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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, January 6. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:10The Obama administration has said it is reviewing its annual $440 million aid package to the
00:16Palestinian National Authority because of their effort to join the International Criminal
00:20Court to pursue war crime charges against the Israeli regime.
00:24The US criticized Israel for withholding $127 million in tax revenues to the Palestinians,
00:31saying such a step raises tensions.
00:33A real estate company originally exonerated of culpability in the electrocution death
00:38of a woman in a shower is back in court. The company is being accused of causing the death
00:43of a woman who was apparently electrocuted while taking a shower in her home. The Abu
00:48Dhabi Court of Appeals heard.
00:50On hearing the screams of the victim, her sister came to the rescue and called the civil
00:53defense. According to court documents, faulty wiring of the water heater caused the showerhead
00:59to become dangerous.
01:00More than 30,000 people turned out for an anti-immigrant rally by a right-wing populist
01:05movement, ignoring a call by Chancellor Angela Merkel to snub such street protests.
01:10Thousands also joined counter-demonstrations in several cities against the Pegida, whose
01:15weekly protests have been condemned by church, business and political leaders.
01:20FIFA Vice President Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan says he will stand against a set
01:24platter for the presidency of football's world-governing body in May's election, declaring that years
01:29of controversy surrounding the beautiful sport must end.
01:33The headlines should be about football, the beautiful sport, not about FIFA, he said on
01:38Twitter.
01:39Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have officially tied the knot after less than a year of dating.
01:43The couple married in an intimate ceremony at Diaz's Beverly Hills home on Monday. The
01:48couple's famous friends, including Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samantha Ronson
01:52and Benji's brother, Joel Madden, and his wife, Nicole Ritchie, were in attendance.
01:57And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 28 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:01to 15 degrees at night.
02:03That's all for now. Thanks for watching and as always you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com