Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Pope Francis urges the world not to ignore the plight of refugees. UAE expected to be one of the first to get 5G. Emirates airline to stop services between Tunis and Dubai. Tom Curran will make his test debut in Melbourne. Star Wars: The Last Jedi garneres 745.4 million dollars. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Monday, December 25. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:08Pope Francis in his Christmas Eve Mass has urged the world not to ignore the plight of
00:13refugees who are driven from their land.
00:16Many engulfed in the ongoing migration crisis were forced to flee from leaders who see no
00:21problem in shedding innocent blood, he said.
00:24The 81-year-old Argentine pontiff, himself the grandson of Italian migrants, was addressing
00:29worshippers in St. Peter's Basilica.
00:32The UAE is expected to be one of the first countries to get 5G networks. The country's
00:37telecommunications regulatory authority on Sunday announced the launch of the technology.
00:42UAE mobile operators are expected to start deploying 5G networks from early 2018.
00:48Emirates Airlines announced today it will stop services between Tunis and Dubai starting
00:52from today. In a Twitter post, the airline said that it had made the move as instructed
00:57by the Tunisian authorities.
00:59England baseman Tom Curran will make his Test debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against
01:04Australia on Tuesday. He replaces Craig Overton, who has a fractured rib.
01:09Star Wars The Last Jedi is showing plenty of force at multiplexes worldwide by garnering
01:15$745.4 million globally as of Sunday.
01:20The North American take has hit $365 million in its first 10 days, with the studio projecting
01:26another $32 million on Christmas Day. That would make it the third-biggest domestic release
01:32in 2017, following Beauty and the Beast and Wonder Woman.
01:35And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 26 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:40to 18 degrees at night.
01:42That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com