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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Monday, November the 14th. Here are the
00:06top stories at this hour.
00:08A full-sized home that cools itself in the UAE's scorching summer heat was unveiled in
00:13Dubai last week. The two-story, four-bedroom house stands in the headquarters of the office
00:19of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center. The house's external walls are 61 centimeters thick and
00:25insulated with a combination of polystyrene, gypsum, and fiberglass mesh. The house's in-built
00:31software system regulates lighting, power, temperature, and humidity.
00:36President-elect Donald Trump made his first two key personnel appointments on Sunday.
00:41One was an overture to Republican circles by naming GOP Chief Reince Priebus as his
00:46White House chief of staff. The other is shot across the bow of the Washington establishment
00:51by tabbing news executive Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor.
00:57The two men had made up the president-elect's chief of staff shortlist, and while Priebus
01:01received that job, Bannon's post also is expected to wield significant clout.
01:07In sport, Lewis Hamilton survived relentless rain to send this year's F1 World Championship
01:12down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, as he claimed a spectacular victory in the Brazilian Grand
01:17Prix.
01:18The defending world champion finished ahead of his Mercedes teammate, Nico Rosberg. The
01:22German now needs a podium finish in the UAE on November 27th to seal his maiden title
01:28triumph.
01:30And finally, weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 32 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:35to 23 degrees at night.
01:37That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and as always, you can get the latest news at
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