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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News update for Tuesday, January the 23rd.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:11Hundreds of grieving villagers from the quiet mountain community of Rul Dhadna in Fujairah
00:16came together Monday to mourn seven siblings killed in a fire.
00:21The siblings from Al-Suredi family, aged between 5 and 13, died in their sleep due to suffocation
00:28after a fire broke out in their room early Monday morning.
00:32Residents from neighboring towns also attended the funeral, offering condolences to the children's
00:37mother and other extended members of the family.
00:42President Donald Trump has signed a bill reopening the US government late Monday.
00:47The bill ends a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted
00:54to temporarily pay for resumed operations.
00:58They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the plight
01:03of young immigrant dreamers.
01:06The vote sets the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return today.
01:12Neil Diamond is retiring from touring after he says he was diagnosed with Parkinson's
01:18disease.
01:19Days shy of his 77th birthday, the rock legend is canceling his tour dates in Australia and
01:25New Zealand for March.
01:27The rock and roll hall of famer offered his sincerest apologies to those who plan to go
01:32to his shows and says he plans to still write, record and work on other projects.
01:40And finally, the weather.
01:41Today's high across the UAE will be 24 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at night.
01:47That's all for now.
01:48Thanks for watching.
01:49As always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com.