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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 8th. Here are the

00:09top stories at this hour.

00:11India's ruling Congress party faces an electoral humiliation today at the hands of the main

00:15opposition BJP and an anti-corruption party in the last major test before next year's

00:21national polls. With the count still on, the BJP was the clear winner in Madhya Pradesh

00:26and Rajasthan and was in a neck-and-neck race with the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Delhi

00:30looked likely to elect a hung legislature with the Aam Aadmi Party putting up a strong

00:35performance. The counting for Mizoram, which also went to the polls, will be held tomorrow.

00:41Dubai Police has urged legislators to consider making some traffic violations criminal offences

00:46and prosecute offenders. Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafin, Director of the Dubai Police

00:52Traffic Department, warns some traffic violations to be dealt with as criminal acts and the

00:57offenders refer to the public prosecutor to face charges of endangering people's lives

01:03and affecting road safety.

01:05Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told his country's parliament this morning that last month's

01:10nuclear deal with world powers has already had a positive impact on the country's economy.

01:15US President Barack Obama said in a speech to a pro-Israel audience in the US that he

01:20believes the chances for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran are 50-50 or worse,

01:26yet defended diplomacy as the best way to prevent Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.

01:33The most unpredictable Premier League season in years threw up more surprises last night

01:38when Chelsea conceded a 90th-minute winner at Stoke and beleaguered defending champion

01:43Manchester United lost to Newcastle for a second home defeat in four days. Manchester

01:49City, meanwhile, were held 1-1 at Sodhampton.

01:53Emirati director Waleed Al-Sheihy was chosen as the winner of the IWC Filmmaker Award with

01:59a Rs 367,000 cash prize. Al-Sheihy beat three other filmmakers to impress the award's jury,

02:06headed by Hollywood star Cate Blanchett.

02:09And finally, the weather. The daytime temperature will be 27 degrees Celsius, falling to 20

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