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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday December 18th. Here are the top

00:06stories at this hour.

00:08Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is set to return to power in his home state

00:12in an election considered to be a bellwether before the national vote in early 2019. The

00:18ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in more than 100 seats in the 182-seat Gujarat

00:23legislature according to early trends. That's more than 92 needed for majority, though this

00:29would be the BJP's lowest tally in more than two decades. The main opposition Congress

00:34party was ahead in 73 seats in an improved performance.

00:38Manchester City will hold talks with manager Pep Guardiola at the end of this season about

00:42extending his three-year contract. Convincing the 46-year-old to sign a new contract would

00:47top the agenda at the next end-of-season review traditionally held by City chairman Khaldun

00:52Al Mubarak. Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said City will be almost impossible to catch at

00:56the top of the Premier League.

00:58Star Wars The Last Jedi will happily settle for second. Rian Johnson's second instalment

01:03in the third Star Wars trilogy rocketed to a debut $220 million at the North American

01:08box office. That gives The Last Jedi the second-best opening ever, slotting in behind only its

01:14predecessor The Force Awakens.

01:16And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE with 23 degrees Celsius dropping to

01:2018 degrees at night. That's all for now, thank you for watching. As always, you can get the

01:24latest news on gulfnews.com

BJP leads in Gujarat poll results - GN Headlines

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