India beat Pakistan in first Asia Cup encounter - GN Headlines
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, September the 20th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09It was India's day at the Dubai International Stadium in their match against arch-rivals
00:15Pakistan at the Unimani Asia Cup.
00:18The mighty Pakistan batting line-up was skittled out for 162 runs, cracking before the spirited
00:24Indian combination of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Kedar Jadhav.
00:31India then raced to victory through elegant batting from their skipper Rohit Sharma and
00:35Shikhar Dhawan.
00:36A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears
00:42and noses today, after the crew forgot to flick a switch regulating cabin air pressure.
00:48The jet airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur had to turn back as the alarming symptoms
00:53became apparent.
00:55The plane carrying 166 passengers landed back in Mumbai and those affected were given medical
01:02attention while alternative flights were arranged.
01:05The flight captain and crew have been taken off scheduled duties pending investigation,
01:11the airline said.
01:13Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won comfortable re-election as leader of his ruling party
01:18today.
01:19The victory sets him on course to become Japan's longest-serving premier and realise his dream
01:25of reforming the constitution.
01:27The 63-year-old conservative secured 553 votes against 254 won by former Defence Minister
01:36Shigeru Ishiba.
01:38Gamil Ratib, an award-winning Franco-Egyptian actor and star of the 1962 classic Lawrence
01:44of Arabia, has died at 92.
01:47Ratib's acting career of more than 100 films in French and Arabic began as early as the
01:531940s in Cairo.
01:55Ratib, who died of unspecified illness in a Cairo hospital, later travelled to study
02:00law and economics in Paris.
02:03And finally, the weather.
02:04Today's high across the UAE will be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:10That's all for now.
02:11Thanks for watching.
02:12We will be back with the newscast on Sunday.
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