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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December the 13th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12A Saudi woman won a seat on Makkah's municipal council in Saudi Arabia's first elections

00:18open to women voters and candidates.

00:20Salma bint Hizab al-Otheibi was elected to the council of Madraka, a region in Makkah.

00:26Saudi Arabia is the last country in the world to allow women's suffrage.

00:31Cheering envoys from 195 nations last night approved a historic accord in Paris to stop

00:39global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and

00:44usher in an energy revolution.

00:47French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of gruelling UN negotiations

00:53with a bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers.

00:57The post-2020 Paris agreement ends decades-long rows between rich and poor nations over how

01:04to carry out what will be a multi-trillion dollar campaign to cap global warming and

01:10cope with the impact of a shifting climate.

01:14In sport, Josh King returned to haunt Manchester United last night as his goal earned Bournemouth

01:20a memorable 2-1 victory that completed a miserable week for Louis van Gaal's team.

01:26United could have gone level with new Premier League leaders Manchester City, but their

01:30third defeat of the campaign left them three points off the pace in fourth.

01:36Nearly 40 years after Star Wars' first hit screens, excitement for this week's release

01:41of its latest instalment is reaching fever pitch.

01:45Stars of Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker are counting the days and hours

01:51until they can see Star Wars, The Force Awakens, the continuation of the epic created by George

01:58Lucas.

01:59Stars will hit the red carpet for the film's world premiere in Los Angeles tomorrow.

02:04It releases in the UAE on Thursday.

02:07And finally, the weather.

02:08Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.

02:14That's all for now.

02:15Thanks for watching and as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com

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