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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, December 20. Here are the top
00:07stories at this hour.
00:09The Berlin police said early today that the killing of 12 people and the wounding of dozens
00:14more when a truck ploughed through a Christmas market was a suspected terrorist attack.
00:21The impact scattered people who just moments before had been shopping amid stands that
00:26sell Christmas gifts and sweets. At least 45 people were injured, including several
00:32with severe wounds, authorities said.
00:36Dubai's residents, burdened by paying out high rents, could be in for some respite next
00:41year. 20,000 new homes are to be delivered in 2017. The majority of them will be in affordable
00:47locations such as Dubai Sports City, Dubai Land and Silicon Oasis. However, a lot depends
00:54on whether developers will actually stick with their promised delivery timelines, according
00:59to reality consultancy Core Savills.
01:02Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan gave birth to her first child with actor Saif Ali Khan,
01:07a boy, this morning. Kapoor Khan delivered the baby on Tuesday morning at the Breach
01:12Candy Hospital in Mumbai, a source said. The boy has been named Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi,
01:18the couple said in a statement.
01:21A huge debut for Rogue One has seen Walt Disney Studios become the first distributor
01:26in history to hit $7 billion in annual global box office receipts. It is the first year
01:32in which all five of Walt Disney Studios' top brands, including Pixar and Marvel Studios,
01:38have released movies.
01:40And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:46to 17 degrees at night.