitulated 6-0 at Dynamo Kiev. Arsenal, meanwhile, snatched first place away
02:20from Paris Saint-Germain in Group A.
02:23It looked like believers in the UAE were to get another chance to see their hero perform,
02:28but then the tour date suddenly disappeared. Justin Bieber's website had listed a Dubai
02:33show on May 6, 2017 at the Autism Rocks Arena for his Purpose Tour, but that date was removed
02:39on Tuesday, the same night when it was revealed that the singer had been nominated for four
02:43awards at the 2017 Grammys.
02:47And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:51to 22 degrees at night.