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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, December the 29th.

00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:10Oman has told Saudi Arabia it will join a Saudi-led military alliance, a sign that Iran's

00:16closest Gulf ally is ready to improve its ties with the country.

00:21Oman's defense minister sent a letter to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announcing

00:26the decision to join the Islamic military alliance against terrorism, the Saudi press

00:32agency said.

00:33The prince will go to Oman in the coming weeks to pave the way for a visit by King Salman.

00:39A bombing wounded 33 people during an amateur boxing match in a central Philippines province.

00:45This is the second attack on a public place by unknown perpetrators in less than a week.

00:51An 81mm mortar round was detonated remotely by cell phone during the amateur bout outside

00:58a shopping mall in Leyte province late on Wednesday.

01:02Police said no suspects had been identified and no group had claimed responsibility.

01:08It followed a Christmas Eve grenade explosion outside a Catholic church that wounded 16

01:13people on the southern island of Mindanao.

01:16Debbie Reynolds, who lit up the screen in Singing in the Rain and other Hollywood classics

01:21despite a tumultuous life, has died a day after losing her daughter Carrie Fisher.

01:27Reynolds was 84.

01:29Her son, Todd Fisher, said the stress of his sister's death was too much for Reynolds.

01:35Fans seeking to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher have created an impromptu star for the actress

01:40on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

01:42Fisher fans took over a blank star on Hollywood Boulevard and used paste-on letters to spell

01:48out her name and the phrase,

01:50May the force be with you always.

01:54And finally, the weather.

01:55Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping to 17 degrees at night.

02:00That's all for now.

02:01Thanks for watching.

02:02A reminder that our next bulletin will be on Monday.

02:05But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com

Carrie Fisher’s mother Debbie Reynolds dies at 84 - GN Headlines

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