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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 17th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:08Residents in the Northern Emirates were delighted to wake up to more rain this morning as billowing
00:13rain clouds could be seen making their way to Ajman, Umalkwain and Fujairah.
00:18According to the UAE Met Office, unstable weather will continue across the UAE today.
00:23Dark clouds and rainfall of different intensity is expected to continue throughout the day
00:28with sporadic lightning.
00:29The Pentagon has acknowledged that its long-secret UFO investigation program ended in 2012.
00:37But it did not specify whether the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program has
00:42continued to investigate UFO sightings since its funding ended five years ago.
00:49The secret program, tasked with investigating sightings of unidentified flying objects,
00:54ran from 2007, with $22 million in annual funding tucked away.
01:00Real Madrid became the first side to retain the FIFA Club World Cup with a 1-0 win over
01:06Brazil's Grêmio in Saturday's final at Zaire Sports City.
01:11Cristiano Ronaldo scored the game's only goal.
01:14Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary will not premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
01:19as planned.
01:21His production company said they removed Super Size Me 2 Holy Chicken from the Sundance slate
01:27in the light of Spurlock's confessions of sexual misconduct last week.
01:32The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival last week, with Spurlock himself
01:37in attendance.
01:39And finally, the weather.
01:40Today's high across the UAE will be 21 degrees Celsius, dropping to 16 degrees at night.
01:45That's all for now.
01:46Thanks for watching.
01:47And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.