Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Nelson Mandela laid to rest. Crackdown on bachelors in Dubai. Floods hit Gaza. New Prime Minister in Tunisia. Jack Wilshere to face inquiry. Eva Longoria in Dubai for Global Gift Gala. Black Sabbath to perform in UAE. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, December 15. Here are the top
00:09stories at this hour.
00:12South Africa held a state funeral for Nelson Mandela today, closing one chapter in its
00:17tortured history and opening another in which the multiracial democracy he founded will
00:22have to discover if it can thrive without its central pillar. The Nobel Peace Laureate
00:26was honoured with ceremonies that mixed military pomp with the traditional rites of his Xhosa
00:31Abu Dhabi clan. The funeral drew 4,500 guests from relatives and South African leaders to
00:38Britain's Prince Charles, American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, and
00:43talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
00:46Dubai Municipality has started a campaign against bachelors who share bed spaces in
00:51neighbourhoods such as Satwa. As a result of the inspections, the number of offences
00:55has shot down from 2,321 in 2012 to 1,523 this year. More than 5,000 people in the Gaza
01:05Strip have been evacuated from their homes because of severe floods caused by torrential
01:09rain. Rescuers have had to use rowing boats to reach residents trapped by rising flood
01:15waters. UN officials have described parts of the northern Gaza Strip as a disaster area.
01:21Tunisian politicians have agreed on a new prime minister after talks between the ruling
01:26Islamist Al-Nahda party and the opposition. Mahdi Jumaa, industry minister, will head
01:31a caretaker government until elections are held next year.
01:36Sport. An England midfielder, Jack Wilshere, may face a Football Association inquiry after
01:41appearing to make an obscene gesture during Arsenal's 6-3 loss to Manchester City at
01:45the Etihad Stadium. A frustrated Wilshere made a gesture during the game for the Premier
01:50League leaders, who now lead City by only three points.
01:55Eva Longoria, Ricky Martin, Haifa Wahbi and rapper 50 Cent raised thousands of dollars
02:00to help blind people around the world at a charity event in Dubai last night. The rapper
02:05dropped into Longoria's Global Gift Gala to auction off a set of headphones.
02:10Rock band Black Sabbath are booked to perform in Abu Dhabi next year. The group, led by
02:15frontman Ozzy Osbourne, play at Yas Island on May 29, with tickets going on sale tomorrow.
02:22And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:26to 21 degrees at night.
02:29That's all for now. Thanks for watching. And as always, you can get the latest news
02:33at gulfnews.com.