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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, November the 24th. Here are the
00:09top stories at this hour.
00:12A massive fire broke out in a residential building on Salah Al-Din Street near Murafabad
00:17Police Station on Monday evening, destroying three blocks, prompting the evacuation of
00:22hundreds of residents from nearby buildings and leading to a temporary suspension of Dubai
00:27Metro services. The fire was brought under control at around 10.20 p.m., but smoke could
00:33still be seen bellowing out of the building till early this morning. There was no immediate
00:37word on casualties.
00:41U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made his first trip to the Israeli regime in more than
00:45a year. He arrived in the midst of a new rash of deadly attacks that have dampened hopes
00:50for peace mediation between the regime and Palestinians during the Obama administration's
00:55final year. The visit includes no such ambitious agenda, the chief U.S. diplomat conceded,
01:02and is primarily focused on ending violence. Kerry will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
01:08before traveling to the West Bank for discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
01:13In sport, Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez retains the club's full support despite the
01:194-0 home defeat by Barcelona, according to the club management. Following a board meeting,
01:25club president Florentino Perez said, Benitez has all our support and confidence. Rafa has
01:31only just started his job here. Let him keep working and he will achieve his objectives.
01:37And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 29 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:42to 24 degrees at night. That's all for now. Thanks for watching. As always, you can get
01:47the latest news on Girlfriends.com.
01:55And as always, thanks for watching.