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00:00Good day and welcome to the GULK news update for Monday, December the 23rd. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:11The Aam Aadmi Party said it will form the government in Delhi with outside support of
00:15the Congress, ending days of suspense after the elections threw up a hung assembly.
00:20The party's founder leader, Arvind Kejriwal, will be the new chief minister. The party
00:25bagged 28 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly.
00:29At least 44 people, including six children, were killed in the northern Syrian city of
00:33Aleppo on Sunday, anti-government activists reported. A suicide car bombing that the state
00:39news media blamed on insurgents killed at least 10 people in the central province of
00:43Homs.
00:44Kuwait's constitutional court is scheduled to rule whether July parliamentary polls were
00:48in line with the constitution in a judgment that may include an order to dissolve the
00:53assembly for the third time in 18 months.
00:57Tenants in Dubai can calculate how much they have to pay in rent by entering lease details
01:02into the rental increase calculator on the Dubai Land Department-operated portal. Tenants
01:07will know whether they have to pay a higher rent while renewing contracts and how much
01:12landlords can demand.
01:14Newly retired spinner Graham Swann has denied that his tweet accusing some cricket players
01:19of arrogance was referring to any of his England teammates. Swann stunned the cricket world
01:24on Sunday by announcing his immediate retirement from all forms of the game, despite the fact
01:29that England have two Ashes tests left to play.
01:32Barcelona ensured they would end the year leading the Spanish La Liga after beating
01:37Getafe 5-2 away last night. Real Madrid, who are five points behind the leaders in third
01:43place, overcame Valencia 3-2 away. Atletico Madrid are second behind Barcelona on goal
01:50difference.
01:51And finally, the weather. The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology forecasts partly
01:56cloudy weather with chances of more rain. The centre warns of strong winds and the sea
02:01will be rough. The daytime temperature will be 23°C, falling to 18°C at night.