Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Heavy fog continued to cover parts of the UAE. Philippine firefighters recovered one body. Top leadership of the Miss America Organization has resigned. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Sunday, December the 24th. Here are the
00:07top stories at this hour.
00:09Heavy fog continued to cover parts of the UAE today, reducing visibility and resulting
00:15in several flight delays and diversions. At least 177 flights were delayed and 24 cancelled
00:22in Dubai, according to a live tracker. And you can find that live tracker on gulfnews.com.
00:28In Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, a total of 33 flights were either delayed or cancelled. Satellite
00:35images showed almost two-thirds of the country covered in thick fog from Ras Al Khaimah and
00:41Fujairah down to Al Ain and stretching towards Dubai. Today's high across the UAE will be
00:4726 degrees Celsius, dropping to 18 degrees at night.
00:50Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall today and there
00:56were zero chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside. Mayor Sara Duterte
01:02Carpio said firefighters told relatives of the trapped employees at the NCC mall that
01:08nobody could survive the extreme heat and smoke.
01:12The top leadership of the Miss America organization has resigned. The sweep house officials implicated
01:20in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse based on their appearance,
01:26intellect and sex lives. CEO Sam Haskell resigned from the Atlantic City-based organization
01:34on Saturday, a day after he was suspended by the board. The organization announced the
01:40resignations a day after dozens of former Miss Americas signed a petition calling on
01:45the group's leadership to step down.