Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Arab League brands Hezbollah a terror outfit, Merkel fourth term in doubt as German coalition talks fail, Defiant Robert Mugabe clings on to power, Grigor Dimitrov Defeats David Goffin for Title, Bruno Mars wins 7 at American Music Awards. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Monday, November 20th. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08The Arab League has classified Lebanon's Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation after an emergency
00:13meeting in Cairo on Sunday. Arab foreign ministers condemn what it called the Iranian interference
00:19to destabilise the region.
00:21But the Arab League won't declare war against Iran at the moment, said Ahmed Abul Gait,
00:26Secretary General of the League.
00:28German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today her efforts to form a three-way coalition
00:32government has failed, plunging the country into a political crisis. The pro-business
00:37Free Democrats unexpectedly pulled out after weeks of negotiations with Merkel's Conservative
00:42bloc and the Greens. Merkel said she would stay on as acting chancellor and would consult
00:46with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on how to move forward.
00:51Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is up against a deadline today to stand down all the ruling
00:56ZANU-PF or begin impeachment proceedings. The 93-year-old Mugabe stunned Zimbabwean
01:02in a rambling late-night TV address Sunday by avoiding any mention of resignation. He
01:07instead pledged to preside over a congress next month of ZANU-PF, which had sacked him
01:11as its leader only hours earlier.
01:14Grigor Dimitrov's talent took him to the brink of his biggest career win, but he needed more
01:18than that to get over the line. The six-seeded Bulgarian claimed the title at the season-ending
01:23ATP finals on Sunday, prevailing on his fifth match point to beat David Goffin 7-5, 4-6,
01:296-3 in the final.
01:31Bruno Mars wasn't at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he was the big
01:35winner with seven awards, including Entertainer of the Year. Mars also won Video of the Year
01:40and Favourite Male Artist for Pop Rock and Favourite Album for Pop Rock. Diana Ross,
01:45meanwhile, received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
01:48And finally, the weather today is high across the UAE, with 30 degrees Celsius dropping
01:52to 21 degrees at night.
01:53So for now, thank you for watching. As always, you can get the latest news on gotnews.com.