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00:00Good day and welcome to the Golf News Update for Thursday, December 11. Here are your top
00:23stories at this hour. The Israeli regime, which the Palestinian National Authority blames
00:28for the killing of a senior official yesterday, now claims that the official died of a heart
00:33attack. Jordanian and Palestinian doctors involved in the late-night examination of
00:37the body said Ziad Abu Ein, 55, had died from being struck inhaling tear gas and a delay
00:43in providing medical attention. Kuwait is reportedly imposing a ban on the recruitment
00:48of Indian domestic helpers and workers in the private sector. The ban was decided after
00:53talks between Kuwaiti officials from the foreign and interior ministries and the Indian ambassador
00:58to Kuwait failed. There were differences over a decision by the New Delhi to impose
01:02a $2,500 bank guarantee for Indian domestic helpers working overseas. Russia's President
01:09Vladimir Putin will hold talks today with India's new prime minister as his sanctions-hit
01:14country seeks to strengthen energy, defence and strategic ties in Asia. Putin will be
01:19looking to advance nuclear power, oil and natural gas and even diamond deals with long-standing
01:24ally India on his first visit to India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power
01:29in May. Stand-in Captain Virat Kohli scored a century as India fought back strongly on
01:35the third day of the first test against Australia in Adelaide today. The batsman passed three
01:40figures in his first innings as test skipper as the team successfully avoided the follow-on
01:45target as they chased down the host total of 517 for seven declared. The 11th edition
01:52of the Dubai International Film Festival began last night with a host of local, regional
01:57and international film stars walking the red carpets of the Mad Nat Arena. More awards
02:02jury head, US director Lee Daniels along with his jurors, Lebanese actress director Nadine
02:07Labaki, US actress Virginia Masdon and British actress Emily Blunt watched the festival's
02:13opening film, the Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything. And finally the
02:18weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 27 degrees Celsius dropping to 16 degrees
02:23at night. That's all for now. Thank you for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin
02:27will be on Sunday but as always you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com