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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday November 24th, here are the top

00:06stories at this hour.

00:08Iraqi security forces and an allied Shiite militia have completely encircled the city

00:13of Mosul while the troops continued operations to clear Daesh.

00:16The militia has been closing in on Ta Afar, a city west of Mosul, in an effort to cut

00:21off Daesh's supply route.

00:23Costa Rica declared a national emergency hours before a Caribbean hurricane that was expected

00:28to rip into it and neighbouring Nicaragua today.

00:31It will be the first time Costa Rica takes a direct hit from a hurricane since records

00:35began in 1851.

00:37Hurricane Otto was packing sustained winds of 140km per hour that were forecast to strengthen

00:42further before landfall.

00:44Both countries issued red alerts for the areas to be worst hit, evacuated thousands of people

00:49and ordered the closure of schools.

00:50Britain's Sir Elton John will not perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump as US

00:54president.

00:55A statement announced by John's publicist counters a Trump adviser's claim that John

00:59would be performing.

01:00John performed at fundraisers for Hillary Clinton during the US presidential election

01:04campaign.

01:05And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, will be 29 degrees Celsius dropping

01:09to 23 degrees at night.

01:12That's all for now, thank you for watching.

01:14We will be back with a newscast on Sunday, but you can always get the latest news on

01:18Corning.com.

Costa Rica declares emergency over hurricane - GN Headlines

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