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Trump picks Tillerson as Secretary of State - GN Headlines

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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, December 13. Here are the top

00:07stories at this hour.

00:09Dubai Police and Civil Defence are investigating a fire which broke out last night at a 14-storey

00:15building at the Oceanic Complex on Palm Jumeirah. The fire was put out early this morning with

00:20no reports of injuries. It broke out late on Monday at the Adriatic Building and residents

00:26were immediately asked to evacuate. Several teams of fire crews battled the blaze which

00:31engulfed a section of the middle and upper floors.

00:35Ras al-Khaimah Police have arrested a man accused of intentionally killing his parents

00:39by setting their family home on fire. Police arrested the 38-year-old Emirati in Jalfahr

00:45district. The police said the suspect suffers from psychological problems and has been charged

00:51with arson.

00:52US President-elect Donald Trump has selected ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State

00:59Department. The appointment caps a lengthy process that often played out in public and

01:04exposed rifts within his transition team. It also sets Trump up for a potential fight

01:10with Congress over confirming Tillerson, who has connections with Russian President Vladimir

01:15Putin.

01:16Jakarta's governor choked back tears as he gave an impassioned defence against blasphemy

01:22charges today. Basuki Purnama, the first Christian to govern the capital in more than 50 years,

01:28is standing trial accused of insulting the Quran, an offence that carries a five-year

01:32jail term. The governor has apologised for his controversial remarks, which drew hundreds

01:38of thousands to the streets of Jakarta in protests.

01:42Eight months after he cancelled a planned UAE trip due to a family emergency, Sir Tom

01:47Jones has decided he's going to come back roaring. This time, he is performing at the

01:52Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival on February 22 at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. The

01:59Welsh music icon will open the 15th year of the annual music event, which will also feature

02:04Mariah Carey on February 23 and Enrique Iglesias on February 24.

02:10And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 23 degrees Celsius, dropping

02:16to 17 degrees at night.

02:18That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on

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