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Shaikh Mohammad to open Dubai Parks and Resorts - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 18th. Here are the

00:06top stories at this hour.

00:08Three years after construction began at the Dubai Parks and Resorts, the 13 billion dirham

00:13attraction will be officially inaugurated today by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin

00:18Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. Spread

00:24over 2.8 million square meters, it is located in Jabal Ali, close to the Expo 2020 site.

00:30It consists of three main theme parks, Legoland Dubai, Bollywood Parks Dubai, and Motion Gate

00:36Dubai.

00:37A suicide bomber killed more than 20 Yemeni soldiers this morning when he detonated his

00:41explosives at a gathering to collect their salaries at a military base in the southern

00:46city of Aden. The attack comes eight days after a similar bombing in Aden claimed by

00:51Daesh, killed 48 soldiers and wounded 29 others.

00:55Starting from the first quarter of 2017, work permits for domestic workers in the UAE will

01:01be handled by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization. The new procedure is being

01:07rolled out in the Emirate of Dubai first, before expanding across the UAE in the second

01:11quarter of 2017.

01:13Currently, applications for domestic workers have to be processed and approved at the General

01:18Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs offices across the UAE.

01:23Get ready for the largest shopping and entertainment extravaganza in Dubai. The 22nd edition of

01:29the annual Dubai Shopping Festival will start on December 26th. The 34-day event, which

01:35ends on January 28th, will feature deals, prize draws, and shows across the Emirate.

01:40And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping

01:45to 16 degrees at night.

01:47That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news

01:51at Gulfnews.com.