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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, January the 23rd.

00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:11Hundreds of grieving villagers from the quiet mountain community of Rul Dhadna in Fujairah

00:16came together Monday to mourn seven siblings killed in a fire.

00:21The siblings from Al-Suredi family, aged between 5 and 13, died in their sleep due to suffocation

00:28after a fire broke out in their room early Monday morning.

00:32Residents from neighboring towns also attended the funeral, offering condolences to the children's

00:37mother and other extended members of the family.

00:42President Donald Trump has signed a bill reopening the US government late Monday.

00:47The bill ends a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted

00:54to temporarily pay for resumed operations.

00:58They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight

01:03of young immigrant dreamers.

01:06The vote sets the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return today.

01:12Neil Diamond is retiring from touring after he says he was diagnosed with Parkinson's

01:18disease.

01:19Days shy of his 77th birthday, the rock legend is canceling his tour dates in Australia and

01:25New Zealand for March.

01:27The rock and roll hall of famer offered his sincerest apologies to those who plan to go

01:32to his shows and says he plans to still write, record and work on other projects.

01:40And finally, the weather.

01:41Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.

01:47That's all for now.

01:48Thanks for watching.

01:49As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.

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