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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October the 30th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Moderate to heavy rain has been reported in parts of Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman this morning
00:15as the unstable weather pattern continues in the UAE.
00:19Lightning and thunder was also reported in the northern and eastern Emirates,
00:23even as dark clouds envelop the Dubai skyline.
00:26Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
00:33Indonesia today stepped up a search for an airliner that plunged into the sea
00:38with all 189 aboard feared dead.
00:41It deployed underwater beacons to trace its black box recorders
00:45and uncover why an almost new plane crashed minutes after takeoff.
00:50Four sonar detectors were also being used in areas where aircraft derbis was found
00:55a day earlier off West Java and 15 vessels were scouring the sea surface.
01:01The Pentagon said it's sending 5,200 troops to the Mexican border
01:06in an extraordinary military operation.
01:09The call comes just a week before midterm elections,
01:12in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants
01:17moving north in slow-moving caravans.
01:20The number of troops being deployed is more than double the 2,000 who are in Syria fighting Daesh.
01:26Trump also stepped up his dire warnings about the caravans, tweeting,
01:31this is an invasion of our country and our military is waiting for you.
01:36Real Madrid have sacked coach Julian Lopetugui three months into his first season in charge
01:42after the Spanish giants were beaten by arch-rivals Barcelona over the weekend.
01:47Real have failed to win in La Liga since beating Espanyol on September 22,
01:52losing to Sevilla, Alaves and Levante.
01:56In England, Riyad Mahrez fired Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League
02:01as the champions won 1-0 in their pitch battle with Tottenham.
02:05Playing on the scarred Wembley turf just 24 hours after it was damaged by an NFL fixture,
02:11City's peerless quality and predatory finish from Mahrez helped them ignore the pitch problems.
02:16A sixth win from their last seven league games lifted Pep Guardiola's unbeaten side
02:21above Liverpool on goal difference.
02:24XO is back again.
02:26The K-pop group's hit track Power will be played for the third time at the Dubai Fountain
02:31due to the immense love it received.
02:33XO fans, affectionately known as XOLS, and visitors can enjoy the light and water show
02:40choreographed to the song until November 6.
02:44That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:46And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com